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Nepal’s devastating earthquake underlines the risks of China’s Tibet dam-building binge
By Gwynn Guilford, 14 May 2015, Quartz http://qz.com/404310/nepals-devastating-earthquake-underlines-the-risks-of-chinas-tibet-dam-building-binge/ The earthquake that rattled Nepal on April 25, killing thousands, also cracked a huge hydroelectric dam and damaged many others. Things could have been much worse, though. The collapse of one of these could have let loose a deluge of water and read more →
Nepal earthquake highlights dangers of dam building in Tibet
Hydropower development in Tibet is fraught with huge risks because of the danger of major earthquakes. What’s more, the projects might not be needed, say experts. The Zangmu Hydropower Station. This is Tibet’s biggest hydropower project, standing more than 3,300 metres above sea level. Image: TibetanReview thethirdpole.net Thursday 7 May 2015 read more →
Tibet Shaken Again by Nepal Quakes
The Wall Street Journal, 12 May 2015 China reported a new death and more destruction in Tibet on Tuesday following the latest earthquakes in Nepal, after last month’s temblors in the Himalayas had also badly shaken parts of the plateau. China’s state news agency Xinhua said one person died in read more →
India’s New Government May Change Their Stand on Tibet
11.05.2015 Voice of America/Tibetan Professor Kuldip Chand Agnihotri, Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Shahpur, said that the new government of India headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi may change its stand on Tibet. “India has sent several messages to the Chinese government regarding its stand on read more →
China newspaper hits out at PM, accuses Modi of ‘playing little tricks’ over border issues
It says Indian government should completely stop supporting the Dalai Lama, and stop making the Tibetan issue a stumbling block. Press Trust of India, The Indian Express, 13 May 2015 Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China, a Chinese columnist in a state-run newspaper said that Modi is read more →
A political awakening for Buddhists? 125 U.S. Buddhist leaders to meet at the White House.
By Michelle Boorstein May 12, The Washington Post Are we about to enter the era of the political Buddhist? On Thursday about 125 U.S. Buddhist leaders from across the spectrum will gather in Washington for what organizers say may be the biggest conference ever focused on bringing their faith communities into read more →
Will China Crumble?
We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of articles on the future of the Chinese regime. Those articles sparked a heated debate, so we decided to ask a broad pool of experts to state whether they agree or disagree with the following statement and to rate their confidence read more →
Guiding Light – The Dalai Lama Continues to Outwit China
An old monastery behind the Tibetan Parliament in exile By Pravin Sawhney and Ghazala Wahab, Force Magazine ( May 2015 Issue ) Like the countless prayer flags in myriad colours fluttering in the cool breeze, hope floats in the twin towns, despite the abjectness of their circumstances. The Dalai Lama’s read more →
The Met Gala gave western celebrities yet another chance to ignore China’s human rights record
qz.com, 5 May 2015 The theme of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newest costume exhibit, “China: Through the Looking Glass,” reflects a “collective fantasy of China,” curator Andrew Bolton explains. That was certainly apparent the evening of May 4, as hundreds of famous attendees, mostly from the United States and Europe, read more →
The Proposed visit of the Dalai Lama and the issue of Sovereignty
The author of this article (second from left) with the organizer of the conference, Professor Meenakshi Thapan, the Dalai Lama and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi, Professor Dinesh Singh. By Prof. Gananath Obeysekera, The Island, 2 May 2015 Several weeks ago I had the privilege of attending read more →
In Washington, a Strategic Shift on China—Toward Containment
U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping during a joint news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 12, 2014. Petar Kujundzic/Reuters By Bill Powell, Newsweek, 29 April 2015 The words are dispassionate: “significant competitor”; not “enemy.’’ They are careful: “A more read more →
China’s Failed Taiwan Policy
By Jonathan Sullivan, The Wall Street Journal, 3 May 2015 Being closely associated with Beijing has hurt Taiwan’s ruling party and caused it to lose its grip on power. China’s Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping and Taiwan’s Kuomintang Chairman Eric Chu are holding a summit meeting in Beijing on read more →
Nepal’s Dangerous Dams
By Isabel Hilton, New Yorker, 30 April 2015 Among the more sketchily reported rescues in the aftermath of the weekend’s catastrophic earthquake in Nepal was the successful extraction of some two hundred and eighty Chinese workers and engineers from the construction site of the Rasuwagadhi hydropower dam, on the upper read more →
INTERVIEW: Dalai Lama says inter-religious dialogue key to ending terrorism
Asahi Shimbun, 3 May 2015 GIFU–Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said terrorism carried out in the name of religion is a “very sad” reality facing the post-Cold War world and urged religious leaders to promote interfaith dialogue to break the chain of violence. In an exclusive interview with read more →
Tibet quake toll rises to 20; forecast of rain, snow
The Hindu, PTI, April 27, 2015 The death toll in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region due to the devastating earthquake that hit neighbouring Nepal climbed to 20 on Monday as the government continued to reach out to people in the affected areas. Besides, a total of 58 people there have read more →