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Will China’s Next Crisis Be in Tibet?
By James Flynn, Read the original article here. In April of this year, the Dalai Lama was admitted to a hospital in New Delhi for a chest infection. He was discharged three days later, reassuring the world that he felt … Continued The post Will China’s Next Crisis Be in read more →
Review: Tibet: When the Gods Spoke by Claude Arpi
Claude Arpi’s third volume on relations between India and Tibet covers the deepening Chinese penetration of the plateau and Beijing’s administrative and military consolidation there. The free hand given to China in its consolidation in Tibet was made possible when … Continued The post Review: Tibet: When the Gods Spoke by read more →
Tibetans fume at Chinese move to interfere in Dalai Lama reincarnation process
As the fourteenth Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, turned 84 last month, China has started pushing its agenda by claiming rights in the selection process of the next Dalai Lama. The recent controversy involving Tibet and China … Continued The post Tibetans fume at Chinese move to read more →
In ‘clear warning’, Chinese paramilitary forces exercise near Hong Kong
By Brenda Goh, Greg Torode, Read the original article here. SHENZHEN, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hundreds of China’s People’s Armed Police conducted exercises at a sports stadium in Shenzhen on Thursday, as the U.S. State Department expressed concern that they … Continued The post In ‘clear warning’, Chinese paramilitary forces read more →
Threat from China recalls that of Nazi Germany, Australian lawmaker says
By David Crawshaw, Read the original article here. The West’s approach to containing China is akin to its failure to prevent Nazi Germany’s aggression, an influential Australian lawmaker warned, earning a rebuke from Beijing while highlighting the difficulty the U.S. … Continued The post Threat from China recalls that of read more →
Uighur man held after leaking letters from Xinjiang camp inmates, says family
by Lily Kuo / The Guardian Wed 14 Aug 2019 01.55 BSTLast modified on Wed 14 Aug 2019 09.32 BST Abdurahman Memet believed notes from his parents and brother were proof they had been imprisoned in Chinese ‘re-education’ centres A Uighur man who leaked letters from inmates at China’s secretive internment camps in Xinjiang read more →
Australia has too few home-grown experts on the Chinese Communist Party. That’s a problem
By Euan Graham, Read the original article here. Concerns are growing about Chinese influence on Australian universities. Some universities are reviewing research partnerships with Chinese state-owned companies after the ABC’s Four Corners revealed links to technology being used by the Chinese Government … Continued The post Australia has too few home-grown experts read more →
Taiwan, Tibet and Uygur expats join Hongkongers in New York to show support for protests
By Jodi Xu Klein, Read the original article here. Demonstration across street from Chinese consulate backs calls for greater democracy in city Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uygur expatriates joined Hongkongers in New York on Saturday to show their support for the … Continued The post Taiwan, Tibet and Uygur expats join read more →
‘China Trying To Destroy Tibetan Buddhism By Deciding The Next Dalai Lama’
By Parul Chandra, Read the original article here. To China’s propagandists pushing the line that atheist Beijing is the true arbiter of Tibetan Buddhism, here’s a counter from none other than Lobsang Sangay, the Sikyong or head of the Central … Continued The post ‘China Trying To Destroy Tibetan Buddhism read more →
The Presence of the Dalai Lama’s Absence: A Conversation with Tibetan Poet Tsering Woeser
Photo: Tibetan poet Tsering Woeser (left) and translator Ian Boyden For the last thirty years, the Tibetan writer and humanist Tsering Woeser has documented the relentless colonization and destruction of her homeland and its culture by the Chinese. She bears witness to this unfolding tragedy through essays, blogs, poems, social read more →
Doha defies Beijing over Uighurs; others can too
Asia Times / By SAMAH HADID China’s campaign to target Uighurs abroad was dealt a blow this week, as an unlikely ally refused to capitulate to Beijing’s pressure. In an unexpected move on Tuesday, Qatar refused to bow down to requests from China by rejecting the deportation of Ablikim Yusuf, a read more →
US calls China ‘thuggish regime’ for targeting American diplomat who met Hong Kong protesters
Anger at release of diplomat’s personal information as Hong Kong police bring back police chief who handled 2014 Occupy protests A US official has described China as a “thuggish regime” for disclosing personal details about a US diplomat who met student leaders involved in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. The denunciation read more →
Kingian non-violence peace educators meet Dalai Lama
Daily Excelsior, Read the original article here. JAMMU, Aug 7: A delegation of certified Kingian non-violence peace educators representing three different nations – India (J&K), United States (Rhode Island) and Tibet, visited 14th Dalai Lama in Mclorganj (Himachal Pradesh) at … Continued The post Kingian non-violence peace educators meet Dalai read more →
Hong Kong’s Lawyers March in Silence Over Political Arrests of Protesters
By Wong Lok-to, Lau Siu-Fung and Wen Yuqing, Read the original article here. Thousands of members of Hong Kong’s legal profession took to the streets on Wednesday in a silent march of protest against the political arrests of hundreds of anti-extradition … Continued The post Hong Kong’s Lawyers March in Silence read more →
In service of others, Sushma led a meaningful life: Dalai Lama
HT Correspondent, Read the original article here. The Dalai Lama on Wednesday expressed grief over the untimely demise of former Union minister Sushma Swaraj. In a letter to the former foreign minister’s husband Swaraj Kaushal, the 84-year-old spiritual leader, wrote: … Continued The post In service of others, Sushma led read more →