By Rana Mitter, The Guardian, 1 July 2021 A new museum commemorating the history of the Chinese Communist party (CCP) opened in June in Beijing as part of the runup to the party’s 100th anniversary. Online images of its collections show reverential black-and-white photos of the dozen or so young (...)
By Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 1 July 2021 Beijing reverts to a belief that paranoia and suspicion are the best policies. Not so long ago, the Communist Party of China—which celebrates its hundredth anniversary this week—believed in the power of eclectic influences. In 1980, the Party’s (...)
Dharamshala: The 66th Covid-19 Task Force briefing led by Tenzin Kunsang, Deputy Secretary of Department of Health, offered tribute to the invaluable service of doctors and health care workers on the occasion of National Doctor’s Day. Meanwhile, alerting on the possible approaching of the third (...)
Terry Philpot Limpsfield Chart, Surrey Your otherwise excellent editorial on the centenary of the Chinese Communist party (29 June) ignores entirely, as do so many commentaries on China, the appalling suffering of the Tibetan people, citing only the oppression of the Uyghurs. Tibet’s plight (...)
Dharamshala: Three members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) namely Margaret Bause, Maria Klein-Schmeink, and Claudia Roth, Vice President of the German Parliament, extended their greetings to congratulate Sikyong Penpa Tsering on his election victory, and reaffirmed their continuous support (...)
Dharamshala: In an effort to amplify the nationwide wide vaccination drive, the state government of Himachal Pradesh had earlier announced free vaccination for those above 18 at government-affiliated health institutions. As per the directive, District Sirmour of Himachal Pradesh initiated a (...)
Dharamshala: Shadrong Tashi Gyatso, Secretary of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission, has been appointed as the political secretary at the Kashag Secretariat from 1 July. Shadrong Tashi Gyatso joined the Central Tibetan Administration in April 1993 on the post of Deputy Secretary at the (...)
Geneva: The Tibet Bureau Geneva released a report titled “100 Atrocities of CCP in Tibet: A Handbook on the history of CCP’s atrocities on its 100th Year” on 1 July 2021. As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) completes its 100 years, the handbook is offered as a reminder that this continuity is not (...)
Mandi, Himachal Pradesh: Joining the vaccination drive being launched in various Tibetan settlements across India, Zigar Drukpa Kargyud institute, Rewalsar initiated a one-day inoculation drive for the local Tibetans and Indians in Tso Pema and Mandi on 29 June. A total of 89 Tibetans and (...)