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China’s Five-Finger Punch
BRAHMA CHELLANEY | Project Syndicate | Jul 21, 2020 | Read the original article here Tibet is the key to China’s territorial claims in the Himalayan region – and not only because of geography. As long as the Communist Party of … Continued The post China’s Five-Finger Punch appeared first on read more →
China: Keir Starmer urges Boris Johnson to impose human rights sanctions
‘What we have argued for is sanctions in this country against Chinese officials who have been involved in human rights abuses’ says Labour leader Ashley Cowburn for The Independent. Read original news here. Boris Johnson is facing escalating pressure to impose … Continued The post China: Keir Starmer urges Boris Johnson read more →
China Blasts Dam to Release Floodwaters as Death Toll Rises
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 19 July 2020 | Read the original article here Beijing (AP) — Authorities in central China blasted a dam Sunday to release surging waters behind it amid widespread flooding across the country that has claimed scores … Continued The post China Blasts Dam to Release Floodwaters read more →
Battle in the Himalayas
New York Times | By Jin Wu and Steven Lee Myers | July 18, 2020 | Read the original article here China and India have stumbled once again into a bloody clash over some of the most inhospitable terrain on Earth. A deadly brawl last month killed … Continued The post Battle in the Himalayas appeared first read more →
China has crossed its 1960 claims along the LAC
Ananth Krishnan for The Hindu. Read the original article here. Records of 1960 boundary talks show PLA troops at Pangong Tso and Galwan Valley went beyond Beijing’s own territorial claims. Chinese troops are currently present on the north bank of Pangong … Continued The post China has crossed its 1960 claims read more →
US Ambassador to India meets representatives of Dalai Lama
ANI. Read original news here. New Delhi: US Ambassador to India, Ken Juster, on Saturday said he met Ngodup-la, Representative of Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Delhi and Secretary Gyalpo. “Our close cooperation with the Office of HH the Dalai Lama continues … Continued The post US Ambassador to India meets representatives read more →
Review: The Buddha and the Borders by Nirmalaya Banerjee
A rich travelogue that covers the eastern Himalayas shows that the Buddhist Himalayan Belt stands resolutely with India in the new Great Game played out between Asia’s two dominant powers Thubten Samphel, Hindustan Times. Read original news here. Prayer flags and … Continued The post Review: The Buddha and the Borders read more →
India needs stronger policy on Tibet, Taiwan in dealing with China: Experts
Mandira Nayar for The Week. Read the original article here. India must recognise China border as Tibet border, says Tibetan president-in-exile With the India-China relationship under severe strain, competition is likely to replace cooperation between the two countries as India … Continued The post India needs stronger policy on Tibet, read more →
Taiwan official leaves Hong Kong after refusing to sign ‘One China’ statement – report
KELLY HO | 17 JULY 2020 | Read original news here Taiwan’s top acting representative in Hong Kong Kao Ming-tsun reportedly left the city on Thursday after he refused to sign a statement supporting the “One China” policy in exchange for … Continued The post Taiwan official leaves Hong Kong after read more →
‘Eat the Buddha’ Reports From the ‘World Capital of Self-Immolations’
By Parul Sehgal | New York Times | July 15, 2020 | Read the original article here In “The Unwomanly Face of War,” an oral history of World War II, the Nobel Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich recounts a strange little story. A … Continued The post ‘Eat the Buddha’ Reports From the read more →
China’s Activists Mourn the Loss of Hong Kong’s Glimmer of Hope
Chinese grassroots activists looked to Hong Kong for inspiration. Now Hong Kongers must now learn from mainlanders how to confront a paranoid regime. By Diana Fu and Sida Liu for The Diplomat. Read original news here. For more than three decades, … Continued The post China’s Activists Mourn the Loss of read more →
Glavin: Taking action on China shouldn’t be that difficult, Mr. Trudeau
Terry Glavin, Ottawa Citizen. Read original news here. As the federal government’s persistently obsequious approach to Beijing threatens to isolate Canada from efforts by the world’s liberal democracies to confront and contain the increasingly belligerent and oppressive regime of Chinese … Continued The post Glavin: Taking action on China shouldn’t read more →
Religious Liberty in Tibet: From Bad to Worse
Massimo Introvigne for Bitter Winter. Read the original article here. Bitter Winter interviews Dr. Dominic Nardi, China policy analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. On July 6, 2020, Dr. Dominic Nardi coordinated a Webinar on religious liberty in … Continued The post Religious Liberty in Tibet: From Bad read more →
Pompeo imposes visa restrictions on Huawei, other Chinese tech companies, citing human rights abuses
Amanda Macias, CNBC News. July 15 2020. Read original news here. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, citing human rights abuses, said the U.S. will impose visa restrictions on Chinese technology firms, the latest move expected to strain relations between Washington … Continued The post Pompeo imposes visa restrictions on Huawei, read more →
Not just India, Tibet — China has 17 territorial disputes with its neighbours, on land & sea
Pia Krishnakutty for The Print. Read the original article here. China has disputes with Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Singapore, Brunei, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet. New Delhi: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the … Continued The post Not just India, Tibet — China read more →