Talks possible if China allows Dalai Lama to visit Tibet, says president of Tibetan govt-in-exile
July 16, 2021Times of India ANI / Jul 14, 2021, 12:51 IST NEW DELHI: Penpa Tsering, president of the Tibetan government-in-exile on Wednesday, hinted that talks with China are possible if it allows Dalai Lama to visit Tibet on a pilgrimage. “His holiness wishes to visit China and also his birthplace and the capital of read more →
The foreigners in China’s disinformation drive
July 15, 2021Foreign video bloggers denouncing what they say is negative coverage of China on highly controversial subjects such as Xinjiang are attracting large numbers of subscribers on platforms like YouTube. In recent years, the “vloggers” have been increasingly presenting themselves as China-lovers, spreading Communist Party disinformation. YouTube labels Chinese state media read more →
Lhasa building boom heightens divisions in Tibet
July 14, 2021By AFP, Times of India – 13 July 2021 LHASA: Under towering mountains, cranes and newly-built blocks of flats stretch up to blue skies around the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, as a construction boom creates a two-tier system of property wealth between state workers and everyone else. A huge infrastructure read more →
PM Modi’s call to Dalai Lama sends a message to China, says Penpa Tsering, President of Tibetan govt-in-exile
July 13, 2021Sidhant Sibal for WION The new president of the Tibetan government-in-exile or the Central Tibetan administration Penpa Tsering has welcomed the announcement of PM Modi’s call to Dalai Lama on his birthday saying it sends a message to China. Speaking to WION’s Principal Diplomatic Correspondent Sidhant Sibal, Tsering said,”we know read more →
US Blacklists More Chinese Companies Over Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
July 13, 2021Reported by Adila for RFA’s Uyghur Service. Written in English by Roseanne Gerin. The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday added 14 Chinese companies to its Entity List, for direct involvement in human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), saying they have “enabled Beijing’s campaign of repression, mass read more →
China’s gene giant harvests data from millions of women
July 12, 2021Reuters, 7 July 2021 A Chinese gene company selling prenatal tests around the world developed them in collaboration with the country’s military and is using them to collect genetic data from millions of women for sweeping research on the traits of populations, a Reuters review of scientific papers and company read more →
PM Modi’s Call to Dalai Lama is a Message to China on Succession Issue
July 12, 2021Claude Arpi, The Quint – 8 July 2021 Late one evening in August 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had an unheralded meeting in Delhi, with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan religious leader living in exile in India since March 1959. Apparently, the meeting did not go too well; the reason read more →
Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | India’s Tibet policy
July 12, 2021The Hindu -9 July 2021 In this episode of Worldview, our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Suhasini Haidar takes a deeper look at whether India is rethinking its Tibet Policy and the impact of Tibet on India-China relations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has caused quite a ripple by announcing for the first read more →
India has consistent policy to treat Dalai Lama as an honoured guest: MEA
July 10, 2021Times of India New Delhi: India has a consistent policy of treating the Dalai Lama as a respected religious leader and an honoured guest in the country, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday. The assertion, in response to a question, came two days after Prime Minister Narendra read more →
Party presence mobilised through grassroots recruitment of Tibetans and three-year training
July 9, 2021Source: Tibet Watch July 8, 2021 History propaganda enhanced through video games and augmented reality TV series Celebration of the Chinese Communist Party’s 100th anniversary continues both in mass media and public spaces. The party history campaign aims to cement the CCP’s version of its own history and promote a read more →