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Dalai Lama’s former interpreter: Dalai Lama is China’s greatest threat
China views the Dalai Lama as the greatest of their opponents, whom they cannot defeat, according to Geshe Dorji Damdul, the Dalai Lama’s former interpreter, who visited US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his tour to India. As part of a civil society delegation, Geshe Dorji Damdul met Antony Blinken in New Delhi. After…
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China is furious when Blinken meets with Dalai Lama’s representatives.
China expressed its displeasure of the meeting between the US Secretary of State and a senior representative of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, which took place in Delhi on Thursday, July 29. China claimed that the meeting breached the US promise to consider Tibet as part of China.
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Chinese customs officials seize maps depicting Arunachal as a part of India.
Customs officers in China have seized a big shipment of world maps destined for sale because they show Arunachal Pradesh as part of India, according to Chinese state media. China claims Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India as part of South Tibet, which India strongly denies. Arunachal Pradesh, India claims, is an integral and inalienable part…
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Chinese authorities attempted to “bully the scientific community” by seeking to censor Dalai Lama.
More than a hundred Nobel laureates have expressed their displeasure with the Chinese government’s attempt to “bully the scientific community” earlier this year by attempting to censor two Nobel laureates during the Nobel Prize Summit, hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the Nobel Foundation in April.
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Nepal’s Wary Approach to the Tibetan Issue
President Xi Jinping’s visit to Tibet, the first by a Chinese leader in the region in 30 years, sent a powerful message to China’s southern neighbors last Friday. Tens of thousands of Tibetan refugees live in Nepal, which, like India, shares a border with Tibet. Around 20,000 Tibetan refugees live in Nepal. In the Sino-Nepal…
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US Secretary of State meets Dalai Lama’s representative, risking China’s wrath.
According to a State Department official, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with a representative of Tibet’s spiritual leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, in New Delhi on Wednesday, creating history and a move that is likely to enrage China. According to the spokeswoman, Mr. Blinken met briefly with Ngodup Dongchung, a representative…
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Panchen Lama has warned Tibetan Buddhists to keep away from separatist forces.
Beijing-appointed Buddhist leader have instructed Tibetan Buddhists to stay away from separatist tendencies and to adapt their faith to socialism and Chinese conditions, according to state-run media. Gyaincain Norbu, the Panchen Lama selected by Beijing, offered the remarks on a tour of Tibetan communities in Sichuan and Gansu provinces earlier this month, according to the…
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India is at risk from Xi Jinping’s visit to Tibet, warns a senior US congressman.
A senior US legislator has said that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Tibet last week is a threat to India, accusing the Joe Biden-led government of failing to do more to stop the Chinese “march.” Xi went on an unannounced three-day trip to Nyingchi, Tibet, near the Arunachal Pradesh border, on Wednesday. Xi, who…
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Experts weigh in on China’s ‘Salami-Slicing’ tactics in Ladakh’s Demchok.
Border tensions between India and China have been high for more than a year, following the biggest battle in nearly five decades in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, which is part of the Aksai Chin-Ladakh area controlled by China but claimed by both countries. Despite ongoing talks to resolve border disputes, the Chinese have yet to ‘go…
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A Tibetan music producer’s fight against the covid 19 pandemic
Travel became more difficult as a result of the Chinese Covid-19 pandemic, affecting the living conditions of many people around the world. However, music producer Tsewang Tharchin, based in Dharamshala, overcame the challenges posed by the Chinese virus and established a music studio here in Dharamshala.