Planning ‘direct channel’ with China, we’re dying a ‘slow death’: Tibetan govt-in-exile president
November 28, 2021NAYANIMA BASU for The Print New Delhi: Tibet is planning to have a “direct and official channel” of communication with the Chinese government in order to deal with Beijing effectively and firmly, according to Penpa Tsering, President of the Tibetan government-in-exile. “We really want to play the traditional role of being read more →
‘How Do You Say That Again?’: The Grief & Guilt Of Language Loss For Second-Gen Immigrants
November 27, 2021Refinery29-Pema Bakshi “How to say ‘coat’ in Tibetan” I googled with my phone brightness turned all the way down. The results were few, and the frustration quickly turned to shame that I had forgotten in the first place, so I just sat quietly in my grandmother’s company, gesturing that I read more →
EU extends human rights sanctions, including on Chinese officials
November 26, 2021Reuters, Brussels, NOV 24 2021. European Union ambassadors approved on Wednesday the first renewal of the bloc’s new global human rights sanctions, including those on four Chinese officials and one Chinese entity, two diplomats said. Others on the list, which was created in December 2020 to combat serious rights abuses read more →
Taste Tibet nominated in BBC Food and Farming Awards
November 26, 2021-By Oxford Mail A POPULAR Tibetan restaurant is set to find out if it has won a prestigious national award. Magdalen Road eatery Taste Tibet opened last year after spending almost a decade serving festivalgoers across the country. In July, Yeshi Jampa and Julie Kleeman found out the restaurant had read more →
Former Japan envoy says awareness of human rights violations low in China
November 24, 2021Japan Times Awareness of human rights violations is low among the Chinese public despite growing criticism from the international community over the issue ahead of the Beijing Olympics in February next year, a former Japanese ambassador to China has said. Yuji Miyamoto, who filled the ambassador position at the time read more →
Tibetan university graduates can’t find work despite promises of opportunity
November 24, 2021Sangyal Kunchok for Radio Free Asia Tibetan university graduates are finding it hard to get work in Tibet’s capital Lhasa, with Han Chinese flooding the job market and public-sector employment kept largely out of reach, according to complaints received online by a Chinese government office in the city, Tibetan sources read more →
China could be preparing for ‘water war’ in Asia after completing serial dams in Tibet
November 23, 2021Major floods in several parts of South and Southeast Asia this year are a wake-up call for countries such as India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand among others. Experts said that such floods could become a regular feature and that countries in the region must get together to resolve one of read more →
‘The Fractured Himalaya’ Rightly Returns Tibet to the Centre Stage of India-China Conflict
November 22, 2021Kyle Gardner – Published in The Wire, 17 November 2021 Arriving just ahead of the 60th anniversary of the Sino-Indian War, Nirupama Rao’s The Fractured Himalaya examines the consequential 13 years that preceded 1962, a period that has shaped and constrained relations between the two countries ever since. Combining a read more →
Cornyn Leads U.S. Congressional Delegation to India
November 21, 2021Published on Cornyn.Senate.gov – 15 November 2021 U.S. Senator and India Caucus Co-Chair John Cornyn (R-TX) returned yesterday from leading a congressional delegation (CODEL) to India and other countries in southeast Asia. The delegation, which included Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Representatives Tony read more →
Xi Jinping’s War on Tibetan Buddhism
November 20, 2021-The Wall Street Journal: by Dhondup T. Rekjong Beijing wants future lamas and monks to learn the faith only in Mandarin. The Chinese Communist Party recently adopted a landmark resolution hailing the country’s accomplishments under President Xi Jinping. The communiqué, published after last week’s Sixth Plenum meeting, made clear that Mr. Xi’s read more →