Tag: Tibet
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UN members ask China to respect human rights in Tibet
The delegate reiterated the call on China for granting meaningful access for the High Commissioner and other independent observers.
September 28, 2021 -
Party and Tibet
In footage released by state broadcaster CCTV, Mr Xi was seen leaving his plane and greeting a crowd wearing ethnic costumes and waving the Chinese flag.
August 23, 2021 -
A thaw in ties
In view of Chinese aggressive deployment in Tibet and eastern Ladakh, India has changed its posture towards China. Unlike its previous defensive approach that placed a premium on fending off Chinese aggression, India is now catering to military options to strike back and has reoriented its military accordingly.
August 15, 2021 -
Xi in Tibet
It is pretty evident that he underlined the development imperative in an effort to play to the local gallery.
July 29, 2021 -
Chinese President makes surprise visit to Tibet
Xi said, he came to meet the people in Nyingtri first, telling them that not a single ethnic group should be left behind in the efforts to fully build a modern socialist China
July 23, 2021 -
After China restricts access to Tibet, US urges nations to make laws over it
The Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump in December 2018 calls for denying access to the US for Chinese officials known to be involved in restricting visits to Tibet.
December 5, 2020 -
China to build major hydropower project on Brahmaputra river: Report
Yan Zhiyong, chairman of the Power Construction Corp of China, said China will implement hydropower exploitation in the downstream of the Yarlung Zangbo River.
November 30, 2020 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Target China beyond the border’
Equipped with his camera, he captured vivid details of Chinese suppression of Tibetan people, arts, culture, and religion besides their development of military infrastructure along borders with India.
October 10, 2020 -
India, China, Tibet
Nehru saw China as a partner to create a new post-colonial world, and his aspirations for a global role linked to a big power neglected India’s national and security priorities at great cost. This should be an enduring lesson for our present and future governments.
September 19, 2020 -
Pranab Mukherjee led meaningful life: Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama recalled having had the honour of meeting Mukherjee on several occasions over the years, most recently in 2016.
September 1, 2020 -
Indian spy satellite passes over Tibet; China mobilises troops in Depsang along LAC
The satellite which carries Kautilya, an ELINT (electronic intelligence) package whose capabilities are among the most highly-classified and closely-guarded aspects of operation for military purposes on Saturday carried out a pass over PLA positions in occupied Tibet near Arunachal Pradesh.
July 27, 2020 -
6.6-magnitude earthquake jolts Tibet; no casualties reported
The epicenter was monitored at 33.19 degrees north latitude and 86.81 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 10 km.
July 23, 2020 -
US announces visa restrictions for Chinese officials under Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act
In a statement, Pompeo said that access to Tibetan areas is increasingly vital to regional stability, given the PRC’s human rights abuses there, as well as Beijing’s failure to prevent environmental degradation near the headwaters of Asia’s major rivers.
July 8, 2020 -
US slams ‘oppressive Chinese regime,’ thanks India for hosting Dalai Lama and ‘Tibetans in freedom’ since 1959
'Sadly, the aspirations of His Holiness and the Tibetan people remain unfulfilled as the oppressive Chinese regime continues its disgraceful campaign of persecution,' Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives said.
July 7, 2020 -
In Tibetan freedom struggle, hopes for major Indian role
Notably, the Tibetan Youth Congress and the Tibetan Women Organization jointly took out a rally in Darjeeling, appealing people to boycott Chinese products.
July 2, 2020 -
Festering frontier
India ought long ago to have called Chinas bluff whenever the latter infringed into territories perceived by India as its own. It was China that started this game of infrastructure development quite early in the narrative. When China built a 1200-km long road in 1956 across Aksai Chin, of which some 180-km was claimed by India, to carve a route for Sianking, its westernmost province, into Tibet, India was caught napping.
June 15, 2020 -
Standoff at LAC
China is on the horns of a dilemma. Can it afford to risk losing the sovereignty over a part of its proud belt and road project? That would not be the end of the saga of sovereignty. At stake would be Hong Kong, Tibet and Xinjiang, the Muslim province to its west which Mao Zedong captured rather curiously in 1950; it was formerly known as East Turkestan.
June 6, 2020