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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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 →

Mapping the Coronavirus Outbreak

Get daily updates on the epidemic and learn how it is affecting countries around the world. BY FP STAFF| Foreign Policy| UPDATED MARCH 17, 2020| Read original report here The novel coronavirus that started in Wuhan, China, is spreading with wildfire speed. … Continued The post Mapping the Coronavirus Outbreak appeared first read more →

China: Reverse Ban on American Journalists

Human Rights Watch. March 18, 2020. Read the original article here. (New York) – The Chinese government should immediately reverse its decision to expel reporters from three major US media outlets, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 18, 2020, the Chinese … Continued The post China: Reverse Ban on American Journalists read more →

How Dictatorships Make Pandemics Worse

For one, they aren’t big fans of the public disclosures that can minimize risk early on. Danielle Pletka| The Dispatch| March 2020| Read original article here Dictatorships make you sick. Not spiritually, not morally (though both may apply), but actually … Continued The post How Dictatorships Make Pandemics Worse appeared read more →

Nobel Prize winner blames Coronavirus pandemic on China’s dictatorship

Daily Mail| 16 March 2020| Read original news here China has lashed out at a Nobel Prize winner after he blamed the coronavirus pandemic on Beijing’s political system. Mario Vargas Llosa, who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature, claimed that the coronavirus … Continued The post Nobel Prize winner blames Coronavirus pandemic read more →

Coronavirus Could End China’s Decades-Long Economic Growth Streak

By Keith Bradsher| New York Time| March 16, 2020| Read original news here SHANGHAI — China’s growth streak has lasted for decades, surviving the crackdown at Tiananmen Square, the global financial crisis and the trade war with the United States. But it … Continued The post Coronavirus Could End China’s Decades-Long Economic read more →

As China Cracks Down on Coronavirus Coverage, Journalists Fight Back

By Javier C. Hernández| New York Times| March 14, 2020| Read original news here When Jacob Wang saw reports circulating online recently suggesting that life was getting better in Wuhan, the center of the coronavirus outbreak, he was irate. Mr. Wang, a … Continued The post As China Cracks Down on Coronavirus read more →

What Taiwan can teach the world on fighting the coronavirus

By Cindy Sui| NBC| March 10, 2020| Read Original News Here TAIPEI, Taiwan — As countries around the world grapple with the coronavirus, Taiwan may offer valuable lessons on how to curb its spread. The island is just 81 miles and a short flight … Continued The post What Taiwan can teach the world read more →

WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 11 March 2020

World Health Organisation| 11 March 2020| Read the statement here Good afternoon. In the past two weeks, the number of cases of COVID-19 outside China has increased 13-fold, and the number of affected countries has tripled. There are now more … Continued The post WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the read more →