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Loyal Party Members Urge Xi’s Resignation
China Digital Times Xi Jinping’s efforts to maintain ideological conformity in the Party and the nation have recently met with opposition. After the president emphasized government control of the media with a visit to top state media outlets where he stressed that news must “speak for the Party,” famously outspoken read more →
Tickets To Go On Sale For Rescheduled Dalai Lama Visit
The Utah Daily Chronicle, 30 March 2016 The Dalai Lama will speak on campus this summer, and tickets for the event go on sale this Friday. The Tibetan Buddhist leader’s talk was rescheduled for June 21 eight months after his original speech was set to take place in October 2015, read more →
PLA seeks more Nepal Army support against ‘Free Tibet’ activities
My Republica (Nepal) 30 March 2016 CHHENGDU, March 31: General Xu Qiliang, vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), has proposed with Nepal Army Chief to increase cooperation in defence strategy between the two countries. Vice-chairman Xu floated the proposal with Nepalese Army Chief Rajendra Chhettri, who is on read more →
China Charges Tibetan Education Advocate With Inciting Separatism
Tashi Wangchuk, a Tibetan entrepreneur and education advocate, at his home in Yushu, China, in July. Mr. Tashi was detained in January and held in secret until his family was notified this month. Credit Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times The New York Times By Edward Wong, 30 MARCH read more →
China Seeks More Legal Muscle to Block Foreign Websites
The Wall Street Journal, 29 March 2016 By Josh Chin and Eva Dou BEIJING—China is considering new Internet rules that would pressure service providers to cut off access to foreign websites, adding to the government’s growing legal framework bolstering its control of cyberspace. The proposed rules would prohibit the country’s read more →
A College Student in China Was Sent to Mental Hospital After Praising Democracy and Denouncing Mao
Frank Fang, Epoch Times, 29 March 2016 A college student in central China recently broached two topics deemed sensitive by the Chinese communist regime—he supports a democratic republic and is critical of Mao Zedong—and was soon hauled away for psychiatric treatment. “I wrote about my faith in the Republic of read more →
Chinese journalist denounces Xi Jinping in resignation letter
The Guardian, 30 March 2016 BEIJING – The editor of a Chinese newspaper has published a resignation letter denouncing increased controls on the media under Xi Jinping, according to a cached version of his online post. Yu Shaolei, the culture editor of the Southern Metropolis Daily, posted a photo of read more →
The Backlash Against Xi Jinping
The Wall Street Journal, 29 March 2016 Chinese authorities have detained more than a dozen people suspected of involvement in an anonymous letter that calls on China’s supreme leader, Xi Jinping, to step down. Published online earlier this month and signed by “loyal Communist Party members,” the letter criticizes Mr. read more →
Protests as China’s Xi arrives in Prague
Mail Online, 28 March 2016 Protests greeted President Xi Jinping as he arrived in Prague on Monday on the first visit by a Chinese head of state to the Czech Republic. Along the road leading from the airport, dozens of pro-Tibetan demonstrators scuffled with well-wishers who had turned out to read more →
Pro-Tibet demonstrators scuffle with well-wishers as Xi Jinping arrives for Czech Republic visit
South China Morning Post, 29 March 2016 Protests greeted President Xi Jinping as he arrived in the Czech capital Prague for a two-day visit. Dozens of pro-Tibetan demonstrators scuffled with well-wishers who had turned out to welcome the head of state for a visit which has seen Czech President Milos read more →
Former top official in Tibet denies taking bribes to create ‘living Buddhas’
South China Morning Post, 28 March 2016 Zhu Weiqun, a senior official known for his harsh criticisms of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, has denied accusations that he received huge bribes to grant approvals for people to become living Buddhas, dismissing the claims as a “vulgar smear”. The read more →
With Hong Kong booksellers silenced, China now goes after exiled dissidents
Simon Denyer, The Washington Post, 28 March 2016 No matter whether you are in New York, rural Germany or Hong Kong, you’d better think twice before criticizing Chinese President Xi Jinping. In the past few days, Chinese dissidents in the United States and Germany say close relatives back in China read more →
How exiled Tibetans choose their leaders
Varinder Bhatia, The Indian Express, 28 March 2016 The final round of polling for the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile ended on March 20. This was the second direct election after the Dalai Lama distanced himself from the political functioning of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile. Elections are held every five years to elect read more →
Response to Dr. Dhondup Tashi and Dr. Desel’s article
By Dr. Lobsang Tsering (published on phayul.com) Dr. Dhondup Tashi and Dr. Tenzin Desel have brought up issues on TB and Hepatitis B in their article in “Phayul.com”. Since May 2015, I am heading the TB division in the DOH-CTA as the TB Program Manager and since August 2015, I read more →
China ‘detained 20 over Xi resignation letter’
John Sudworth, BBC, 26 March 2016 BEIJING – China detained a total of 20 people following the publication of a letter calling on President Xi Jinping to resign, the BBC has learned. The letter was posted earlier in March on state-backed website Wujie News. Although quickly deleted by the authorities, read more →