By Yungdung Tsomo
DHARAMSALA, 7 June: After refusing to formally meet US defence secretary Lloy Austin at the top Asian security forum, China’s defence minister Li Shangfu has said that a cold war mentality is resurgent in the Asian Pacific region but Beijing prefers dialogue over confrontation.
By Yungdung Tsomo
DHARAMSALA, 7 June: China has increased its infrastructure work in the disputed Aksai Chin border and has established a comprehensive support system to facilitate the deployment of Chinese troops in the region, reports the London-based think-tank Chatham House.
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 30 May: Hui Muslim residents of Najiaying Village in Yunnan province in China have clashed with police on Saturday, May 27 when trucks, cranes and bulldozers were seen entering the centuries-old mosque’s courtyard to demolish a part of the mosque, thechinaproject.com reported.
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By: Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 19 May: China has slapped a heavy fine on a comedy firm over a banter for a joke that drew a similarity between China’s military to stray dogs, spotlighting Beijing’s sensitivity and its increasing control of expressions.
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 11 May: US Secretary of the State, Anthony Blinken has publicly expressed his concerns over the extend of mass collection of DNA from Tibetans by China “as an additional form of control and surveillance over the Tibetan population” in Tibet.
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 10 May: The border between Nepal and Tibet has been reopened after three years, albeit with new rules introduced by Beijing.
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 09 May: Canada has expelled a Chinese diplomat for being involved in a campaign to intimidate a Canadian opposition legislator critical of Beijing on Monday.
DHARAMSALA, 04 May: For the fourth year in a row, China has retained the title of the world’s biggest prison
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By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 04 May: Three trucks from Nepal carrying export goods were unexpectedly barred from crossing the Nepal-Tibet border at Tatopani by the Chinese authorities citing a new rule that prohibited the entry of trucks from Nepal into Chinese-occupied Tibet.
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DHARAMSALA, 7 April: China has defended its decision to bar two Indian journalists from re-entering China by accusing India of unfair treatment of journalists from China in India.
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