World

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 15 June: Amid heightened tensions between the US and China, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Beijing and London on his diplomatic trip starting Friday until 21 June, the State Department announced on Wednesday on their official website.

By Yungdung Tsomo

DHARAMSALA 14 June: Amidst intensifying media row between the two Asian giants, China has asked the last remaining Indian journalist to leave the country at the end of June.

The development marks a new low in the already strained relationship between India and China, with both sides wiping out journalists from each other’s country media reports said.

DHARAMSALA, 14 June: Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy(TCHRD) has questioned the ethical and moral legitimacy of China to host a forum on Global Human Rights Governance. 

By Yungdung Tsomo

DHARAMSALA, 14 June: A former head of engineering at ByteDance, Mr Yingtao Yu, has alleged in a US court that China used Tik Tok to spy on Hong Kong protestors.

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.

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.