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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China’s Weak Excuse to Block Investigations in Xinjiang

Sophie Richardson, China Director| Human Rights Watch| 25 March 2020| Read original here When a journalist recently asked China’s ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai if the Chinese government would allow international human rights monitors into Xinjiang to observe without supervision, Cui … Continued The post China’s Weak Excuse to Block Investigations read more →

Covid-19 relief: FM announces Rs 1.7 trn plan for poor, migrant workers

Package announced includes both food security and cash transfer components BS Web Team & Agencies, Business Standard. March 27, 2020. Read the original news here. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a relief package for the poor and migrant workers in … Continued The post Covid-19 relief: FM announces Rs 1.7 read more →

How the Virus Got Out

By Jin Wu, Weiyi Cai, Derek Watkins and James Glanz| March 22, 2020| New York Times| Read original here The most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough. We analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show … Continued The post How the Virus Got Out appeared read more →

Tibetan capital Lhasa announces relaxation of quarantine policy

International Campaign for Tibet. March 27, 2020. Read original news here. A Chinese government committee relaxed its quarantine policy in the Tibetan capital Lhasa this week, in the midst of Beijing’s campaign to repair China’s economy and reputation around the … Continued The post Tibetan capital Lhasa announces relaxation of read more →

Communist Party Members Share Letter Urging Removal of Xi Jinping

Source : www.breitbart.com by FRANCES MARTEL /24 Mar 2020 Communist Party leaders have reportedly begun circulating a letter demanding an emergency Politburo to address dictator Xi Jinping’s poor performance leading the country, Radio Free Asia (RFA) revealed on Monday. The author of the letter, which does not identify him or read more →

The Coronavirus Cover-Up

Sources: thecritic.co.uk By Kapil Komireddi 24 March, 2020 How the West’s fear of appearing racist obscures the blunders at the beginning of this outbreak The calamity unfolding all around us did not emerge from a void. It originated in China. And its eruption into a global pandemic is inseparable from read more →

External Propaganda Casts Beijing As Leader In Global Coronavirus Fight

Global Digitial Times| 24 March 2020| Read original here At the height of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, Zhao Shilin, a retired Minzu University professor and former member of the Central Committee and Deputy Director of the Culture and Arts … Continued The post External Propaganda Casts Beijing As Leader read more →

How China is Exploiting the Coronavirus to Weaken Democracies

Beijing is using the pandemic to drive wedges between members of the European Union, and to advance its propaganda war against the United States. Peter Rough| MARCH 25, 2020| Read original here Workers at unload protective gear bound for Italy … Continued The post How China is Exploiting the Coronavirus read more →

UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies call for human rights approach in fighting COVID-19

ReliefWeb. 25 March 2020. Read the original article here. GENEVA  – The Chairpersons of the 10 UN Treaty Bodies* on Tuesday urged global leaders to ensure that human rights are respected in government measures to tackle the public health threat … Continued The post UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies call read more →

Coronavirus News Live Updates: India bans export of anti-malaria drug seen as a Covid counter; case count rises to 562

Economic Times | 25 Mar, 2020 | 10.28AM IST| Read original here Govt said that it is banning the export of hydroxychloroquine and formulations made from the medication, as experts test the efficacy of the drug in helping treat patients … Continued The post Coronavirus News Live Updates: India bans read more →

PM announces 21-day nationwide lockdown, says this is only way to fight coronavirus

PTI| 24 March 2020| Read original here New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a complete nationwide lockdown for 21 days from Tuesday midnight, asserting in an emotional appeal “with folded hands” that unless India”s 130 crore … Continued The post PM announces 21-day nationwide lockdown, says read more →

How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic

The pandemic will change the world forever. We asked 12 leading global thinkers for their predictions. BY JOHN ALLEN, NICHOLAS BURNS, LAURIE GARRETT, RICHARD N. HAASS, G. JOHN IKENBERRY, KISHORE MAHBUBANI, SHIVSHANKAR MENON, ROBIN NIBLETT, JOSEPH S. NYE JR., SHANNON K. O’NEIL, KORI SCHAKE, STEPHEN M. WALT| Foreign Policy| MARCH 20, 2020| Read … Continued The post How the World Will Look After read more →

How China brought the world to a standstill

www.asiatimes.com | 23 March 2020 | Read Original News Here It is a warning from history. How did a local, viral outbreak at a wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan turn into a global pandemic in less than … Continued The post How China brought the world to read more →

China is legally responsible for COVID-19 damage and claims could be in the Trillions

James Kraska, War on the Rocks. March 23, 2020. Read the original article here. As the novel coronavirus incubated in Wuhan from mid-December to mid-January, the Chinese state made evidently intentional misrepresentations to its people concerning the outbreak, providing false assurances to … Continued The post China is legally responsible for COVID-19 read more →

Harsh Steps Are Needed to Stop the Coronavirus, Experts Say

By Donald G. McNeil Jr| New York Times| March 22, 2020| Read original news here Terrifying though the coronavirus may be, it can be turned back. China, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan have demonstrated that, with furious efforts, the contagion can be … Continued The post Harsh Steps Are Needed to Stop read more →