Tsering Woeser, China Change | January 14, 2015
Following the massacre of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists, millions of people, including leaders from over 40 countries, went to the streets of Paris on January 11th to condemn terrorism and reiterate their determination to defend freedom of expression.
Read more[PTI] KOLKATA, Jan 13: Describing himself as a Marxist, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday said many Marxist leaders have now become capitalists in thinking.
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[ucanews.com] BEIJING, Jan 13: Repression in China has worsened since Xi Jinping became president in 2013, according to a report published by Freedom House on Tuesday, a sign that the Communist Party is struggling to maintain legitimacy and control despite China’s rise.
Read more[TNN] DHARAMSHALA, Jan 11: Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) which concluded its 27th Task Force meeting on negotiation here this week, has hailed the stand of the US of urging the Chinese leadership to engage in direct and substantive discussion with the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama without any preconditions.
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Herald Scotland | January 8, 2015
An MSP has added his voice to growing concern about Scotland’s network of Confucius Institutes.
Conservative Alex Johnstone said he feared the language schools amounted to “infrastructure” to promote Beijing views on issues like occupied Tibet.
Read moreAkhilesh Pillalamarri, The Diplomat | January 8, 2015
China’s latest South Asian addition to the Silk Road: Nepal.
Read moreANS | January 7, 2015
A two-day meeting of the Tibetan task force on negotiations ended here Tuesday with a commitment for peaceful resolution of the Tibetan issue through dialogue with China.
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Atul Aneja, The Hindu | January 3, 2015
Nepal and China have agreed to revive the old Silk Road that runs from Lhasa to Kathmandu to Patna
China has taken a firm step to extend the Silk Road Economic Belt to South Asia, by working out a blueprint of connecting Nepal with the Eurasian transport corridor.
Read more[TNN] SURAT, Jan 3: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Friday asked the business community in Surat to strictly follow ethical standards and best business practices to make the consumers in country happy.
Read more[The Hindu] PUNE, Dec 31: A fortnight after being denied Papal audience on grounds that it could severely strain the Vatican’s fragile ties with China, the Dalai Lama on Wednesday urged greater cooperation on behalf of the world’s democracies with the communist nation.
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