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Water being supplied to McLeodganj unsafe
Lalit Mohan Tribune News Service Dharamsala, April 14 Water being supplied to McLeodganj is not safe to drink. It is contaminated with bacteria, viruses and parasites. The damaged water pipes supplying drinking water in McLeodganj and the leaking septic tanks are to blame. The facts have come to the fore read more →
China to prosecute former graft buster for suspected corruption
REUTERS, 14 April 2016 A former senior Chinese provincial official overseeing graft busting efforts will himself be prosecuted for suspected corruption after an investigation found he took more than $200,000 in bribes and gifts, state media said on Thursday. Fang Keyou had been a deputy head in the eastern province read more →
China revokes rights lawyer’s licence over criminal conviction
Mail Online, 14 April 2016 Authorities have revoked the licence of one of China’s most celebrated human rights lawyers, he confirmed Thursday, in the latest move to suppress critics of the ruling Communist Party. Pu Zhiqiang posted a Beijing government statement on social media declaring his licence to practise law read more →
Dalai Lama Donates Rs.10 Lakh For Kerala Temple Fire Victims
The Nobel laureate Tibetan Buddhist leader made the donation to the Kerala Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund. (File Photo) NDTV, 13 April 2016 Thiruvananthapuram: The Dalai Lama today donated Rs.10 lakh to be used for relief and rehabilitation of those affected by the devastating fire at a temple in Kollam, read more →
The Chinese Military Is Trying to Hire College Students to Be Propagandists
Frank Faang, Epoch Times, 11 April 2016 A People’s Liberation Army unit in east China wants Chinese college students to sign up as propagandists. In a document dated April 6, the Anhui Province Army Reserves ordered Chaohu University to create an “internet protection and internal media opinion warfare unit” that read more →
The Dalai Lama Speaks Exclusively To NDTV: Full Transcript
NDTV, 7 April 2016 One of the world’s most revered leaders and a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, the Dalai Lama spoke exclusively to NDTV. Below is the full transcript of the interview: NDTV: Hello and welcome to this very special edition of the NDTV Dialogues, on the show with us read more →
Former Top Military Official in China Took ‘Huge’ Bribes, Inquiry Finds
Michael Forsythe, The New York Times HONG KONG — Prosecutors in China have completed an investigation of the former top military officer in the country, finding that he and his relatives took “huge” bribes, the official state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday. Military prosecutors found that the former general, read more →
China accuses former top military official of taking massive bribes
Ben Blanchard, Reuters, 5 April 2016 BEIJING: China on Tuesday accused one of its former top military officers of taking “huge” bribes for promotions, as President Xi Jinping presses home a campaign against graft in the country’s vast defence establishment. Guo Boxiong, 74, was a vice chairman of the powerful read more →
China signals policy shift on Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama fleeing from Tibet to India across the Himalayas, following a failed uprising against the Chinese occupation, in 1959. He is riding a white pony, third from the right (Getty Images) Jayadeva Ranade, Hindustan Times, 05 April 2016 A discernible shift in Beijing’s policy towards the Dalai read more →
Dalai Lama on obsolescence of war
Deccan Herald, 4 April 2016 BENGALURU: The 14th Dalai Lama witnessed the devastation of the Snow Kingdom of Tibet when the communist Chinese invaded and occupied his country. Sixty years later, Tibet still belongs to China. He’s seen war cover the landscape of the world for most of his life. read more →
The WeChat Effect on 2016 Tibetan General Elections
By Tenzin Dalha, Tibetpolicy.net The Rise of New Media Free media has long been recognized as a cornerstone of democracy and plays a vital role in influencing political discourse during elections. Free and balanced traditional media (print and broadcast) foster transparency and the dissemination of important electoral information. The rise read more →
Obama raises human rights, cyberattacks with Chinese president
The Washington Times, 1 April 2016 President Obama broached human rights and cyber espionage in his final meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House said Friday. “The president reiterated America’s unwavering support for upholding human rights and fundamental freedoms in China,” the White House said in a statement read more →
As Obama Hosts Nuclear Security Summit, the Focus Is on China
The New York Times, 1 April 2016 WASHINGTON — President Obama gathered more than 50 world leaders here on Thursday to discuss one of his favorite topics: locking down nuclear weapons. But it was Mr. Obama’s meeting with one of the less friendly of those leaders, President Xi Jinping of read more →
Czech opposition party leader flags up Tibet during Chinese leader’s visit
Hong Kong Free Press, 1 April 2016 A former Czech opposition party leader hung two Tibetan flags on the window of the Chamber of Deputies in Prague, later called the Chinese president Xi Jinping “a dictator who allows mass executions” during Xi’s visit on Tuesday, the Czech News Agency (CTK) read more →
‘Not fit to lead’: letter attacking Xi Jinping sparks witch-hunt in Beijing
Anonymous online call for president to quit sparks furious manhunt for its author, betraying paranoia at top of Communist party It wasn’t a very long letter – the equivalent of about 920 words in English and it appeared only briefly on a Chinese website. But its content was potentially incendiary. read more →