Category Archives: Elsewhere on the Web

• 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. ...

• Marco Polo, first Westerner to say that Tibet is part of China: Chinese scholar 22 June 2017 no comments

  "Tibet is a big land where people have their own language and idolatry. But all of their affairs are under the management of the Yuan Emperor," wrote Marco Polo. ...

• China to dispatch 10,000 school teachers from other provinces to Xinjiang, Tibet 19 June 2017 | Qu Qiuyan no comments

  "It is the first time that such a large number of teachers from all over the country will be sent to teach in the regions." ...