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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 →
China: Renminbi stalls on road to being a global currency
by: Gabriel Wildau and Tom Mitchell – Financial Times, 12 December 2016 New capital controls lead to doubt, especially over hopes of forcing economic reform Back in October 2015, as then prime minister David Cameron welcomed President Xi Jinping to the UK, China’s central bank issued one-year bills in London’s offshore renminbi debt market. read more →
Does India Sense an Opportunity in Mongolia Amid Ulaanbataar-Beijing Split Over Dalai Lama?
By Ankit Panda, Published in The Diplomat, 10 December 2016 As I discussed a few weeks ago, bilateral ties between China and Mongolia entered a deep freeze after the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, traveled to Mongolia for an unofficial religious visit. China, which sees the Dalai Lama read more →
Trump says U.S. not necessarily bound by ‘one China’ policy
By Caren Bohan and David Brunnstrom | WASHINGTON – Reuters – 11 December 2016 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said the United States did not necessarily have to stick to its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of “one China,” questioning nearly four decades of policy in a move likely to read more →
Dalai Lama on Socialism
By Terry Reis Kennedy – Published on the Hindu, 08 December 2016 According to His Holiness The Dalai Lama, capitalism and socialism can build a solid partnership provided the rich contribute more money, particularly to the poor in need of health care and education. He said, “Usually, spirituality or compassion read more →
India comes to aid of Mongolia as China ups ante after Dalai Lama
By Indian Express News Service | Published: 08 December 2016 NEW DELHI: India to help Mongolia that has been facing trade blockade from China following a visit of the exiled Tibetan spiritual guru Dalai Lama to the North-East Asian country last month. Mongolia has been in talks with the Chinese to read more →
The Dalai Lama from a Catholic perspective
By Alexander Norman, Tibetan Buddhism in the West Origins Feted by politicians, by pop-stars and by millions of ordinary people alike, the Dalai Lama is one of the best loved spiritual leaders of modern times. His talks sell out sports stadia from Sydney to San Francisco, from Oslo to Johannesburg. read more →
Rui Gong : My true impressions of the Dalai Lama
Rui Gong, Chinese Youth Students and Scholars Association & Youth Council of China Democracy Party, 5 December 2016 About the Dalai Lama, Many of the legends we heard in China were negative information like the Dalai Group engaged in separatist activities, how to tear up the “17-Article Agreement”, then fled read more →
Tibetan mothers set to receive China’s longest maternity leave at 365 days
Tibetan mothers set to receive China’s longest maternity leave at 365 days BY SHANGHAIIST IN NEWS ON DEC 6, 2016 2:00 PM Tibetan mothers are set to receive a 365 day-long maternity leave, the longest in China. Similarly, Tibetan fathers will benefit under the new law by receiving China’s longest read more →
More Punishment for Tibetan Buddhists
The Editorial Board, The New York Times, 5 December 2016 China’s determination to suppress the religious life and culture of Tibetans has taken a brutal turn at Larung Gar, the world’s largest Buddhist institute, where demolition workers have been tearing apart the community’s hand-built monastic dwellings. The campaign is another read more →
Don’t ‘Complicate’ Border Dispute, China Tells India as Tibetan Leader Visits
Reuters, 5 December 2016 Karmapa Lama, the third highest ranking Lama, speaks during an interview with Reuters in the northern hill town of Dharamsala March 2, 2009. REUTERS/Abhishek Madhukar/Files Beijing: China called on India on Monday not to do anything to complicate their border dispute after a senior exiled Tibetan read more →