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New Zealand politician rejects pro-China Tibet document
By John Sudworth [BBC News, Shanghai] The former mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, Sir Bob Parker, says he is not happy to be associated with the document which China is calling the ‘Lhasa Consensus.’ Sir Bob said he did not sign up to the pro-government document produced by China Produced read more →
China promotes mixed marriages in Tibet as way to achieve ‘unity’
[The Washington Post] by William Wan and Xu Yanglingjing BEIJING — During their controversial six-decade-rule of Tibet, China’s Communist Party leaders have been accused by human rights groups of trying to tame the restive region by imprisoning Tibetan political prisoners, keeping in exile their leader the Dalai Lama and repressing Tibetan religion read more →
‘Permanent, negotiated solution for Tibet in China’s interest’
By Ananth Krishnan [The Hindu] BEIJING: While there remain serious differences between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama on the major political questions surrounding Tibet’s future, it would be in China’s interest to achieve a permanent, negotiated political solution for Tibet, N. Ram, Chairman, Kasturi & Sons Ltd., said read more →
UK politician’s Tibet visit under fire
Lord Davidson is a Labour party front-bencher in the House of Lords, the UK’s upper house By John Sudworth BBC News, Shanghai Given that the UK Labour Party says that it is “deeply concerned” about the human rights situation in Tibet, it might seem odd that one of its senior read more →
China’s Power Politics
By John Garnaut [The New York Times] SYDNEY, Australia — The four Chinese characters that heralded President Xi Jinping’s war against corruption in a speech by a political ally in December 2011 can easily lose impact in translation. “Life-and-death struggle,” while idiomatic in English, is too passive. “Do-or-die” lacks the necessary read more →
Illegal coal mine encroaching on nature reserve in north-west China
Despite tough new environmental protection laws, Beijing seems to be unable to stop the expansion of massive Muli coal mine into the Tibetan plateau in Qinghai, according to Greenpeace.A fox searches for food at the bottom of the Qilian mountains. In the background, an opencast coal mine belonging to the read more →
It’s in Chinese interest to give Tibetans more autonomy: Lobsang Sangay (IANS Interview)
By Vishal Gulati Dharamsala, Aug 4 (IANS) Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay says the people in Tibet will be happy if they are given more autonomy by China “within the Chinese constitution”. The 46-year-old Harvard educated elected head of the Central Tibetan Administration, who completes three year in office Aug read more →
Chinese control of Tibet rivers will be disastrous: Dr Sangay
R Dutta Choudhury [Assam Tribune] DHARAMSHALA, Aug 3 – Chinese control of the major rivers originating in Tibet may prove to be disastrous for the South East Asian countries, including India, warned the Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile, Dr Lobsang Sangay. Talking to The Assam Tribune, Dr Sangay pointed out that most of read more →
Don’t block the tap
[Hindustan Times] By Thubten Samphel Michael Buckley points out that China’s relentless exploitation of Tibet’s resources could spell environmental disaster for Asia. The Dalai Lama was the first to suggest that tackling Tibet’s looming environmental crisis deserves precedence over efforts to resolve its protracted political problem. According to WikiLeaks, in read more →
Tibet solution will end Sino-India border row
[Assam Tribune] By R Dutta Choudhury DHARAMSHALA, July 22 – It will be difficult to find a permanent solution to the border disputes between India and China without solving the issues relating to Tibet. This was the observation made by the Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile, Dr Lobsang Sangay. Talking to The Assam read more →
An Open Letter to My Tibetan Brothers and Sisters
by Rose Tang: April 28, 2014 at 4:56am Dear Brothers and Sisters, Dear Neighbors, Tashi Delek! The Tibetans, the Chinese, the Uighurs, the Mongolians, the Buddhists, the Christians, the Muslims, the Falun Gong believers, the Atheists — we’re all up against the same brutal regime, run by corrupt officials of the read more →
Taking Back America: Here, Finally, Is A Chinese Mega-Blooper — And A Chance For The U.S. To Turn The Tables
[Forbes] By Eamonn Fingleton At 83, anthropologist Marshall Sahlins is a veteran of many controversies, but nothing has prepared him for the scale of his current confrontation. The issue at stake is nothing less than American intellectual freedom, and no opponent comes more formidable: the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Sahlins read more →
Tibetan Leader, a Red Sox Fan, Knows the Value of Taking the Long View
The New York Times JULY 18, 2014 DHARAMSALA, India — From his office in the hill station of Dharamsala, where Tibetan exiles have spent the past half-century waiting for the seismic changes that could restore Tibet’s independence, Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay was reminiscing, a bit wistfully, about a world he read more →
Dalai Lama Calls for a ‘Realistic’ Approach to Break Tibet Impasse
The Dalai Lama speaking to RFA in the Himalayan town of Choglamsar in Leh, the capital of Ladakh district of India-administered Kashmir, July 15,2014/RFA [Radio Free Asia] warning that viewing the dispute merely through the prism of history would only aggravate the situation. Citing the Israeli-Palestinian turmoil as an example, read more →
PM Narendra Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping, says meeting was ‘very fruitful’
[Press Trust of India] FORTALEZA, Brazil: In a significant development, China on Tuesday invited India to attend a summit of Asia and Pacific (APEC) leaders as Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Xi Jinping and discussed various issues including the need to resolve the boundary question in an amicable manner. The two read more →