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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 →
Tibetan landscape continues to feel effects of glacier collapse
Reported by Free Tibet. 17th February 2021 Experts say climate change was behind the collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 The collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet four years ago continues to have dramatic after effects, posing potential risks to nearby communities. The twin avalanches took read more →
China continues to tighten its grip in Tibet, tries to eradicate Dalai Lama from Tibetans’ religious lives
Times Now. Updated Feb 16, 2021 | 07:55 IST Washington: In the latest attempt to tighten its grip in Tibet, China is forcing the Tibetans to pay less attention to their religion and show more enthusiasm for president Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to a report by The read more →
TIME TO BREAK THE SILENCE ON TIBET
Michael van Walt van Praag & Miek Boltjes for The Sunday Guardian Live. China’s aggressive behaviour towards India and Bhutan, its expansionism in the South China Sea, and its bullying and interference in Nepal, Mongolia, and Southeast Asia, all accompanied by a sense of entitlement are directly related to how read more →
China ramping up military infra in Tibet, Xinjiang for LAC operations
Rezaul H Laskar for Hindustan Times. There is mounting evidence that China has sped up work to build and expand military and civilian facilities in Tibet and surrounding areas that will enhance its military posture along the Line of Actual … Continued The post China ramping up military infra in read more →
China to build the world biggest dam on sacred Tibetan river
By Oliver Lees for Aljazeera. In the foothills of the Himalayas, where the ancient Yarlung civilisation established the first Tibetan Empire, China has plans to build the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam. In November of last year, China’s state-owned media shared plans … Continued The post China to build the world biggest read more →
Chinese state broadcaster loses UK licence after Ofcom ruling
Alex Hern | The Guardian | 4 February 2021 The Chinese state broadcaster CGTN has lost its broadcast licence in the UK after Ofcom concluded that the news network, formerly known as CCTV, was ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist party. The decision … Continued The post Chinese state broadcaster loses UK licence read more →
‘India has done the most for Tibetans’, Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay tells WION
WION | 4 February 2021 Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister in Exile of Tibet recently spoke to WION about China’s abuses against Tibetans, and the larger role played by India in highlighting these abuses. Sangay shed light on how India has … Continued The post ‘India has done the most for read more →
‘Greatest threat’: China’s subtle warfare campaign exposed
Nick Whigham and AP for Yahoo News| Fri, 5 February 2021| A pro-China network of fake and impostor accounts has found a global audience on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter as the country continues its subtle information war with the West. The bots mock the US … Continued The post ‘Greatest threat’: China’s subtle warfare campaign read more →
How Chinese Police Torture Tibetan Women and Nuns Inside Tibet – Pt.I
Tsewang Paljor for Taiwan Times. Tibetan women have been at the forefront of the Tibetan people’s non-violent struggle for independence. Women originally planned and led the major uprising against the Chinese occupation in 1959, and according to the Tibetan Government … Continued The post How Chinese Police Torture Tibetan Women read more →