FRESH OVERTURES—CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER’S INDIA VISIT
June 11, 2014[Centre for China Analysis & Strategy] By JAYADEVA RANADE, President, CCAS June 2014 During his 2-day (June 8-9) visit to New Delhi, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, was received by India’s new Minister for External Affairs Ms Sushma Swaraj (June 8), recently-elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee read more →
Monk tortured in jail as China clamps down on Tibet
June 10, 2014[The Sunday Times] By Nicola Smith and Lhakpa Kyizom, Dharamsala Published: 8 June 2014 Sonam Rabga says the beatings have left him with kidney failure A TIBETAN monk has revealed how he was beaten and tortured in a Chinese jail amid signs of a relentless clampdown by Beijing on read more →
US urges China to hold unconditional talks with Tibetan leadership
June 10, 2014June 7, 2014 12:30 pm (Tibet.net) DHARAMSHALA: The US has urged China to engage in unconditional talks with His Holiness the Dalai Lama or his representatives as the Tibetan administration in India reinvigorated its effort to achieve genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people through the Middle Way policy. The Department read more →
The Rise of Narendra Modi and the Tibetan hopes? (Tibetan Perspectives)
June 10, 2014Mr. Lobsang Yeshi, Member of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile The widespread Indian euphoria and the global interest in the stunning victory of Mr. Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India is followed not only with the routine greetings from the world leaders but also historic conglomeration of the SAARC leaders in read more →
Border Makes China and India Bristle, Even as They Seek Closer Ties in Trade
June 9, 2014As Indian police officers stood guard on Sunday, Tibetan exiles in New Delhi attended a protest of a visit by China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi. Mr. Wang arrived for trade talks this week. Credit Tsering Topgyal/Associated Press By Ellen Barry [The New York Times] NEW DELHI — China’s state news read more →
Himalayan handshake for India’s Modi
June 6, 2014By M K Bhadrakumar Asiatimes After an interlude of some 54 years, China is making another overture toward India. Relations are once again at a crossroads. In 1960, then Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai took the initiative to visit Delhi even as storm clouds were gathering on the horizon over the read more →
Golog Jigme Speaks About His Arrest and Escape from Chinese Prison
May 29, 2014May 28, 2014 5:20 pm Tibet.net/CTA DHARAMSHALA: Golog Jigme, a Tibetan political prisoner and social worker, who recently escaped to India from Tibet, spoke about the horrific details of physical torture and mental trauma that Tibetan political prisoners are put through by Chinese officials. He also urged the Chinese government read more →
Global events to mark 25 years of Dalai Lama’s Nobel Prize
May 29, 2014By Vishal Gulati IANS (Gulfnews.com) Nobel Peace laureates will attend a programme in India in October Dharamsala: Nobel Peace laureates will attend a programme in India in October to mark the silver jubilee of the conferment of Nobel Peace Prize on Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, an organiser said read more →
What you may have missed: Narendra Modi’s message to China
May 28, 2014By Sandipan Deb (Live Mint & The Wall Street Journal) Through his diplomatic gestures and one specific ministerial appointment, Modi has sent a clear declaration of intent to Beijing In the last 36 hours, we have seen intense discussion and speculation on the future of India-Pakistan relations in the wake read more →
Modi invite to PM-in-exile thrills Tibetans
May 27, 2014By Vishal Gulati, Times of India Dharamsala, May 27 (IANS) Cyberspace was abuzz Tuesday with gratitude to the government for inviting Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay to the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Tsering Dorjee, a Facebook friend and Sangay’s admirer, wrote: “wow for the read more →