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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China is afraid of its ethnic minorities

As President Xi Jinping takes Chinese influence to every corner of the world, there remain corners of his own country that his government struggles to control. The big picture: The Chinese Communist Party has no tolerance for dissent from ethnic … Continued

Marxism still ‘totally correct’ for China: Xi

REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, 5 May 2018 He tells party members to make it ‘way of life’, ahead of 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth BEIJING • The decision of China’s ruling Communist Party to stick with the political theories of Karl … Continued

Tibetan task force discusses developments in China

Times of India, 5 May 2018 Dharamshala: The 30th session of the Tibetan task force on negotiations concluded on Thursday at the headquarters of the Tibetan administration. Nineteen members of the task force attended the meet. During the meeting, the … Continued

World Press Freedom Day 2018: Xi Jinping, release Tibetan Tashi Wangchuk – charged over a NYTimes report

3 May 2018 19:26 – Hong Kong Free Press  (Read Original Story Here) An open letter to President Xi Jinping Our organisations are committed to freedom of expression, freedom of the press and human rights in Tibet and China. We … Continued

Chinese Nobel laureate’s widow ‘ready to die’ in house arrest

Lily Kuo, The Guardian, 3 May 2018 04.20 BST Liu Xia, wife of the late human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, says she has nothing left to live for, in phone call with exiled friend Protesters display a portrait of Liu Xiaobo … Continued

China is pressuring international airlines to copy its political views

Tara Francis Chan, Business Insider, 2 May 2018 China is pressuring airlines around the world to toe its political line. China has sent letters to Qantas, American Airlines, and reportedly United Airlines to warn them against referring to Taiwan as … Continued

‘Amazing China’ documentary more fiction than fact

by Erika Kinetz and Elias Meseret | AP May 1 2018, The Washington Post SHANGHAI — A company that made shoes for Ivanka Trump and stands accused of serious labor violations plays an unexpected role in a blockbuster propaganda film … Continued

China, India and water across the border

Joydeep Gupta, Tuesday May 1st, 2018 TheThird Pole.Net When India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China’s President Xi Jinping held an informal summit on April 27-28, involving a cruise on Wuhan lake in Hubei province, did they talk about water? … Continued

A Harsh Reality Of Bangladesh: Water Security, Salinity Intrusion, And Internal Migration – OpEd

By Zulker Naeen*, 30 April 2018 Read original story here In recent years, development experts around the world are intensely concerned about water security. According to FAO, a third of the world’s population depends on groundwater and the UN has … Continued

We need to make strong contribution to global peace and development, PM Modi tells Xi Jinping

Daily News & Analysis Web Team, Read original story here Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping today exchanged views on “solidifying” the India-China relationship as they began an unprecedented two-day informal summit here during which they will … Continued

China Guards Its Historical Heroes With New Law

By Chun Han Wong, Updated April 27, 2018 6:00 a.m. ET As President Xi Jinping entrenches Communist Party rule, new law mandates ‘all of society’ honor its heroes and martyrs BEIJING—Eight decades after his grandfather was killed during the Chinese … Continued

Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen willing to meet Xi Jinping ‘for peace and stability’

Agence France-Presse, 28 April 2018 Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday she would be willing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping “for peace and stability” in the wake of a landmark summit between the leaders of the two Koreas. … Continued

The United Nations of China: A vision of the world order

European Council on Foreign Relations Read original story here China’s participation in the United Nations system is often viewed through a succession of single lenses: its use of the veto over the last few years (less often than Russia, but … Continued

Autocracy With Chinese Characteristics

Beijing’s Behind-the-Scenes Reforms By Yuen Yuen Ang Sooner or later this economy will slow,” the New York Timescolumnist Thomas Friedman declared of China in 1998. He continued: “That’s when China will need a government that is legitimate. . . . … Continued

Meeting Dalai Lama would spark ‘crisis’ with China: Emmanuel Macron

By: AFP | Washington | Published: April 26, 2018 Read original story here French President Emmanuel Macron today rejected the prospect of meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying doing so without consulting Beijing first would trigger a “crisis” with China’s … Continued