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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 →
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 →