New copper reserves found in Tibet, critics raise environmental concerns
DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 6: In a development hailed by Chinese state media as a “breakthrough” in mineral exploration, the China Geological Survey on Monday announced the discovery of over 20 million tonnes of new copper resources on the Tibetan Plateau. This addition brings projected copper stockpiles in Tibet to an estimated 150 million tonnes, consolidating Tibet, an occupied nation’s […]
India lodges protest over China’s creation of new counties in Aksai Chin
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 6: India has formally protested China’s latest cartographic maneuver involving the creation of two new counties—He’an County and Hekang County—in East Turkestan (Xinjiang). The move has drawn particular concern as one of the newly created counties incorporates Aksai Chin, a region claimed by India as part of its Union Territory of […]