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Irish intelligence warns its universities while engaging with China

December 31, 2025 No Comments

Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 31: Ireland’s military intelligence agency has cautioned the country’s universities about potential risks linked to academic and research engagement with China, according to recent media reports. The warning, delivered through confidential briefings to senior university officials, marks a rare public acknowledgment that Ireland’s security services are actively assessing foreign influence and espionage risks within the higher

From Left, (Clockwise) Dagpo Sonam Norbu, Wangdue Tsering Pesur and Tenzin Lungtok

Three key appointments in CTA’s autonomous offices

September 23, 2019 No Comments

TYC Prez Gonpo Dhondup addressing the gathering of TYC members in Leh Ladakh. September 17, 2019

RTYC Leh reunites with TYC

September 23, 2019 No Comments

Modern material-oriented education leads to dependence on alcohol, drugs and suicide when emotion flares: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

September 20, 2019 No Comments

China urges US to stop pushing bill on Tibet that “undermines” China’s Dalai Lama claim

September 20, 2019 No Comments

His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Tsuglakhang Temple. Phayul photo.

Dalai Lama leaves for Delhi, Mathura for public engagements

September 19, 2019 No Comments

Local Futures' Global-to-Local’ Workshop for Operation Groundswell in Ladakh, July 2018. Photo courtesy- localfutures.org

International Economics of Happiness Conference comes to Ladakh to address development challenges

September 19, 2019 No Comments

The Dalai Lama with the three German legialtors at his residence here. Photo- OHHDL

German parliamentary delegation calls on Dalai Lama, visits CTA

September 18, 2019 No Comments

DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 18: A Chinese Professor has said the Chinese national park system ignored the important role played by local residents’ eco-friendly mode of production, joining other Chinese experts pointing out the reason behind China’s failure to protect Tibet’s environment. Professor Min Qingwen, deputy director of the Center for Natural and Cultural Heritage (CNACH) at Chinese Academy of Sciences, urged the government not to relocate farmers and nomads from protected areas and to instead address their livelihood and production problems to solve the larger problem of ecological protection. In a report published on the website of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) early last month, Prof. Min was quoted as saying “in the process of developing national parks, park administrators focus only on the site of the protected area and ignore protection as the goal,” according to Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD). “Having lived there for generations, these farmers and herders have developed an ecological culture centered on protecting the nature and have long followed the traditional way of balancing agriculture and grassland use with ecological protection,” Professor Min continued. Citing findings from his field studies and research, Min noted that Local Tibetans have an inherent capacity to act as effective ecological managers and recounted a recent example from the Sanjiangyuan area where the first national park is set to open in 2020. “Recently when there were severe snowstorms and heavy snowfall in the Sanjiangyuan area making it difficult for wild animals to forage for food and water, local residents such as lay people and the monks came forward and spontaneously organized the transportation of fodder for the starving wild animals. If such an emergency or unexpected situation occurs, a handful of administrators cannot be depended upon to handle the situation.” The Sanjiangyuan (Chinese for ‘Source of Three Rivers’) area covers large parts of Kyegudo (Ch: Yushu), Golok (Ch: Guoluo), Tsolho (Ch: Hainan) and Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tsonub (Ch: Haixi) Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province with over 90 percent of the area’s population being Tibetans. He suggested that the government, under the premise of reasonable and efficient planning, should let the local residents live in the park so that the construction of national parks can be promoted and the living standards of the local residents can be improved steadily. Min further suggested that while due importance should be attached to the national park management model with Chinese characteristics, attention must be paid to protecting the excellent traditional culture of local residents and not simply copy experiences of foreign countries. “The internationally advanced thinking on environmental protection and China’s national conditions determine that humans and nature cannot be separated and management of humans should become part of ecosystem management.” TCHRD avers that Professor Min’s assessment largely corresponds with its 2015 special report on the travails of Tibetan herders, ‘Wasted Lives: China’s Campaign to End Tibetan Nomadic Lifeways’, authored by Australian development specialist Gabriel Lafitte.

Chinese Prof. echoes how China’s national park system ignored the important role of local residents

September 18, 2019 No Comments

US House of Representatives. for illustrative purposes only

Revised TPA bill proposes sanction on Chinese official impeding Dalai Lama’s reincarnation

September 17, 2019 No Comments

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with PM Narendra Modi. file image courtesy - dalailama80.org

“I commend India for its deeply rooted religious pluralism,” Dalai Lama’s in birthday wishes for Modi

September 17, 2019 No Comments

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