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By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 13 Dec: The UK’s Chancellor Rachel Reeves has secured agreements worth 600 million pounds over the next five years for the British Economy with China at the 11th UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue on 11th Dec in Beijing with trade and access to Chinese markets taking precedence over Human Rights Concerns in Tibet.

By Tenzin Chokyi 

DHARAMSALA, 10 Jan: UK based Tibetans and Tibetan groups have urged Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the UK, to ensure trade and access to Chinese markets do not take precedence over the rights of the Tibetan people in an open letter before she heads to China to seek economic ties as part of UK’s quest for growth amidst major setbacks at home.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 9 Jan: Penpa Tsering, the Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA), urged the international media outlets to use the term “Tibet” instead of “Xizang” while reporting on the earthquake in Tibet, in his statement after a public prayer service at the Dalai Lama temple to mourn the earthquake’s victim, yesterday.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 8 Dec: After a massive earthquake hit Tingri, Tibet on Tuesday morning, leaders and representatives from across the world have expressed deep condolences to the people of Tibet.

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 6 Jan – China has reportedly declared a health emergency due to a seasonal rise in Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) after five years of the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the World Health Organisation hasn’t officially confirmed whether China has declared a health emergency.

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA , Dec 31: A delegation of the India-Tibet Cooperation Movement (ITCM), Vidarbha unit, submitted a memorandum to Nagpur District Collector Vipin Itankar today, urging India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take urgent steps against China’s recent approval of the construction of a massive hydropower project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, reported The Times of India

DHARAMSALA 26, Dec: China has approved the construction of the world’s riskiest Hydropower project on Tibet’s longest river, Yarlung Tsangpo, which flows into India through Arunachal Pradesh (AP) as Siang River on Wednesday, according to an official statement by the Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency.

DHARAMSALA, 26 Dec: Canada has “condemned China” and “expressed solidarity” with members of the Canada Tibet Committee and the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project, after the Chinese government sanctioned them on Sunday for speaking out about human rights.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 25 Dec: Hong Kong’s Deputy Commissioner of Police(National Security) announced a bounty worth HK$ 1 million each for information leading to the arrest of six pro-democracy overseas Hongkongers in the UK and Canada on Tuesday, reported the rthl.hk.

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 23 Dec: The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has imposed sanctions as a “countermeasure against” the Canada Tibet Committee(CTC) and associated individuals for spreading misinformation about the human rights situation in Tibet under the “Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law” in a statement it issued on Saturday. The sanctions took effect on the same day of the announcement.