Tibetan seeks Bharat Ratna for Dalai Lama
March 25, 2021The Tribune. March 23, 2021. Read original news here. Dharmashala, Himachal Pradesh: Tsering Yeshi, 47, a resident of Dehradun and former Special Frontier Force (SFF) member, started a bike journey from McLeodganj today demanding Bharat Ratna for the Dalai Lama. Yeshi would be travelling across India to garner support over read more →
Should the Middle-Way policy be put to vote again?
March 24, 2021Source: https://www.tibetsun.com/ By Norbu Tsering TORONTO, Canada, 23 March 2021 This question is becoming more and more relevant as we observe the proceedings of the Parliament. Those MPs who favour Rangzen dismiss the Middle-Way policy as a failed policy of unnecessarily appeasing China. No matter the subject of discussion at read more →
China retaliates after coordinated sanctions by western countries over Xinjiang abuses
March 24, 2021The Wion 23 March 2021 After the US, the EU, Britain, and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials for excesses against Muslims in Xinjiang region, China hit back at the countries with sanctions of their own. Soon after the coordinated western sanctions, China responded with sanctions of their own, mostly read more →
Australian parliament debates motion on rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang
March 23, 2021Reuters. March 22, 2021. Parliaments in Canada and the Netherlands drew rebukes from Beijing after they passed non-binding motions in February that said the treatment of China’s Uighur Muslim minority constituted genocide. “The most egregious, systematic abuse of human rights in the world is occurring in Xinjiang,” said Kevin Andrews, read more →
The flowers of a camp in Xinjiang
March 23, 2021By Palden Sonam Taipei Times 20 March 2021 Once I watched a Chinese movie called The Flowers of War, which depicts the horrors of war atrocities in Nanjing when Imperial Japan occupied the Chinese city in 1937. In one of the most heart-rending scenes from the movie, a Chinese woman with read more →
What Lies Behind China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
March 23, 2021Prem Shankar Jha for The Wire. China’s prompt withdrawal of its troops and armour from the eastern part of the grey zone around Pangong lake between the Indian and Chinese defined Lines of Actual Control has confirmed the hypothesis advanced in several previous columns on this platform, that its purpose, from the start, was read more →
China opens its borders to foreigners who take Chinese shots, as geopolitical vaccine silos emerge
March 22, 2021Julia Hollingsworth CNN 20 March 2021 Hong Kong (CNN) — China is making it easier for foreigners to enter the country. But there’s one condition: they need to have received a China-made Covid-19 vaccine. At least 23 Chinese embassies around the world issued new visa policies over the past week with this read more →
US is ‘fundamentally at odds’ with China, says top American diplomat
March 21, 2021Yashwant Raj, Hindustan Times. March 20, 2021. Blinken warned the Chinese against betting against the US and Sullivan chided them for their lack of confidence in dealing with criticism. The United States and China are “fundamentally at odds”, American Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday after the conclusion of read more →
In First Talks, Dueling Accusations Set Testy Tone for U.S.-China Diplomacy
March 21, 2021By Lara Jakes New York Times March 19 2021 ANCHORAGE — Even before the Biden administration’s first face-to-face meeting with senior Chinese diplomats on Thursday, American officials predicted the discussions would not go well. They were right: The traditional few minutes of opening greetings and remarks dissolved into more than an read more →
France rebuffs China after warnings to lawmakers over Taiwan visit
March 21, 2021Reuters 17 March 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – French Senators are free to meet whomever they wish when they travel, the country’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday after the Chinese embassy in Paris warned against lawmakers meeting officials during an upcoming visit to self-ruled Taiwan. China’s ambassador in February sent a read more →