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Canada ‘like heaven’ for Tibetan refugee

vendredi 15 janvier 2016 par jamphel

By: Debra Black Immigration Reporter, The Sta, Published on Sun Jan 10 2016 Somewhere, the Dalai Lama is smiling. He couldn’t help but be pleased by Tsering Yangzom, a Tibetan refugee who has made Canada and Toronto her home since … (...)

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China income inequality among world’s worst

vendredi 15 janvier 2016 par Tenzin Yangchen — News From Other Sites

By Gabriel Wildau and Tom Mitchell, Financial Times, 14 January 2016. Communist China has one of the world’s highest levels of income inequality, with the richest 1 per cent of households owning a third of the country’s wealth, a report from Peking … (...)

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China’s pursuit of rights lawyers signals aggressive push against ‘subversion’

vendredi 15 janvier 2016 par Tenzin Yangchen — News From Other Sites

By Tom Phillips, The Guardian, 14 January 2016. Decision to charge human rights advocates with a crime that could lead to life in prison is a major escalation in war on Communist party’s perceived foes. That some of China’s most … (...)

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Connectivity Wars – Weaponising Interdependence

jeudi 14 janvier 2016 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

by Mark Leonard, ECFR.EU When Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet in November 2015, the image of the falling plane went viral. Calls for revenge exploded across the Russian media and internet. Protesters hurled stones and eggs at the … (...)

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Trouble in Tibet

jeudi 14 janvier 2016 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

By Jane Qiu, 13 January 2016, Nature.Com In the northern reaches of the Tibetan Plateau, dozens of yaks graze on grasslands that look like a threadbare carpet. The pasture has been munched down to bare soil in places, and deep … (...)

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Sikyong Meets Japanese Lawmakers Over Breakfast, Visits Japanese Think-Tank

jeudi 14 janvier 2016 par jamphel — News Flash

TOKYO: Tibetan political leader Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay met several members of the Japanese Parliament at an informal breakfast meeting on 13 January. The breakfast meeting was held at the House of Representatives building in Tokyo. During the breakfast, Sikyong … (...)

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Speaker Penpa Tsering Interacts with IAS Officials

mercredi 13 janvier 2016 par Tenzin Yangchen — News Flash

DHARAMSHALA: A group of 16 officials from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) visited the secretariat of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on 9 January. The Settlement Officer Mr. Sonam Dorjee accompanied the group to the Tibetan Parliamentary Secretariat. Mr. Penpa Tsering, Speaker … (...)

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Why Are Tibetans Setting Themselves on Fire?

mercredi 13 janvier 2016 par Tenzin Yangchen — News From Other Sites

By Tsering Woeser, NYR Daily, 11 January 2016 February 27, 2009, was the third day of Losar, the Tibetan New Year. It was also the day that self-immolation came to Tibet. The authorities had just cancelled a Great Prayer Festival … (...)

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Sikyong Speaks on Political Situation of Tibet at Chiba University, Japan

mardi 12 janvier 2016 par jamphel — News Flash, Uncategorized

TOKYO: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay addressed the students and faculty of the prestigious Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT) University on Monday, 11 January. The talk was held as part of Sikyong’s effort to raise international awareness on the grim political … (...)

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8 reasons China and its president are off to a rocky 2016

mardi 12 janvier 2016 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

BEIJING (AP) — Barely more than a week into 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping is having a rough time of it, with challenges ranging from a plummeting stock market to new provocations from obstreperous ally North Korea. While none pose … (...)

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