Counterterrorism Police ‘Clean Up’ After Tibetan Monk’s Death
April 10, 2021Sophie Richardson Human Rights Watch 7 April 2021 Crackdown Seeks to Silence Tibetans, Stifle Information Following the January 19 death in police custody of a teenage Tibetan monk, Chinese authorities have commenced an operation to “clean up” Tibetan homes in the grassland town of Dza Wonpo, Sichuan province. Tenzin Nyima died read more →
China bans several border activities in Tibet
April 10, 2021Live Mint. 8 Apr 2021. China has announced bans on 15 border activities in Tibet to ‘strengthen the border control’ and maintain the security and stability in the border areas Beijing [China]: China has announced bans on 15 border activities in Tibet to “strengthen the border control” and maintain the security read more →
Claude Arpi | Hydro, rail projects in Tibet a threat to India
April 7, 2021CLAUDE ARPI for Deccan Chronicle Recent developments not far from the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh are worrying. On March 29, Dave Petley, pro-vice-chancellor (research and innovation) at the University of Sheffield in Britain noted on his blog: “I received an email from GöranEkstrom of Columbia University making a small read more →
What China’s plans to rapidly militarise Tibet mean for India
April 7, 2021Jayadeva Ranade for India Today. While China is keeping India engaged in protracted and seemingly stalled talks on military disengagement in Ladakh, the Chinese leadership is investing vast sums in boosting its defence capabilities. This includes upgrading the military infrastructure along the border with India. The plenary sessions (March 4-11, read more →
TTT Interview – Lobsang Sangay – President Of Tibet’s Government In Exile
April 6, 2021Taiwan Times 5 April 2021 Similarities between the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) oppression of Tibet and East Turkistan (Xinjiang) In both Tibet and East Turkistan, a systematic attack on identity; targeting language, religion and culture is taking place. The spat of “Patriotic Education Campaign” waged on the Tibetans, especially the read more →
We are original and Chinese will have duplicate: Lobsang Sangay on Beijing claim to appoint next Dalai Lama
April 6, 2021Zee News 2 April 2021 New Delhi:Dismissing Chinese claim to appoint the next Dalai Lama, President of the Tibetan Government in Exile said on Friday (April 2) that Tibetans have “copy right” over reincarnation, but Beijing is planning to have a “duplicate” copy. Lobsang Sangay, Sikyong (President) of the Central read more →
Tibet occupation just beginning, China trying hard to get five fingers: Lobsang Sangay
April 6, 2021PTI 2 April 2021 NEW DELHI: After the “occupation” of Tibet, China is now trying hard to get the “five fingers”, top Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay claimed on Friday, noting that Chinese expansionist policies are a threat to the world community and all must wake up to its designs. Addressing read more →
Special no longer: On Hong Kong
April 3, 2021The Hindu. April 2, 2021. China is keener on tightening its grip on Hong Kong than on widening democratic space Hong Kong, China’s Special Administrative Region (SAR), has served as the mainland’s most important gateway to the world for the past 24 years. Since its handover from British rule in read more →
Xi Jinping’s China Is Compelling Investors To Run, Hide Or Hire
April 2, 2021Bloomberg news. April 1, 2021. For any company doing business in China, the choice is now clearer than ever: Avoid commenting on any controversial subjects or risk losing access to the world’s second-largest economy. Over the past few weeks, President Xi Jinping’s government endorsed a boycott against retailers like Hennes read more →
The World Must Stand With Tibet – OpEd
April 1, 2021By Lobsang Sangay* Eurasia Review Tibet, famously called the roof of the world, a state in the Himalayas neighbored by India and China has for long been in a state of the tussle with Beijing. China lays the claim over the entire Tibet and calls it its own territory; however, read more →