Category Archives: Elsewhere on the Web

• Five years of Xi Jinping: Tibet remains a giant open-air prison 18 November 2017 | John Jones no comments

  Under Xi the policy has been to suffocate Tibet by massively ramping up security and surveillance while cutting it off from the wider world. ...

• US, China success benefits whole world 7 November 2017 | Terry Branstad no comments

  The US and China each have a strong stake in the other's success. And when we succeed, the whole world benefits. ...

• CPC speeds up modernization drive toward “great” socialist China 18 October 2017 no comments

  Xi Jinping painted a particularly optimistic outlook for the future of the world's second-largest economy, promising a "great modern socialist country" by the middle of this century. ...

• Wrong to rail against Dalai Lama for not condemning violence on Rohingya Muslims 13 September 2017 | Omair Ahmad 2 comments

  The Dalai Lama has multiple times condemned attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, but people have turned to blame him, in one of the cases of moral blindness that is shocking in its idiocy ...

• Xinhua Insight: Xi sails BRICS ship on epic voyage 5 September 2017 no comments

  In stormy waters it is common for fishermen in southeast China to set out to sea in groups. Each boat has its own captain, but they will discuss fishing strategies when they return. ...

• Arunachal Pradesh: Protest against the Tibetan Refugees is a shame 26 August 2017 | Suhas Chakma no comments

  Instead of condemning to introduce the Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy 2014 earlier in the state, a number of local organisations of Arunachal Pradesh opposed the implementation of the Policy. ...

• China never backs down in defending sovereignty 17 August 2017 no comments

  China's Foreign Ministry once again asked India to withdraw all its troops and equipment from Chinese territory, as the border standoff in the Doklam area approaches its second month. ...

• Why is the Dalai Lama silent? 25 July 2017 | R K Sinha 3 comments

  This is the time when the Dalai Lama could and should pro-actively use his good offices and stature to appraise top leaders of the world about the current situation. ...

• Why India-China Doklam standoff has a bright side too: Chinese media explains 24 July 2017 | FE Online one comment

  Even as Indian and Chinese soldiers are involved in a long standoff in the Doklam area of Sikkim, an article in Chinese state media, today said there is a “bright side” of the standoff too. ...

• Nepal grants approval to Tibet Airlines to start Chengdu-Kathmandu route 15 July 2017 | Mu Xuequan no comments

  The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has granted approval to China's Tibet Airlines to conduct four flights a day on the Chengdu-Kathmandu route. ...