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More wiggle room on Tibet: Beijing reaching out to Dalai Lama
[Hindustan Times] By Jayadeva RanadeIn the midst of reports of emissaries being exchanged between Beijing and the Dalai Lama’s set-up and positive references to Buddhism by Chinese leaders, recent developments suggest that Beijing has decided on a new initiative on the Tibet issue. At the same time, there has been no read more →
Beijing’s New Point Woman for Tibet Affairs
[TPI] January 7, 2015 By Tenzin Tseten* Sun Chunlan, one of the two-female members of the current 25-member Politburo was appointed head of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) after a widely anticipated purge of Ling Jihua. The UFWD is an agency under the command of the Chinese Communist Party read more →
Book review: ‘Meltdown in Tibet,’ on China’s eco-destruction, by Michael Buckley
[The Washington Post] By Kapil Komireddi January 2 has written from South Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. MELTDOWN IN TIBET China’s Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems From the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia By Michael Buckley Palgrave Macmillan. 248 pp. $27 Mahatma Gandhi delivered a trenchant read more →
Trip Tips: A glimpse of little Tibet in southern India
By Debarati Dasgupta BYLAKUPPE, India (Reuters) – It is the last prayer before lunch at the monastery and novice Buddhist monks are giggling and fidgeting with their bowls in a hall overflowing with maroon robes. Flatbread and vegetable soup are soon served, even to visitors, and the chatter dies down. read more →
The Year the Training Wheels Came Off China
(Foreign Policy.Com) Economic reforms are transforming this burgeoning superpower, but Beijing needs to get used to the world watching and judging its every move. A mini-milestone is upon China: It is likely to end 2014 with a $10 trillion economy, making China only the second country after the United States read more →
Overseas Publicity Strengthened to Mitigate Negative Reports on Tibet
Source: Global Times (The Global Times is an official English language tabloid of the Chinese government under the auspices of the People’s Daily newspaper) December 29, 2014 Editor: Tracy Zhu As the mainstream foreign opinion regarding Tibet has been largely negative, China has strived to reverse this trend and win read more →
China raises Nepal aid five-fold in regional diplomacy push
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU Fri Dec 26, 2014 (Reuters) – China will increase official aid to Nepal by more than five times from fiscal 2015-16, officials said on Friday, to develop infrastructure in the landlocked nation where regional rival India has long wielded political influence. The jump in assistance was read more →
Q. and A.: John Osburg on China’s Wealthy Turning to Spiritualism
The New York Times By IAN JOHNSON December 18, 2014 John Osburg, 39, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Rochester, is the author of “Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China’s New Rich,” based on his research in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu. His book paints read more →
China’s Anti-Corruption Squad Probes Aide to Ex-President Hu
Ling Jihua, 58, a vice chairman of China’s top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, is under investigation for alleged serious disciplinary violations, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement. Photographer: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images By Bloomberg News, December 22, 2014 The anti-graft arm read more →
China confirms its southern glaciers are disappearing
Jan Reurink/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) By Christina Larson, Science Insider BEIJING—Glaciers in China that are a critical source of water for drinking and irrigation in India are receding fast, according to a new comprehensive inventory. In the short term, retreating glaciers may release greater meltwater, “but it will be read more →
Dalai Lama says he may be the last to hold the title
India Today, 17 December 2014 The Dalai Lama has said that he may be the last to hold the title. In an interview to the BBC he said that it would be better if the centuries-old tradition ceased “at the time of a popular Dalai Lama”. The 79-year-old spiritual leader’s read more →
Popular Tibetan Village Leader is Killed in Detention in Driru
(Radio Free Asia) Chinese authorities in Tibet’s restive Driru county were accused on Monday of murdering a popular Tibetan village chief while he was detained because of his efforts to promote Tibetan culture and the economic well-being and unity of the Tibetan people. Bachen Gewa, the leader of Ushung village read more →
Spiritual healing: Thousands of Tibetan forced out of their homeland pour onto the streets of Kathmandu as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of Dalai Lama’s Nobel Peace Prize
The Daily Mail, 12 December 2014 Don’t move: A Tibetan girl gets makeup done for a function organised by the Tibetan Refugee Community in Nepal, commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize conferment to exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. Nepal is home to more than 20,000 Tibetans – for read more →
The Dalai Lama has a moral authority the leaders in Beijing can only dream of
This article was published by The Guardian, December 10, 2014 By Dr Lobsang Sangay On International Human Rights Day, 25 years after he was awarded the Nobel peace prize, the Tibetan leader’s message has never mattered more Twenty-five years ago this week in Oslo, a man who describes himself as read more →
Life Without a Dalai Lama?
He’s not your average 79-year-old. The Dalai Lama looks strong and moves with purpose. He’s a powerful, towering presence. Last week, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet delivered Buddhist teachings day after day to thousands of people at his temple in Dharamsala, in northern India, in sessions lasting four hours read more →