Young Chinese cartoonist arrested for insulting state
DHARAMSALA, 2 Aug: A young Chinese cartoonist has been arrested allegedly for insulting the state by the Chinese Communist Regime
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Author: Tibet Express Newsdesk
University of Hawaii becomes latest US academic institution to sever ties with Confucius Institute
DHARAMSALA, 31 July: In yet another setback for China’s controversial Confucius Institute(CI), the University of Hawaii (UH) has severed its ties with the institute amidst greater scrutiny over Confucius Institutes across the world.
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Tibetan leadership congratulates BS Yediyurappa, Karnataka’s new CM
DHARAMSALA, 30 July: His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration have congratulated BS Yediyurappa as he took over as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka.
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China’s ‘first cyber-dissident’ sentenced to 15 years in prison
DHARAMSALA, 30 July: A civil rights activist in China, widely referred to as the country’s ‘first cyber-dissident’ has been sentenced to 12 years in jail by the Chinese Communist Regime.
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If the UK’s new PM wants to be free from China, he should meet the Dalai Lama
Gray Sergeant| HKFP | 26 July 2019.
In his column for The Times of London last October, the writer Edward Lucas invited his readers to consider whether or not they lived in a free country. For Lucas, the answer to this multifaceted question came in the form of one simple test: do your politicians feel free to meet the Dalai Lama?
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West Virginia Senate questions China’s promised $83.7 billion investment in his state
DHARAMSALA, 26 July: Joseph Manchin, a senior Democratic United States Senator from West Virginia has questioned on the $83.7 billion investment in his home state pledged by China’s state-owned energy giant as the world grow wary of Chinese investment.
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China’s dangerous national social credit system that will violate privacy, expand police state
DHARAMSALA, 26 July: China is said to be developing a dangerous national social credit system to track and grade every citizen that will violate privacy and expands the police state.
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Dalai Lama congratulates Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson
DHARAMSALA, 25 July: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has congratulated United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson and thanked the UK for its strong interest and support for Tibet.
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The succession challenge
Claude Arpi | The Pioneer | 25 July 2019.
China has mastered the art of information warfare. We saw it during the Doklam episode. Though caught on the wrong foot on the ridge at the border of Sikkim and Bhutan, the Chinese spokespersons managed to convince many Indian scribes of the validity of a defunct 1890 Convention between the Manchus and British India. More recently, the Dalai Lama was the victim of Chinese propaganda. For the purpose, Beijing used some Indian journalists, “inviting” them to Tibet for a trip to “see the facts” for themselves.
Boris Johnson: New PM to form government after taking office
BBC News | 24 July 2019.
Boris Johnson will begin the process of forming his government later after he succeeds Theresa May as prime minister.
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