By Douglas Paal, The Diplomat, 29 December 2015 Chinese President Xi Jinping is a man in a hurry, presiding over a system that normally resists rapid change. The latest example is a rushed and massive reorganization and slimming of the … (...)
By Paul Mooney and David Lague, Reuters, 30 December 2015 MONTREAL/MUNICH – Erkin Kurban, an ethnic Uighur from China’s frontier region of Xinjiang, left his homeland for Canada back in 1999. When he returned to Xinjiang for a visit in April … (...)
SHINDE, India — When a Chinese truck company wanted to open a factory in India, its president looked at sites that had a mountain in back and a river in front — especially auspicious locations in the traditional practice of … Continued
Joseph Menn, Reuters, 30 December 2015 SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft Corp experts concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail email accounts, targeting international leaders of China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular … (...)
jeudi 31 décembre 2015 par Tenzin Yangchen — News Flash
dalailama.com Tashi Lhunpo, Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India, 30 December 2015 There was still a chill in the air this morning when His Holiness the Dalai Lama came down to the veranda of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. He was to begin preparations for … (...)
mercredi 30 décembre 2015 par jamphel — News Flash
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today spoke to over 300 Tibetan students participating in the ongoing leadership workshop being organised by the Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration. Sikyong was accompanied by Kalon Pema Chhinjor of the Department of Religion … (...)
China passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law on Sunday that requires technology firms to help decrypt information, but not install security “backdoors” as initially planned, and allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations. Chinese officials say their country … (...)
mardi 29 décembre 2015 par Tenzin Yangchen — News Flash
DHARAMSHALA: “The contemporary Tibetan democratic polity is an outcome of years of strenuous study of global politics by His Holiness the Dalai Lama,” Speaker Penpa Tsering of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile said today at the third day of the Leadership Workshop … (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Eyes are the windows of the soul. Eyes play a vital role in our day to day lives and are perhaps the most precious gift we have. It can become embarrassing if we fail to recognize a person due … Continued
By Hannah Beech, Time Magazine, 11 December 2015 Chinese bureaucracy excels at record-keeping, and the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s official atheism isn’t preventing the latest effort in meticulous documentation. Earlier this month, the Chinese government announced that Beijing would be … (...)