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Lhasa was under strict security on Tibetan Uprising Day
Security in Tibet’s capital Lhasa was notably intensified on Thursday according to RFA, to suppress and prevent commemoration of the uprising against Beijing’s control, just a week after a well-known Tibetan musician set himself on fire in protest in front of the city’s renowned Potala Palace.
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County of Santa Barbara has declared March 10 as Tibetan Uprising Day.
Santa Barbara County has passed a resolution recognizing March 10 as Tibetan Uprising Day and will join other communities around the world in a Tibet National Flag Raising and Ceremony, 10-11 a.m., at 105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, in support of Tibetan human rights and freedom. Supervisors Das Williams and Joan Hartmann co-sponsored the…
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Tibetan singer self immolates to protest the Chinese government
A Tibetan man who yelled slogans and set himself on fire in front of the landmark Potala Palace in the Tibet regional capital Lhasa last week has been recognized as a popular modern Tibetan singer, according to RFA. Tsewang Norbu, 25, died after attempting to self-immolate on February 25; according to initial reports, the attempt…
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Xi Jinping’s words contrast his actions.
President Xi Jinping paid his first visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region as China’s national leader this week, urging residents to “join the party,” according to the official Xinhua news agency. According to Xinhua, Xi visited a monastery and the Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, where he “inspected ethnic religion work” and Tibetan cultural heritage…
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China commemorates Tibet anniversary by urging people to accept Communist Party rule.
On the 70th anniversary of the formation of the Tibet Autonomous Region on the world’s roof, China issued an appeal for acceptance of the Communist Party’s authority. Since 1951, when the People’s Liberation Army marched in and assumed control in a “peaceful liberation,” Beijing has dominated Tibet.
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Tibet’s language and cultural symbols are being pushed by China
A top Chinese official said on Thursday that “all-around efforts” are needed to guarantee Tibetans speak standard spoken and written Chinese and share the Chinese nation’s “cultural symbols and images.” At a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of China’s invasion of the huge Himalayan province, Wang Yang made the statements in front of a handpicked…
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Tibet sympathizers to lodge protest against China’s aggression
Guwahati: Bharat Tibbat Sahyog Manch, an umbrella body of Indians supporting the Tibet Mukti Sadhana (Tibetan freedom movement) has decided to observe forthcoming 20 October as a protest day against the Communist regime in Beijing as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) attacked simultaneously on Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh (then North East Frontier Agency) on this date in 1962.
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The construction boom in Lhasa has exacerbated Tibet’s divisions.
Cranes and newly-built blocks of flats reach up to the blue skies surrounding the Tibetan city of Lhasa, creating a two-tier system of property riches between state personnel and everyone else. A massive infrastructure and construction effort in Tibet has resulted in airports, roads, railways, and new apartments, which Beijing claims are improving life on…
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Taiwan chastises Beijing after Chinese President Xi pledges reunification.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was chastised by Taiwan’s primary governing body in charge of ties with China on Thursday after its leader, Xi Jinping, committed to reunifying with Taiwan during an event commemorating the CCP’s centennial. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) hailed the CCP’s accomplishments in expanding China’s economy in a statement but chastised…
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Free Tibet: A voice from Assam
On the 10th of March 1959, the people of Tibet came out to the streets of Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet in the largest peaceful resistance against repression of their rights and the forceful occupation of their motherland by the Chinese Communist Government since 1950. The sea of peace-loving Tibetans outside the Potala Palace,…