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US Urges Tibetan Parliamentarians to put aside their differences and resolve the deadlock
Lisa Peterson, The Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor wrote to Secretary Tsewang Ngodhup of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile on August 2nd, asking the elected members to put their disagreements aside and focus on the important issues that require their attention.
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On-Chip Accelerated AI Processor Unveiled by IBM
IBM today presented details of the upcoming new IBM Telum Processor at the annual Hot Chips conference, which is aimed to bring deep learning inference to enterprise workloads to help handle fraud in real-time. Telum is IBM’s first processor with on-chip AI inference acceleration while a transaction is in progress. The breakthrough of this new…
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India has given its approval to the world’s first DNA Covid vaccination.
The world’s first DNA vaccination against Covid-19 has been approved for emergency use by India’s pharma authority. According to interim research cited by vaccine developer Cadila Healthcare, the three-dose ZyCoV-D vaccine avoided symptomatic illness in 66 percent of individuals inoculated. The company hopes to produce up to 120 million doses of India’s second home-grown vaccine…
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Backlash in China follows China’s cordial reception of the Taliban.
As Beijing prepares to welcome an Afghanistan dominated by militant organizations, China is attempting to present the Taliban as an acceptable partner for a country fighting alleged Islamic extremism at home. At home, those familiar with the militant organization’s history of violence and repression of women have slammed state media and diplomatic attempts to whitewash…
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Afghanistan has the potential to transform China’s Belt and Road Initiative into a $282 billion debt trap.
The United States’ hasty exit from Afghanistan, which has been compared to the 1975 fall of Saigon, has been hailed as a victory for China and a chance for Beijing to expand its influence across the region. In the eyes of the Global Times, a state-run tabloid, it’s even been presented as a lesson for…
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Online registration now mandatory to enter Himachal
For visitors to Himachal Pradesh, online registration has been made required once more. In an order issued on Wednesday, Chief Secretary-cum-Chairperson of State Executive Committee Ram Subhag Singh stated, “All inter-state movement to the state will be monitored through registration on COVID e-registration software of the Himachal government,”
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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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Due to increased surveillance, fewer Tibetans are fleeing: Sikyong
Sikyong Penpa Tsering stated on Wednesday that the information flow from Tibet had severely decreased over the years owing to intense repression and monitoring, making it difficult to assess the situation within Tibet. He was speaking at the Tibet Policy Institute’s seventh Young Tibetan Research Scholars Conference, which he organized. Due to the Covid-19 epidemic,…
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‘China has a hidden prison in Dubai where Uyghurs are held.’
A young Chinese lady claims she was imprisoned for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai, along with at least two Uyghurs, in what could be the first evidence that China operates a “black site” outside its borders. Wu Huan, a 26-year-old Chinese lady, was on the run to avoid being extradited…