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By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 14 Sept: Former Indian Army Chief General Manoj Naravane (retired) made headlines on Tuesday when he shared a map on “X” (formerly Twitter), that depicted regions like Tibet, East Turkestan, South Mongolia, and Manchuria as separate and occupied territories of what is considered China today. In his post, General Naravane remarked, “Finally, someone got the map of China as it really is.”

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 6 Sept: The speech by the Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Chen Song, at the “China in Global Economy and its Impact in Nepal” conference on Saturday in Nepal has provoked concerns and protests among Nepalis. According to a report in The Kathmandu Post today, the address has raised alarm due to what former Nepali Ambassador to Denmark, Bijay Kant Karna, describes as China’s “hawkish and aggressive behaviour in Nepal.”

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 30 Aug: China’s Ministry of Natural Resources has released a new edition of the map on Monday that includes India’s state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region as part of its territory, arousing strong protest and responses from Indian ministers and army veterans.

DHARAMSALA, 25 Aug: US Special Coordinator for Tibetan issues, Ms Uzra Zeya, has said that “climate change and infrastructure development, among other issues, continue to threaten the Tibetan plateau.”

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 24th Aug: The US on Tuesday announced that it will impose visa restrictions on Chinese officials involved in CCP’s “forced assimilation” policy, where over a million Tibetan children have been put into government-run boarding schools.

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 5 Aug:  China has built expansive intelligence apparatus focused on silencing the ‘five poisons’ the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) sees as its top threats, according to British Intelligence as reported by Business Insider on Friday.

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 2 Aug: Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) state security ministry said on Tuesday that China should encourage its citizens to participate in counter-espionage work, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

By Yungdung Tsomo

DHARAMSALA, 2 Aug: Chinese President Xi Jinping started to cleanse China’s elite forces on the pretext of cracking down on corruption by replacing two highest-ranking generals with two others who have nothing to do with Rocket Force.

By Tsering Choephel  

DHARAMSALA, 31 July: China is coercing exiled Uyghurs abroad to spy on human rights activists, threatening their families back home with consequences for non-compliance, according to researchers as reported by BBC on Monday.

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 28th July: Sending a strong message of disapproval and discontent with China’s issuance of ‘stapled visas’ instead of ‘stamped visas’ to three Indian players from Arunachal Pradesh, New Delhi has declared it unacceptable and subsequently pulled all Indian players out of the competition, as reported by the Indian Express today.