China’s Power Politics
August 12, 2014By John Garnaut [The New York Times] SYDNEY, Australia — The four Chinese characters that heralded President Xi Jinping’s war against corruption in a speech by a political ally in December 2011 can easily lose impact in translation. “Life-and-death struggle,” while idiomatic in English, is too passive. “Do-or-die” lacks the necessary read more →
Illegal coal mine encroaching on nature reserve in north-west China
August 8, 2014Despite tough new environmental protection laws, Beijing seems to be unable to stop the expansion of massive Muli coal mine into the Tibetan plateau in Qinghai, according to Greenpeace.A fox searches for food at the bottom of the Qilian mountains. In the background, an opencast coal mine belonging to the read more →
It’s in Chinese interest to give Tibetans more autonomy: Lobsang Sangay (IANS Interview)
August 4, 2014By Vishal Gulati Dharamsala, Aug 4 (IANS) Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay says the people in Tibet will be happy if they are given more autonomy by China “within the Chinese constitution”. The 46-year-old Harvard educated elected head of the Central Tibetan Administration, who completes three year in office Aug read more →
Chinese control of Tibet rivers will be disastrous: Dr Sangay
August 4, 2014R Dutta Choudhury [Assam Tribune] DHARAMSHALA, Aug 3 – Chinese control of the major rivers originating in Tibet may prove to be disastrous for the South East Asian countries, including India, warned the Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile, Dr Lobsang Sangay. Talking to The Assam Tribune, Dr Sangay pointed out that most of read more →
Don’t block the tap
July 28, 2014[Hindustan Times] By Thubten Samphel Michael Buckley points out that China’s relentless exploitation of Tibet’s resources could spell environmental disaster for Asia. The Dalai Lama was the first to suggest that tackling Tibet’s looming environmental crisis deserves precedence over efforts to resolve its protracted political problem. According to WikiLeaks, in read more →
Tibet solution will end Sino-India border row
July 23, 2014[Assam Tribune] By R Dutta Choudhury DHARAMSHALA, July 22 – It will be difficult to find a permanent solution to the border disputes between India and China without solving the issues relating to Tibet. This was the observation made by the Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile, Dr Lobsang Sangay. Talking to The Assam read more →
An Open Letter to My Tibetan Brothers and Sisters
July 22, 2014by Rose Tang: April 28, 2014 at 4:56am Dear Brothers and Sisters, Dear Neighbors, Tashi Delek! The Tibetans, the Chinese, the Uighurs, the Mongolians, the Buddhists, the Christians, the Muslims, the Falun Gong believers, the Atheists — we’re all up against the same brutal regime, run by corrupt officials of the read more →
Taking Back America: Here, Finally, Is A Chinese Mega-Blooper — And A Chance For The U.S. To Turn The Tables
July 22, 2014[Forbes] By Eamonn Fingleton At 83, anthropologist Marshall Sahlins is a veteran of many controversies, but nothing has prepared him for the scale of his current confrontation. The issue at stake is nothing less than American intellectual freedom, and no opponent comes more formidable: the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Sahlins read more →
Tibetan Leader, a Red Sox Fan, Knows the Value of Taking the Long View
July 21, 2014The New York Times JULY 18, 2014 DHARAMSALA, India — From his office in the hill station of Dharamsala, where Tibetan exiles have spent the past half-century waiting for the seismic changes that could restore Tibet’s independence, Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay was reminiscing, a bit wistfully, about a world he read more →
Dalai Lama Calls for a ‘Realistic’ Approach to Break Tibet Impasse
July 16, 2014The Dalai Lama speaking to RFA in the Himalayan town of Choglamsar in Leh, the capital of Ladakh district of India-administered Kashmir, July 15,2014/RFA [Radio Free Asia] warning that viewing the dispute merely through the prism of history would only aggravate the situation. Citing the Israeli-Palestinian turmoil as an example, read more →