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Climate change, battery boom threatens life on the ‘roof of the world’ — the Tibetan Plateau
Climate change is sometimes discussed as a problem of the future, but on the “roof of the world”, it has already arrived. The remote, icy plains of the Tibetan Plateau — the highest and largest plateau on the planet — … Continued
Justice Department Has Ordered Key Chinese State Media Firms to Register as Foreign Agents
By Kate O’Keeffe and Aruna Viswanatha Updated Sept. 18, 2018 3:50 p.m. ET The Justice Department ordered two leading Chinese state-run media organizations to register as foreign agents, according to people familiar with the matter, as U.S. officials ramp up … Continued
China Is Buying African Media’s Silence
Azad Essa, Foreign Policy Read original news here I wrote about Chinese oppression in a South African paper. Hours later, they cancelled my column. It is official. After more than a decade of planning, setting up, and bankrolling African media, … Continued
The struggles of reporting on China’s secret Uighur ‘re-education camps’
It is probably the most difficult place to report from in China. In the far-western province of Xinjiang, the Chinese campaign to smash Islamic extremism and independence sentiments has been taken to new extreme level. The Chinese deny it’s going … Continued
Censorship, Geopolitical Time Bombs, and China’s Islamophobia Problem
Matt Schrader, The Jamestown Foundation, Read original news here China has a serious and worsening Islamophobia problem. While relations between China’s Muslim minorities and its Han majority have been fraught since 2009’s deadly inter-ethnic riots in the far western city … Continued
“Eradicating Ideological Viruses”: China’s Campaign of Repression Against Xinjiang’s Muslims
Human Riughts Watch, Setpember 2018 Read the original news here Summary The training has only one purpose: to learn laws and regulations…to eradicate from the mind thoughts about religious extremism and violent terrorism, and to cure ideological diseases. If the … Continued
The People’s Republic of Cruelty
By Bret Stephens Opinion Columnist A regime at war with the human soul will eventually lose. Every now and then, when credulous Western observers aren’t fawning over China’s high-speed rail network or calculating the precise moment when its economy will become the world’s largest, a news story breaks through to read more →
Trouble brewing in Communist China
The Northlines, 15 September 2018, G Ramachandram Read original news here All is not well with China. The Chinese Communist Party is the State and vice versa. What we see is absolute power exercised by President Xi Jinping, both as … Continued
One Nation Under Xi? This is why Christian Persecution in China is Escalating
Gary Lane, CBN news, 09-14-2018 Read original news here This summer, Christians in China are experiencing an escalating wave of persecution unseen since Mao’s Cultural Revolution. “We’re seeing more persecution or a higher level of persecution,” said The Voice of the … Continued
His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet admires Sweden for its advocacy of democracy and liberty
Dharamshala, India — “I don’t admire the USA for its nuclear weapons but for its advocacy of democracy, freedom and liberty, I hope here in Sweden you can keep these values alive,” His Holiness the Dalai Lama told members of … Continued
The Dalai Lama to visit Malmö University
Malmo University, 12 September 2018 Read original news here. On September 13, the Dalai Lama will visit Malmö University to present a conversation and lecture on secular ethics. The event is by invitation only but will be streamed online and … Continued
Tibet Independence Campaigners claim Victory as Liverpool’s Controversial Water Partnership Ends
Unclear whether protests around Anfield and petition to club owner John Henry had any effect as year-long regional partnership is not renewed. English Premier League side Liverpool have ended their controversial partnership with Chinese company Tibet Water, and pro-Tibetan independence … Continued
Is the US Ready to Stand Up for Taiwan Against China?
By Charlotte Gao, The Diplomat, September 10, 2018 The People’s Republic of China (hereafter referred to as China) has increasingly intensified its diplomatic squeeze on the Republic of China (Taiwan) since Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen came into office in 2016. In … Continued
Tibet seeks to balance nature, tourism
Visitors bring cash, but ecology more important, region’s chairman says The Tibet autonomous region will put environmental conservation ahead of tourism development, officials said at the Fourth China Tibet Tourism and Cultural Expo, which is scheduled to close on Tuesday. … Continued
How far is Tibet from real human rights and rule of law?
The tragic case of Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk highlights how Beijing ‘games the system’ on political disputes Tibet.net, the official website of the Central Tibetan Administration, calls for the immediate release of Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk from prison … Continued