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China Is Making It Harder To Solve The Mystery Of How Covid Began
Reported by NDTV. Read the article here. Where the pathogen first emerged and how it transmitted to humans is a stubborn mystery, one that’s becoming more elusive with each passing month. In the year since seafood hawkers started appearing at … Continued The post China Is Making It Harder To read more →
On Tibet, India must make up its mind
DHNS | DEC 31 2020 | Read the original news here The US government’s enactment of the Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA) of 2020 marks an important milestone in its policy towards Tibet and China. Hitherto, Washington, while broadly … Continued The post On Tibet, India must make up read more →
Hong Kongers who tried to flee to Taiwan jailed in China for up to 3 years
James Griffiths, Jadyn Sham and Eric Cheung, CNN. December 30, 2020. Read original news here. Hong Kong (CNN):Ten Hong Kongers who attempted to flee the city by speedboat to Taiwan have been jailed in China for up to three years for organizing … Continued The post Hong Kongers who tried to flee read more →
Who is Zhang Zhan, the Chinese journalist jailed for Covid reporting?
Times of India. Read the article here. NEW DELHI: A Chinese court on Monday sentenced citizen journalist Zhang Zhan for four years for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble during her reporting in the chaotic initial stages of the Wuhan outbreak in … Continued The post Who is Zhang Zhan, the Chinese read more →
Tibetan govt-in-exile lauds US President Trump for new Tibet policy
PTI | December 29 2020 | Read the original news here The Tibetan Parliament in exile has expressed gratitude to United States President Donald Trump for signing a new Tibet policy. On Sunday, Trump signed the Tibetan Policy and Support … Continued The post Tibetan govt-in-exile lauds US President Trump read more →
Rubio, Cardin, Risch, Feinstein Welcome Passage of Their Bipartisan Bill in Support of Tibet
Marco Rubio | Press Release | December 22 2020 | Read the original news here Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Jim Risch (R-ID), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), … Continued The post Rubio, Cardin, Risch, Feinstein Welcome Passage read more →
US-China ties: Joe Biden says coalition needed to confront Beijing
US President-elect Joe Biden calls for stronger trade coalitions against China, as EU seems close to a deal Comments come as European Union appears close to striking a separate deal with Beijing Remarks underscore the degree to which Biden’s … Continued The post US-China ties: Joe Biden says coalition read more →
U.S. bolsters support for Taiwan and Tibet, angering China
Reuters | 28 December 2020 | Read the original news here BEIJING (Reuters) – China expressed anger on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law measures to further bolster support for Taiwan and Tibet, which had been included … Continued The post U.S. bolsters support for Taiwan and read more →
Trump signs Tibet policy to preempt Chinese move on Dalai Lama’s succession
PTI | 29 December 202 | Read the original news here US President Donald Trump has signed into law a Bill which calls for establishing a US consulate in Tibet and building an international coalition to ensure that the next Dalai Lama is appointed solely by the Tibetan … Continued The post Trump signs Tibet policy to preempt read more →
US President Donald Trump signs ‘historic’ Tibetan Policy and Support Bill into law
Geeta Mohan for India Today. Read the article here. US President Donald Trump has signed the Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020, making it a law. The president of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has called it a historic … Continued The post US President Donald Trump signs ‘historic’ read more →
Chinese Citizen Journalist Jailed For 4 Years For Wuhan Virus Reports
Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, was sentenced at a brief hearing in a Shanghai court for allegedly “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for her reporting in the chaotic initial stages of the outbreak. NDTV World, Agence France-Presse| December 28, 2020| Read original … Continued The post Chinese Citizen Journalist Jailed For 4 read more →
Reading the new US policy on Tibet: snubs to China on Dalai Lama, rivers
Nirupama Subramanian for The Indian Express. Read the article here. Among the most significant amendments is that the TSPA makes it US policy to oppose Beijing’s attempts to install its own Dalai Lama, “in a manner inconsistent with Tibetan Buddhism … Continued The post Reading the new US policy on read more →
India, Like US, Must Have A Clear Tibet Policy to Counter China
ASHOK K MEHTA | The Quint | 24 Dec 2020 | Read the original news here Following the standoff in eastern Ladakh including the clash in Galwan which marked the most precipitous decline in India-China bilateral relations in the last 40 years, … Continued The post India, Like US, Must Have A read more →
The battle over the next Dalai Lama
Hindustan Times | 24 December 2020 | Read the original news here Reincarnation is officially a geopolitical consideration. The United States (US) Congress has passed a Tibet Policy and Support Act that says the choice of the next Dalai Lama … Continued The post The battle over the next Dalai read more →
China’s atrocities in Tibet are growing too big to ignore
Opinion by Josh Rogin | Washington Post | 24 December 2020 | Read the original news here The world is finally responding to the Chinese government’s mass atrocities against Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in China’s northwest province of Xinjiang. But now Beijing … Continued The post China’s atrocities in Tibet are growing read more →