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Opinion: UCSD Chinese Should Welcome Dalai Lama—Not Parrot Party Line
By Yang Jianli, Times of San Diego What do Richard Spencer, Ann Coulter, and the Dalai Lama have in common? Each of them has been the target of college student protests opposing their speeches on campus. But unlike Mr. Spencer and Ms. Coulter, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was read more →
How a monk brought children out of slums to schools
By Varinder Bhatia, Indian Express, Dharamshala, Lobsang Jamyang with students. (Source: Express photo by Kamleshwar Singh) In 1997, when Lobsang Jamyang escaped from Tibet and arrived in Dharamsala, the 24-year-old had two “goals in life”: to meet the Dalai Lama, which he did soon after arriving; and study religion, which read more →
TSGAP appeals Centre to confer Bharat Ratna on 14th Dalai Lama
By Newsonair, FILE PHOTO: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama watches a dance performance on the last day of his teachings in Tawang in the northeastern Indian state of Arunchal Pradesh November 11, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo The Tibet Support Group of Arunachal Pradesh has appealed to the Centre read more →
Hong Kong and south China brace for Typhoon Merbok
By Reuters, DNA, Typhoon Merbok edged towards Hong Kong and the China’s south coast on Monday, bringing strong winds and rough seas, with the Hong Kong observatory raising its third-highest typhoon warning signal. Financial markets, schools, businesses and non-essential government services close when the signal, No. 8, or above is read more →
President Trump, Don’t Forget About Tibet
UNSPECIFIED, CHINA – APRIL 23: Tibetan Buddhist monks use iphone in the courtyard of the Kumbum Monastery on April 23, 2017 in Xining, Qinghai Province. Kumbum was founded in 1583 in a narrow valley close to the village of Lusar in the Tibetan cultural region of Amdo. (Photo by Wang read more →
China-India border tension remains despite growing economic ties: US
By PTI, DNA, The Pentagon has said that tension continues to exist along the disputed portions of India-China border even though the economic relationship between the two countries have increased in recent years. According to Pentagon, China’s use of force in territorial disputes has varied widely throughout its history. “Tensions read more →
China labour activists suspected of sending “industrial secrets” abroad
By Reuters, DNA, Three labour activists in China who scrutinized a company making Ivanka Trump-branded shoes are being investigated on suspicion of providing industrial secrets to a foreign organisation for money, state media reported on Wednesday. China on Tuesday rejected a call from the U.S. State Department for the release read more →
Chinese choppers ‘breach’ Indian airspace in Chamoli district
source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com DEHRADUN: In its fourth incursion into the Indian airspace since March this year, two helicopters of the People’s Liberation Army of China hovered over Badahoti area of Chamoli district on Saturday morning, triggering concerns in the Indian security establishment. Official sources suspected that the choppers — which returned read more →
Australian sovereignty under threat from influence of China’s Communist Party
source: http://mobile.abc.net.au The defence and intelligence community believes that attempts by the Chinese Communist Party to exert its influence in Australia pose a direct threat to our nation’s liberties and its sovereignty. Key points: A joint Four Corners-Fairfax investigation reveals Beijing is active in Australia across an array of fronts read more →
China Is Abusing Human Rights in Tibet. Here’s What the US Can Do to Help
By Paul Sung / Olivia Enos – 2 June 2017 – The Daily Signal Tibet, located in far western China, has long been a distinct ethnic and cultural enclave. It has also often found itself in tensions with its eastern counterpart, Beijing—even coming under persecution. That persecution has only escalated read more →
India has active territorial dispute with China: Report
By PTI, DNA, India has an active territorial dispute with China and is unhappy about the Communist nation’s apparent efforts to stifle its ambitions in multilateral fora such as the UN and NSG, according to a report released at a defence forum here today. The report, titled ‘Asia Pacific Regional read more →
Imprisoned Tibetan Writer Shokjang Serves Term in Men Yuan County Prison
Imprisoned Tibetan Writer Shokjang VOA: Shokjang, a prominent Tibetan writer and blogger who was sentenced to a three year prison term by the People’s Intermediate Court in Rebgong, Malho (Huangnan) Prefecture, Qinghai Province on February 15 of last year is currently serving his sentence at the Men-Yuan county prison read more →
June 4 vigil brings back fears as Hong Kong marks 20 years of Chinese rule
By James Griffiths, CNN, Thousands commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre at a vigil in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on June 4, 2016. Hong Kong (CNN)As hundreds of thousands of Chinese students took to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, Lee Cheuk-yan felt exhilarated. It was May 1989, and he was read more →
Review: Soul on a String
By Ken Korman, Bestofneworleans, There are unique pleasures to be found in genre films. Westerns, film noir, science fiction — any film that embraces a set of familiar, easily defined parameters may fit the bill. The genres are naturally limiting (just about any Western has to accommodate horses, outlaws and read more →
China Is Abusing Human Rights in Tibet. Here’s What the US Can Do to Help.
The Daily Signal, 2 Jun 2017 Tibet, located in far western China, has long been a distinct ethnic and cultural enclave. It has also often found itself in tensions with its eastern counterpart, Beijing—even coming under persecution. That persecution has only escalated in recent years. In 2016, the Chinese government read more →