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How China’s very real national security fears shaped its reform plan for Hong Kong
David Zweig, South China Morning Post In the eyes of the leadership in Beijing, allowing a system that could even possibly allow for the election of a chief executive with close ties to the US or Britain was too scary. Some observers explain that the very restrictive nomination process for read more →
Xi Jinping tells People’s Liberation Army to be ready to win regional war
Saibal Dasgupta & Rajat Pandit, TNN | Sep 23, 2014, 04.01AM IST (Times of India) BEIJING/NEW DELHI: Chinese president Xi Jinping has promoted three People’s Liberation Army (PLA) generals known to be close to him and also asked his troops to “improve their combat readiness and sharpen their ability to read more →
Why Do Tibetans Self-Immolate?
A commentary by Tsering Woeser 2014-06-06 *This article originally appeared in commentaries for RFA A Tibetan activist demonstrating outside the United Nations offices in Geneva shows his back bearing the names of compatriots who had died after self-immolating in protest against Chinese rule in Tibetan-populated areas, Oct. 22, 2013. AFP read more →
China Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Separatism Case
Ilham Tohti at his home in Beijing in 2013. Credit Andy Wong/Associated Press [The New York Times] By Edward Wong ALTAY, China — A university professor who has become the most visible symbol of peaceful resistance by ethnic Uighurs to Chinese policies was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday read more →
Border standoff: India talks tough, cancels media dialogue with China
Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: Amidst the standoff in Chumar area of Ladakh, India on Monday decided to withdraw clearances for Chinese editors who were scheduled to arrive here this week for a media exchange with Indian journalists. The tough decision taken by the government led by Narendra Modi comes a day after Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) read more →
Tibetan PM speaks to Times Now over Xi’s Visit
[TIMES NOW] DHARAMSHALA: Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinpings visit to India, members of the Tibetan community protest in the national capital. The head of the Tibetan government in exile, Lobsang Sangay spoke to TIMES NOW and said that Tibet have been victims for 50 years. Sangay also added that read more →
India ‘illustrious example’ of religious harmony: Dalai Lama
[PTI] A group photo of the delegates to ‘A Meeting of Diverse Spiritual Traditions in India’ convened by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, India on September 20, 2014. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama on Saturday offered India as a model of religious harmony and asked the read more →
Modi can expect no quarter from Xi Jinping; China respects only power
[First Post] by R Jagannathan Narendra Modi‘s spirited efforts to bring up the Ladakh border incursions with Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to make much of a difference to what the Chinese have been doing so far – and will continue to do in future. When Modi said we need read more →
Tibetan confidence in India has increased, but will Modi give in to China?
[Hindustan Times] By Tshering Chonzom [September 19, 2014] Chinese President Xi Jinping is on his maiden visit to India and returns home today. Among a host of issues and actors that took the centre stage before and during Xi’s visit were the Tibetans in India who were on an overdrive read more →
Will Modi talk Tibet?
By Jagdish N. Singh, Asian Age Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his historic meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday afternoon in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. As per schedule, Mr Modi took Mr Xi on a tour of Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati ashram. While Mr Xi was visiting the site from where read more →
Tibet should be core issue for India, China: Tibetan PM
[IANS] By Vishal Gulati Dharamsala: Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay Wednesday said Tibet should be a core issue for India in its dealings with China. “It has always been our hope that the Indian government makes Tibet a core issue in its dealings with China and urges the Chinese government to resolve the issue of Tibet peacefully through dialogue,” Sangay read more →
14 Nobel Laureates Urge South African President to Give Dalai Lama Visa
[AFP] JOHANNESBURG: Fourteen Nobel Peace Laureates have asked President Jacob Zuma to guarantee the Dalai Lama a visa to South Africa, after the Tibetan spiritual leader was forced to abandon a trip to the country. The Dalai Lama was to attend a summit of Nobel peace prize winners in Cape read more →
All substantive issues on table during Xi visit: Indian Foreign Ministry
[IANS/Business Standard] All substantive issues of interest, including the festering border issue, between India and China will be on the table during talks between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sep 18, the external affairs ministry said Monday. Briefing the media ahead of the much-anticipated visit of the Chinese president, external affairs read more →
Why China fears a Scottish Yes
[The Financial Times] By Ben Marino It is one of Beijing’s worst nightmares: subjects in a resource-rich semi-autonomous province hold a vote on independence. So when Premier Li Keqiang was asked in June where he stood on Scottish independence, it came as no surprise that he backed the union. In read more →
With eye on China, India to develop disputed border region
[Reuters] BY TOMMY WILKES NEW DELHI Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:52am IST (Reuters) – India has eased restrictions on building roads and military facilities along its disputed border with China, as the new government seeks to close the gap on its neighbour’s superior transport network and take a stronger stance on read more →