Category Archives: News

• Indian Army geared up for battling both China, harsh winters 27 September 2020 | Ajit K Dubey and Sahil Pandey one comment

  Engaged in a conflict with China for almost five months, the Indian Army's armoured regiments are ready to take on the Chinese Army at altitudes of over 14,500 feet in the area which is the world's highest battlefield. ...

• Farmers protest across India against new agricultural bills 26 September 2020 no comments

  Angry farmers took to the streets and blocked roads and railways across India on Friday, intensifying protests over major new farming legislation they say will benefit only big corporates. ...

• Tibetan Parliament rejects court order to revoke MPs’ voting rights 26 September 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal one comment

  The Tibetan Parliament-in-exile rejected the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (TSJC) order to revoke the voting rights of 11 MPs for cancelling the 10th session of the Parliament. ...

• Exile Tibetan court revokes voting rights of 11 MPs 25 September 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal one comment

  The Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (TSJC) in an order revoked voting rights of the 11 Standing Committee members of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile till 11 March, for cancelling the 10th session of the House. ...

• China running hundreds of detention centres in Xinjiang, say researchers 24 September 2020 no comments

  China is running hundreds of detention centres in northwest Xinjiang across a network that is much bigger than previously thought, according to research presented Thursday by an Australian think tank. ...

• China sharply expands mass labour programme in Tibet 23 September 2020 | Cate Cadell 3 comments

  China is pushing growing numbers of Tibetan rural labourers off the land and into recently built military-style training centres where they are turned into factory workers, mirroring a programme in the western Xinjiang region. ...

• China, India agree not to send more troops to Ladakh border 23 September 2020 | Reuters Staff no comments

  China and India have agreed to stop sending more troops to a Himalayan flashpoint along their contested border and to avoid any actions that might complicate the tense situation there, the two countries said on Tuesday. ...

• US House passes China forced labour bill near unanimously 23 September 2020 | Reuters Staff one comment

  The US House of Representatives on Tuesday voted near unanimously to pass legislation to restrict imports of goods made using forced labor from China, as lawmakers look to address the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region. ...

• New York police officer arrested for spying on Tibetans 22 September 2020 | Tom Hays 11 comments

  A New York City police officer was charged on Monday with being an “intelligence asset” for the Chinese government who agreed to spy on US supporters of the Tibetan independence movement. ...

• More than 150 nations join global vaccine plan but US, China absent 21 September 2020 | Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland no comments

  Some 156 nations have joined a global scheme for fair distribution of future vaccines against COVID-19, an alliance led by the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, but superpowers China and the United States did not sign up. ...