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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 →
Dozens of MPs, senators call for sanctions against China over human rights abuses
In a letter, a multi-partisan group says Ottawa should use Magnitsky Act to target Chinese Communist officials John Paul Tasker, CBC News. July 14, 2020. Read original news here. Sixty-eight MPs and senators have added their names to a letter to the prime … Continued The post Dozens of MPs, senators call for read more →
China’s Incursions into India Are Really All about Tibet
China’s expansionism along Tibet’s southern border with India thus has a much more limited aim than the acquisition of territory of the conquest of India. It is intended to widen the buffer zone that surrounds Tibet. by Salvatore Babones | 13 … Continued The post China’s Incursions into India Are Really read more →
US sends message to China, starts direct funding to exiled Tibet govt in India
Anirban Bhaumik | New Delhi | Deccan Herald | JUL 14 2020 | Read original news here The United States has for the first time directly provided funds to the Tibetan Government-in-Exile based in India, a move likely to rile up China. The US … Continued The post US sends message to China, starts read more →
South China Sea: US says Beijing’s claims to disputed area ‘completely unlawful’
Agence France-Presse | 14 Jul 2020 | Read the original news here Beijing rejects US secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s comments as ‘inciting confrontation’ Surveillance pictures from 2017 appear to show Chinese militarisation of parts of the South China Sea. Mike … Continued The post South China Sea: US says Beijing’s read more →
China’s Second Wave of Coronavirus Censorship Is Here
Tracy Wen Liu for Foreign Policy. Read the original article here. After a brief period of praising whistleblowers, Beijing is targeting medical staff and COVID-19 victims again. My Weibo account was blocked on May 19. I had been using this … Continued The post China’s Second Wave of Coronavirus Censorship read more →
Dalai Lama: We Must Act as One to Preserve Our World
BY DALAI LAMA | JULY 10, 2020 | Read the original post here This planet is our only home. Environmental experts say that over the next few decades, global warming will reach such a level that many water resources will go dry. So … Continued The post Dalai Lama: We Must Act as read more →
Don’t assume China has the military edge over India
Analysis by Brad Lendon, CNN | June 18, 2020 | Read original news here Hong Kong(CNN)India and China went to war in 1962 over the same Himalayan region where at least 20 soldiers were killed Monday night in a bloody confrontation between the two … Continued The post Don’t assume China has the military read more →
The Dalai Lama Says the Responsibility to Fight Racial Injustice Lies With ‘the People’
BY TIME STAFF | JULY 9, 2020 | Read the original article here Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says that each “individual” must ultimately take responsibility for fighting systemic racism in modern society. Speaking at Thursday’s TIME100 Talks about the mass protests that … Continued The post The Dalai Lama Says the Responsibility read more →
Hong Kong Set to Become a New Tibet, says Exiled Leader
News18 | 9 July 2020 | Read original news here New Delhi: Hong Kong is heading toward the same fate as Tibet after China imposed a new security law that criminalises calls for independence, the leader of the exiled Tibetan government … Continued The post Hong Kong Set to Become a read more →
U.S., China trade visa curbs over Tibet
Filed by The Hindu. Read the original article here. Pompeo accuses Beijing of obstructing travel by U.S. diplomats, journalists to Tibetan region The U.S. and China imposed visa restrictions on each other in tit-for-tat moves over their disagreement on Tibet, … Continued The post U.S., China trade visa curbs over read more →
Implementing Visa Restrictions Under the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act
PRESS STATEMENT | US DEPARTMENT OF STATE MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 7, 2020 The United States seeks fair, transparent, and reciprocal treatment from the People’s Republic of China for our citizens. We have taken several steps to … Continued The post Implementing Visa Restrictions Under the Reciprocal read more →
State Department Bars Chinese Officials Who Restrict Access to Tibet
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said international access to Tibet was a matter of regional and environmental security. He did not say how many Chinese officials were being blocked from the U.S. The United States remained “committed to supporting meaningful … Continued The post State Department Bars Chinese Officials Who read more →
India must stand up for Tibet | HT Editorial
Declare Delhi will honour Dalai Lama’s wishes on succession EDITORIALS Updated: Jul 06, 2020 20:09 IST Hindustan Times The Dalai Lama marked his 85th birthday on Monday. He has now lived for 61 of those 85 years as a treasured guest of India, and has added value, in both tangible read more →
Dalai Lama, an Environmentalist: A Commitment of 70 Years
As the Dalai Lama turns 85 this year, his dedication towards the environment has not dimmed in the slightest. TEMPA GYALTSEN ZAMLHA | The Quint| 5 July 2020 | Read original article here “I was born in a small village called … Continued The post Dalai Lama, an Environmentalist: A Commitment read more →