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India is striving to Welcome Karmapa back to India
According to the Chief Minister of Sikkim, South Block is seriously considering reaching out to the 17th Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje. CM Prem Singh Tamang indicated at a news conference in Gangtok that the Karmapa, who left India without notice in 2017, may return “very soon,” and that the State is prepared to send a…
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Over 100 Tibetans have been detained in Nagchu by Chinese officials for sharing’sensitive content’
At least 110 Tibetans were held in Nagchu Prefecture’s Janglam village, Nyanrong County, on suspicion of sharing videos of preparations for a local horse racing festival. According to Phayul, citing Tibet Watch, 80 Tibetans have been released after being made to pay a monetary fine, but the identities of the other 30 inmates are unknown.…
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China Sentences Canadian to 11 years in prison.
A Canadian entrepreneur was sentenced to 11 years in prison in a spying case tied to Beijing’s efforts to press his country to release a Huawei executive, provoking a rare display of support for Canada from the US and 24 other countries. China is ratcheting up the pressure as a Canadian judge considers whether or…
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Diplomacy and strong counter-measures are the best ways to deal with China.
Strength brings peace, but it’s a tightrope walk. As a result of China’s gauntlet, India cannot match Chinese advances on the ground and in foreign capitals. During this long-drawn-out crisis, only bravery and intelligence can prevail. Gogra, in eastern Ladakh, is where China and India agreed to retire their soldiers, a step toward returning the…
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Canada will appeal a businessman’s ‘unjust’ sentence in China.
Canada has announced that it will appeal Canadian businessman Michael Spavor’s conviction in China, calling the 11-year term for spying a “fake trial.” Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau cited a lack of evidence in the case against Spavor, who conducted a tourism and cultural exchange business between China and North Korea for years, at a…
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Xi’s policies indicate Tibet won’t be a side issue for much longer
Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Tibet is significant because of the choices made during the Seventh National Forum on Work in Tibet, held in Beijing on August 28 and 29, 2020. “Stability, development, ecology, and border area consolidation” was the focus of an important eight-character edict from Xi. After the confrontations between Indian and Chinese…
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Switzerland’s Parliamentarians Visit the Tibet Exhibition at the Anna Göldi Museum
On August 8, 2021, members of the Swiss-parliamentary group for Tibet attended the Tibet exhibition at the Anna Göldi Museum in Glarus, Switzerland. The exhibition “Escape from Tibet” featured images of Tibetans taken by renowned Swiss photographer Manuel Bauer and Sri-Lankan photographer Sasi Subramaniam, both of whom are living in Switzerland. The display portrayed Tibetan…
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India is planning to improve its air operations capacity in eastern Ladakh.
India is exploring expanding its capabilities to operate fixed-wing aircraft from facilities near the Chinese border at a time when China is rapidly building its capability to operate fighters close to eastern Ladakh. India is examining several alternatives for establishing airfields in eastern Ladakh, including Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO), Fukche, and Nyoma, all of which…
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Monks and nuns in a Tibetan monastery in Gansu have been ordered to disrobe.
Local officials in Gansu Province forcibly removed monks and nuns and forced them to forsake their monastic life in order to close down the Tibetan monastery Kharmar (Ch: Hongcheng) Monastery, according to recent video evidence. According to Mingde, the forcible eviction and closure of Kharmar Monastery began on July 31, 2021, when the Yongjing County…
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Covid positivity rate of 1.9 percent was observed in Himachal Pradesh last week.
Last week, Himachal Pradesh reported a Covid 19 positive rate of 1.9 percent. From August 2 to August 8, a total of 88887 people were tested for Covid-19 in the state, with 1726 people being determined to be Covid positive. During this time, 13 people in the state have died as a result of the…