Jayadeva Ranade, Hindustan Times | January 6, 2015
In the midst of reports of emissaries being exchanged between Beijing and the Dalai Lama’s set-up and positive references to Buddhism by Chinese leaders, recent developments suggest that Beijing has decided on a new initiative on the Tibet issue.
Read moreTeng Biao, The Washington Post | December 28, 2014
During the year that is drawing to a close this week, much has been made of the Communist Party of China’s new emphasis on “governing the country according to law.”
Read moreBy Amit Dasgupta, The Sentinel | December 22, 2014
Nobel laureates gathered in Rome last week were dismayed that Pope Francis had surprisingly refused to grant an audience to the Dalai Lama so as to not incur Beijing’s inevitable wrath. Earlier the meeting was to be held in Cape Town to commemorate the first death anniversary of Nelson Mandela.
Read moreA settlement of the Tibet issue is imperative for regional stability should become our consistent diplomatic refrain
By Brahma Chellaney, Livemint | Novembar 11, 2014
Despite booming two-way trade, India-China strategic discord and rivalry is sharpening. At the core of their divide is Tibet, an issue that fuels territorial disputes, border tensions and water feuds.
Read moreRobert Barnett, CNN | September 24, 2014
The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, set off a media kerfuffle this month when he spoke about his next reincarnation.
Read moreA GENERIC SHIFT FROM NEHRU’S SUICIDAL IDEALISM TO PATEL’S SELF RESPECTING PRAGMATISM
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India appears to have happened at a time and in an environment that was surely not tailored in the same fashion as Beijing had got used to dictating since past many decades. It all started with the inauguration of Mr. Narendra Modi when the new establishment in New Delhi invited all heads of states from the neighbourhood except China — for whatever logic.
Read moreBy Vijay Kranti, IANS | September 16, 2014
Irrespective of the final outcome of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s maiden visit to India, it surely marks a unique and qualitative change in the India-China relations. Hitherto, this relationship has been known more for its vocal than the real, vital content.
Read moreTsering Woeser, The New York Times | August 14, 2014 CHENGDU, China — In 1981, the year I graduated from
Read moreBy Robert Stefanicki, Inter Press Service | May 20, 2014
DHARAMSALA, May 20: Nestled in the Kangra Valley in the shadow of the Dhauladhar Mountains in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamsala is beautiful to behold.
Read moreBy Thupten Samphel, Huffington Post | May 20, 2014
During a visit this week to the Tibetan countryside of Dechen in Yunnan, Yu Zhengsheng, a member of the standing committee of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and chairman
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