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Tibetan PM in-exile warns impact in Northeast from dams built by China in Tibet
By Naresh Mitra, Times of India, 2 November GUWAHATI: Tibetan prime minister in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Monday has warned dam construction in Tibet by China is set to have serious ecological and livelihood implications due to alteration of water flow through Brahmaputra in Northeast. The Brahmaputra originates from the glacier on read more →
China dams pose danger to NE: Sangay
The Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay (left), and another dignitary light the inaugural lamp at the fifth All-India Tibet Support Groups Conference in Guwahati on Monday. (PTI) By Pankaj Sharma, The Telegraph, 3 November 2015 Guwahati, Nov. 2: The prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, read more →
Tibetan PM in-exile warns impact in Northeast from dams built by China in Tibet
Naresh Mitra, The Times Of India, 2 November 2015 GUWAHATI: Tibetan prime minister in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Monday has warned dam construction in Tibet by China is set to have serious ecological and livelihood implications due to alteration of water flow through Brahmaputra in Northeast. The Brahmaputra originates from the read more →
Wall Street Journal, 29 October 2015 BEIJING—China will abandon its one-child policy, perhaps the most notorious of the Communist Party’s intrusions into Chinese lives, amid a looming demographic crunch that threatens the long-term health of the world’s second-largest economy. All Chinese couples will be allowed to have two children, Chinese read more →
China Abandons One-Child Policy
Wall Street Journal, 29 October 2015 BEIJING—China will abandon its one-child policy, perhaps the most notorious of the Communist Party’s intrusions into Chinese lives, amid a looming demographic crunch that threatens the long-term health of the world’s second-largest economy. All Chinese couples will be allowed to have two children, Chinese read more →
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 →