Claude Arpi, Niti Central|February 4, 2015
Where is China going? Apparently the Middle Kingdom is not doing too well! Even economically! The economic publication Bloomberg recently reported, “China’s economy got off to a weak start in 2015 with disappointing manufacturing and service-sector readings, renewing calls for the Government to introduce more measures to spur growth in the months ahead.”
Read moreHelen Gao, The New York Times | February 3, 2015
BEIJING — In early November, when Beijing played host to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, city officials closed hundreds of factories and forced millions of vehicles off the roads to clear the soupy gray smog that normally blankets the sky.
Read moreHannah Beech, TIME | February 2, 2015
To Beijing, a breakfast isn’t simply a breakfast. It’s tantamount to backing Tibetan independence
It took three days for China’s official media to react to the news that the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, will join U.S. President Barack Obama at a National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5. But Beijing’s response, now that it has finally come, is not joyous.
Read moreAnanth Krishnan, India Today | January 31, 2015
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who arrives in Beijing on Saturday evening on a three-day visit, will on Monday hold rare talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, underlining the importance China is placing on the visit.
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[dalailama.com] Sankisa, UP, India 30 January 2015: His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Sankisa this morning after a short flight from Delhi to Farrukhabad airport, where he was received by Mr Alok Kumar Shakya, UP State Minister for Technical Education.
Read more[AP] BEIJING, Jan 31: Chinese state media say authorities in Tibet are offering up to 300,000 yuan ($50,000) for tips on terrorism activities there, although there has been little public knowledge of terrorism recently in the Himalayan region where Tibetan Buddhism prevails.
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[ANI] SIBERIA, Jan 29: Researchers have recently discovered mummified remains of 200 year old Buddhist monk in lotus position in Mongolia.
Read moreElizabeth Dias, TIME | January 29, 2015
Tibetan leader will participate in the Feb. 5 National Prayer Breakfast where the President is expected to attend. Obama has never appeared publicly with Tibetan leader who is viewed by the Chinese government as a dissident
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Dharamsala, Jan 30: Human Rights Watch, the New York-based rights group in its recently released annual report says China remains an authoritarian state and maintains that under Xi Jinping’s rule, China has been violating human rights at an intensity that is unprecedented in its recent history.
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John Sudworth, BBC | January 29, 2015
Could China be bringing Tibetan Buddhism in from the cold? There are new signs that while a crackdown on Tibetan nationalism continues, the atheist state may be softening its position towards the religion – and even the Dalai Lama.
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