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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 →
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 →
Making progress on Tibet
By Robbie Barnett, Business Spectator, 23 April 2015 The Chinese authorities last met with representatives of the Tibetan exile leadership five years ago. Since then, no progress has been made towards a resolution of the China–Tibetan dispute. Meanwhile, protests against Chinese rule have continued, with over a hundred self-immolations by Tibetans. The read more →
Making progress on Tibet
By Robbie Barnett, Business Spectator, 23 April 2015 The Chinese authorities last met with representatives of the Tibetan exile leadership five years ago. Since then, no progress has been made towards a resolution of the China–Tibetan dispute. Meanwhile, protests against Chinese rule have continued, with over a hundred self-immolations by Tibetans. The read more →
China’s Race Problem
How Beijing Represses Minorities Gray Tuttle, Foreign Affairs For all the tremendous change China has experienced in recent decades—phenomenal economic growth, improved living standards, and an ascent to great-power status—the country has made little progress when it comes to the treatment of its ethnic minorities, most of whom live in read more →
China’s Race Problem
How Beijing Represses Minorities Gray Tuttle, Foreign Affairs For all the tremendous change China has experienced in recent decades—phenomenal economic growth, improved living standards, and an ascent to great-power status—the country has made little progress when it comes to the treatment of its ethnic minorities, most of whom live in read more →
China – Losing Way in the Middle
By Sherab Woeser* China has set a definitive tone for this year’s commemorations of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region’s 50 years by coming out with its most exhaustive and strongest rejection yet of the Middle Way Approach. But there is a catch. China’s version of MWA finds little consonance with read more →
China – Losing Way in the Middle
By Sherab Woeser* China has set a definitive tone for this year’s commemorations of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region’s 50 years by coming out with its most exhaustive and strongest rejection yet of the Middle Way Approach. But there is a catch. China’s version of MWA finds little consonance with read more →
‘China wants to promote Indo-Pak peace talks amid Xi’s visit’
The statement came as Xi landed in Pakistan on a two-day state visit to boost strategic ties with its all-weather ally during which he will reach a number of deals. By: Press Trust of India | Beijing | Updated: April 20, 2015 7:09 pm China on Monday said its role read more →
‘The 5 Great Jokes of Chinese History’: prominent scholar lampoons his ‘patriotic’ colleagues
By Feng Xuerong, that’s, 20 April 2015 The following is a translation of a recent piece by prominent Chinese historian Feng Xuerong. Feng, born in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province and now based in Hong Kong, is the author of numerous volumes on late Qing and early Republican history. His take on read more →
‘The 5 Great Jokes of Chinese History’: prominent scholar lampoons his ‘patriotic’ colleagues
By Feng Xuerong, that’s, 20 April 2015 The following is a translation of a recent piece by prominent Chinese historian Feng Xuerong. Feng, born in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province and now based in Hong Kong, is the author of numerous volumes on late Qing and early Republican history. His take on read more →
‘The 5 Great Jokes of Chinese History’: prominent scholar lampoons his ‘patriotic’ colleagues
By Feng Xuerong, that’s, 20 April 2015 The following is a translation of a recent piece by prominent Chinese historian Feng Xuerong. Feng, born in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province and now based in Hong Kong, is the author of numerous volumes on late Qing and early Republican history. His take on read more →
Born Red
How Xi Jinping, an unremarkable provincial administrator, became China’s most authoritarian leader since Mao. By Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 6 April 2015 In anticipation of New Year’s Eve, 2014, Xi Jinping, the President of China and the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, permitted a camera crew to read more →
Born Red
How Xi Jinping, an unremarkable provincial administrator, became China’s most authoritarian leader since Mao. By Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 6 April 2015 In anticipation of New Year’s Eve, 2014, Xi Jinping, the President of China and the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, permitted a camera crew to read more →
Talking Buddhism and politics at the White House
BY LION’S ROAR STAFF | APRIL 14, 2015 On May 14, Buddhist leaders including the scholar-monk Bhikkhu Bodhi will join together to present the first-ever White House-US Buddhist Leadership Conference. Sessions for the conference will be held at George Washington University, moving then to to the White House—specifically, in the read more →