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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India Considers Tibetans her Native People: Acharya Devvrat

IANS, 16 October 2018 Read original news here Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat on Monday said India has a culture of “Atithi Devo Bhava” and has never considered the people of Tibet living in the state in exile any … Continued

China’s Great Leap Backward

By JONATHAN TEPPERMAN, OCTOBER 15, 2018, Foreign Policy Read the original news here In the last 40 years, China has racked up a long list of remarkable accomplishments. Between 1978 and 2013, the Chinese economy grew by an average rate of 10 percent … Continued

India, Tibet share common culture: Governor

  Tribune, Shimla, October 15 Read original news here Governor Acharya Devvrat here on Monday said the third generation of Tibetan community was contributing to the progress of the country by adopting India’s culture and language and this country belonged … Continued

Xinjiang Explained

This video by the relatively independent Chinese newspaper the South China Morning Post tells the story of what is happening in East Turkestan – renamed Xinjiang by China. The video is available here.  

Who Controls the Tap? Addressing Water Security in Asia

Council on Foreign Relations, 10 October 2018 Read original news here The following is a guest post from Sherri Goodman, senior fellow for the Environmental Change and Security Program and the Polar Initiative at the Wilson Center, and Zoe Dutton, intern at the … Continued

Lobsang Sangay: Tibet’s charming champion

By Shobhaa De October 15, 2018 17:05 IST The Week, Read the original news here The biggest star of the just concluded Himalayan Echoes literature festival (third edition) in Nainital was the articulate, dynamic and dishy Lobsang Sangay, elected president of … Continued

United States or China as world leader? Asians overwhelmingly prefer the US, Pew study finds

By Robert Delaney, US bureau chief, South China Morning Post, 13 October 2018 Read original news here When it comes to global leadership, Asia prefers the United States over China by a wide margin, according to data compiled by the Pew … Continued

Trump’s new China strategy faces its first big test

The Trump administration has announced a new, bold and risky strategy to shift the U.S. relationship with China from engagement to competition and to confront Chinese economic aggression, military expansion, internal repression, and overseas political interference. Whether the administration has … Continued

China finally admits it is building a new archipelago of concentration camps. Will the world respond?

WHEN REPORTS began filtering out of China last year about a massive indoctrination and internment drive against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in the western region of Xinjiang, the government in Beijing denied that anything was going on. Later, China acknowledged that … Continued

Can the Chinese Be Trusted to Lead Global Institutions?

BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN, The Atlantic, 12 October 2018 Read orignal news here China has spent years trying to gain an equal footing in international institutions originally set up by the West. Those efforts have seen gradual success, as Chinese nationals have … Continued

China’s abuses in Muslim region ‘may constitute crimes against humanity’ says US congressman

By Michael Mathes, Hong Kong Free Press, 11 October 2018, Read original news here China is undertaking unprecedented repression of its ethnic minorities including Muslim Uighurs, with authoritarian tactics potentially constituting “crimes against humanity” as human rights conditions deteriorate, a damning … Continued

Friends of Tibet Group established in Czech Parliament

Czech Radio, 10 October 2018 Read original news here A “Friends of Tibet” group has just been established by fifty deputies and senators in the Czech Parliament. The news was announced on Tuesday at the Forum 2000 conference in Prague. … Continued

U. S. lawmakers urge FBI to probe claims of Chinese intimidation against immigrants

U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday called for a stronger response to the Chinese government’s repression of Muslims in China’s far west and asked the FBI to investigate claims of intimidation against some immigrant communities in the United States. The remarks, coinciding … Continued

US China commission calls for reciprocal access to Tibet, dialogue between China and Dalai Lama

10 October 2018 United States lawmakers and the Trump Administration should push for reciprocal access to Tibet and renewed dialogue between China and the Dalai Lama’s representatives, according to a new report by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC). The … Continued

Meanwhile, a Tibetan Artist Just Won the Show Formerly Known as “The Voice of China”

by RADII China  |  Oct 8, 2018 Read original news here It’s been a busy weekend for China-watching pop conspiracy theorists. Around 24 hours after a Uyghur rapper from one of the most restive parts of Xinjiang won iQIYI’s showpiece reality extravaganza The Rap … Continued