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China says detained Taiwan activist in good health
By Reuters, DNA The Chinese government said on Wednesday that a Taiwan rights activist detained on suspicion of endangering national security was in good health, and had reassured his family in a letter. The detention has put a strain on ties between Taiwan and China, which have cooled since Taiwan read more →
China launches first domestically-built aircraft carrier
By Reuters, 8:21 am, DNA China on Wednesday launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier, which will join an existing one bought second-hand from the Ukraine, amid rising tensions over North Korea and worries about Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea. State media said the carrier, designed in China read more →
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, The Panchen Lama Recognised By Dalai Lama, Turns 28
NDTV, 25 April 2017 Dharamsala: Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, recognised by the Dalai Lama as the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism and missing for over 22 years, today turned 28. On the occasion, the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) in Dharamshala has released read more →
China is selling flights to North Korea again
By Jethro Mullen Well, that didn’t last long. Air China is offering flights between Beijing and North Korea again after a brief halt. The state-owned carrier said April 14 that it was suspending flights to North Korea’s capital Pyongyang because of poor sales. Less than two weeks later, Air China’s read more →
Chinese media warn N. Korea against nuke test
By Yahoo News, PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The Latest on tensions on the Korean Peninsula (all times local): 1:05 p.m. A ruling Chinese Communist Party newspaper is warning North Korea against conducting another nuclear test, saying that would likely propel events past the “point of no return.” In an read more →
China’s Leader Urges Restraint on North Korea in Call With Trump
By Chris Buckley, NY Times President Trump with President Xi Jinping of China at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., this month. The latest call between the leaders came during warnings that North Korea may be preparing a nuclear test. BEIJING — China’s president, Xi Jinping, has urged President read more →
In Arunachal Pradesh, Students Lead Protests Against China For Renaming 6 Places
Guwahati: The sheets of rain in Arunachal Pradesh this morning didn’t dissuade hundreds of young protestors, many of them students, from marching in protest against China’s recent move to rename six places in the state as an assertion of its claim to the border state. The protest was led by read more →
In Arunachal Pradesh, Students Lead Protests Against China For Renaming 6 Places
Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Shuchi Shukla, NDTV| Updated: April 24, 2017 14:43 IST Guwahati: The sheets of rain in Arunachal Pradesh this morning didn’t dissuade hundreds of young protestors, many of them students, from marching in protest against China’s recent move to rename six places in the read more →
Most places renamed by China have Dalai Lama, Tibet links: Expert
Times of India – 24 April 2017 NEW DELHI: Most of the six places in Arunachal Pradesh that China renamed recently have some significance related to the Dalai Lama or Tibet, a China expert said today. “This is only an attempt to show its severe displeasure to India for allowing read more →
We need an ‘innernet’ along with the internet, says Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa
IANS, 24 April 2017 New Delhi: The internet has brought people closer to each other but also needed is an “innernet” to make us feel our inter-connectedness inwardly too, Tibetan spiritual leader, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, said on Sunday. “The information age makes us highly aware of our interconnectedness and read more →
Arunachal leaders slam China for renaming places in state
DNA, 23 April 2017 “Will naming Beijing as Mumbai make China’s capital an Indian territory,” asks the president of the Arunachal Chamber of Commerce and Industries summing up the mood of locals on China renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh. People and political leaders cutting across party lines here have strongly read more →
China plans world’s biggest national park on Tibetan plateau
South China Morning Post China is considering turning the entire Tibetan plateau and surrounding mountains into a huge national park to protect “the last piece of pure land”, according to scientists briefed on the project. Dubbed the Third Pole National Park because the plateau and mountains, including the Himalayas, have read more →
Chinese Media blames India for Nepal’s scaling down military drills
by PTI, 21 April, 2017, 1:59 pm Since the 1990s, balanced diplomacy has become the basic principle of Nepal’s foreign strategy. Beijing: Nepal has scaled down the size of its first-ever military exercise with China after facing strong opposition from India, state-run Chinese media claimed on Friday. The 10-day read more →
China limits travel to both Koreas as conflict heats up
By Daniel Meesak, publisher of Jing Travel After deciding to crack down on travel by its citizens to South Korea from March 15, China is now expanding those restrictions to include North Korea as well, with Chinese tour operators suspending sales of tours in the isolated country. Chinese tourists have long made read more →
China and India renew war of words over Tibet
The Dalai Lama waves to supporters at a Buddhist monastery in the Himalayan Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh this month © AP By Lucy Hornby in beijing, Aliya Ram in New Delhi – Financial Times, 20 April 2017 India calls Arunachal an ‘integral’ part of its country after Beijing adjusts read more →