How India failed to read the tea leaves on China’s Tibet takeover
December 24, 2021The Times of India (Nirupama Rao) In this extract from her new book, the former Indian foreign secretary and ambassador to China (2006-2009) examines why leaders at the time claimed not to know of Chinese plans to enter Tibet before October 1950 when they themselves had flagged concerns On August read more →
Tibetan political prisoners denied family visits over ‘COVID concerns’
December 24, 2021Radio Free Asia-Reported by Sangyal Kunchok Restriction leaves relatives guessing as to condition of incarcerated relatives. Authorities in western China’s Sichuan and Qinghai provinces are barring family visits for Tibetan prisoners held in political cases, citing concerns over the spread of COVID-19, Tibetan sources say. The restriction remains in force read more →
China’s latest crackdown on religion bans foreigners from spreading church and spiritual content online
December 24, 2021By Amber Wang, South China Morning Post – 22 December 2021 All foreign organisations or individuals will be banned from spreading religious content online in China under new regulations released on Monday, in what Beijing says is another effort to safeguard its national security. No organisation or individual will be read more →
Swami Chidanand Saraswati, Dr. Her Rey Sheng & Dr. Mohammed Deen receives first Shravasti Awards
December 24, 2021Published in Reach Ladakh Bulletin, Leh – 20 December 2021 LEH : First Shravasti award winners, Swami Chidanand Saraswati, Dr. Her Rey Sheng, and Dr. Mohammed Deen were awarded Shravasti Spiritual Leadership award, Shravasti Humanities award, and the Shravasti Environmental award respectively on December 20. Adhering to the principle of read more →
Pradeep Kumar Rawat appointed as India’s new envoy to China
December 23, 2021The Indian Express – 20 December 2021 Senior Indian diplomat Pradeep Kumar Rawat, who is well-versed in negotiating with Chinese diplomats, was on Monday appointed as India’s next Ambassador to China. Rawat will succeed Vikram Misri. “He is expected to take up the assignment shortly,” the Ministry of External Affairs read more →
Buying Influence: How China Manipulates Facebook and Twitter
December 22, 2021By Muyi Xiao, Paul Mozur and Gray Beltran – The New York Times December 20, 2021 Flood global social media with fake accounts used to advance an authoritarian agenda. Make them look real and grow their numbers of followers. Seek out online critics of the state – and find out read more →
Assam: Lecture highlights China’s dams on Brahmaputra, Tibetan culture
December 22, 2021Northeast Now-21 December 2021 A lecture on ‘Brahmaputra valley and Tibetan Culture’ was organised on Monday by the Department of Anthropology, DHS Kanoi College in association with Free Tibet-A Voice from Assam at Srimanta Sankardev Sabhakakhya in DHS Kanoi College on Monday. While speaking on the topic, Soumyadeep Datta, regional convenor, Northeast read more →
U.S. Under Secretary of State Zeya designated as Special Coordinator for Tibetan issues
December 21, 2021Reuters – 20 December 2021 Dec 20 (Reuters) – U.S. Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya was designated as the U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan issues, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Monday. “She will also continue to serve as Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, read more →
Chinese Authorities Double Down on Tibetan Reincarnations
December 17, 2021-Human Rights Watch Communist Party Aims to Control Dalai Lama Selection. In late November, a senior local Chinese Communist Party official toured three townships in Sog, a county in the Tibet Autonomous Region that has a history of resistance to state controls on religion. His goal: to ensure local Tibetan officials endorse government read more →
Support Olympic boycott, ex-political prisoner urges Luxembourg
December 17, 2021Delano-by Cordula Schnuer Dhondup Wangchen spent six years in a Chinese prison for producing a film about Tibet in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics. He is now on a whistle-stop tour across Europe to call for a boycott of the upcoming Winter Games in Beijing. Wangchen remembers the day he read more →