China: Tibet Propaganda Masks Repression
New York – Chinese authorities are increasingly using opaque policy terms in official media to tighten repression in Tibet, Human Rights Watch said in an illustrated glossary released today.
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China-India border tension remains despite growing economic
By Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jun 7 (PTI) The Pentagon has said that tension continues to exist along the disputed portions of India-China border even though the economic relationship between the two Asian giants have expanded in recent years.
Read moreChina did not succeed in destroying Buddhism in Tibet: Lobsang Sangay
PTI | Washington | May 25, 2017
Sangay said the Tibetan government in exile discourages self-immolation and also noted that not a single Chinese person has been harmed by Tibetans.
Read morePresident Trump, meet the Dalai Lama
LOBSANG SANGAY, The Hill | May 23, 2017
On his first foreign trip, President Trump has met with King Salman in Saudi Arabia, the home of Mecca and Medina, the holiest shrines of Islam. He met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel and visited the Western Wall, all that remains of the Jewish Temple Mount. And he then met with Pope Francis in the Vatican.
Read moreLie detector test used to evaluate government officials in Tibetan area of China
Sutirtho Patranobis, Hindustan Times |May 17, 2017
Beijing – Local government officials from a Tibetan region of Sichuan province have had to undergo a polygraph or “lie detector” test to prove their loyalty to the Communist Party of China (CPC), a rights organisation has said.
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India and Japan plan Asia-Africa connectivity project after giving Chia’s BRI a miss
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, May 17: India and Japan, the two Asian giants having stayed away from China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), are now set to launch their own Asia-Africa connectivity project.
Read moreChina Takes Exception To India’s Stand On OBOR, Asks What Kind Of ‘Meaningful Dialogue’ It Wants
Outlook | May 16, 2017
K.J.M. VARMA/ BEIJING
China today took strong exception to India’s stand on its Belt and Road initiative and asked New Delhi to explain what kind of “meaningful dialogue” it wants with Beijing on the multibillion-dollar venture.
Read moreArunachal leaders slam China for renaming places in State
[PTI] ITANAGAR, April 23 – “Will naming Beijing as Mumbai make China’s capital an Indian territory,” asks the president of Arunachal Chamber of Commerce and Industries summing up the mood of locals on China renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh.
Read moreDalai Lama factor in Sino-Indian relations
Shashi Tharoor, The Korean Herald | April 12, 2017
Relations between India and China haven’t been particularly warm in recent months.
Read moreChina shouldn’t interfere in India’s internal affairs: Rijiju on Dalai Lama’s visit
PTI | April 4, 2017
NEW DELHI: Amid persistent Chinese objections to the Dalai Lama’s trip to Arunachal Pradesh, India said on that no “artificial controversy” should be created around the Tibetan spiritual leader’s visit.
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