Suu Kyi’s Parliament of Prisoners Takes Power in Burma
The Daily Telegraph | February 1, 2016
NAYPYIDAW: Such a scene would have been unthinkable during the dark days of military rule in Burma.
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Suspected Chinese hackers target minorities, Russian gov’t
Cory Bennett, The Hill | January 26, 2016
A hacking group dubbed “Scarlet Mimic” with potential links to the Chinese government is targeting minority rights activists, as well as Russian and Indian government institutions.
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China’s anti-graft body investigates statistics bureau chief
BEIJING, Jan 27: The head of the bureau that gathers China’s economic data is under investigation by the anti-graft agency in a possible expansion of an anticorruption campaign that has shaken state companies and securities firms.
Read moreIndia to build satellite tracking station in Vietnam that offers eye on China
Sanjeev Miglani and Greg Torode, Reuters |January 25, 2016
NEW DELHI, India/HONG IONG – India will set up a satellite tracking and imaging centre in southern Vietnam that will give Hanoi access to pictures from Indian earth observation satellites that cover the region, including China
Read moreFor U.S., Taiwan Vote Changes Calculus Over ‘One China’
By Andrew Browne, The Wall Street Journal | January 19, 2016
TAIPEI—No dogma is more important to Beijing than “One China,” the concept that Taiwan is a part of a single Chinese nation—just temporarily estranged.
After vote, China tells Taiwan to abandon independence ‘hallucination’
BY JAMES POMFRET, MATTHEW MILLER AND BEN BLANCHARD, Reuters, 17 January 2016
TAIPEI/BEIJING – Taiwan should abandon its “hallucinations” about pushing for independence,
Read moreHis Holiness the Dalai Lama Offers Condolences to Ms Mehbooba Mufti
[dalailama.com] DHARAMSALA, Jan 8: His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to Ms Mehbooba Mufti yesterday to express his sadness on hearing the news that her father, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had passed away in New Delhi.
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Make 21st century a century of dialogue: Dalai Lama
In honour of the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday, New Delhi has hosted a celebration on 4 January to mark the life and accomplishments of the spiritual leader. Despite the Dalai Lama’s milestone birthday having passed in July 2014, his busy schedule has meant that a celebration in India was unable to take place until now.
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China co-opts a Buddhist sect in global effort to smear Dalai Lama
ALDERSHOT, England – Thousands of Buddhists from all over Britain packed into the Aldershot football stadium southwest of London on June 29, quietly waiting under a hot sun to see the Dalai Lama.
Just outside the turnstiles, another group of Buddhists awaited the Tibetan spiritual leader.
“False Dalai Lama, stop lying, false Dalai Lama, stop lying!” they chanted over and over through megaphones, drummers pounding out a rhythmic tempo. When he spoke, only snippets of his remarks could be heard above the cacopho
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China human rights lawyer convicted
One of China’s most famous rights lawyers was given a suspended three-year term for inciting ethnic hatred and disrupting public order, his lawyer said on Tuesday, in a case that has highlighted the government’s determination to crack down on all forms of dissent.
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