Category Archives: News

• Dalai Lama congratulates Jacinda Ardern for re-election victory 17 October 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal one comment

  Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama congratulated Jacinda Ardern for her resounding re-election victory to lead New Zealand for three more years. "I admire the courage, wisdom and leadership you have shown in these challenging times. " ...

• Head of Tibetan government-in-exile meets US special coordinator 16 October 2020 | Elizabeth Roche 2 comments

  In a move that is expected to exacerbate frictions between the US and China, the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, Lobsang Sangay, on Thursday met the newly appointed US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Robert Destro. ...

• China angered as US names Special Coordinator for Tibet 15 October 2020 | Reuters Staff one comment

  China accused the United States on Thursday of seeking to destabilise Tibet, after the Trump administration appointed a senior human rights official as special coordinator for Tibetan issues. ...

• China defends Tibet labour programme, urges against overdoing religion 15 October 2020 | Yew Lun Tian one comment

  Top officials in Chinese-administered Tibet on Thursday defended a vocational training programme that some critics have called coercive, and urged Tibetans not to “overdo” religion, during a briefing with foreign journalists. ...

• Chinese President Xi Jinping asks troops to prepare for war 15 October 2020 | India Today Web Desk no comments

  Chinese President Xi Jinping instructed People's Liberation Army troops to "put their minds and energy on preparing for war" and "be absolutely loyal" during a visit to a military base in the southern province of Guangdong on Tuesday. ...

• US appoints Special Coordinator for Tibet amid tensions with China 14 October 2020 | Tal Axelrod 2 comments

  The US State Department announced Wednesday it is appointing a special coordinator to oversee relations with Tibet, filling the role for the first time in the Trump administration, which has had an increasingly tense relationship with China ...

• China’s election to UN human rights council draws world-wide ire 14 October 2020 no comments

  The re-election of countries like China and Pakistan to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) amid opposition from various rights groups drew condemnation from various quarters on Wednesday. ...

• China and Russia win seats on UN Human Rights council 14 October 2020 | Edith M Lederer no comments

  China, Russia and Cuba won seats on the UN’s premiere human rights body Tuesday despite opposition from activist groups over their abysmal human rights records, but another target, Saudi Arabia, lost. ...

• India, China military officials hold ‘positive’ talks on troop pullback 13 October 2020 | Sanjeev Miglani no comments

  Indian and Chinese military commanders held “positive, constructive” discussions on disengaging troops locked in a months-long standoff at their disputed Himalayan border, the two sides said in a joint statement on Tuesday. ...

• Smog returns to New Delhi 13 October 2020 | Neha Arora no comments

  Air quality in India’s capital, New Delhi, deteriorated sharply on Tuesday as wind died down just as the burning of crop waste in fields sent smoke billowing across the north of the country. ...