News – Page 32

China Criticises US Recognition of Arunachal Pradesh; India Bolsters Border Defence

22nd March 2024 Tibet Express Newsdesk 11074 Views

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 22 March: China has criticised the US for declaring India’s sovereignty over Arunachal Pradesh and the US’ opposition to “any unilateral attempts (by China) to advance territorial claims by incursions or encroachment, military or civilian, across the Line of Actual Control (LAC),” as stated in response to a question during the State Department’s press briefing on Wednesday.

Chinese Authorities Propose $400K Entrance to Tibet University for Chinese Investors’ Children, Stirs Debate

21st March 2024 Tibet Express Newsdesk 12937 Views

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 21 March: Chinese authorities in Tibet are enticing investors from China by promising to allow their children to take the university entrance exam within Tibet in exchange for a minimum investment of $400,000, Reuters reported on Thursday.

TCHRD’s Annual Report 2023: China Continues Escalation of Crackdown on Tibetans in Tibet

20th March 2024 Tibet Express Newsdesk 10440 Views

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 20 March: The deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet continued throughout the last year, with China escalating its crackdown on Tibetans’ freedom of expression, religion, and belief, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) declared in its 2023 Annual Report on the “Human Rights Situation in Tibet.” Presiding over the release this morning at their office in Dharamsala were Tenzin Dawa, TCHRD executive director, Phurbu Dolma, legal officer, and researcher Ngawang Lungtok.

China’s Intensifying Crackdown On Freedom: Li Ying, His Followers and Transnational Repression

19th March 2024 Tibet Express Newsdesk 11778 Views

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 19 March: Li Ying, a Chinese artist-turned-dissident in Italy’s followers on X(formerly Twitter) who are living in China are being tracked and threatened by Chinese police, signifying Beijing’s widening crackdown on foreign social media sites, CNN reported on Monday.

Raging Wildfire in Nyagchuka, Tibet, Continues to Spread

18th March 2024 Tibet Express Newsdesk 12374 Views

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 18 March: A wildfire that broke out on the evening of 15 March in Nyagchukha, Kham Kardze in Tibet, has led to the urgent evacuation of 1,360 households with 5,908 people, according to the latest news report from Khampa TV at 8 a.m. today.

US Special Coordinator for Tibet Condemns Beijing’s ‘Sinicization’ Policies in Tibet

16th March 2024 Tibet Express Newsdesk 11679 Views

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 16 March: At the “Assessing the PRC’s Assimilation Policies in Tibet” event, Uzra Zeya, the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, condemned Beijing’s ‘Sinicization’ policies in Tibet. The event, hosted by the University of Ottawa and Canada Tibet Committee on 12 March, irked Chinese authorities, with a spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Canada calling it hyping up Tibet-related issues and spreading lies about Tibet, as stated on their official website on 14 March.

Ludup, Another Political Prisoner Released In Debilitated Condition, Under Surveillance

15th March 2024 Tibet Express Newsdesk 11525 Views

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 15 March: A Tibetan political prisoner named Ludup, 54 years old from Ngaba in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo was reportedly released from Chinese prison last month after serving a three-and-a-half year prison sentence for his participation in the 2008 Pan Tibetan uprising.

Chinese Military Presence Gaining Strength Surrounding India

14th March 2024 Tibet Express Newsdesk 10962 Views

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 14 March: A Chinese military delegation recently visited the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal to discuss further cooperation in defence issues, China’s Ministry of National Defence reported yesterday on its website.

6th Session of 17th TPiE Reconvenes, Security Report Clears Tibetan MP of Chinese Spy Allegations

13th March 2024 Tibet Express Newsdesk 10377 Views

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 13 March: The remaining business of the 6th Session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPIE) reconvened today to discuss the work reports of the seven departments of the Central Tibetan Administration after it was adjourned and postponed due to a shortage of the required quorum in September 2023.

Feature Story: Art in Limbo: Monsal Pekar’s Memorial Doring and Its Fate

13th March 2024 Tibet Express Newsdesk 12005 Views

By Tsering Choephel

A winter over twenty-three years ago, working solitarily – she was kneading clays and casting them onto the 10-foot base pillar structure to create a Doring (Stone Pillar) as a “Memorial dedicated to the 1.2 million Tibetans who died as a result of Chinese occupation.”