Why Are Tibetans Setting Themselves on Fire?
Tsering Woeser, The New York Review of Books | January 12, 2016
February 27, 2009, was the third day of Losar, the Tibetan New Year. It was also the day that self-immolation came to Tibet.
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China’s PLA sings Jai Ho as India goes for Border Defence
Claude Arpi, Niti Central | January 6, 2015
On New Year day, a Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) between India and China was held in a Chinese hut near a place called Damai, north of the Lohit sector of Arunachal Pradesh.
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Report: Microsoft didn’t warn users China hacked accounts
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is disputing a Reuters report that it became aware four years ago China likely had hacked into Hotmail accounts belonging to Tibetan and Uighur minority leaders,
Read moreChina angered as Filipino protesters visit South China Sea island
BEIJING (Reuters) – China expressed anger on Monday after a group of Filipino protesters landed on a disputed Philippine-held island in the disputed South China Sea.
Read moreCongress journal lauds Vallabhbhai Patel, blames Jawaharlal Nehru for Kashmir and Tibet issues
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Articles in a Congress mouthpiece questioning Jawaharlal Nehru’s Kashmir and China policy and calling Sonia Gandhi’s father a “fascist soldier” today left the party squirming in embarrassment, forcing its editor Sanjay Nirupam to apologize and sack its editorial content in-charge.
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China Passes Anti-terrorism Law That Critics Fear May Overreach
BEIJING — China’s legislature approved an antiterrorism law on Sunday after months of international controversy, including criticism from human rights groups, business lobbies and President Obama.
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Japan’s Buddhists want Amazon to end ‘rent-a-monk’ service
By Mike Firn, Tokyo/The Telegraph
Japan’s Buddhists want Amazon to stop offering its rent-a-monk service in the country because it harms the religion’s public image.
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China officially ends three-decade-old ‘one child’ policy
Beijing: China officially ended its one child policy on Sunday with the signing into law of a bill allowing all married couples to have a second child as it attempts to cope with an ageing population and shrinking workforce.
The change, which was announced in October by the ruling Communist Party, takes effect from January 1, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Read moreUS Sanctions Massive Six Million Dollars for Tibetans in Nepal and India for Fiscal Year 2016
DHARAMSHALA: In an expression of strong support for the Tibetan people, the US Congress in its budget for the fiscal year 2016 sanctioned a massive six million dollars in aid for Tibetans in India and Nepal.
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Tunisian group picks up Nobel Prize
[AFP] OSLO, Dec 11: The Nobel Peace Prize was on Thursday presented to a group of four organisations that saved
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