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China ready to do a deal with India for concessions in Tawang?
From India Today Ananth Krishnan | Posted by Sanjay Nirala Beijing, March 2, 2017 | UPDATED 06:41 IST India sees China as occupying 38,000 sq km of its territory in Aksai Chin, while China claims 90,000 sq km in Arunachal Pradesh. China’s long-time negotiator on the border talks, who retired in 2013, has said read more →
Dalai Lama tears into “short-sighted” China in hilarious interview with John Oliver
When John Oliver, one of the wittiest men on the planet met his holiness the Dalai Lama, one of the most outspoken spiritual leaders, sparks were bound to fly, and their crackling chemistry was clearly visibly for the world to see in the latest ‘Last Week Tonight’ episode, where both read more →
Dalai Lama Tells John Oliver the Chinese Haven’t Been ‘Using the Human Brain Properly’
Newsweek, 6 March 2017 “I practice taking others’ suspicions and distrust and giving them patience, tolerance and compassion,” the Dalai Lama told John Oliver. To give viewers a break from the Donald Trump news cycle, John Oliver spent the latest episode of Last Week Tonight focusing on the oppression of read more →
Premier Li Keqiang sounds warning on Hong Kong independence
South China Morning Post, 5 March 2017 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has for the first time publicly denounced the notion of Hong Kong independence in his annual work report, warning that the movement would “lead nowhere”. While Beijing’s firm rejection of such separatist sentiments is well-known, the mention of Hong read more →
Tibetan languages face heavy government pressure whilst modernity threatens neglected dialects
The Loatian Irrawaddy Dolphin, the Hawaiian Crow and the Taiwanese language of Pazeh all share something in common: they are now extinct. Just a week since UNESCO’s Global Mother Language Day, the spotlight has fallen upon struggling languages which – like their counterparts in the animal world – are collapsing. read more →
Defying China, India to host Dalai Lama in Arunachal Pradesh
REUTERS, 3 March 2017 NEW DELHI: The Union government representatives will meet the Dalai Lama when he visits Arunachal Pradesh in April, officials said, despite a warning from China that it would damage bilateral ties. India said the Tibetan spiritual leader will make a religious trip to Arunachal Pradesh+ next read more →
China warns India against Dalai Lama’s Arunachal visit, says would cause ‘serious damage’ to relations
The First Post, 3 March 2017 Beijing: China on Friday warned India against allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh, saying it would cause “serious damage” to the bilateral ties and peace in the disputed border region. “China is gravely concerned over information that India has granted permission to the Dalai to visit read more →
Chinese Consulate Behind University Protest Against Dalai Lama
Joshua Phillip, Epoch Times, 1 March 2017 The University of California, San Diego, has invited the Dalai Lama as its commencement speaker in June, and a group of Chinese students at the university is rallying to stop his speech. There may be more to the events than meets the eye, read more →
U.N. Human Rights Experts Unite to Condemn China Over Expulsions of Tibetans
The New York Times, 27 February 2017 A half-dozen United Nations experts who investigate human rights abuses have taken the rare step of banding together to condemn China for expulsions of monks and nuns from major religious enclaves in a Tibetan region. In a sharply worded statement, the experts expressed read more →
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Lessons from meditating with the Dalai Lama
CNN, Sanjay Gupta (CNN) For the past two months, I have been a changed man. It is hard to fully describe, except to say my mood is mostly sunny and more patient than usual. In the past, my family and friends would’ve typically described me as pleasant but hurried. My read more →
Tibet Was Inhabited More Than 50,000 Years Ago: Scientific Report
Source: http://www.tibetanjournal.com A new scientific analysis of the Tibetan Plateau has challenged the notion of Tibet being inhabited by humans 15,000 years ago. A deeper archaeological survey of the ‘Roof of the World’ has led scientists to believe that human migration in one of the most environmentally hostile places in read more →
Time to forthrightly face China’s human rights abuses Tweet email
BY NYIMA LHAMO NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 10:20 AM A week before the UN Human Rights Council opens its 2017 session, with China starting a new three-year term, I will be there to provide a dissenting voice: a rare moment of truth about the tribulations of read more →
Switzerland’s denial of ‘Tibet’ nationality a blow to separatists
By Cui Hongjian, Global Times The “Tibetan-in-exile” community in Switzerland has found it more difficult to obtain an official identification of Tibetan refugee since Berne revised its immigration policy and asked those Tibetans to change their nationality to China in July 2016. Swiss media said recently that the approval rate read more →
Switzerland revised Tibet policy to boost ties:Chinese media
by K J M Varma, PTI Beijing, Feb 19 (PTI) In a bid to improve ties with China, Switzerland has “revised” its immigration policy for Tibetan refugees, asking them to change their nationality to Chinese, state media here reported today. The “Tibetans-in-exile” community in Switzerland has found it more difficult read more →
Opinion: China’s economy is dangerously close to unraveling
The People’s Bank of China in Beijing. By Ivan Martchev, MarketWatch The country’s debt is rising dramatically, while growth in gross domestic product is slowing. It came not with a bang but a whimper. The January data from China finally confirmed that the country’s foreign-exchange reserves fell by $12.3 billion to $2.998 read more →