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When Will Tibet Be Liberated From China, And How? – OpEd
N. S. Venkataraman for Eurasia Review It is now more than six decades since China forcibly occupied Tibet by sending its military and massacred the protesting Tibetans mercilessly. The Dalai Lama and his followers were left with no alternative other than leaving Tibet and China has been taking stern steps read more →
China enforces compulsory Mandarin Chinese learning for preschool children in Tibet
Reported by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy A Chinese Ministry of Education (MoE) decree went into force this month to teach Mandarin Chinese to all preschool children, an extension of Xi Jinping’s belief in catching them young, noting the significance of language learning in the early years, and discounting the read more →
Tibet’s Exile Leader Sees ‘Positive Signals’ on Possible Talks With China
Reported by Lobsang Gelek for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Penpa Tsering, the Sikyong of India-based exile government, said this month that he has seen indications China may be willing to resume talks on Tibet’s status under Chinese rule, but cautioned more read more →
Many students from forcibly closed Tibetan schools can’t register at new schools
Sourced by Free Tibet. Non-local students left adrift without admission and teachers not allowed to shelter orphans. After the arrest of Rinchen Kyi, a dedicated teacher of the forcibly shut private Tibetan school of Sengdruk Taktse, Free Tibet received reports from its research partner Tibet Watch of the distress and read more →
Eastern Tibet: Wave of arrests over language rights, Dalai Lama images
By International Campaign for Tibet. The International Campaign for Tibet is deeply concerned about reports of a wave of detentions in eastern Tibet. The detentions in Wonpo (Chinese:Wenbo) township in Sershul (Shiqu) County, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province have been ongoing since August amid a crackdown on Tibetan read more →
Chinese military conducts drill along India border with advanced equipment: Report
Wion News. September 20, 2021. According to reports, China has stepped up night drills near the Himalayan border with India in order to familiarise troops with its new equipment. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly wants “higher standards” from troops stationed at high altitudes. China’s state-run Global Times had reported last month that read more →
Probe finds World Bank changed data to boost China ranking
Aljazeera News. 17 September 2021. Investigators found that World Bank staff changed data to boost China’s ranking in the 2018 and 2020 ‘Doing Business’ report which gauges business conditions around the world. The World Bank is cancelling a prominent report on business conditions around the world after investigators found read more →
Tibetan Writer Dies After Eight Years of Failing Health Following Release From Prison
Reported by Ugyen Tenzin and Lhuboom for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. A Tibetan writer jailed for three years for criticizing Chinese government policies in Tibet died this week in Sichuan’s capital Chengdu after suffering ill health for eight years following his read more →
China building 30 airports near India’s border in Tibet, Xinjiang: Report
WION News According to China’s state media, the country’s authorities are constructing 30 airports in Tibet and Xinjiang provinces in an attempt to boost infrastructure. China had already launched a bullet train connecting Lhasa with Nyingchi which is a Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh. China’s state-run Chinamil online reported that “30 civil airports” have read more →
India should share its ancient knowledge with the world: The Dalai Lama
The Week The Buddha’s teaching is essentially practical. It is not just for one group of people or one country, but for all human beings. People can follow this path according to their ability and inclination. I, for instance, started my Buddhist education as a child, and although I am read more →
Dalai Lama alone will have final say on reincarnation: CTA chief Penpa Tsering
Rezaul H Laskar for Hindustan Times Against the backdrop of China’s repeated efforts to portray a role for itself in the selection of the next Dalai Lama, the Sikyong or head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Penpa Tsering, has said the Tibetan spiritual leader alone will have the final read more →
India Must ‘Liberate’ Its Tibet Policy, Raise Human Rights Violations On The ‘Roof of the World’
Rahul Kashyap, ABP. 14 September, 2021. In 1951, a tragedy was played out on the Roof of the World, on the most peaceful people on Earth. Irony died in shame as Tibet’s annexation by brute force, by one of the most ruthless regimes in the history of the planet, was read more →
China Closes Tibetan School in Qinghai, Leaving Many Students Adrift
Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Authorities in a Tibetan-populated county of northwestern China’s Qinghai province have shut down a Tibetan-run private school, forcing some students to enroll in government schools but leaving others who have no families to fend read more →
UN experts raise cases of detained and “disappeared” Tibetans
International Campaign for Tibet-September 14, 2021 Four independent UN human rights experts and bodies have raised the cases of the detained Tibetans Rinchen Tsultrim and Go Sherab Gyatso in a communication to the Chinese government that became public today. In the communication, the UN Working Group on Involuntary and Enforced read more →
Xi Jinping praises ‘model’ PLA battalion in Tibet
Reported by Sutirtho Patranobis and edited by Amit Chanda for The Hindustan Times President Xi Jinping has paid glowing tributes to a border battalion of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) deployed in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), which shares a long and disputed boundary with India. Responding to a letter read more →