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Water Imperialism and Future Water Wars – Why China Has Colonised Tibet
The modern day China, in future, can scale up water war through its control of the Tibetan water. SANTOSH CHAUBEY, CNN-NEWS18. MARCH 03, 2021. Historically, when China used to colonise Tibet, the main intention of Chinese rulers was to create a buffer state for security. The onslaught by the Communist read more →
China in Tightened Security Clampdown in Tibet’s Capital Lhasa and on the Border
Reported by Lobsang Gelek for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. March 3, 2021. Chinese authorities in Tibet are tightening security and carrying out arrests in the regional capital Lhasa and along Tibet’s border with Nepal in the run-up to a month of read more →
Tibet should be core issue for India: Dr Lobsang Sangay
The Sentinel | 3 March 2021 GUWAHATI: Dr Lobsang Sangay, the President of exile Tibetan government, also known as the ‘Central Tibetan Administration’ (CTA), has asserted that Tibet should be a core issue for India as it is for China, and urged India to acknowledge its importance and discuss the read more →
Foreign journalists in China see ‘rapid decline in media freedom’: survey
Reuters | 1 March 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – China used coronavirus prevention measures, intimidation and visa curbs to limit foreign reporting in 2020, ushering in a “rapid decline in media freedom,” the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) said on Monday. For the third year in a row, no journalists read more →
Xi Mobilizes China for Tech Revolution to Cut Dependence on West
Bloomberg News | 2 March 2021 For U.S. politicians, China’s potential to dominate sensitive cutting-edge technologies poses one of the biggest geopolitical threats of the next few decades. President Xi Jinping is similarly worried the U.S. will block China’s rise, and this week will unveil plans for greater self-sufficiency. At read more →
China Charges Ahead With a National Digital Currency
Annabelle Huang | New York Times | 1 March 2021 After joining the lottery through the social media app WeChat, Ms. Huang, 28, a business strategist in Shenzhen, received a digital envelope with 200 electronic Chinese yuan, or eCNY, worth around $30. To spend it, she went to a convenience store read more →
To understand China, first understand Tibet: Lobsang Sangay, Sikyong, CTA
The Shillong Times | 1 March 2021 SHILLONG, Feb 28: Fifty-two-year-old Lobsang Sangay, a Harvard scholar who has served as Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration of the Tibetan Government in Exile (TGiE) for two tenures beginning 2011, is set to relinquish his post by May this year. Sangay read more →
Party leader calls for a Olympic boycott in Parliament
FreeTibet.org | 26 February 2021 Liberal Democrat Sir Ed Davey told the House of Commons that athletes “under no circumstances” should be “used as propaganda for the Chinese Communist Party” given its rights abuses At Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, 24 February, Sir Ed Davey called for Team GB to boycott read more →
Dutch parliament: China’s treatment of Uighurs is genocide
Reuters Staff | Reuters | 25 February 2021 AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch parliament on Thursday passed a non-binding motion saying the treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in China amounts to genocide, the first such move by a European country. Activists and U.N. rights experts say at least one read more →
I helped build ByteDance’s vast censorship machine
Shen Lu | Protocol | February 18, 2021 This is the story of Li An, a pseudonymous former employee at ByteDance, as told to Protocol’s Shen Lu. It was the night Dr. Li Wenliang struggled for his last breath in the emergency room of Wuhan Central Hospital. I, like many read more →
The United States and China Are Fighting Over the Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation Plans
By Kelsang Dolma for Foreign Policy. February 23, 2021. The Chinese Communist Party claims ultimate control over Tibetan souls. For Westerners, the Dalai Lama is a Nobel Peace Prize winner. For Tibetans, he’s a spiritual leader. But for the Chinese government, he’s a “wolf in monk’s robes” and a “splittist.” read more →
Report: Chinese Development in Tibet Meets State Needs, Fails Tibetans
Reported by Ugyen Tenzin for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. February 23, 2021. China’s development drives in Tibet have pulled the region closer to economic and cultural integration with Beijing but have failed Tibetans themselves, creating a “dual economy” that has seen read more →
Can China Change the Definition of Human Rights?
By Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat. February 23, 2021. On February 22, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gave a speech at the 46th session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. It was the first time a Chinese government official had addressed the U.N.’s top human rights body – and the speech read more →
The cost of celebrating Mother Language Day in Tibet
By Karma Tenzin, Asia Times. February 22, 2021. On February 21, 1952, in what was then East Bengal (renamed East Pakistan in 1956 and Bangladesh in 1971), many students were martyred for voicing their concerns and the protection of their mother language, Bengali, under the government of the Dominion of Pakistan. Bengali students sacrificed their read more →
Britain to challenge China at U.N. over access to Xinjiang
Reuters. February 22, 20214:06 AM Updated 6 hours ago LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will on Monday call for the United Nations to be given “urgent and unfettered” access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of abuses in the Chinese region. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will also mark Britain’s return to read more →