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Nepal preparing to issue identification cards to refugees living in the country
The Kathmandu Post-December 4, 2021 Plan for now is to provide them to refugees from Bhutan, with no discussions yet on doing so for Tibetan refugees. The government is preparing to distribute identification cards to refugees living in Nepal. Officials confirmed the plan to distribute refugee identification cards but they read more →
Twitter and Facebook hit back at Chinese propaganda campaigns
Paul Mozur for The New York Times Twitter and Facebook said they have removed thousands of accounts connected to Chinese information campaigns, in the latest sign of Beijing’s ambitions to shape the global narrative around the country. In a notice posted early Thursday, Twitter said that it took action against read more →
Chinese authorities restrict what Tibetan children read about Dalai Lama
3 December 2021 – Indiablooms.com Beijing: Chinese authorities in Qinghai province have started restricting Tibetan children about what they read about spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province have ramped up efforts to vilify the Dalai Lama, now questioning Tibetan children to discover what their parents have read more →
Han Chinese now hold most government posts in Tibet as Beijing extends control
Radio Free Asia-By Lobsang Gelek Han Chinese now outnumber Tibetans in top government posts in Tibet by more than 2-to-1, an indication, Tibetan sources say, of China’s push to dominate the region. Following Beijing’s installation of Wang Junzheng as Tibet’s party secretary on Oct. 19, only four out of fifteen read more →
New Tibetan bilingual website claims to ‘decode CCP, explain Chinese govt’s hidden agenda’
Tenzin Zompa for The Print New Delhi: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) launched a new bilingual (English and Tibetan) website — Decoding CCP — Thursday, which claims to explain and decipher the meaning and connotations of key official jargon and slogans used by the Chinese Communist Party in present-day read more →
Beijing continues campaign against Tibetan language
By Karma Tenzin, Tibet Policy Institute (TPI)-1 December 2021 The Chinese government is eradicating the sense of Tibetan identity among the younger generations. For the past few years, a series of notices and new laws have created an environment where Tibetan children are prevented from learning the Tibetan language. For instance, in read more →
Chinese officials restrict what Tibetan children are taught about the Dalai Lama
Radio Free Asia-by Sangyal Kunchok The campaign in Qinghai also targets photos, prayer flags and family shrines. Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province have ramped up efforts to vilify the Dalai Lama, now questioning Tibetan children to discover what their parents have told them about the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, read more →
China says 85% of citizens will use Mandarin by 2025
By Associated Press, Published in The Washington Post – 1 December 2021 BEIJING — China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85% of its citizens will use the national language by 2025. The move appears to put threatened Chinese regional dialects such as Cantonese and Hokkien under read more →
China renews attacks on remaining Tibetan-language schools
By International Campaign for Tibet-November 30, 2021 In the eastern Tibetan areas of Amdo and Kham (incorporated into the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu), where over half the Tibetan population live, numerous reports have emerged of attacks on Tibetan language and Buddhist study. Last month, Drago Monastery School read more →
India-China Border Row: Not Just Pentagon, Taiwan & Tibet Are Worried, Too
By Dr Tenzin Tsultrim – 1 December 2021 Published in The Quint For the past few years, the security environment in Asia has been covered by clouds of distrust and suspicion. From the Doklam stand-off to the Galwan Valley clash, China has frequently broken its promises and India’s trust. The read more →
New evidence of Chinese repression emerges from Tibet, Xinjiang
ANI for Lokmat Areas in Tibet and Uyghur Muslim belt in Xinjiang witnessed repression and there is a widespread disquiet amongst the people in these regions, according to new anonymously shot video evidence that has emerged from the are, says new reports. A 20-min video shot by a person who read more →
‘China started work on border villages long before LAC standoff began’: Researchers
Hindustan Times – 29 November 2021 A year before China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) attempted to unilaterally alter the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh sector, Chinese authorities were putting in place measures to use border villages to buttress their territorial claims and keep an eye on the Indian read more →
Is there hope for Taiwan–Tibet relations?
East Asia Forum-Dolma Tsering, National Cheng Kung University Taiwan and the exile Tibetan community share a unique relationship amalgamated by the nexus of China, historical baggage, the relationship between the United States, China and India, and the growing influence of Tibetan Buddhism. The recent high-level meeting between the new Sikyong (political leader) read more →
Damage to Tibet’s Environment is Dangerous for Entire Humanity
By Vijay Kranti and Anjali Mishra New Delhi: China’s desperation to dominate and exploit Tibet has gone too far as it has been carrying out multiple projects which have seriously impacted not only the Tibetan plateau’s fragile ecology but have also severely exposed the whole of Asia to imminent environmental read more →
Tibet Leader-in-exile Concerned Over Construction Of Dams On Brahmaputra River By China
-Republic World Tibet govt-in-exile president stated that the mega construction project may pose serious damage to lower riparian countries including India and Bangladesh. President of the Tibetian government-in-exile, Penpa Tsering, on Saturday, November 27, raised concerns over the construction of a dam on the Brahmaputra River by China. He further read more →