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New US bill aims to counter China With Policies for Tibet and Xinjiang
In its latest bill to fight China, US provides measures for Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China’s trouble areas, where it seeks to uphold democratic principles in the face of China’s oppression. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee drafted the 283-page bill to address China’s economic and geopolitical influence.
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Evidence for Glaciation Prior to the MIS-6 in Southeastern Tibet
Southeastern Tibet is one of the most glaciated parts of the Tibetan Plateau, both now and in the past. The development of a provisional chronology of Quaternary glacial cycles in this area has been made possible by numerical dating of glacial deposits, with the oldest glaciation (Guxiang Glaciation) occurring in marine oxygen isotope stage 6.…
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The Tibetan Plateau will Warm Quicker than Expected
In recent decades, the Tibetan Plateau, also known as “the roof of the earth,” has warmed faster than the global average. Human activities, especially greenhouse gas emissions, are to blame for the Tibetan Plateau’s warming since the 1960s. Furthermore, according to a study recently published in Environmental Research Letters, the Plateau could warm faster in…
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Tibetan Origin Elected As President of Student Council at Second Largest US Community College
Tenzin Tsedup becomes the first Tibetan American to be elected to a community college in the state of Virginia. He was elected chairman of the NOVA community college’s student council after winning a majority of the votes in the race. Here is the story about the young Tibetan student in the United States who has…
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Dekyiling Tibetan Settlement Locked Down After 138 COVID-19 Cases
In an unprecedented situation at one of Tibetan refugee settlements in India, Dekyiling Tibetan settlement has been locked down after recording 138 COVID-19 cases over the past week. With the raging spike in number of Coronavirus cases in India, many Tibetan refugee settlements are witnessing a worse situation in terms of infection compared to the…
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China Recruiting More Tibetans Amid Border Standoff With India
China’s military has stepped up efforts to recruit more Tibetans amid the dragging border standoff with India on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), conducting special recruitment drives across the Tibet Autonomous Region since the beginning of the year. Officials from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have crisscrossed the Tibet Autonomous Region, holding recruitment drives and…
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In Tibet’s autonomous zone, five new animal species have been discovered.
Five new animal species, including three types of frogs, one old-world monkey, and a bushmaster snake, have been discovered in Tibet, challenging the long-held belief that the Himalayan mountains are a barren and lifeless place. In addition, the investigation uncovered 20 species that had never been found in Tibet before.
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Tibet tomb site is one of China’s top ten archaeological finds for 2020
18th April: China has included a recently discovered tomb site in Tibet Autonomous Region in its list of the top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2020 published by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, despite the fact that it is still busy dispatching living Tibetan culture to the domain of antiquity in the name of national unity…
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Tibetan Women’s Association Elects a New Central Executive Committee
On April 16, the Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), headquartered in Dharamshala and with branches across the free democratic world, elected a new central executive body. The election took place during the TWA’s 13th General Body Meeting, which lasted three days and was held in Dharamshala. Ms. Tenzin Dolma of the Bylakuppe Tibetan settlement is the…
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Former Justice Commissioners Appeals TPiE to Reverse Impeachment Decision
Dharamshala,17th April: Ex-eleven justice commissioners appealed to TPiE to recall the decision on alteration after proclaiming the acceptance of the legal matter. “The simultaneous alteration of Cheif Justice commissioner and two other justice commissioner of CTA’s supreme court doesn’t accord with the principles of the law,” said Ngawang Phelgay, CTA’s Ex-chief justice commissioner.