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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‘Ladakh belongs to India’: Tibet sides with India, exposes China’s expansionist tactics

Mudit Bhatnagar| International Business Times| 4 June 2020| Read original news here In a scathing attack on China, the Tibetan exile administration has said that the disputed territories of both Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh have always been a part of … Continued The post ‘Ladakh belongs to India’: Tibet sides read more →

Chinese Troops Have Come Into Eastern Ladakh in Sizeable Numbers, Says Rajnath Singh

The Wire| 3 June 2020| Read original news here New Delhi: A “sizeable number” of Chinese have moved into areas in eastern Ladakh which China claims as its territory and India has taken all necessary steps to deal with the situation, … Continued The post Chinese Troops Have Come Into Eastern read more →

PLA holds ‘infiltration drills’ in Tibet amid border stand-off

Ananth Krishnan, The Hindu. June 4, 2020. Read original news here. The Chinese military in Tibet has held night-time high-altitude ‘infiltration exercises behind enemy lines,’ says the Communist Party-run Global Times China’s official media reported on Wednesday that the Chinese … Continued The post PLA holds ‘infiltration drills’ in Tibet read more →

‘Unprecedented’ — India, China deploy Lt Gen-rank army officers to solve border row

Snehesh Alex Phillip for The Print. Read the original article here India’s 14 Corps Commander will meet the chief of China’s Southern Xinjiang Military District on 6 June after other rounds of talks failed to resolve the month-long border row. … Continued The post ‘Unprecedented’ — India, China deploy Lt read more →

Hong Kong marks Tiananmen massacre for what many fear will be the last time

By James Griffiths| CNN| Updated June 4, 2020| Read original news here Hong Kong (CNN)When protests broke out in Beijing and other cities across China in early 1989, many in Hong Kong were exhilarated. “It was a time of hope,” said Lee Cheuk-yan, a … Continued The post Hong Kong marks Tiananmen massacre for read more →

What’s in store for Hong Kong? Look at Tibet.

Here’s how Beijing’s promises of autonomy played out on the rooftop of the world Tourists take photos of the Potala Palace beneath a security camera in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, on Sept. 19, 2015. (Aritz … Continued The post What’s in store for Hong Kong? read more →

Line of Actual Control: Where it is located, and where India and China differ

 Source: http://indianexpress.com/ India-China LAC explained: As tensions continue between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), a look at what the line means on the ground and the disagreements over it. Written by Sushant Singh | New Delhi | Updated: June 2, 2020 10:34:31 am As tensions read more →

Peaceful resolution of Tibet solution to India-China border dispute: Tibetan govt-in-exile

Geeta Mohan for India Today| 2 June 2020| Read original news here Amid escalating border tensions between India and China, the President of Tibetan administration in-exile, Dr Lobsang Sangay, said resolution of the issue of “Tibet” will automatically solve the … Continued The post Peaceful resolution of Tibet solution to read more →

US Foreign Affairs Panel Chief Slams “Chinese Aggression” Against India

NDTV| 2 June 2020| Read original news here New Delhi: Elliot Engel, chief of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, on Monday said that he was “extremely concerned” by the Chinese aggression against India along the Line of Actual … Continued The post US Foreign Affairs Panel Chief Slams read more →

‘Boycotting China is not spreading hatred,’ says Wangchuk, adding Pak will soon be a Chinese slave

Ravi Prakash Kumar for Live Mint| 1 June 2020| Read original news here Sonam Wangchuk, an engineer turned education reformer, has justified his boycott call for all the Chinese products, in a new video released Sunday. The second video of a … Continued The post ‘Boycotting China is not spreading hatred,’ read more →

The maltreatment of Nigerians in China isn’t likely to end anytime soon

Racism against Nigerians—and other Africans—is not new in China. Africa-China history is marked by solidarity, but also dented by old and new racism. Nothing at this moment suggests that the current situation will drastically change. Some recent events are low moments in the ever-oscillating relationship … Continued The post The maltreatment of Nigerians in China read more →

Remarks by President Trump on Actions Against China

Whitehouse.gov| 30 May 2020| Read the briefing here Rose Garden May 29, 2020 2:48 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Good afternoon. Thank you. I’m here today to talk about our relationship with China and several new measures … Continued The post Remarks by President Trump on Actions read more →

U.S., Britain raise Hong Kong at U.N. Security Council, angering China

Michelle Nichols| Reuters| 29 May 2020| Read original news here NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States and Britain raised China’s plan to impose new security legislation on Hong Kong at the U.N. Security Council on Friday, prompting China and … Continued The post U.S., Britain raise Hong Kong at read more →

Hong Kong security legislation backed by China’s parliament

BBC| 28 May 2020| Read the original news here China’s parliament has backed security legislation for Hong Kong which would make it a crime to undermine Beijing’s authority in the territory. The resolution – which now passes to China’s senior … Continued The post Hong Kong security legislation backed by read more →

No, China will not conquer the world

Ramachandra Guha, NDTV. May 28, 2020. Read original news here. Indians readily associate the term ‘military offensive’ with China. Think of the border war of 1962, or, as we speak, of the Galwan Valley incursion in Ladakh. On the other hand, we … Continued The post No, China will not conquer the read more →