Tag Archives: Tibet

• Tibetan leader calls for dialogue with China 26 January 2019 This post has 5 comments

  A Tibetan political leader has urged the Chinese government to resume dialogue, saying that is the only way Beijing can guarantee true autonomy for the Tibetan people. ...

• Activists protest against Google’s ‘Project Dragonfly’ Chinese search engine 20 January 2019 | Chris Price This post has no comments yet

  Protesters gathered outside the offices of Google in London on Friday to demonstrate against its controversial Project Dragonfly, a censored search engine for China. ...

• How a Tibetan hotelier born in exile helped put Shangri-La on the map | 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. ...

• Tibet sees sharp decline in illegal entry, exit 18 January 2019 | KJM Varma This post has no comments yet

  China's southwest Tibet Autonomous Region has registered a steep 79 per cent decline in illegal entry and exit of Tibetans in the second half of last year due to a crackdown. ...

• 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. ...

• China pledges easier foreign tourist access to Tibet amid US pressure 11 January 2019 | Christian Shepherd This post has 4 comments

  The Chinese government in Tibet said it will make things easier for foreigners to visit there, amid renewed pressure from the United States for greater access by officials and journalists. ...

• Tibet Act a gargantuan bluff by US 21 December 2018 This post has one comment

  The US is the first choice of many Chinese students who want to study abroad, but they need to be more cautious from now on. ...

• China says ‘resolutely opposes’ new US law on Tibet | Philip Wen This post has 14 comments

  China denounced the United States on Thursday for passing a new law on restive Tibet, saying it was “resolutely opposed” to the US legislation on what China considers an internal affair. ...

• US President signs Tibet Reciprocal Access bill into law 20 December 2018 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 5 comments

  US Pres Donald Trump signed into law the "Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act", promoting the same free access for US citizens to travel in Tibet as Chinese citizens receive to travel in the US. ...

• Tibet Act may further jeopardize China-US relations 13 December 2018 | Ling Shengli This post has no comments yet

  No side would win in a Sino-US confrontation, be it cold war, hot war or trade war. Only when the two can make mutual compromise and move in the same direction, can they promote stability. ...