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Xi is the problem, not the people of China
Savio Rodrigues for Sunday Guardian Live Xi Jinping’s popularity is diminishing globally. China, however, people still favour, because of its economic strengths, though with a bit of scepticism. With each passing day and with the added strain of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, more and more nations are reassessing read more →
Richard Gere on Tibet’s Gift of Love
By Melvin McLeod and Richard Gere, Published Lion’s Roar Magazine AUGUST 9, 2021 Actor and activist Richard Gere talks about his teacher the Dalai Lama, the warm heart of the Tibetan people, and how humanity can benefit from the values of Tibetan culture. Melvin Mcleod: How did you first make read more →
Tibetan Students Offered Military Training For a Break on School Fees
Reported by Lobsang Gelek for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. August 11, 2021. Observers call the move a part of Beijing’s drive to secure China’s long border with India following clashes in 2020. Tibetan students ages 18-21 are being offered reimbursement of read more →
Understanding the anxieties behind Chinese aggression towards India
By Kevin Rudd, Former Australian Prime Minister – Published in Indian Express, 12 August 2021 When Chinese President Xi Jinping made a surprise visit to Tibet on July 21 — becoming the first Chinese leader to do so since Jiang Zemin in 1990 — his trip conspicuously began in Nyingchi, read more →
Canada slams China’s jailing of Michael Spavor as ‘unacceptable and unjust’
Ananth Krishnan for The Hindu. August 11, 2021. Canadian businessman receives 11-year jail term on spying charges Canada on Wednesday slammed China’s sentencing of businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in jail on spying charges, calling for his immediate release. Mr. Spavor and Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat, were read more →
Canada athletes may not be safe at 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, opposition leader says
Helen Sullivan, The Guardian. 11 Aug 2021. Erin O’Toole says Canada should consider a boycott of Games amid worsening ties with China and jailing of Canadian Michael Spavor The leader of Canada’s Conservative opposition party has warned that it may soon be too dangerous for Canadians to travel to read more →
Three Tibetans Arrested in Qinghai For Sharing Photos Outside the Region
Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Chinese authorities in a Tibetan populated region of Qinghai province arrested three men on Sunday for sharing photos on social media amid tightened security measures put in place for the 70th anniversary of read more →
Xi Jinping’s visit to Tibet
Shyam Saran, Former Foreign Secretary and Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research Published in The Tribune, 11 August 2021 To understand the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Tibet, one needs to go back to the decisions taken at the Seventh National Forum on Work in Tibet read more →
Tibet won’t remain a side issue for long between India, China. Xi’s policies indicate
Shyam Saran, The Print. 11 August, 2021. China’s Tibet policy is now dominated by the security dimension and this inevitably reflects in its internal policy towards the region. To understand the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Tibet, one needs to go back to the decisions read more →
China opens new expanded terminal at Lhasa airport in Tibet: Report
Business Standard. August 9, 2021. China has opened a newly constructed terminal – stated to be the biggest in Tibet – at the provincial capital Lhasa, further expanding the transport infrastructure in the strategic Himalayan region China has opened a newly constructed terminal – stated to be the biggest in Tibet – at read more →
Taming the wolf warrior — China’s rising aggression
James Kynge – Financial Times, 10 August 2021 Signs of China’s growing assertiveness predated the pandemic. But it was in early 2020, as Covid-19 spread rapidly around the world, that Beijing went full “wolf warrior”. Zhao Lijian, spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, alleged on Twitter in March that the virus read more →
Xi Jinping’s Visit To Tibet: Integration Or Intimidation?
CE Malley, Organisation for Peace President Xi Jinping, along with several other high-level government and military officials from China, made a visit to the Tibetan Autonomous Region on July 23rd. This visit, the first Xi has made to Tibet since assuming office, coincides with the 70th anniversary of the coerced peace read more →
Why China’s climate policy matters to us all
By David Brown, BBC – 9 August 2021 China’s carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China’s emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. China’s President Xi Jinping has said his country will aim for its read more →
China cancels major Tibetan cultural festival
By International Campaign for Tibet|August 6, 2021. Chinese authorities in the Tibetan capital have announced the cancellation of all activities connected to the annual “Shoton” festival, citing the risk posed by the surge in COVID-19 cases in China. Shoton, or the “Yogurt festival,” which was to begin on Aug. 8, 2021, read more →
Amid standoff with India, China conducts genetic study of altitude adaptation in Tibetans
India Today, published 7 August 2021 China has reportedly opened the world’s largest “plateau human genetic resources biological sample bank” in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for medical researchers to study “plateau diseases” and improve the country’s health support capabilities in the region. According to a report in the state-owned Global Times, read more →