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We have a border with Tibet, not with China: Major General GD Bakshi
ANI Dharamshala: “India has a border with Tibet and not with China, said Major General (retd) GD Bakshi on Monday. Bakshi held a press conference in Dharamshala today where he extended his support for the Tibetan people. Briefing media persons here, Major General Bakshi said, “India does not have a read more →
The Phantoms of Chittagong: The unsung Tibetan heroes of the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war
Firstpost (By Claude Arpi-November 08, 2021) On 50th anniversary of the liberation of Bangladesh, we need to recall one of the best-kept secrets of the war: The role played by the Special Frontier Force, a highly trained Tibetan regiment based in today’s Uttarakhand, in the Chittagong Hills. We are soon read more →
Xi Jinping to lay out vision for China’s future – and past – at key meeting
Vicent Ni, Helen Davidson – The Guardian – 8 November 2021 A meeting of hundreds of members of China’s political elite, which is expected to further consolidate the power of president Xi Jinping, has opened in Beijing. The closed-door, four-day meeting of the ruling Chinese Communist party’s central committee, known read more →
China forces young Tibetans out of monasteries in Qinghai
Radio Free Asia: 2021.11.04 (By Sangyal Kunchok) read more →
U.S. calls on China not to limit journalists’ freedom at 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis – Reuters, 5 November 2021 WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday urged China not to restrict access and movement for journalists reporting on next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China this week said it was read more →
‘How dare you ignore Tibet?’: Activist to COP26 leaders
-By Deccan Herald As the world leaders gathered in Glasgow to negotiate the nitty-gritties of the climate actions, a young activist has urged them to not ignore Tibet, a region from where 10 major rivers of Asia originate and currently undergoing massive environmental damages. “The Tibetan plateau is melting yet read more →
Indian-Tibetan Aftab Pureval elected Mayor of US city in Ohio
The Times of India – Nov 3, 2021, 23:34 IST WASHINGTON: Aftab Pureval, an Indian-Tibetan has been elected as Mayor of Cincinnati city in the US state of Ohio, making him the first member of the community to be elected for such a position. Pureval, 38, a son of refugee read more →
Chinese authorities ban outside-school classes for Tibetan children
-Radio Free Asia The move threatens Tibetan children’s connection to their native language, often taught outside the schools. Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province are blocking Tibetan children from taking classes outside their schools over winter holidays in a move aimed at further weakening t connection to their native language, read more →
‘Blaming Nehru would not solve China problem’: Nirupama Rao
Hindustan Times – 3 November 2021 Former foreign secretary Nirupama Rao’s new book, The Fractured Himalaya, looks at the early years of the India-China relationship. She spoke to Sunetra Choudhury about writing the book amid the protracted India and China border standoff. Edited excerpts: Did the situation along the border read more →
CDS Bipin Rawat’s big statement on Tibet, China may shake the sesame seeds
-By News Track New Delhi: CDS Bipin Rawat on Sunday sent a big message about the Indian Army. He has stressed that the army needs to be deployed on disputed borders throughout the year. In his address, Rawat also launched a scathing attack on China. He mirrored China referring to Sardar read more →
Tributes pouring in, Tibetans and colleagues remember the Dalai Lama’s British ‘friend’ Mr Fredrick Hyde-Chambers OBE in their prayers
-Sourced by Tsamtruk Network Within hours of learning the sad news of the passing of their dear friend, Mr Fredrick Hyde-Chambers OBE – popularly known as “Riki”, the Tibetan Community in Britain started praying for the deceased soul. Tibetan children, teachers and parents recited Buddhist prayers for “Riki” during the read more →
China accused of blocking media access to Winter Olympics
The Guardian, 2 November 2021 Chinese authorities have been accused of “continuously stymying” attempts by foreign media to cover the Winter Olympics, by denying or ignoring requests for access and following, harassing and abusing journalists. In a scathing statement on Tuesday, the Foreign Correspondents Club of China, which acts on read more →
Tibetan tale
-By The Statesman: November 1, 2021 3:17 pm The elephant in the room, however, is the Dalai Lama and his reincarnation. Former Indian foreign secretary Shyam Saran writing in a contemporary a few weeks ago made the point that to understand the Chinese leadership’s mind on Tibet, one needs to read more →
Tibetan Political Prisoner Released After Serving Five-Year Sentence
Sourced by Free Tibet- Information supplied by Tibet Watch Gendun Dapaka was arbitrarily detained in 2015 on charges of ‘inciting separatism’ Sources have confirmed to Free Tibet that one of the Tibetan monks arbitrarily arrested from Thangkor Socktsang Monastery in 2015 has been released after serving a five-year prison sentence for read more →
China erases memories of popular Tibetan monk who died in prison
Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Chinese authorities are banning public discussion of a popular Tibetan religious teacher six years after his death in a Sichuan prison, removing him from official religious histories and shutting down an online read more →