Business Standard. August 9, 2021. China has opened a newly constructed terminal – stated to be the biggest in Tibet – at the provincial capital Lhasa, further expanding the transport infrastructure in the strategic Himalayan region China has opened a newly constructed terminal – stated to be the (...)
James Kynge – Financial Times, 10 August 2021 Signs of China’s growing assertiveness predated the pandemic. But it was in early 2020, as Covid-19 spread rapidly around the world, that Beijing went full “wolf warrior”. Zhao Lijian, spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, alleged on Twitter in March (...)
Switzerland: Members of Swiss-parliamentary group for Tibet visited exhibition on Tibet at Anna Göldi Museum in Canton of Glarus, Switzerland, on 08 August 2021. The exhibition titled “Escape from Tibet” showcased photographs of Tibetan people captured by renowned Swiss photographer Manuel Bauer (...)
Foreign Minister Marise Payne on 5 August announced the Australian government will “reform and modernise” the country’s autonomous sanctions laws to target perpetrators of “egregious acts of international concern”. Australia’s current “country-based” autonomous sanction framework, that only targets (...)
CE Malley, Organisation for Peace President Xi Jinping, along with several other high-level government and military officials from China, made a visit to the Tibetan Autonomous Region on July 23rd. This visit, the first Xi has made to Tibet since assuming office, coincides with the 70th (...)
By David Brown, BBC – 9 August 2021 China’s carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China’s emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. China’s President Xi Jinping has said his country will aim for (...)
Dharamshala: Swiftly after assuming the role of the executive head of CTA, Sikyong Penpa Tsering had prioritized his commitment to tackling the Covid-19 situation in the Tibetan community. As such, the first step taken by him toward the mission was revamping the CTA’s Covid-19 Emergency Task (...)
Dharamshala: One of Tibet’s wealthiest businessmen, serving life imprisonment in Lhasa’s Drapchi Prison falsely accused for donation to the exile Tibetan community, is reportedly in serious health condition. Dorje Tashi, the owner of the famous Yak Hotel in Lhasa, was detained after the 2008 (...)
Leh: At the request of the Chief Representative’s Office based in Leh, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) has decided to renovate Gepheling Phodang at Shiwa Tsel (Ladakhi: Jive Tsal), the official dedicated residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Ladakh. Shri Tashi (...)
India Today, published 7 August 2021 China has reportedly opened the world’s largest “plateau human genetic resources biological sample bank” in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for medical researchers to study “plateau diseases” and improve the country’s health support capabilities in the region. According (...)