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• India and China agree to ease tension on border 5 September 2020 no comments

  India and China said on Saturday they had agreed to work towards reducing tensions along their contested border, following a meeting of the defense ministers of the nuclear-armed Asian giants. ...

• Joe Biden says will meet Dalai Lama if elected President in November 4 September 2020 | Yashwant Raj 3 comments

  Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, has said that as president he will meet the Dalai Lama, press China to resume talks with Tibetans for “meaningful autonomy”, and “step up” support for Tibetans. ...

• Thousands protest in Pakistan over reprinting of Mohammad cartoons in France 4 September 2020 | Reuters Staff one comment

  Tens of thousands of people protested across Pakistan on Friday against French magazine Charlie Hebdo's reprinting of cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad, chanting "Death to France" and calling for boycotts of French products. ...

• Hundreds of Tibetans give warm send off to Special Frontier Force soldiers 4 September 2020 one comment

  Hundreds of Tibetans carrying the national flags of Tibet and India on Friday gathered in the Himachal Pradesh capital to give a warm send off to Special Frontier Force soldiers who were heading in convoys to frontier areas along China. ...

• Chinese foreign minister sees only limited diplomatic gains from European trip 3 September 2020 | Stuart Lau one comment

  Wrapping up his first overseas trip during the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on Europe to resist US efforts to decouple economically from China and to renounce the unilateralism promoted by US President. ...

• India reports record daily jump of 83,883 coronavirus infections 3 September 2020 | Reuters Staff one comment

  India reported another record daily jump of 83,883 coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking its tally to 3.85 million, just 100,000 behind Brazil, the world's second most affected nation, health ministry data showed. ...

• Tibetan soldier Nyima Tenzin died in land mine blast 3 September 2020 | Tibet Sun Online News 9 comments

  It has now been confirmed that the Tibetan soldier Nyima Tenzin, rank of Company Leader in the Special Frontier Force of the Indian Army, died as the result of a land mine blast on the night of 29 August. ...

• Pompeo announces fresh restrictions on Chinese diplomats in US 2 September 2020 | Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom no comments

  The United States said on Wednesday it would require senior Chinese diplomats to get State Department approval before visiting US university campuses or holding cultural events with more than 50 people outside mission grounds. ...

• Dalai Lama expresses condolences over Pranab Mukherjee’s death 1 September 2020 | Tibet Sun Online News no comments

  Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama expressed his condolences over the death of former President Pranab Mukherjee, praising him for living a meaningful life. ...

• Chinese bullets kill Tibetan soldier, injure one, in border clash 1 September 2020 | Tibet Sun Online News 14 comments

  A Tibetan soldier of Company Leader rank has been reportedly killed, and his junior injured, by Chinese bullets at India's northern border in Ladakh region while they were on patrol duty. ...