Tibet second least free place on earth: Freedom House
DHARAMSALA, Jan 29: Tibet ranks second among the worst places in the world for political rights and civil liberties, according to a report released by the US-backed NGO Freedom House.
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Suspected Chinese hackers target minorities, Russian gov’t
Cory Bennett, The Hill | January 26, 2016
A hacking group dubbed “Scarlet Mimic” with potential links to the Chinese government is targeting minority rights activists, as well as Russian and Indian government institutions.
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China’s anti-graft body investigates statistics bureau chief
BEIJING, Jan 27: The head of the bureau that gathers China’s economic data is under investigation by the anti-graft agency in a possible expansion of an anticorruption campaign that has shaken state companies and securities firms.
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No country has done more for Tibetans than India: Sikyong Sangay
DHARAMSALA, Jan 26: No country has done more for the Tibetans than India, said the Tibetan political leader Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay at a ceremony held today morning at the Kashag Secretariat to mark the 67th anniversary of India’s Republic Day.
Read moreIndia to build satellite tracking station in Vietnam that offers eye on China
Sanjeev Miglani and Greg Torode, Reuters |January 25, 2016
NEW DELHI, India/HONG IONG – India will set up a satellite tracking and imaging centre in southern Vietnam that will give Hanoi access to pictures from Indian earth observation satellites that cover the region, including China
Read moreGovt-in-exile flays cataloguing of spiritual leaders by China
DHARAMSALA, Jan 22: Exiled Tibetan leadership has flayed China for its spiritual cataloguing system, terming it an attempt to control the reincarnation system of Lamas in Tibetan Buddhism.
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Chinese stores flout ban on selling bottled ‘glacier water’, says report
Nectar Gan, South China Morning Post | January 22, 2016
Supermarkets and convenience stores in southern China still stock glacier water on their shelves, despite a ban on using the term in packaging, according to a newspaper report.
Read moreFor U.S., Taiwan Vote Changes Calculus Over ‘One China’
By Andrew Browne, The Wall Street Journal | January 19, 2016
TAIPEI—No dogma is more important to Beijing than “One China,” the concept that Taiwan is a part of a single Chinese nation—just temporarily estranged.
IAF keen on having radar along Chinese border
Pratibha Chauhan, The Tribune | January 21, 2016
With the objective of keeping a closer and stricter vigil on any possible movement by China along the border that it shares with India in the tribal district of Kinnaur, the Indian Air Force is keen to set up their radar near here.
Read moreDalai Lama to undergo treatment in US
DHARAMSALA, Jan 19: Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will undergo treatment in the US later this month for a prostate problem, his office said on Tuesday.
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