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China wages cyber war via dharamsala
24 December 2016 – The Indian Express NEW DELHI: With a view to malign the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), China is remotely accessing the computer servers in Dharamsala, planting spywares and malwares and disguising the IP address to target computer systems across the globe, said Prime Minister of Central Tibetan Administration read more →
Tibetans in anguish as Chinese mines pollute their sacred grasslands
Washington Post, 26 December, 2016 by Simon Denyer JIAJIKA, CHINA — High in western China’s Sichuan province, in the shadow of holy mountains, the Liqi River flows through a lush, grassy valley dotted with grazing yaks, small Tibetan villages and a Buddhist temple. But there’s poison here. A large lithium read more →
Dalai Lama, Beijing and The Tibet Cause
The Daily Pioneer, 23 December 2016 Over the years, Beijing has tried to shrink the space available to the Dalai Lama in world capitals, to lobby the Tibet cause. Notwithstanding these efforts, the Dalai Lama retains immense popular goodwill and support The Dalai Lama’s unrivalled religious authority and influence over read more →
Taiwan’s president to visit US despite objections from China
The Guardian – 22 December 2016 Planned trip causes speculation in Washington and Taiwan that Tsai Ing-wen may meet Donald Trump in person Taiwan’s president is planning to meet members of Congress next month during a stopover visit to the US that will go ahead despite strong Chinese government objections, read more →
After Mongolian incident, Chinese daily warns India on Dalai Lama
By Atul Aneja, The Hindu – 22 December 2016 The Global Times, a newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party of China (CPC), has counseled India not to leverage the Dalai Lama issue to undermine Beijing’s core interests. This in tune with an assurance that China has apparently received from Mongolia read more →
Raja Mandala: The odd triangle
The highest Buddhist spiritual, Dalai Lama. (Source: Reuters) The argument over the Dalai Lama is not new. But its gathering intensity could add to the turbulence in Sino-Indian relations. Written by C. Raja Mohan | Published:December 20, 2016 It was no surprise that China strongly objected to the presence of read more →
India should make Tibet a core issue with China: Sangay
Times of India, 20 December 2016 NEW DELHI: India must raise Tibet with China as this is vital not only to its security but also environment and economic interests as China is furiously building dams in a region that feeds major Indian rivers, Lobsanga Sangay, PM of Tibet’s government in read more →
Is China Scared of the Dalai Lama?
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets an audience before his religious speech in Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. The Dalai Lama is in Japan for a 12-day visit to deliver speeches.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) by N.S.Venkataraman – Sri Lanka Guardian, 19 December 2016 ( December 19, 2016, Chennai, Sri Lanka read more →
Tibetan from across border, chaiwala bag gold at MSU
Tsering Norbu and Vijay Nariyani Times of India, 18 December 2016 VADODARA: Stories of grit and struggle surfaced during the 65th annual convocation ceremony of MS University on Saturday as a Tibetan student who had crossed Indo-Nepal border in disguise and a Sindhi youth who had worked at a tea read more →
Hopeful of an early meeting between Trump, Dalai Lama: Lobsang Sangay
Lobsang Sangay (left), the Prime Minister of Tibet’s government in exile with Tibet’s spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama. Photo: PTI By Elizabeth Roche – Live Mint, 19 December 2016 Tibet’s PM-in-exile Lobsang Sangay says encouraged by Donald Trump’s stance on One China policy, remains hopeful of support to resolve Tibet read more →
Tibet’s PM in-exile slams China for opposing Dalai-President Pranab Mukherjee meet
Economic Times, 17 December 2016 NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of the Tibetan government in-exile Lobsang Sangay today criticised China for objecting to Dalai Lama’s meeting with President Pranab Mukherjee asserting India did the “right thing” which Beijing “should not” oppose. Sangay made the remarks on the sidelines of an event read more →
Tibetan leader urges Trump to confront China on rights
Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, speaks on his mobile phone before an interview with Reuters in New Delhi, India, December 16, 2016. To match Interview INDIA-TIBET/ REUTERS/Adnan Abidi By Sanjeev Miglani | NEW DELHI – REUTERS, 16 DECEMBER 2017 The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile said on read more →
China upset as Dalai Lama meets President Pranab Mukherjee
The Indian Express – 16 December 2016 China regards the Dalai Lama as a separatist, though he says he merely seeks genuine autonomy for his Himalayan homeland Tibet, which Communist Chinese troops “peacefully liberated” in 1950. China expressed dissatisfaction on Friday after exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama met read more →
On Dalai Lama, India stops being defensive
By Claude Arpi, published in the Daily Pioneer – 15 December 2016 China can keep complaining, but the Dalai Lama is a guest in India, and it is certainly the prerogative of the President to invite him to Rashtrapati Bhavan. The NDA regime is not going to be defensive about read more →
Coordinated stance called for on Chinese investment
Nikkei Asian Review – December 10, 2016 The election of Donald Trump has led to widespread speculation about what the U.S. president-elect wants to do with and about China. Will he impose high tariffs on Chinese imports if Beijing doesn’t “behave,” potentially triggering retaliation? Will he strike a deal with read more →