Category Archives: News

• Chinese soldiers help clean up Hong Kong streets, but violence flares again 16 November 2019 | James Pomfret and Sarah Wu 2 comments

  Police fired tear gas while protesters threw petrol bombs and fired arrows in clashes outside Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University on Saturday, just hours after Chinese soldiers made a rare appearance to help clean up ...

• Penpa Tsering to file contempt procedure against Tibetan Cabinet 16 November 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal 36 comments

  Following the failure of the Lobsang Sangay-led cabinet of the CTA to uphold the Tibetan Supreme Justice verdict requiring an apology to Penpa Tsering, the plaintiff is planning to file contempt proceedings. ...

• China’s Xi warns Hong Kong protesters are jeopardising ‘one country, two systems’ status 14 November 2019 | Catherine Lai and Yan Zhao one comment

  China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned deepening protests in Hong Kong threaten the "one country, two systems" principle governing the semi-autonomous city, in comments following the fourth day of a strike. ...

• Sangay’s cabinet fails to apologise to Penpa Tsering on last day 13 November 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal 34 comments

  The court's verdict in Tibetan has been published as an image on the CTA's English language website. The court had ordered the Cabinet to expressly offer an apology to Penpa Tsering. ...

• Restive Kashmir marks 100 days since India stripped autonomy 12 November 2019 no comments

  Kashmir on Tuesday marked 100 days since India stripped the restive Himalayan valley of its autonomy and imposed a strict communications blackout, with local journalists protesting. ...

• China accuses US of using UN to ‘meddle’ in Tibet 12 November 2019 2 comments

  China accused the US on Monday of using the United Nations to "meddle" in Tibet, as Washington intensifies its bid to prevent Beijing from handpicking the Dalai Lama's successor. ...

• Nepal protesters burn Xi Jinping’s effigy in protest against Chinese encroachment 12 November 2019 one comment

  Chinese President Xi Jinping’s effigy was burnt on Monday during a protest against Beijing for encroaching upon a chunk of Nepal’s land. ...

• Hong Kong police shoot protester, igniting renewed fury 11 November 2019 | Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi no comments

  A Hong Kong policeman shot a masked protester in the torso on Monday morning, igniting clashes across the city and renewed fury towards the force as crowds took to the streets to block roads ...

• US wants UN to take up Dalai Lama succession: envoy 10 November 2019 | Shaun Tandon 2 comments

  The US wants the UN to take up the Dalai Lama's succession in an intensifying bid to stop China from trying to handpick his successor, an envoy said after meeting the Tibetan leader. ...

• Supreme Court gives disputed religious Ayodhya site to Hindus 9 November 2019 | Nigam Prusty, Suchitra Mohanty and Mayank Bhardwaj one comment

  India’s Supreme Court ruled on Saturday in favour of a Hindu group in a long-running battle over a centuries-old religious site also claimed by Muslims, in a verdict that could raise tension ...