Tag Archives: Tibet

  • In Tibet, China preaches the material over the spiritual 3 November 2020 | Yew Lun Tian This post has 2 comments

    China is pushing to transform the mindsets and values of Tibetans to bring them into the country’s modern mainstream, which includes urging the region’s devout Buddhists to focus less on religion and more on material prosperity. ...

  • US to pursue autonomy for Tibet: Special Coordinator Destro 2 November 2020 | Tribune News Service This post has 13 comments

    The US is committed to advocating autonomy for Tibet within China and to foster the middle way approach for a dialogue with Beijing proposed by the Dalai Lama, American Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Robert Destro, has said. ...

  • China committing crimes against humanity in Tibet, say exile Tibetans 30 October 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 6 comments

    The sentencing of a Tibetan singer to six years in prison by the Chinese authorities for criticising repressive government policies, and the custodial death of a Tibetan mother of three, have exposed China's crimes against humanity in Tibet ...

  • China says US should stop meddling after exiled Tibetan leader visits State Dept 20 October 2020 | Reuters Staff This post has one comment

    China’s foreign ministry said the United States should immediately stop interfering in its internal affairs, after the leader of the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile met a US State Department official in Washington. ...

  • Head of Tibetan government-in-exile meets US special coordinator 16 October 2020 | Elizabeth Roche This post has 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 This post has 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 | Yew Lun Tian This post has 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. ...

  • US appoints Special Coordinator for Tibet amid tensions with China 14 October 2020 | Tal Axelrod This post has 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 ...

  • NS Venkataraman QUAD should accord recognition to Taiwan 12 October 2020 | NS Venkataraman This post has 2 comments

    The Foreign Ministers of Japan, Australia, USA, and India have now met at Japan under the banner of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) to discuss the future strategies and plans to ensure security in the Asia-Pacific Region. ...

  • Target China beyond the border: Vijay Kranti 10 October 2020 | Dipankar Chakraborty This post has no comments yet

    An expert on China and Tibet affairs, Vijay Kranti is an author, traveller, photographer, media educationist, and former staffer of BBC World, Deutsche Welle (German) and Radio Voice of America. ...