Contact is taking a holiday!

Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

When and how Contact will re-emerge and evolve will be determined by those who become involved.

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The Chinese Trojan Horse That Distorted Tibetan History

For years, Tibetans have hoped that CCP’s Trojan Horse would stop its treachery, only to realise nothing’s changed. NAWANG PHUNTSOG for The Quint. 23 August 2020. Read original news here. On a recent 8 July press briefing at the US … Continued The post The Chinese Trojan Horse That Distorted read more →

Unlock 3.0: Inter-state movement of goods, people can’t be restricted, Centre tells states

Press Trust of India | August 22, 202 | Read the news here New Delhi: The Centre has asked all states to ensure that there should be no restrictions on inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods during the ongoing unlocking … Continued The post Unlock 3.0: Inter-state movement of goods, read more →

China Alone

BRAHMA CHELLANEY | Project Syndicate | August 21, 2020 | As long as the costs of expansionism remain manageable, Chinese President Xi Jinping will stay the course, seeking to exploit electoral politics and polarization in major democracies. The Indo-Pacific’s major democratic powers … Continued The post China Alone appeared first on Central read more →

The Coming Russian-Chinese Clash

The Kremlin, so ready to identify slights from Washington, has been willing to accept junior partner status in its relationship with Beijing. But how long will that last? by John Herbst | Nationa Interest | 21 August 2020 | Read the … Continued The post The Coming Russian-Chinese Clash appeared first read more →

China is Desperate to Stop Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement

Government Blames Foreign Groups Kenneth Roth for Human Rights Watch. 21 August 2020. Read original news here. kenroth Click to expand ImageHong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, center, who founded newspaper Apple Daily, is arrested by police officers at his … Continued The post China is Desperate to Stop Hong read more →

How China is Violating Human Rights Treaties and its own Constitution in Xinjiang

by Giavanna O’Connell, Just Security. August 19, 2020. Read original news here. The global community is finally starting to describe China’s “Strike Hard” campaign against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang accurately, normalizing usage of terms including “genocide” and “concentration … Continued The post How China is Violating Human Rights read more →

What happened in Tibet could happen to you: Lobsang Sangay for Inside Policy

Macdonald-Laurier Institute | 20 August 2020 | Read the original post here The Chinese government ought to respect human rights and liberal values of the Tibetan people and the Uyghurs, Hong Kong, and the people in Taiwan, writes Lobsang Sangay. This article … Continued The post What happened in Tibet could happen read more →

Tibetan Woman Jailed in Protest Over Panchen Lama is Released in Failing Health

A Tibetan woman jailed for 15 months for spreading word of a relative’s public call for the release of Tibet’s Panchen Lama has been freed crippled and in failing health after serving her full term in prison, Tibetan sources said. … Continued The post Tibetan Woman Jailed in Protest Over read more →

China’s Xi Jinping facing widespread opposition in his own party, insider claims

The Guardian | Lily Kuo in Beijing | 18 August 2020 | Read the news here A former professor at China’s elite Central Party School has issued an unprecedented rebuke of the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, accusing him of “killing a country” and … Continued The post China’s Xi Jinping facing widespread opposition read more →

How fake award for a tycoon left Oxford University open to Chinese influence

Emma Graham-Harrison | The Guardian | 16 Aug 2020 | Read the news here An Oxford academic handed out a “meaningless” university qualification to a Hong Kong businessman with ties to the Chinese authorities at a high-profile ceremony in Shanghai last year, in … Continued The post How fake award for a tycoon read more →

Cambodia’s biggest lake is running dry, taking forests and fish with it

BY STEFAN LOVGREN | National Geographic | PUBLISHED AUGUST 17, 2020 | Read the original article here HUN SOTHARITH RECALLS when he moved to Cambodia’s Tonle Sap to become a fisherman. It was the early 1990s, and the lake’s freshwater swamp forest where … Continued The post Cambodia’s biggest lake is running dry, read more →

India-China working mechanism meet likely on Aug 20 as PLA refuses to disengage in Finger areas, Depsang

Times Now. Read the original article here. India and China on July 5 decided to mutually disengage from the several friction points along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh. New Delhi: As Chinese troops refusing to vacate from Finger … Continued The post India-China working mechanism meet likely on read more →

Slovakia: A New Challenger of China’s Human Rights Record?

A small state in Central Europe is emerging as a loud critic of China’s human rights violations. By Matej Šimalčík for The Diplomat. August 18, 2020. Read original news here. In November 2017, Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico quipped that the country “must … Continued The post Slovakia: A New Challenger of China’s read more →

China’s facial-recognition surveillance secrets revealed in major leak

SHARRI MARKSON | INVESTIGATIONS WRITER | The Australian | Read the original news here The Chinese government’s surveillance of ethnic minority groups in their own homes, in their cars and via their mobile phones has been exposed in a major security … Continued The post China’s facial-recognition surveillance secrets revealed in read more →

‘Made in China’ label ruling hits a raw nerve in Hong Kong

By Ryan Ho Kilpatrick | August 14, 2020 | Read the original article here HONG KONG — This city’s leaders have insisted repeatedly that Hong Kong is an “inalienable” part of China. They have banned school students from singing Hong Kong’s protest anthem. … Continued The post ‘Made in China’ label ruling hits read more →