Arunachal Times: PM CTA visits Tawang
January 26, 2014TAWANG, Jan 25: The Sikyong (Prime Minister) of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Dr. Lobsang Sangay was given a warm welcome by Minister Tourism and RWD, Pema Khandu with traditional garlanding of ‘Khatak’ (scarps) on his arrival at Urgen Sangpo Helipad, Tawang. Deputy Commissioner Tawang Abhishek Dev, ZPC Jambey Tsering and read more →
Japan tells world to stand up to China or face consequences
January 23, 2014apanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his special address at the opening session of the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 22, 2014 (AFP Photo/Eric Piermont) Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Japan on Wednesday told the world it must stand up to an increasingly assertive China or risk a regional read more →
China’s princelings storing riches in Caribbean offshore haven
January 22, 2014The Guardian, 21 January 2014 Relatives of political leaders including China’s current president and former premier named in trove of leaked documents from the British Virgin Islands By James Ball and Guardian US Interactive Team More than a dozen family members of China’s top political and military leaders are making read more →
China activist lawyer Xu Zhiyong on trial
January 22, 2014Human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong is on trial in Beijing [BBC] Xu Zhiyong, a prominent human rights lawyer who campaigned against corruption, has gone on trial in China. Mr Xu is charged with “gathering crowds to disrupt public order”. He is one of several activists from a transparency movement read more →
Two’s company: dissident literary couple Tsering Woeser and Wang Lixiong
January 21, 2014[South China Morning Post] United by their passion for a new China, the outspoken literary couple have become a force to be reckoned with. Violet S. Law reports Wang Lixiong and Tsering Woeser, argu-ably China’s most famous dissident literary couple, could hardly be more different as individuals. A Han Chinese read more →
Get ready, the indispensable Americans are pulling back
January 21, 2014By Gideon Rachman The rest of the world is adjusting to an emerging political and security vacuum. The official theme for this year’s World Economic Forum is predictably bland – “Reshaping the World”. But the unofficial slogan will be “America is back”. Predictions that the US economy will grow by read more →
The grim history of the real-life Shangri-La
January 20, 2014Review by Amy Kazmin [Financial Times] In ‘Tibet’, Lezlee Brown Halper and Stefan Halper look behind a tragic past and uncertain future Tibet: An Unfinished Story’, by Lezlee Brown Halper and Stefan Halper, Hurst, RRP£20/$29.95 In a world where modern communications has stripped most of the romance from faraway places, the read more →
Tibet’s Ticking Time Bomb
January 20, 2014Photo by Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters The Daily Beast As the West quietly turns away from Tibet for closer ties with China, young Tibetans are exchanging the Dalai Lama’s gospel of non-violence for more desperate measures. After lunch one afternoon in December of last year, Tsulrim Gyatso repaired to his room read more →
How Xi Can Solve The Tibet Problem
January 20, 2014By Kerry Brown Xi Jinping could help quiet unrest in Tibet simply by making sure existing policies are enacted more efficiently. In every political culture — even in ones with a premium on stressing continuity, consensus and unity — at some point, newly appointed leaders will want to respond to read more →
Chinese Activists Test New Leader and Are Crushed
January 16, 2014Andrew Jacobs and Chris Buckley, The New York Times, Jan. 15, 2014 Xu Zhiyong, center, was indicted last month for “gathering a crowd to disrupt public order” and faces almost certain conviction. Greg Baker/Associated Press BEIJING — The 20 or so activists gathered at an isolated guesthouse on the outskirts read more →