Tibetan woman dies after self-immolation in eastern Tibet
DHARAMSALA, Aug 28: A Tibetan has died after setting herself on fire in Sangchu county in Kanlho Prefecture, Amdo province.
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Author: Tenzin Gaphel
China’s Xi vows unceasing fight against Tibet separatism
Ben Blanchard, Reuters | August 26, 2015
China will wage an unceasing fight against separatism in its restive mountainous region of Tibet, President Xi Jinping said, as the government repeated it would never accept exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s genuine autonomy proposals.
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Several Tibetans detained in Nangchen county for demanding equal distribution of economic aid
DHARAMSALA, Aug 26: Several Tibetans were reportedly detained after over a hundred Tibetans in Nangchen County in traditional Kham province held a protest rally today on the streets and staged demonstrations in front of a local Chinese government office tasked with economic development projects in the area, demanding equality in distribution of government aids and benefits.
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China to deploy 3 more unmanned radars in Tibet along India border
[PTI] BEIJING, Aug 24: In a move that will have strategic ramifications for India, China will soon deploy three more unmanned radars in Tibet in addition to the one already installed there to strengthen air surveillance in the Himalayan region along the Indian border.
Read moreWhat Caused ‘Black Monday’? The Answer’s Blocked in China
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Foreign Policy | August 24, 2015
Global commodities, oil prices, the Fed — state media will blame anything but China for the recent dive in global stock prices.
On Aug. 24, following two months of extreme market volatility, the Shanghai Composite Index, China’s benchmark stock index, fell 8.5 percent, its biggest drop since 2007.
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Tibetans threatened with police action for protesting mining activity on sacred hill in eastern Tibet
DHARAMSALA, Aug 24: Tibetans in Zoege county in eastern Tibet were threatened with police action after they tried to dissuade a Chinese mining unit preparing to carry out mining activities on a sacred hill in the area.
Read moreImmolations are just one sign of tension over Communist rule
The Times | August 23, 2015
By the point Dongtuk arrived, the physique was gone. A pack of matches lay on the bottom, the one signal of the horror that had taken place. Dongtuk picked them up and fingered them.
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Chinese hackers spying on Tibetan groups in India for years, experts say
James Griffiths, South China Morning Post | August 21, 2015
Chinese hackers are believed to have targeted Tibetan exile groups in India that Beijing views as a threat for at least four years, despite China denying any official involvement in hacking.
Read moreTibet under new crackdown campaign ahead of 50th founding anniversary celebrations of TAR
DHARAMSALA, Aug 20: The preparations for the celebration of 50th founding anniversary of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have worsened an already deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet, a Tibetan rights group based in Daharamsala said in a release, adding that with the anniversary celebrations, China is hoping to hoodwink the international community, which has begun to pay more attention to Tibet since the 2008 mass uprising.
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Unidentified Tibetan youth arrested for lone protest against Chinese government in eastern Tibet
DHARAMSALA, Aug 18: An unidentified Tibetan youth was arrested by Chinese police in the morning today in eastern Tibet for staging a lone protest calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and freedom for Tibetans.
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