Indian journalist arrested on suspicion of spying for China
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept 21: The New Delhi police arrested a veteran Indian journalist Rajeev Sharma on Sept. 14 under the Indian Official Secrets Act (OSA) alleging that he had been spying for the Chinese government as he was found in possession of defence-related classified papers. DCP of the Special Cell Sanjeev Kumar Yadav […]
Dalai Lama’s office urges caution after fake letter in social media
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 21: A day after a widely circulated fake letter in the name of the Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama surfaced on micro-messaging and social media platforms, the office of the Dalai Lama issued a statement on Monday urging caution and alertness among the Tibetan public. The author of […]
British MP urges UK government to change its stance on Tibet
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 19: British MP Chris Law along with Advocate Nima Binara urged the UK government to change its stance back to Tibet’s autonomy and discard UK’s 2008 statement that regarded Tibet as “part of the People’s Republic of China”. The editorial published in the Byline Times on Monday argued how systematic […]
Opinion: China’s Confucius Institute: A Trojan Horse in the Academia
By Dr. Ngawang Phuntsog In recent years, CIs have come under scrutiny as they are viewed as massive “soft power” campaigns. The Hanban Website indicates that there are currently 541 Confucius Institutes (CI) operating in several countries. The most rapid expansion, however, took place within the first six years (2004-2010) when Hanban established 322 Confucius […]
Dalai Lama hopes Covid-19 vaccine will be developed soon
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 17: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Thursday said that a concerted global effort to develop a vaccine for Covid-19 comes to fruition soon, in view of the worsening distress on health and livelihood of people around the world. The octogenarian Tibetan leader who was wishing […]
China cracks down on Mongolians after language reform protests, 9 deaths reported
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 17: More than 4000 protestors were arrested in the Chinese controlled Inner Mongolia where the natives are demonstrating against the “bilingual policy” introduced on Sept. 1. Advocacy group Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center on Monday said that at least nine Mongolians have lost their lives in the violent crackdown […]
Nine Tibetans slapped with separatism charges in Kardze
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 15: Nine Tibetans have reportedly been sentenced for “inciting splittism” by the Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People’s Court in the so-called Sichuan province in eastern Tibet. According to San-Francisco based humanitarian group Dui Hua which cited a “reliable Chinese government source”, the nine Tibetans were sentenced on […]
Tibetan political prisoner released after eight years
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept.15: Tibetan political prisoner Phagpa Kyab was released after he completed an eight year sentence in prison for his alleged involvement in a self-immolation. Tibet Watch reported on Friday that Kyab, 57, from Eastern Tibet was accused of pouring petrol over another Tibetan named Lhamo Tseten who self-immolated himself on Oct […]
Opinion: Need to relocate Tibet on India’s national mindscape
By Vijay Kranti Relations between India and Tibet date back to the eras when the concept of modern political nation state had yet to emerge; history was remembered only by events and had yet to start to be recorded in terms of dates. The geographic contiguity of India and Tibet remained subordinate to the cultural […]
Dalai Lama calls for unified global action against climate change at G7 meeting
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 14: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has called for a unified global action from leaders against climate change during a virtual address of the G7 meeting from his residence on Saturday. The event hosted by US Speaker Nancy Pelosi saw the Nobel laureate calling for more […]