India’s Diplomatic Moves on Tibet
As China ignores India’s security concerns, Modi embraces the Dalai Lama. HARSH V. PANT, The Wall Street Journal | Jan
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India’s NSG membership can’t be farewell gift: China to US
[PTI ] BEIJING, Jan 16: China on Monday said admission of non-NPT signatories in NSG cannot be a “farewell gift” for countries to give to each other, a day after the outgoing Obama administration asserted that Beijing was an “outlier” in the efforts to make India a member of the elite nuclear club.
Read moreChina to prosecute ex-spy chief for graft
[Reuters] BEIJING, Dec 31: China will prosecute one of its former spy chiefs after accusing him of bribery and abusing his power to interfere in law enforcement, the ruling Communist Party said yesterday.
Read moreTibetans in anguish as Chinese mines pollute their sacred grasslands
Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | December 26, 2016
JIAJIKA, CHINA — High in western China’s Sichuan province, in the shadow of holy mountains, the Liqi River flows through a lush, grassy valley dotted with grazing yaks, small Tibetan villages and a Buddhist temple. But there’s poison here.
Read moreChina wages cyber war via Dharamsala
Rakesh K Singh, The New Indian Express | December 27, 2016
NEW DELHI: With a view to malign the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), China is remotely accessing the computer servers in Dharamsala, planting spywares and malwares and disguising the IP address to target computer systems across the globe, said Prime Minister of Central Tibetan Administration Dr Lobsang Sangay.
Read moreTibetan from across border, chaiwala bag gold at MSU
Prashant Rupera, TNN | December 18, 2016
Vadodara: Stories of grit and struggle surfaced during the 65th annual convocation ceremony of MS University on Saturday as a Tibetan student who had crossed Indo-Nepal border in disguise and a Sindhi youth who had worked at a tea stall bagged gold medals at the convocation ceremony here.
Read moreAfter China Says It Will Return Seized US Naval Drone, Trump Tells Them To ‘Keep It’
Missy Ryan, Emily Rauhala, The Washington Post | December 19, 2016
The Chinese government said Saturday it will return a U.S. naval drone seized last week in the South China Sea, a step toward defusing maritime tensions between the two Pacific powers.
Read moreIndia among most generous towards refugees: UNHCR
PTI | December 16, 2016
NEW DELHI: India is one of the most generous countries for refugees, ensuring safety and employment to the displaced people in the best of her capacity, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Read moreIndia responds to Mongolia’s SOS on Chinese sanctions
[TNN] NEW DELHI, Dec 9: Assuring Mongolia that India is sympathetic to the problems being faced by it, Delhi has said it will help the country utilise the $1 billion financial assistance offered in 2015 to tide over the economic sanctions imposed on Ulan Bator by China in retaliation for inviting Dalai Lama.
Read moreGOP rep presses Trump to meet with Dalai Lama
Mark Hensch, The Hill | December 8, 2016
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) says President-elect Donald Trump should meet with the Dalai Lama, a move that risks increasing tensions with China.
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