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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 →
5 reasons why Tibet’s melting ice is a disaster for India, Europe and US
By Nihar Gokhale, CATCH News, 22 October, 2015 DELHI: Did you know that rivers originating in Tibet’s glaciers supply water to 1.3 billion people? That’s equivalent to the entire population of India. But these glaciers are fast disappearing due to global warming. Tibet’s sustainability is crucial for sustenance of the read more →
Nehru and the China-Tibet blunder
By Rajaram NS Identity (Distortion & Appropriation) April 1, 2015 Nehru and the China-Tibet blunder This is the sixth part of the IndiaFacts series on distortions of Indian history. In the year 1950, two momentous events shook Asia and the world. One was the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and the read more →
Tibetan voices on China’s control
By John SudworthBBC News, Aba Tibetan region, Sichuan province 20 October 2015 From the sectionChina Media caption Inside Tibet: John Sudworth visits Aba to see what people there make of Britain’s strengthening ties with China The first thing that strikes you about the monasteries clinging to the side of the mountains read more →
Climate change: Tibet sees receding glaciers, shrinking permafrost
By Vishal Gulati, IANS, The Economic Times, 20 October 2015 DHARAMSALA: The Tibetan plateau, home to the third largest store of ice that feeds Asia’s six great rivers, is highly vulnerable to climate change, researchers say, warning that over two-thirds of the glaciers could disappear by 2050. Tibet is increasingly read more →
China state visit: Is Tibet silence the price for UK-China ties?
19 October 2015 Last updated at 23:58 BST Three years ago, China froze all high-level contact with the UK when Prime Minister David Cameron met the Dalai Lama, the Spiritual leader of Tibet. But relations between the two countries thawed significantly after Mr Cameron said he had no plans to read more →
Dalai Lama says climate change destroying Tibet’s “roof of the world”
By Andrew MacAskill, Reuters, 20 October 2015 Oct 20 Tibet’s exiled leaders, including the Dalai Lama, said on Tuesday two-thirds of the glaciers in their mountain homeland may disappear by 2050 because of climate change and demanded a stake in international climate talks later this year. The Tibetan plateau, which read more →
Dalai Lama says strong action on climate change is a human responsibility
Associated Press, 20 October Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader says humans causeed global warming so must now take action to protect fragile environments including Himalayan glaciers The Dalai Lama on Tuesday urged strong global action to limit global warming and to protect fragile environments, including the Himalayan glaciers and Tibetan plateau. read more →
Dalai Lama calls action on climate a ‘human responsibility’
By Katy Daigle | AP October 20 NEW DELHI — The Dalai Lama on Tuesday urged strong global action to limit global warming and to protect fragile environments, including the Himalayan glaciers and Tibetan plateau. Calling climate change a “problem which human beings created,” the 80-year-old Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader said all read more →
Red Carpets, Protests to Greet China’s Xi in Britain
Katherine Haddon, AFP, Yahoo News UK, 20 October, 2015 LONDON: China’s President Xi Jinping starts a four-day state visit to Britain on Tuesday as Prime Minister David Cameron’s government rolls out the red carpet in a bid to build closer business links. Xi will stay with Queen Elizabeth II at read more →
Tibetans vote to elect political leader, parliamentarians
Business Standard, 18 October 2015 Tibetan exiles across the world on Sunday voted to select their nominees for the post of ‘Sikyong’ or prime minister and as members of the parliament-in-exile based here. Tibetans came out in strong numbers to vote in the preliminary elections that will select candidates for read more →