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The Guardian view on the Dalai Lama: don’t squeeze him out
Editorial, The Guardian, Sunday 2 October 2016 “Spiritual leaders pray for peace” is not a headline to set the pulses racing. It is news only when they pray for war. Even that, unfortunately, is common enough to raise little attention these days. But something happened last week, almost entirely neglected read more →
Why India can’t Afford a Chinese Dalai Lama
Indi country’s defence strategy is not made after an enemy attack – steps taken during war time (or signs signalling a war) are more of a tactical nature rather than strategic. Strategy is a long term and comprehensive approach which involves various elements like geopolitics, military strategies, international relations, territorial read more →
The Chinese occupation of Tibet remains invasive, both personally and politically
The Bucknellian, Bucknell University, September 29, 2016 On Sept. 15, the Dalai Lama, the most notable international religious leader other than the Pope, spoke at a congregation of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. He has dedicated his life to the religious and political freedom of his homeland, Tibet, which read more →
China says countering Dalai Lama is top ethnic priority in Tibet
Reuters, Friday Sep 30, 2016 China will make countering the Dalai Lama’s influence the “highest priority” in its work on ethnic affairs in Tibet, the region’s Communist Party boss has said, vowing to uproot the monk’s “separatist and subversive” activities. Beijing says its Communist troops peacefully liberated Tibet in 1950 read more →
Time to shuffle the deck: season of political personnel changes in China’s Communist Party goes up a gear
South China Morning Post, 28 September 216 The opening in late October of the Chinese Communist Party’s key sixth plenum – or assembly meeting of all members – is the latest session of the Central Committee’s current tenure and signifies the start of Beijing’s five-yearly political reshuffle season, lasting until read more →
China prepares for Dalai Lama’s death by looking to its own top Tibetan cleric
Simon Denyer, The Washington Post LHASA, China — In the contest for Tibetan hearts and minds, a 26-year-old Buddhist monk is emerging into the spotlight. He is the Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama, and he is being groomed by the Communist Party to fill an important political and religious role in Tibet. read more →
The Dalai Lama is An Anti-Separatist Element
by Han Lianchao (September 29, 2016, Beijing, Sri Lanka Guardian) Some young Chinese friends of mine often criticize me for getting mixed up with the Dalai Lama. They say he’s a separatist element who’s trying to split Tibet from China. I don’t blame them for this, as I once understood read more →
In China, repression buries rule of law
Editorial Board, Washington Post, 27 September 2016 AS CHINA’S economy mushroomed in recent decades, outsiders often pointed out the need to establish rule of law, giving investors and business executives, both at home and abroad, a reliable set of rules upon which to make decisions. In a democratic system, rule read more →
Unbylined: A Q&A With a Chinese Fixer
Piper French, Road&Kingdom In international journalism, a local journalist hired by foreign reporters for his or her special knowledge of the local area, culture, and language is called a fixer. The relatively unsung nature of the fixer’s work belies its difficulty and its importance. Fixers are crucial in helping foreign read more →
Dalai Lama envoy says Canada-China free trade must factor in Tibetan crisis
Stephen Smith, CBC New The self-immolation protests of 144 mostly young Tibetans since 2009 cannot be ignored as Canada embarks on exploratory free trade talks with China, says the Dalai Lama’s special representative to the United States and Canada. “They should look at the reason why people are doing this,” Penpa read more →
‘With thousands of dams upstream, China has water as weapon against India’
The Indian Express, 23 September 2016 NEW DELHI: With China having 87,000 dams, many in Tibet, with strategic benefit against India, experts on Friday urged the “down stream” Asian nations to unite and force Beijing to sign a trans-border water sharing treaty to counter its massive damming policies. Tibet is read more →
China’s new invasion of Tibet
Angus Grigg, AFRWEEKEND, 24 September 2016 On the station platform a group of retirees are posing for photos, pumping their fists and shouting “Lhasa” with every snap of the shutter. “Lhasa, Lhasa, Lhasa,” they chant. Their backdrop is an olive-green train carriage that will take them from the western Chinese read more →
China’s damming of the river: A policy in disguise
By Dechen Palmo, Tibetpolicy.net An upper Mekong dam underway. Photo: Michael Buckley China’s control over “blue gold” wealth on Tibetan plateau has armed China with tremendous leverage and made them a potential water power in a way Saudi Arabia is an oil power.[1] Moreover, the country which has the largest read more →
China should be proud of Wang Quanzhang – instead it persecutes him
The Guardian, 23 September 2016 Last July, the Chinese government launched its most widespread crackdown on rule of law advocates in decades, detaining some 300 rights defenders. Some have been held incommunicado since, with lawyers and family members trying to visit them in detention being told to look elsewhere. Meanwhile, read more →
In Tibet, religious freedom comes with Chinese characteristics
Agence France-Presse, 22 September 2016 The sun has yet to rise over Lhasa, but dozens of colourfully dressed pilgrims are already gathered and reciting prayers at the entrance to Jokhang, the most sacred temple in Tibetan Buddhism. Many of those gathered – Tibetans and Han Chinese visitors – say religion read more →