Tag Archives: Society

• Tibetan woman elected president of Canadian university, Chinese students create drama 15 February 2019 This post has 3 comments

  Chemi Lhamo, 22, got thousands of hateful comments after becoming University of Toronto Scarborough student president. ...

• China says Soros’ criticism of Xi is ‘meaningless’ 25 January 2019 | Michael Martina This post has one comment

  US billionaire George Soros’ criticism of Chinese President Xi Jinping was “meaningless”, China’s foreign ministry said on Friday, after the investor and philanthropist called Xi the world’s ...

• George Soros says Xi Jinping is ‘most dangerous enemy’ of freedom | Jitendra Joshi This post has no comments yet

  Billionaire investor George Soros on Thursday said Chinese President Xi Jinping was "the most dangerous enemy" of free societies for presiding over a high-tech surveillance regime. ...

• How a Tibetan hotelier born in exile helped put Shangri-La on the map 20 January 2019 | Thomas Bird This post has no comments yet

  At the age of 16, Dakpa Kelden returned to his father’s hometown and enrolled at elementary school to learn Chinese. Today, he operates boutique hotels in Shangri-La and Lijiang. ...

• Sharp drop in Tibetan refugees arriving from Tibet to India 17 January 2019 | Shri Puri This post has one comment

  Tibetan security agencies have witnessed 97% drop on the arrival of Tibetans from Tibet to India. In 2017, the number hit the lowest ever in last many years with only 80 Tibetans arrived. ...

• MJ Akbar says had consensual relations with journalist accusing him of rape 2 November 2018 | Krishna N Das and Sunil Kataria This post has no comments yet

  MJ Akbar, who resigned from the government last month after more than a dozen women accused him of sexual harassment, said he had a consensual relationship with the journalist who accuse him ...

• Indian minister MJ Akbar in #MeToo storm quits 17 October 2018 This post has no comments yet

  India's fledgling #MeToo movement claimed its highest-profile scalp to date as a government minister and veteran editor quit after at least 20 women accused him of sexual harassment. ...

• India’s #MeToo movement takes off finally 10 October 2018 This post has 2 comments

  The year-old #MeToo movement has long failed to take root in India, but a Bollywood actress's accusations of sexual harassment appear to be emboldening women to speak out at last. ...

• Miss Tibet pageant facing American visa issue, postponed 30 September 2018 | Shri Puri This post has 6 comments

  Miss Tibet beauty pageant - a western-style contest with a swimsuit round held within the traditional Tibetan exile community was shifted to America from McLeod Ganj for the year 2018. ...

• Dalai Lama: I knew of sex abuse by Buddhist teachers since 1990s 16 September 2018 This post has 7 comments

  The Dalai Lama said Saturday that he has known about sexual abuse by Buddhist teachers since the 1990s and that such allegations are "nothing new". ...