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WATCH: ‘I am sorry’ – Ramaphosa apologises to Tutu
Mahlatse Mahlase, News24 President Cyril Ramaphosa has apologised to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu for “putting him through a period where he lost confidence” in the leadership of the ANC. Ramaphosa met with Tutu at his house in Hermanus on Thursday. … Continued
China has turned Xinjiang into a police state like no other
“THE prophet Sulayman approached his son and said to him, ‘I have received a message from God. I want you to circle the Earth and see if there are more people who are alive in spirit or more people who … Continued
Why India Won’t Play Its ‘Tibet Card’
Sudha Ramachandran, The Jamestown Foundation, 31 May 2018 On February 22, India’s Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale issued a directive calling on leaders and government officials to stay away from events planned by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)—the Tibetan government-in-exile—to mark … Continued
Middle way approach beneficial for Tibet, China: Dalai Lama
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the ‘Middle Way Approach’ is the most practical approach and mutually beneficial to both the Tibetan and Chinese to solve the crisis in Tibet. Addressing the delegates of the first international conference … Continued
China, Taiwan and the battle raging to ‘erase an identity’
By Chris Taylor May 27, 2018 11:55 AM (UTC+8) If there is one metric that defines Taiwan, it is the unequivocal opposition to China’s surveillance-state authoritarianism The distinctive landscape of Liberty Square in Taiwan. Photo: iStock The further China leverages … Continued
The North Korea summit crumbled after China lined up against it
News analysis – Read Original Story Here Why did Kim Jong Un recently harden his demands for the summit and stop working on plans for the Singapore meeting with White House and State Department officials? The answer, according to senior … Continued
China Tries to Erase Taiwan, One Ally (and Website) at a Time
By Steven Lee Myers and Chris Horton TAIPEI, Taiwan — Can China use its enormous economic and diplomatic leverage to simply erase Taiwan’s international identity? China seems to be trying. But its increasingly aggressive posture toward Taiwan is creating a … Continued
Spineless Federal Bureaucrats CAVED To Chinese Pressure To Censor Voice Of America. Now They Deny It
By Sasha Gong, published in dailycaller.com – Read original story here For years the Chinese government has been putting pressure—direct and indirect—on United States government agencies for its own gain. Unfortunately, many in the U.S. bureaucracy have refused to face … Continued
University of British Columbia event looks at impact of Canada-China FTA on human rights in Tibet
Report filed by Canada Tibet Committee In partnership with the University of British Columbia (UBC) Himalaya Program, the Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) hosted a workshop on May 18, 2018 exploring human rights implications of an eventual Canada-China Free Trade Agreement … Continued
Preventing Chinese espionage at America’s universities
By Josh Rogin May 22 2018 (Read Original Story Here) As part of America’s overdue awakening to China’s foreign influence operations campaign inside the United States, the intelligence community and lawmakers are shining new light on how the Communist Party is … Continued
China jails Tibetan-language advocate Tashi Wangchuk for 5 years for “inciting separatism”
Hong Kong Free Press, 22 May 2018 A Tibetan who has campaigned to preserve his region’s ancestral language was jailed for five years in China on Tuesday for “inciting separatism” in a case Amnesty International denounced as “beyond absurd”. Tashi Wangchuk was … Continued
China: Activist Convicted for Promoting Tibetan Language
Human Rights Watch – Read Original Story Here (New York) – The Chinese authorities’ baseless prosecution of a Tibetan language rights activist demonstrates the government’s contempt for the rights of minority peoples, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 22, … Continued
The Chinese Revolution directly impacted Chinese authority in Tibet.
Sunday Guardian – (read original story here) Tibet’s tempestuous political history and upheavals of its past are well recorded and archived. The 14th (present) Dalai Lama arrived in India on a yak by crossing the border at Khenzimane on … Continued
How Chinese mining in the Himalayas may create a new military flashpoint with India
China has begun large-scale mining operations on its side of the disputed border with India in the Himalayas, where a huge trove of gold, silver and other precious minerals – valued at nearly US$60 billion by Chinese state geologists – … Continued
Railroaded: The Chinese High-Speed Train Network No One Else Really Wants
Wall Street Journal -18 May 2018 (Read Original Story Here) Terrain is easy, negotiations hard, as construction begins on politically fraught route through Southeast Asia PANG-ASOK, Thailand— Li Guanghe has built some of the most technically complex railroads in China. … Continued