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Tibetan Schools Delay Opening for New Term Amid Virus Fears
www.rfa.org| 3 March 2020 | Read Original News Here Schools in the Tibet Autonomous Region have postponed their opening for the spring semester due to fears of the spreading Wuhan coronavirus, with some students now stuck at home beginning … Continued The post Tibetan Schools Delay Opening for New read more →
Buddhist Deity Statue Replaced with a Giant Teapot
bitterwinter.org| 3 March 2020 | Read Original News Here Under the CCP’s rampant campaign to eradicate large outdoor Buddhist icons, the statue of Nanhai Guanyin (or Guanyin of the Southern Seas), the Goddess of Mercy in Chinese Buddhism, was supplanted with a large teapot … Continued The post Buddhist Deity Statue Replaced with a read more →
Op-Ed: Politicisation of water resources (Part-II)
Ikram Sehgal for The Daily Times. Raed the original article here. The global demand for freshwater resources has escalated dramatically over the last few years, especially in light of rapid population growth and widespread urbanization across the globe. Moreover, as the impacts … Continued The post Op-Ed: Politicisation of water resources (Part-II) read more →
Coronavirus Prompts Cancellation of Human Rights Events at UN
www.voanews.com | 3 March 2020| Read Original News Here GENEVA – The United Nations has canceled hundreds of human rights events because of coronavirus concerns in accord with the Swiss government’s decision to ban all public gatherings of more than … Continued The post Coronavirus Prompts Cancellation of Human Rights read more →
Why China’s Growing Military Might in Tibet Should Worry India
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan for The Diplomat. Read the original article here. Last month, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) engaged in a major military exercise in the Tibet region. The engagement showcased some of the latest weapons in the Chinese military … Continued The post Why China’s Growing Military Might in read more →
Warning: Hackers Stealing Information Using COVID-19; How To Avoid It
www.ibtimes.com|1 March 2020| Read Original News Here The recent COVID-19 outbreak is devastating as it steals lives, paralyzes operations, and creates mass fear. But, it seems that another danger not really related to the coronavirus outbreak is threatening our security. … Continued The post Warning: Hackers Stealing Information Using COVID-19; read more →
‘They feel like they can’t go home’
ChinaFile| February 21 2020| Read original article here In September 2014, while waiting for access to photograph Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, a Chinese photographer who calls himself “Ali” came upon a large group of students from his home country … Continued The post ‘They feel like they can’t go read more →
Czech Companies the Latest Target of Chinese Retaliation for Taiwan Ties
By Nick Aspinwall| The Diplomat| February 21 2020| Read original article here. The Chinese embassy in the Czech Republic threatened retaliation against Czech companies if its Senate chair went through with a planned visit to Taiwan, according to a letter viewed … Continued The post Czech Companies the Latest Target of read more →
Beijing’s Great Leap Backward
By Bret Stephens| New York Times| 20 February 2020| Read original article here. Several years ago, in an overheated room in Beijing, I was forced to endure a stern lecture from a Chinese foreign ministry official. My sin: As the editor at … Continued The post Beijing’s Great Leap Backward appeared first read more →
Tibet activists protest Chinese consulate exhibit at Queens Public Library’s Elmhurst branch
By Bill Parry| QNS.com| 19 February 2020| Read original news here. More than 150 Students for a Free Tibet and their allies rallied outside the Elmhurst Library Saturday one day after they met with representatives of Queens Public Library and … Continued The post Tibet activists protest Chinese consulate exhibit read more →
Climate change could trigger more landslides in High Mountain Asia
Jessica Merzdorfjessica Merzdorf| NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center| Read original news here. More frequent and intense rainfall events due to climate change could cause more landslides in the High Mountain Asia region of China, Tibet and Nepal, according to the first … Continued The post Climate change could trigger more landslides read more →
State Department designates 5 Chinese media outlets ‘foreign missions’
Lucas Tomlinson for the Fox News. Read the original article here. The State Department is designating five Chinese media outlets “foreign missions,” calling them, in essence, state-sponsored propaganda and agents of the Communist Party of China, officials announced Tuesday. State Department officials said the … Continued The post State Department designates 5 Chinese media read more →
State Department hosts reception to celebrate Tibetan New Year
International Campaign for Tibet| February 19, 2020| Read the original report here. In a sign of the US government’s continuing embrace of the Tibetan people and promotion of Tibetan culture and identity, the State Department hosted a reception this week … Continued The post State Department hosts reception to celebrate read more →
The Dalai Lama’s succession rests with Tibet, not China
JIANLI YANG AND LIANCHAO HAN for The Hill. Read the original article here. There are many things most 85-year-olds cannot do — run, climb mountains, stay awake the whole day long — and no one begrudges them for that. There … Continued The post The Dalai Lama’s succession rests with read more →
Preventing the Death of the World’s Rivers
BRAHMA CHELLANEY| Project Syndicate| Read original article here. The world’s rivers are under unprecedented pressure from contamination, damming, and diversion, which are straining water resources, destroying ecosystems, jeopardizing livelihoods, and damaging human health. International cooperation can save riparian systems, but … Continued The post Preventing the Death of the World’s read more →