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What Does the Punishment of a Prominent Scholar Mean for Intellectual Freedom in China?
-A ChinaFile Conversation. Read the original article here. This week, Xu Zhangrun, a law professor at Beijing’s Tsinghua University who in recent months has penned a series of essays critical of policies of the Chinese Communist Party and of its current … Continued
Our love for the Dalai Lama should be affirmed by the government
Recent Indian governments have been too wary of openly honouring him, for fear of offending the Chinese By Ramachandra Guha for The Telegraph India. Read the original news article here. In the last week of March 1959 — exactly 60 years … Continued
It’s Time to Address Paid Chinese Disinformation in US Newspapers
By Joshua Philipp for The Epoch Times | Read the original news article here. Major news outlets in the United States helped create more than two years of hysteria and political attacks about rumors that President Donald Trump had colluded … Continued
Deeply concerned by lack of ‘meaningful’ autonomy for Tibetan people: US
By Daily Excelsior | Read the original news here. WASHINGTON, Mar 27: The US is deeply concerned over the lack of “meaningful” autonomy for the people of Tibet, the Trump administration has said. The US’ policy on Tibet respects China’s territorial … Continued
Tibet’s continued isolation belies Chinese claims in new white paper on Tibet’s development
International Campaign for Tibet | Read original news here. China’s new white paper on Tibet, “Democratic Reform in Tibet – Sixty Years On,” is an acknowledgment that Chinese government policies have failed to win the hearts and minds of … Continued
Conversation with Members of Club 1880
Read original news article here. Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala – A group of eighty-five people from Singapore, including Singaporeans, Americans, Australians, Britishers, Indians, Canadians, Chinese, French, Swiss and several from other countries, came to visit His Holiness the Dalai Lama this … Continued
How China’s new media offensive threatens democracy worldwide
Read the original news here. China has been actively trying to establish a new world media order in which journalists become nothing more than “state propaganda auxiliaries,” press watchdog Reporter Without Borders (RSF) said in a report published on Monday. … Continued
Tibetans and Uighurs Urge Macron to Pressure Xi Jinping on Human Rights
By Mike Woods Read the original news here. Paris: Several hundred Uighurs, Tibetans and other Chinese minorities gathered in Paris on Monday to urge French President Emmanuel Macron would raise their issues as he welcomes his Chinese counterpart for an official visit. … Continued
US says China ‘Systematically’ Impedes Tibet Access
AFP | Washington Read the original news here China “systematically” impedes access to Tibet with restrictions that have prohibited diplomats, journalists and ordinary citizens from visiting, the United States said in a report Monday. The State Department documented access problems to the Himalayan region in a report … Continued
China destroys thousands of maps showing Arunachal as part of India: Report
By Sutirtho Patranobis for Hindustan Times, Beijing. Read original News here. Nearly 30,000 world maps showing Arunachal Pradesh as a part of India and Taiwan as a separate country were destroyed by customs authorities in a northeastern Chinese city last … Continued
China’s Media Interference Is Going Global, Report Says
By Amy Gunia | Hong Kong | TIME Read original news here China is actively attempting to influence the global media to deter criticism and spread propaganda, according to a new report released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Monday. The report, China’s … Continued
For Prominent Chinese Church Leader, Detention is a Test of Faith
By Ian Johnson for The New York Times. Read original news here BEIJING — In 2006, three Chinese Christians traveled to Washington to ask President George W. Bush for his support in their fight for religious freedom. One of them … Continued
The Lamas who will select the Chinese 15th Dalai Lama
Claude Arpi, 24 March 2019. Read original news here. China is working hard to prepare the post-Dalai Lama era. Interview with Reuters In a recent interview with Reuters, pondering what might happen after his death, the Dalai Lama “anticipated some … Continued
The Dalai Lama’s Advice for Leaders Today
Forbes, Rasmus Hougaard, Contributor Read original article here I recently had the honor and pleasure of spending time with the Dalai Lama to discuss leadership in the 21st century. The outcome was published by Harvard Business Review and his message in short is that leaders … Continued
Motorcyclists across the world ride in Tibet
Tibet isn’t an easy region to navigate. But once you learn the know-hows, it takes your breath away I read Tintin in Tibet in Class IV and since then wanted to visit the roof of the world — that mysterious land of icy peaks, meditating monks and serene monasteries. So read more →