Statement of the Deutsche Buddhistische Ordensgemeinschaft (DBO, German Buddhist Monastic Association) on the Protests against the Dalai Lama by the International Shugden Community (ISC)
May 6, 2014Berlin, Schneverdingen, HannoverMay 1st, 2014 The Deutsche Buddhistische Ordensgemeinschaft (DBO) formally dissociates itself from the protests against the Dalai Lama, which are being staged worldwide, and also in Frankfurt (Main). The DBO remains of the conviction that opinions among Buddhists should be expressed in a peaceful, respectful, truthful and reasonable read more →
Tibet Tweets to China and China Tweets Back
May 1, 2014By Thubten Samphel, Director, Tibet Policy Institute Published on The Huffington Post, 04/29/2014 Official Chinese view of the Dalai Lama is well known. Successive party officials have called the Tibetan leader a “wolf in monk’s robes” or “a devil with a human face, but with a heart of a beast.” read more →
Norway: Hundreds rally to welcome Dalai Lama
April 30, 2014[Views and News from Norway] About 400 people rallied outside the parliament building in Oslo on Tuesday to show their support for the Dalai Lama’s visit in early May. Those gathered voiced their anger at the Norwegian government for cowing to the Chinese and refusing to meet the exiled Tibetan read more →
60 years on: Unforgiving legacy of the Panchsheel Agreement
April 30, 2014Jawaharlal Nehru releases a dove as a symbol of peace on November 18, 1954, during a ceremony held on his 65th birthday at the New Delhi stadium. Photograph: Getty Images. It is a dark legacy bequeathed by Nehru to India. In its DNA lies the subconscious fount of India’s schizophrenic read more →
Tibet’s long road to peace with China has an end if suspicions are put aside
April 28, 2014South China Morning Post, PUBLISHED : Monday, 28 April, 2014 By Tenzin Norgay (This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as China’s Tibet problem could be solved if it puts aside its long-held suspicions) Modern China has a wide range of problems. Hardly anyone doubts that read more →
Chinese spies keep eye on leading universities
April 21, 2014The Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2014 John Garnaut, Asia Pacific editor for Fairfax Media China is building large covert spy networks inside Australia’s leading universities, prompting Australia to strengthen its counter-intelligence capabilities. Chinese intelligence officials have confirmed to Fairfax Media that they are building informant networks to monitor Australia’s read more →
Capitalism and the Dalai Lama
April 18, 2014Arthur C. Brooks, Contributing Op-Ed Writer, International New York Times WHAT can Washington, D.C., learn from a Buddhist monk? In early 2013, I traveled with two colleagues to Dharamsala, India, to meet with the Dalai Lama. His Holiness has lived there since being driven from his Tibetan homeland by the read more →
China calls on Russia, central Asia allies to tighten Internet controls
April 18, 2014By Roman Kozhevnikov DUSHANBE Fri Apr 18, 2014 12:39am IST People use computers at an Internet cafe in Hefei. Credit: Reuters/Stringer/Files (Reuters) – China on Thursday urged Russia and Central Asian partners in a six-nation security alliance to tighten control over the Internet and take other steps to prevent “external read more →
China angered by Britain’s report on human rights, cancels talks
April 17, 2014Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Downing Street in London December 19, 2012.Credit: Reuters/Neil Hall (Reuters) – China accused Britain on Tuesday of interfering in its domestic affairs after the British government criticised Beijing’s human rights record. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Britain’s annual human rights made “irresponsible read more →
Doing China’s Bidding in Nepal
April 16, 2014Nepalese police in riot gear keep watch at the Boudhanath Stupa during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu on 10 March 2013. by the Editorial Board, International New York Times, 12 April 2014 A Human Rights Watch report released this month shows how read more →