Tibetan PM speaks to Times Now over Xi’s Visit
September 22, 2014[TIMES NOW] DHARAMSHALA: Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinpings visit to India, members of the Tibetan community protest in the national capital. The head of the Tibetan government in exile, Lobsang Sangay spoke to TIMES NOW and said that Tibet have been victims for 50 years. Sangay also added that read more →
India ‘illustrious example’ of religious harmony: Dalai Lama
September 22, 2014[PTI] A group photo of the delegates to ‘A Meeting of Diverse Spiritual Traditions in India’ convened by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, India on September 20, 2014. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama on Saturday offered India as a model of religious harmony and asked the read more →
Modi can expect no quarter from Xi Jinping; China respects only power
September 22, 2014[First Post] by R Jagannathan Narendra Modi‘s spirited efforts to bring up the Ladakh border incursions with Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to make much of a difference to what the Chinese have been doing so far – and will continue to do in future. When Modi said we need read more →
Tibetan confidence in India has increased, but will Modi give in to China?
September 21, 2014[Hindustan Times] By Tshering Chonzom [September 19, 2014] Chinese President Xi Jinping is on his maiden visit to India and returns home today. Among a host of issues and actors that took the centre stage before and during Xi’s visit were the Tibetans in India who were on an overdrive read more →
Will Modi talk Tibet?
September 18, 2014By Jagdish N. Singh, Asian Age Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his historic meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday afternoon in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. As per schedule, Mr Modi took Mr Xi on a tour of Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati ashram. While Mr Xi was visiting the site from where read more →
Tibet should be core issue for India, China: Tibetan PM
September 18, 2014[IANS] By Vishal Gulati Dharamsala: Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay Wednesday said Tibet should be a core issue for India in its dealings with China. “It has always been our hope that the Indian government makes Tibet a core issue in its dealings with China and urges the Chinese government to resolve the issue of Tibet peacefully through dialogue,” Sangay read more →
14 Nobel Laureates Urge South African President to Give Dalai Lama Visa
September 16, 2014[AFP] JOHANNESBURG: Fourteen Nobel Peace Laureates have asked President Jacob Zuma to guarantee the Dalai Lama a visa to South Africa, after the Tibetan spiritual leader was forced to abandon a trip to the country. The Dalai Lama was to attend a summit of Nobel peace prize winners in Cape read more →
All substantive issues on table during Xi visit: Indian Foreign Ministry
September 15, 2014[IANS/Business Standard] All substantive issues of interest, including the festering border issue, between India and China will be on the table during talks between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sep 18, the external affairs ministry said Monday. Briefing the media ahead of the much-anticipated visit of the Chinese president, external affairs read more →
Why China fears a Scottish Yes
September 15, 2014[The Financial Times] By Ben Marino It is one of Beijing’s worst nightmares: subjects in a resource-rich semi-autonomous province hold a vote on independence. So when Premier Li Keqiang was asked in June where he stood on Scottish independence, it came as no surprise that he backed the union. In read more →
With eye on China, India to develop disputed border region
September 15, 2014[Reuters] BY TOMMY WILKES NEW DELHI Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:52am IST (Reuters) – India has eased restrictions on building roads and military facilities along its disputed border with China, as the new government seeks to close the gap on its neighbour’s superior transport network and take a stronger stance on read more →