China’s Communist party has rewritten its own past – but the truth will surface
July 3, 2021By Rana Mitter, The Guardian, 1 July 2021 A new museum commemorating the history of the Chinese Communist party (CCP) opened in June in Beijing as part of the runup to the party’s 100th anniversary. Online images of its collections show reverential black-and-white photos of the dozen or so young read more →
After a Hundred Years, What Has China’s Communist Party Learned?
July 3, 2021By Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 1 July 2021 Beijing reverts to a belief that paranoia and suspicion are the best policies. Not so long ago, the Communist Party of China—which celebrates its hundredth anniversary this week—believed in the power of eclectic influences. In 1980, the Party’s propaganda chiefs approved read more →
Don’t ignore the plight of Tibet under the Chinese Communist party
July 3, 2021Terry Philpot Limpsfield Chart, Surrey Your otherwise excellent editorial on the centenary of the Chinese Communist party (29 June) ignores entirely, as do so many commentaries on China, the appalling suffering of the Tibetan people, citing only the oppression of the Uyghurs. Tibet’s plight under Chinese rule goes back even longer. Tibet read more →
India’s superficial understanding of China will no longer do
July 2, 2021Vijay Gokhale for The Indian Express On July 1, the Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrates its centenary. Jude Blanchette and Evan S Medeiros write in their recent essay in The Washington Quarterly, that this is happening at a time when the Party commands more wealth, power and global influence read more →
Tibetan Writer Under Surveillance Over Contacts Outside of Tibet
July 2, 2021Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Eugene Whong. Chinese authorities are closely watching a Tibetan writer after they discovered she had contact with people outside Tibet, a source in Tibet told RFA. Pema Tso, author of numerous articles and poems read more →
Beijing is bent on deciding succession of Tibet’s next Dalai Lama
June 29, 2021Beijing is bent on deciding the succession of Tibet’s next Dalai Lama as the present spiritual leader of Tibet Tenzin Gyatso is turning 86 on July 6 and with his advancing age, the question of who will succeed him has become more pressing. Brooke Schedneck, writing in Asia Times said read more →
TIBETANS IN DRIRU COUNTY ARRESTED FOR SPEAKING TO TIBETANS IN EXILE
June 28, 2021Freetibet.org 25 June 2021 Crackdown in Driru County continues seven years on In April 2021, Chinese authorities carried out several arrests in Driru County in Nagchu, which is governed as part of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region. One Tibetan, Gyajin, has been identified while the names of other Tibetans arrested read more →
India’s Tibet policy: Time to return to status quo ante on the CTA
June 28, 2021By Krishan Varma ANI 27 June 2021 New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): A few weeks ago, in a sober and low-key ceremony on account of the pervasive and raging Wuhan Virus, Penpa Tsering was sworn in as the democratically elected Sikyong or the President of the Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), read more →
Hong Kong Readers Scramble to Preserve Apple Daily’s Legacy
June 27, 2021By Austin Ramzy and Tiffany May NY Times 24 June 2021 HONG KONG — Readers lined up in the rain to buy copies of Apple Daily’s final edition. They rushed to archive its articles online before its website went blank. Other local news outlets plastered their home pages with reports of the publication’s read more →
OPINION: Understanding the Chinese Communist Party at 100
June 26, 2021By Avinash Godbole The Week 24 June 2021 The Communist Party of China (CPC) which turns 100 on July 1 is set to celebrate its centenary with a series of showcase events. The CPC has made a significant contribution in shaping China and on that basis, China hopes to guide read more →