Street activism is not enough: Joshua Wong, forms political party
By Lobsang Tenchoe DHARAMSALA, Apr 11: Joshua Wong, the 19-yr-old Hong Kong student activist has launched a new political party
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German President Presses China on Political Prisoners During Visit
DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW, The New York Times | MARCH 24, 2016
BEIJING — Four days before President Joachim Gauck of Germany began his first state visit to China on Sunday, the exiled writer Liao Yiwu visited Schloss Bellevue, the presidential residence in Berlin.
Read morePrime Minister Oli’s visit to China: Six MoUs to be signed
ANIL GIRI, Kathmandu Post | March 15, 2016
KATHMANDU- At least six memorandums of understanding (MoUs) are likely to be signed with China during Prime Minister KP Sharma’s Oli’s visit to the northern neighbour beginning March 20.
Read moreBig audience for panel with Dalai Lama despite Beijing protest
Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters | 11 March 2016
GENEVA-The Dalai Lama took part in a panel of Nobel Peace Prize laureates in Geneva on Friday,
Read moreApollo Chen urges Ma to give Dalai Lama another visa
Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter, Taipei Times | Mar 1, 2016
The lawmaker said the refusal to allow the Buddhist leader to visit has hurt the nation’s religious and cultural development
Read moreTaiwan urges Tibetan exile leader and Uighur activist to stay away, supporters say
By Ralph Jenning, Los Angeles Times | February 19, 2016
Taiwanese authorities asked a close ally of the Dalai Lama, as well as a U.S.-based activist for China’s Uighur minority, not to attend a forum on religious freedom in Taipei
Read moreDalai Lama, US secretary of state greet people on Losar
[IANS] Dharamsala, Feb 10: The Dalai Lama and US Secretary of State John Kerry have extended greetings on Losar, the Tibetan New Year, a statement from the Tibetan government-in-exile said here on Wednesday.
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Highly prized ‘caterpillar fungus’ declared a danger to health by China’s food and drug administration
Alice Yan, South China Morning Post |February 5, 2016
Products derived from rare ingredient from Tibet found to contain up to 10 times the national limit of arsenic, officials say
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Suu Kyi’s Parliament of Prisoners Takes Power in Burma
The Daily Telegraph | February 1, 2016
NAYPYIDAW: Such a scene would have been unthinkable during the dark days of military rule in Burma.
Read moreSuspected Chinese hackers target minorities, Russian gov’t
Cory Bennett, The Hill | January 26, 2016
A hacking group dubbed “Scarlet Mimic” with potential links to the Chinese government is targeting minority rights activists, as well as Russian and Indian government institutions.
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