Taiwanese officials forced to leave Hong Kong over One-China policy
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 20: Four senior Taiwanese officials from the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Hong Kong were forced to leave Hong Kong last week, after they refused to sign a statement “rigorously upholding the One-China principle” and accepting Hong Kong law as a condition of having their work visas renewed. […]
Opinion: Dynamics of China’s strategic imperatives and policy on Tibet and what is India missing?
By Dolma Tsering “We should not conceive of Communists as mad dogs running around and biting everybody. They are strategists par excellence”.- Dawa Norbu: 2008 The border stand-off between India and China on June 15 was the first kind of such aggressive clash between two parties since the Dokhlam encounter in 2017. The current confrontation […]
Dalai Lama expresses solidarity, makes donation to victims of Assam floods
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, July 17: The exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to the Chief Minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal expressing solidarity for the loss of lives and damages caused by the floods due to the monsoon rains in the state, his office said Friday. The Dalai Lama wrote, “The […]
Three Tibetans imprisoned for song praising the Dalai Lama
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 17: Two Tibetans have been imprisoned in Eastern Tibet after composing and singing a song praising the Dalai Lama, and another for posting the song on her social media. Tibetan lyricist Khado Tsetan and singer Tsegao were arrested in early July in the village of Gonshu Hongor in Zeku County. […]
US to impose visa restrictions on Huawei employees
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, July 16: The United States will impose visa restrictions on the employees of Chinese tech giant Huawei as well as other Chinese tech companies, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday, in the latest travel restrictions and sanctions between the two countries. “The US will impose visa restrictions on certain employees […]
Tibetan girl becomes District topper in Kalimpong
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 16: Tenzin Lhamo Bhutia, 18, has become the district topper in ISC 12th results in Humanities declared on July 10 in Kalimpong. She has scored 97.25% with a full score in Political Science. She did her schooling from Dr. Graham’s Homes where she also scored 90% in her 10th grade. “I have […]
US ends Hong Kong’s special status over national security law
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 7: The US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he signed the executive order that ended special status for Hong Kong under US law after China imposed a new security law, to silence dissent and impose draconian authority in Hong Kong. It would end the preferential economic treatment for […]
Opinion: A stranger in her own home
(Part of the ‘My journey through the Tibetan mindscape’ series) By Vijay Kranti In today’s Tibet the happiest tourist is one who cannot distinguish between a Tibetan and a Chinese face. On my first visit to Tibet I was shocked to see hundreds of beggars. Not a single was a Chinese. But on my second […]
Canadian Parliamentarians urge PM Trudeau to sanction Chinese officials
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 15: 64 MPs and 4 senators in Canada have demanded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to invoke the Magnitsky Act to levy sanctions on top Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims and pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong. The letter signed by MPs, senators and various community leaders […]
Prague exhibition on 30th anniversary of Václav Havel and Dalai Lama meeting
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 14: Tibet Open House in Prague launched a photography exhibition titled “If only for a single day…” by photographer Stanislav Doležal on Thursday. The exhibition documents the historic meeting between the former Czech Republic’s President Václav Havel and the Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The former president […]