Category Archives: Elsewhere on the Web

• Bank of Tibet wins big with local edge 22 May 2013 no comments

  Against all odds, including bitter competition between eight established lenders in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, Bank of Tibet made its debut on 22 May 2012. ...

• India plays down omission of ‘Tibet’ from joint statement 21 May 2013 | Sandeep Dikshit and Ananth Krishnan no comments

  India's decision to once again avoid reaffirming its commitment to a 'One China policy' has raised eyebrows in Beijing but Indian officials are playing down the omission of "Tibet" from the joint statement. ...

• Chinese premier’s “Indian stories” 20 May 2013 no comments

  India and China have built moderately sound diplomatic and economic ties thanks to the joint efforts by high levels of both sides. ...

• Dalai Lama “instigating” self immolation bids: Tibet official 14 May 2013 no comments

  Tibetans are committing self- immolations at the instigation of Dalai Lama, a top [China] Tibetan official has alleged. ...

• “Tibetans don’t want Dalai Lama back”: Chinese official to journalists 14 May 2013 | Patrick Boehler no comments

  “They respect him culturally and in religion, but don’t agree with his political ideology," said Cui Yuying, a deputy director of Chinese Information Office ...

• Cameron meeting with Dalai Lama could cost Britain billions 7 May 2013 | Malcolm Moore no comments

  Chinese sources have made a veiled threat that for investment in Britain ''there needs to be a strong relationship''. ...

• “Tibet” blames sociopaths for monk immolations 7 May 2013 | Mohan Guragain no comments

  The recent incidents of self-immolation by Tibetan monks were instigated by sociopaths, members of the Tibetan People's Congress said. ...

• Press freedom: China targets blogger for covering Tibet 3 May 2013 | Christopher Plummer no comments

  Tsering Woeser, an influential writter living in Beijing, has spent years documenting the persecution of Tibetan writers and cases of self-immolation in her blog, “Invisible Tibet." ...

• Indian military might worries China 23 April 2013 | Express News Service one comment

  China at present is most concerned about India's maritime and aerospace capabilities, according to Dr Lora Saalman, associate, Nuclear Policy Programme at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, Beijing. ...

• Fear stalks Yangon’s Muslims after Buddhist-led killings 10 April 2013 | Jared Ferrie no comments

  An ultra-nationalist Buddhist creed is becoming more visible in Myanmar's commercial capital, Yangon, after monks from the apartheid-like movement helped stoke a wave of anti-Muslim violence in the central heartlands. ...