By Robert Peston [BBC] Unless you are an aficionado of the great moments of Chinese Communist history, you probably won’t have heard of Wuhan (it is the site of Chairman Mao’s legendary swim across the Yangtze). But perhaps more than any other Chinese city, it tells the story of how China’s (...)
SKILL TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT Department of Home, CTA, Youth Empowerment Support is pleased to announce the 2014-15 1st batch of skill training at Institute for Small Trade Learning (ISTL) Nelamangala, Bangalore which will commence from 1st April’2014. The skill training includes Jawed Habib (...)
[tibetreport.wordpress.com] By Bhuchung K Tsering Those who are familiar with the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., particularly its Asian Division, would be aware of its documents on Tibet, whose Tibetan-language collection is said to be one of the largest in the West. The collection (...)
OP-ED [The New York Times] By Jonathan Sullivan NOTTINGHAM, England — Government officials from China and Taiwan met last week for the first time in an official capacity in more than six decades. The talks were uneventful — producing modest agreements to establish communication channels and other (...)
[Fairfax NZ News] Shane Kidby’s passion for football has taken him to the hometown of the Dalai Lama to train its team of budding players. The New Plymouth man sold his house and gave up his job as a sales representative to volunteer his time as a coach in Dharamsala, India. Shane is preparing (...)
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Dharamshala today for a visit to the United States. His visit to the United States include public talks, dialogue on compassion and business, and addresses to Tibetan communities. His Holiness will give a public talk in the afternoon of 22 February (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Lobsang Dorjee, a 25-year-old Tibetan who set himself on fire near Kirti monastery in Ngaba in northeastern Tibet (incorporated into China’s Sichuan Province) last Thursday has succumbed to his injuries the next day. The video of the self-immolation protest was posted on YouTube. (...)
[The New York Times] By Andrew Jacobs CHENGDU, China — Decades ago, the thousands of Tibetan-language books now ensconced in a lavishly decorated library in southwest China might have ended up in a raging bonfire. During the tumultuous decade of the Cultural Revolution, which ended in 1976, Red (...)
[The Times of India]  By Indrani Bagchi  NEW DELHI: China has suggested drawing up a code of conduct with India on the disputed border. This is expected to govern the behaviour of troops and personnel of both countries on the border. The proposal was made during the recent special (...)
[First Post] By Uttara Choudhury New York: US strategic analyst Jeff M. Smith’s new book, Cold Peace, is a wonderfully nuanced analysis of the complex India-China relationship bedeviled by rivalry for almost six decades, but steeped in surprisingly steady cooperation in the diplomatic and (...)