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China now loves archeology. It has more to do with politics than excavations
The Print-19 January 2022 Xi Jinping’s new Silk Road is being established through excavations as well. China wants to prove the reach of its history – from Tibet to Central Asia. Archaeology has become a hot topic in China in recent years. Even the five-year plan for 2021-2025 seeks to elevate read more →
Tibetan Muslims straddle faith and tradition in China and India
Reported by RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickey. Written in English by Roseanne Gerin. When Sakina Batt, a young Tibetan Muslim from Nepal, wrapped up a four-year job working with the Tibetan government in exile in Dharamsala, India, she received a rare honor: an audience with the Dalai Lama, read more →
China targeting Tibetan Buddhism since Mao’s Cultural Revolution in 1960s: Report
Bhavya Sukheja for Republic World A global think tank recently revealed that China has been targeting Tibetan Buddhism since Mao’s Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. It is imperative to note that the Chinese government occupied Tibet in 1950 and ever since, has tried to grip the region under its control. read more →
Tearing Down the Buddha: How Xi Jinping is Destroying Traditional Buddhism in Tibet
By Tsering Dolma, Global Order, 16 January 2022 It has been twenty years since the bombing of the giant Bamiyan Buddha statues by the Taliban in 2001. This not only hurt the sentiments of millions of Buddhists around the world, it also coincided with the quick collapse of the Taliban read more →
CTA flays razing of Buddha’s statues in Tibet
The Tribune – 14 January 2022 The CTA has flayed the Chinese government for the demolition of Buddha statues and monuments in Tibet. In a statement issued here yesterday, the CTA spokesperson said that following the demolition of a giant Buddha statue, 45 huge prayer wheels and a monastic school read more →
Statue of revered Tibetan monk seized by Chinese police
Radio Free Asia-Reported by Dorjee Damdul Friends of the late monk were trying to carry the remembrance to India for protection. Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province last year seized a life-size statue of a revered Tibetan religious leader that was being taken into Tibet and arrested those involved in read more →
US expresses concern over reports of China’s actions against Tibetan Buddhists
Hindustan Times-14 January 2022 The statement comes days after reports of China destroying a second Buddhist statue revered by Tibetans in western China’s Sichuan province emerged. The US state department on Thursday expressed concern over reports of China’s actions against Tibetan Buddhists, including the destruction of Buddha statues as a read more →
MI5 issues a rare statement naming a woman it suspects is a Chinese agent and warning British politicians to avoid her
Business Insider – 13 January 2022 MI5 has issued a rare warning to British politicians to avoid a woman suspected of being a Chinese agent. In a letter to British parliamentarians sent on Thursday, the UK’s Security Service named Christine Lee, a solicitor, as having “knowingly engaged in political interference read more →
TIBETAN GRADUATE STUDENT DETAINED FOR EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT TIBETAN LANGUAGE
Free Tibet-12 January 2022 Language advocate Loten has been taken to a reform centre after sharing his views on WeChat. On 12 December 2021, Chinese authorities and security personnel in Matoe County arrested Loten (བློ་བསྟན།), a college graduate student after he spoke in an online messaging group on WeChat expressing read more →
Two Tibetan monks arrested, held with no word to their family
Radio Free Asia-Reported by Lobsang Choephel Two Tibetan monks arrested by authorities in western China’s Sichuan province are incommunicado five months after being taken into custody, with family members increasingly worried about their well-being, RFA has learned. Tenzin Norbu and Wangchen Nyima, who are brothers, were arrested on Aug. 15, read more →
US concerned by China’s attempt to ‘intimidate’ neighbours: White House
Economic Times – Jan 11, 2022 The US is concerned by China’s attempt to “intimidate” its neighbours, including India, as Washington believes that Beijing’s behaviour in the region and around the world could be “destabilising”, the White House has said, asserting that America will continue to stand with its partners. read more →
Tibetan documentary filmmaker visited Denmark to push for a Winter Olympics boycott
ScandAsia-10 January 2022 The Tibetan documentary filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen is travelling through Europe to create awareness about China as the host nation for the Olympic Games and he recently visited Denmark, DR News reports. Dhondup Wangchen is a system critic who, ahead of the Beijing Olympics in 2008, made a documentary read more →
ANOTHER GIANT STATUE OF BUDDHA TORN DOWN IN DRAGO COUNTY
-Free Tibet Monks and civilians arrested and tortured in detention amid a wave of demolitions. Tibet Watch has learned from sources that another giant statue of Buddha was torn down amid a wave of ongoing demolitions in Drago County that has also seen a 99-foot Buddha statue, 45 prayer wheels, and a read more →
MEA Decries China’s Letter To MPs On Attending Tibet Event; ‘tone & Tenor Inappropriate’
Akhil Oka for Republic World On Thursday, the Ministry of External Affairs lambasted the Chinese Embassy’s letter to Indian MPs over their attendance at a reception hosted by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in December 2021. As per reports, the political counsellor at the Chinese embassy expressed concern over the participation of the read more →
Beijing fines 7-Eleven for calling Taiwan a country
The Guardian-7 January 2022 Beijing has fined and issued a warning to 7-Eleven over its website listing Taiwan as a country and displaying maps it said contained erroneous borders for Xinjiang and Tibet. The Beijing municipal government fined the company 50,000 yuan ($7,842) for the “errors” including “wrongful act of assigning Taiwan read more →