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As China doubles down on ‘zero-COVID’, some have had enough
The digital tools used to tackle the virus are intruding deeply into people’s lives, but there is no sign that Beijing will relax the rules. In advance of the Communist Party’s 20th Congress, China has reiterated its commitment to stamping out COVID [File: Florence Lo/Reuters] By Frederik Kelter, Aljazeera News. Published read more →
China’s 100-day “crackdown on crimes” and Tibet ahead of Party Congress
-By International Campaign for Tibet On June 25 2022, China’s Ministry of Security launched a 100-day crackdown labelled “Hundred Days Action” targeting illegal activities related to crimes against women, children, the elderly, the disabled and powerless groups in society.[1] While reportedly prompted by a public outcry over police inaction in response read more →
Japan Must Get Tough on China to Help Persecuted Minorities Survive
“We need more people to join us in this fight. We need to use the conscience of Japan to help make up for what is broken inside of China.” ーYoshiko Sakurai October 9, 2022. By Jason Morgan for JAPAN Forward. Panelists in the seminar on Tibet, Uyghur and Southern Mongolia. read more →
One Nation Under Xi: How China’s Leader Is Remaking Its Identity
-By The New York Times, 11 October 2022 Across Tibetan villages in southwest China, Communist Party officials have been spreading the top leader Xi Jinping’s gospel of national unity: that every ethnic group must fuse into one indivisible China with a shared heritage dating back over 5,000 years. Thousands of read more →
Tibetan President Penpa Tsering’s New Mission to Protect Tibet’s Lands, People, and Neighbors
“Tibet is not just a political issue. It is an environmental and livelihood issue too. Ten major rivers of Southeast Asian countries originate from Tibet.” October 8, 2022. By Jason Morgan for Japan Forward. Sikyong Penpa Tsering addressing the seminar on Tibet, Uyghur and Southern Mongolia. (Courtesy of Tibet House) read more →
Policy docs show China plans to end support for Tibet after Dalai Lama’s death
Radio Free Asia – by Kalden Lodoe A report looks at China’s strategy to control Tibetan religious identity by appointing the leader’s successor. Chinese authorities have developed an elaborate public relations strategy to end international support for Tibet after the death of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama that includes read more →
China’s Strategy for Installing a Dalai Lama of Its Own Revealed
Bitter Winter – by Marco Respinti Two confidential internal documents reveal how Beijing plans to control the reincarnation of the 14th Dalai Lama. As “Bitter Winter” has recently reported, the Dalai Lama, may announce he will not reincarnate, to save Tibetan Buddhism from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s attempt to interfere with read more →
Dalai Lama: COVID hardships should not make Tibetans ‘disheartened’
-By International Campaign for Tibet The Dalai Lama has called on Tibetans not to feel disheartened amid the Chinese government’s inhumane COVID-19 restrictions in Tibet, which have led to at least five suicides in the past two weeks. Offering teachings to Taiwanese Buddhists in his exile home of Dharamsala, India today, Oct. read more →
China’s Colonial Conduct in Tibet, Xinjiang and S. Mongolia is the Worst Form of International Terrorism
CHASE – by Vijay Kranti International Experts ask the world to confront China for its colonialist deeds and the ongoing cultural genocide in China’s colonies. New Delhi, New York, Washington D.C. and Dharamshala – 28 September: In today’s world when terrorism is being considered as a great threat to the read more →
Tibet: New Re-Education Program for Buddhist Monks and Nuns
Bitter Winter – by Lopsang Gurung, 27 September 2022 The “Three Consciousness Campaign” shows that the CCP is concerned about the success of the Tibetan non-violent resistance movement. It all started in May. Buddhist monks and nuns were summoned all over Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), and asked to participate in re-education courses read more →
Tibetans Fight to Keep Their Language Alive
Foreign Policy – by Kelsang Dolma Language rights, an expression of national and ethnic identity, have long been a focus for Tibetan human rights advocates. That focus has sharpened in recent years as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has ratcheted up its efforts in restricting Tibetans under its control from read more →
Chinese authorities allegedly torture 5 Tibetans, 1 to death, for praying in public
Sangyal Kunchok for RFA Tibetan. Chinese authorities in Tibet have allegedly arrested and tortured five Tibetans, killing one of them, for publicly lighting incense and praying, two Tibetan sources living in exile told RFA. The five Tibetans, identified as Chugdhar, Ghelo, Tsedo, Bhamo and Kori, lit incense and prayed for read more →
China-elected Panchen Lama’s ‘perfectly planned’ visits hide human rights crisis in Tibet
ANI for The Print. Lhasa [Tibet], September 21 (ANI): In the wake of the ongoing sinicization of Tibetans by China, the regular visits of the China-appointed Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu to Tibet throw light on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) hidden agenda to spread disinformation about Tibet and hide the read more →
Tibet supporters to lobby Congress for Resolve Tibet Act
International Campaign for Tibet Over 100 Tibetan Americans and Tibet supporters will visit Washington, DC this week to meet with members of Congress and lobby for a bill that aims to peacefully resolve China’s illegal occupation of Tibet. Tibet Lobby Day will bring people from 23 states and the District read more →
Tibetan political leader: The EU needs a special coordinator for China
LinkedIn – By Greg C. Bruno Tibetan political leader Penpa Tsering visited Prague during the Forum 2000 conference to advocate for a more coordinated European response to China. Unlike previous Tibetan leaders who have tended to stay close to the Dalai Lama’s approach – advocating co-existence with Beijing – the read more →