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China to prosecute former top Tibet security official for graft
Blen Blanchard, Reuters, 30 October 2015 BEIJING – A former top Chinese security official in Tibet will be prosecuted for suspected corruption, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog said on Friday, in a rare example of corruption-busters going into the restive and remote region. Le Dake, who was deputy head read more →
Buddhists call for strong Paris climate deal to limit warming
The Dalai Lama is one of 15 leading Buddhists who are urging politicians towards a climate agreement (Getty Images) Matt McGrath, BBC, 29 October 2015 WASHINGTON – Senior Buddhists have called on world leaders to agree a new climate change agreement at a conference in Paris next month. The read more →
Buddhist Leaders Call For Climate Change Action At Paris Talks
Lydia O’Connor, The Huffington Post, 29 October 2015 United States – A dozen Buddhist authorities, in what they’re calling an unprecedented effort, appeal to world leaders to take strong climate change action at next month’s Paris conference. In the letter released Thursday and titled “Buddhist Climate Change Statement to World read more →
China’s human rights record – in 60 seconds
As the Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for his state visit to the UK, The Telegraph examines China’s human rights violations, including the imprisonment of Ai Weiwei and the fallout form the recent Hong Kong protests By Telegraph 19 Oct 2015 China’s President Xi Jinping arrives later for a four read more →
China’s Ethnic Policy Under Xi Jinping
Publication: China Brief Volume: 15 Issue: 20 October 19, 2015 11:57 AM Age: 10 days By: James Leibold Since assuming power in November 2012, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary General Xi Jinping has sought to put his imprimatur on the contentious realm of ethnic policy. As with other agenda items, read more →
Dalai Lama to present Abdul Kalam Seva Ratna awards
S. Vijay Kumar, The Hindu, 29 October, 2015 CHENNAI – Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama will present the first edition of the Abdul Kalam Seva Ratna awards here on November 9. The awards were instituted by the Abdul Kalam Vision India Movement to recognise outstanding contribution of individuals/organisations to tree read more →
In a Region Disturbed by Ethnic Tensions, China Keeps Tight Lid on a Massacre
The New York Times Armed with only knives, the assailants struck at the coal mine in the dead of night, first killing the security guards and then setting upon the miners as they slept in their dormitory beds. Before the Sept. 18 rampage was over, more than 50 people were read more →
Keeping away from dharma results in spate of crimes: Sri Sri Ravishankar
The Free Press Journal, 27 October 2015 Indore : The founder of Art of Living Sri Sri Ravishankar has said that secularism is unfortunately taken in the wrong sense. It has taught us to keep away from dharma, which has ultimately given rise to crime and disappointment. All this has read more →
India, Tibet and China Assertion of China’s Spiritual Sovereignty
By Thubten Samphel, Published in the October 2015 issue of Diplomatist magazine. The importance of the Tibetan plateau to Asia is threefold: geopolitical, cultural and environmental. What China does or does not do in Tibet has geopolitical, cultural and environmental consequences for the rest of Asia. Geopolitically, Tibet served as read more →
Liberty Medal Ceremony Held for Dalai Lama in Philly
NBC 10, 27 October, 2015 PHILADELPHIA: The Liberty Medal was presented to representatives of the Dalai Lama, who was unable to attend due to health reasons. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and actor Richard Gere took part in a tribute to the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader during the 2015 Liberty Medal Ceremony read more →
Coup whispers sour Xi’ s return
Michael Sheridan, The Sunday Times, 25 October 2015 Wreathed in the glow of royal pomp and ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping has returned home from Britain to face bitter infighting at the top of the Communist Party and resistance to his authority over the People’s Liberation Army. The British government read more →
Xi Jinping in London: Cameron and Osborne take a big risk on China
The Interpreter, 22 October 2015 In the last few decades, the relationship between China and the UK has often seemed like that between a married couple who have been having the same argument for so long that they have forgotten the issue they started arguing about, yet seem happiest when read more →
GOP candidates need to talk about China
CNBC, 23 October 2015 Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. When the Republican presidential field gathers for its third debate, the guiding topic will ostensibly be economic policy. That means the candidates should be talking about China. Yes, the “foreign policy” debate (Sept. 17 on CNN) has read more →
Xi’s Visit to Britain Highlights Broader Shift in Concerns About China
The New York Times, 22 October 2015 LONDON — The visit to Britain by President Xi Jinping of China is underscoring how European nations are de-emphasizing human rights and security concerns as they compete to benefit from China’s growing economic might. Prime Minister David Cameron and his chancellor of the read more →
Minister ordered to address Chinese human rights issue in Commons
Crowds protest against the state visit by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping. Photograph: Kristian Buus/In Pictures/Corbis Patrick Wintour Political editor Thursday 22 October 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/oct/22/minister-ordered-address-chinese-human-rights-issue-commons Cross-party concern that David Cameron has downgraded human rights in his efforts to win business contracts with China was expressed at Westminster on Thursday when read more →