Contact is taking a holiday!

Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

When and how Contact will re-emerge and evolve will be determined by those who become involved.

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Int’l community must work together to replace the dictatorial and tyrannical regime in China with a more democratic and responsible govt: Tsewang Gyalpo Arya

Organiser.org. 19 June 2020. Read original news here. New Delhi: Tibet is an issue of an occupied country, of human rights and religious freedom. These days the world is experiencing lockdown because of the Coronavirus pandemic, but Tibet has been … Continued The post Int’l community must work together to read more →

EU must raise human rights and reciprocal access to Tibet at China summit

By International Campaign for Tibet|June 19, 2020. Read original news here. Brussels – As the European Union prepares to hold its annual summit with China next week, the International Campaign for Tibet urges its leaders to use this opportunity to demand … Continued The post EU must raise human rights and read more →

For China and India, a Border Dispute That Never Ended

The countries went to war over the boundary in the Himalayas in 1962. Despite an uneasy truce and a “Line of Actual Control,” clashes still erupt. An Indian Army truck crossing the Chang La pass in Ladakh, close to the … Continued The post For China and India, a Border read more →

India-China border dispute live updates: India is stocking up war reserves, US keeps close watch

Armed forces stock up war reserves in the wake of escalating conflict with China. The Economic Times. June 17, 2020. Read original news here. 09:46 AM A Sino-Pak axis? ANI ✔@ANI Pakistan violated ceasefire in Naugam Sector in the late … Continued The post India-China border dispute live updates: India read more →

New ICT report documents need for EU reciprocal access to Tibet

International Campaign for Tibet| 15 June 2020| Read original news here Amsterdam/Brussels, 15 June 2020 — A report published today by the International Campaign for Tibet highlights the dangers posed by China’s lack of reciprocity with the European Union in regard … Continued The post New ICT report documents need for read more →

To expose China’s secrecy, demand reciprocal access to Tibet

This opinion article is signed by 57 parliamentarians from 19 European countries, including Members of the European Parliament. The full list of signatories is available at the bottom. EUROACTIV| 15 June 2020| Read the original article here In 2018, both … Continued The post To expose China’s secrecy, demand reciprocal read more →

China Is Pushing India Closer to the United States

BY ANIK JOSHI| Foreign Policy| 9 June 2020| Read original article here As Chinese soldiers rough up Indian ones around Pangong Lake in Ladakh along the two countries’ disputed border, one thing is clear—while India and China have faced off in … Continued The post China Is Pushing India Closer to read more →

Strategists come together to brainstorm on rethinking India’s ‘One China Policy’

India Blooms| 13 June 2020| Read original article here New Delhi: Amidst the high tension across the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh region, prominent Indian strategic experts in a recent webinar have agreed that  there is a need for … Continued The post Strategists come together to brainstorm on read more →

Dalai Lama: Seven billion people ‘need a sense of oneness’

Justin Rowlatt| BBC| 13 June 2020| Read original news here The leader of Tibetan Buddhism sees reasons for optimism even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. People are helping one another, he tells the BBC’s Justin Rowlatt, and if seven … Continued The post Dalai Lama: Seven billion people ‘need read more →

Twitter Removes Chinese Misinformation Campaign

By Kate Conger for The New York Times. Read the original article here. The company said the latest misinformation effort came with a new wrinkle: extolling the Chinese government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. OAKLAND, Calif. — China has stepped up its … Continued The post Twitter Removes Chinese Misinformation Campaign appeared read more →

Zoom closed account of U.S.-based Chinese activist “to comply with local law”

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, author of China| AXIOS| 10 June 2020| Read original news here The U.S. video-conferencing company Zoom closed the account of a group of prominent U.S.-based Chinese activists after they held a Zoom event commemorating the 31st anniversary of the June … Continued The post Zoom closed account of U.S.-based Chinese read more →

Tibet to become China’s data gateway to South Asia

Rita Liao| Tech Crunch| 8 June 2020| Read original news here A sprawling 645,000-square-meter data facility is going up on the top of the world to power data exchange between China and its neighboring countries in South Asia. The cloud computing … Continued The post Tibet to become China’s data gateway read more →

China’s military adventurism is meant to distract from origins of Covid: Tibetan President

NAYANIMA BASU for The Print| 10 June 2020| Read original news here Lobsang Sangay, President of the Tibetan government-in-exile, says China is doing to India and its other neighbours what it did to his country in the 1950s. New Delhi: The Chinese … Continued The post China’s military adventurism is meant to read more →

Border incursions, tensions will continue till Tibet issue is resolved: PM of Tibetan govt-in-exile

Rahul Kanwal| India Today| 9 June 2020| Read original news article here A resolution of the Tibetan issue is the way to peace on the India-China border, says Prime Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile Dr Lobsang Sangay in an exclusive interview … Continued The post Border incursions, tensions will continue till read more →

Countries in free world must join hands to hold China accountable for coronavirus blunders: Dr Lobsang Sangay

By Shri Ram Shaw for Asianet News| 9 June 2020| Read original news here New Delhi: ‘‘China’s cover-up allowed the coronavirus to spread exponentially in just weeks, causing a global pandemic. Chinese leaders deliberately suppressed crucial information and reprimanded key voices. Now, China … Continued The post Countries in free world must join read more →