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Full Transcript of President Obama’s Remarks at the Annual National Prayer Breakfast
whitehouse.gov Washington, D.C. 9:13 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Well, good morning. Giving all praise and honor to God. It is wonderful to be back with you here. I want to thank our co-chairs, Bob and Roger. These two don’t always agree in the Senate, but in coming together read more →
Annual prayer breakfast draws Obama and Dalai Lama but not word of an official meeting
[The Associated Press] Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, gestures as he speaks to his followers during the Jangchup Lamrim teaching session at the Gaden Jangtse Thoesam Norling Monastery in Mundgod in the southern Indian state of Karnataka December 23, 2014. (Abhishek N. Chinnappa/REUTERS) WASHINGTON: The degree to which read more →
The International Campaign for Tibet’s statement on the Shugden demonstration in Washington D.C.
[International Campaign For Tibet] FEBRUARY 4, 2015 The International Campaign for Tibet deplores the planned demonstration in Washington D.C. by some fundamentalist Buddhists belonging to the International Shugden Community that aims at undermining the work of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The demonstrators are attempting to confuse the general public read more →
China Tightens Rules on Internet Use, Online Comments
[The Associated Press] BEIJING: China has tightened Internet controls with new rules that require users to register their real names and barring online material that challenges the country’s political system. The rules issued Wednesday follow what technology companies say are official efforts to block use of virtual private networks to read more →
Torn apart by Tiananmen, father, son still fight for free speech in China
[McClatchy] BY STUART LEAVENWORTH Travelers read books banned on the Chinese mainland, including some published by New Century Press, at a book shop in Hong Kong’s airport on Oct. 23, 2014 in China. New Century Press, founded by Bao Pu, son of a former top Communist Party member, specializes in read more →
China offers up to $50,000 in cash for terrorism tips in Tibet
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama prays during Ganden Ngachoe, the death anniversary of 14th Century Tibetan Saint-Scholar Lama Tsongkhapa, in New Delhi on Dec. 16. | AP AP – JAN 31, 2015 BEIJING – Chinese authorities are offering up to 300,000 yuan ($50,000) for tips on terrorist activities in the read more →
Insurgency in Northeast India: The Chinese Link
[Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies] LOOKING EAST Insurgency in Northeast India: The Chinese Link By Wasbir Hussain Wasbir Hussain External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has just ended a four-day visit to China where she discussed “bilateral, regional and global issues of concern” for both countries. The range of read more →
China Sharpens Its Censorship Blade
[The New York Times] Op-Ed By Helen Gao Jing Wei BEIJING — In early November, when Beijing played host to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, city officials closed hundreds of factories and forced millions of vehicles off the roads to clear the soupy gray smog that normally blankets the sky. read more →
Xi confident of new progress in India-China ties in new year
[PTI] BEIJING: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday called on Chinese President Xi Jinping, who expressed full confidence in Sino-India relations, hoping that “new progress” would be made in the ties in the new year. “I have full confidence in India-China relations and I believe that new progress will be achieved in growing read more →
UN rejects China’s move to black out NGO criticism
[AFP] UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric says the NGO committee will continue to report on the stance of countries. China has been forced to drop a measure at the UN that targeted NGOs seeking to be heard at the world body. China had proposed for the United Nations to refrain from read more →
Daoism gains a foothold, again, in China
[Public Radio International] By Matthew Bell A Taoist priest stands in sunlight to keep warm in the courtyard of the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in central Beijing. Credit: David Gray/Reuters The officially atheistic People’s Republic of China has five official religions. Buddhism, Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism and Daoism. In one sense, Daoism — read more →
China Takes a Predictably Harsh Line on Obama’s Meeting With the Dalai Lama
[TIME] By Hannah Beech To Beijing, a breakfast isn’t simply a breakfast. It’s tantamount to backing Tibetan independence Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama walks outside the White House after his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Feb. 18, 2010/Yuri Gripas—Reuters It took three days for China’s read more →
Growing US-India ties no threat to China: Barack Obama
[Zee News] Washington: US President Barack Obama has expressed surprise at the Chinese reaction over his India visit and said that there are undoubtedly aspects of India that make US closer to India, but China doesn’t need to be threatened because Washington has good relations with New Delhi. “I was surprised when I heard read more →
Online submission of application for Protected Area Permit
[Press Trust of India] In order to streamline and facilitate the processing of Protected Area Permit (PAP), the Home Ministry has launched online facilities of seeking such applications from foreigners intending to visit Tibetan settlements. All foreigners intending to visit Tibetan settlements and camps in India may apply online for read more →
Modi to visit China in May
[Press Trust of India] “This is a preparatory visit,” says Sushma Swaraj, who is on her maiden visit to China. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China in May this year. “Modiji is going to come in May. I will give them read more →