Tag Archives: Tibet

• China imposes new visa limits in back-and-forth with US 22 December 2020 This post has no comments yet

  China hit back with reciprocal actions Tuesday against unnamed American officials in the latest back-and-forth, following a US announcement of new visa restrictions on Chinese officials. ...

• India fully prepared to counter any threat on northern borders: CDS General Bipin Rawat 14 December 2020 | Times Now Digital This post has one comment

  Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Monday said that given India is engaged in a standoff situation in Ladakh, there is some development activity which has been ongoing in Tibet Autonomous Region of China. ...

• As China restricts access to Tibet, US urges nations to make laws over it 6 December 2020 This post has one comment

  Slamming China for its "repressive" regime in Tibet, a top American diplomat has urged other countries to pass their own versions of a US law that calls for denying access to the US for Chinese officials known to be involved in restricting ...

• India plans dam on Brahmaputra to offset Chinese construction upstream 1 December 2020 | Neha Arora and Devjyot Ghoshal This post has no comments yet

  India is considering a plan to build a 10 gigawatts (GW) hydropower project in a remote eastern state, an Indian official said on Tuesday, following reports that China could construct dams on a section of the Brahmaputra river. ...

• China eyes 60 GW of hydropower on Tibet’s Brahmaputra river | Reuters Staff This post has no comments yet

  China could build up to 60 gigawatts of hydropower capacity on a section of the Brahmaputra river, known as the Yarlung Tsangbo, which flows from Tibet into India and Bangladesh, Chinese state media reported on Monday. ...

• Tibet’s Hail Mary pass: Lobsang Sangay’s risky White House visit 29 November 2020 | Allen Carlson This post has no comments yet

  This past weekend’s visit to the White House by Lobsang Sangay, head of the Tibetan government in exile (as President of the Central Tibetan Administration), will be viewed by many as an American act of courage and a win for Tibet. ...

• US support for Tibet will always be bipartisan 27 November 2020 | Namrata Biji Ahuja This post has 4 comments

  For the past 60 years, the Tibet issue has enjoyed bipartisan support in the US Congress and also in the administration. Support for Tibet will always remain bipartisan. ...

• Sangay’s desperate act for legacy 23 November 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 46 comments

  A recent announcement by Lobsang Sangay saying he is the first Tibetan leader to enter the White House seems to have created confusion amongst Tibetan people. It deserves to be analysed in depth, if not outright debunked. ...

• Tibetan political leader visits White House for first time in six decades 21 November 2020 | Reuters Staff This post has 10 comments

  The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the US White House for the first time in six decades, a move that could further infuriate Beijing, which has accused the United States of trying to destabilise the region. ...

• US House of Representatives passes bipartisan resolution on Tibet 19 November 2020 This post has one comment

  A bipartisan resolution recognising the cultural and religious significance of an autonomous Tibet and seeking peaceful solutions to the conflict was passed by the US House of Representatives. ...