Britain has ‘moral obligation’ to speak up on Hong Kong, says ex-governor Chris Patten
September 3, 2014[The South China Morning Post] Vetting of chief executive in future elections ‘more or less’ what happens in Iran, says Patten as he urges London to speak up Chris Patten pictured in Hong Kong in March. The former colonial governor says the UK has a “duty” to speak up on read more →
At Lhasa, Tibetans still pray for Dalai Lama’s return
September 3, 2014While no photographs or video can be taken inside, there appear to be few other restrictions on visitors. Photo: Suhasini Haidar [The Hindu] By Suhasini Haider Lhasa’s Norbulingka isn’t a temple or a monastery, even so, thousands of Tibetan Buddhists stream in here everyday, to offer scarves for the 14th read more →
Beijing Abandons Pragmatism on Hong Kong
August 31, 2014[The Wall Street Journal] By Andrew Browne BEIJING—Distrust of the Chinese Communist Party runs deep in Hong Kong, a city built largely by refugees from famine and party-sponsored political violence in mainland China. Deng Xiaoping understood this, and deftly worked around it. His formula for recovering Hong Kong from Britain read more →
China Is Sending Military Vehicles To Hong Kong Ahead Of Expected Protests
August 30, 2014A soldier of the People’s Liberation Army stands guard in front of a statue of the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping at an exhibition commemorating the 110th anniversary of his birth, in Hong Kong, on August 21,2014/Reuters photo Hong Kong (AFP) — Hong Kong democracy advocates expressed alarm read more →
Kailash yatra breaks all past records
August 22, 2014[Hindustan Times] Giving a reason for officials to smile, more than 900 pilgrims have visited Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) this year, setting a new record of sorts. The yatra is an annual affair which passes through Uttarakhand and goes till Kailash Mansarovar in TAR under China. The read more →
Double threat for Tibet
August 20, 2014[Nature.com] Climate change and human development are jeopardizing the plateau’s fragile environment. By Jane Qiu 19 August 2014 LHASA A comprehensive environmental assessment of the Plateau of Tibet has found that the region is getting hotter, wetter and more polluted, threatening its fragile ecosystems and those who rely on them. The read more →
New Zealand politician rejects pro-China Tibet document
August 19, 2014By John Sudworth [BBC News, Shanghai] The former mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, Sir Bob Parker, says he is not happy to be associated with the document which China is calling the ‘Lhasa Consensus.’ Sir Bob said he did not sign up to the pro-government document produced by China Produced read more →
China promotes mixed marriages in Tibet as way to achieve ‘unity’
August 18, 2014[The Washington Post] by William Wan and Xu Yanglingjing BEIJING — During their controversial six-decade-rule of Tibet, China’s Communist Party leaders have been accused by human rights groups of trying to tame the restive region by imprisoning Tibetan political prisoners, keeping in exile their leader the Dalai Lama and repressing Tibetan religion read more →
‘Permanent, negotiated solution for Tibet in China’s interest’
August 14, 2014By Ananth Krishnan [The Hindu] BEIJING: While there remain serious differences between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama on the major political questions surrounding Tibet’s future, it would be in China’s interest to achieve a permanent, negotiated political solution for Tibet, N. Ram, Chairman, Kasturi & Sons Ltd., said read more →
UK politician’s Tibet visit under fire
August 14, 2014Lord Davidson is a Labour party front-bencher in the House of Lords, the UK’s upper house By John Sudworth BBC News, Shanghai Given that the UK Labour Party says that it is “deeply concerned” about the human rights situation in Tibet, it might seem odd that one of its senior read more →