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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…
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Tibet’s largest airport terminal is now open in China.
On Saturday, the newly constructed Terminal 3 at Lhasa Gonggar Airport in Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, the region’s largest, opened for operations, marking a significant milestone in the region’s rapid infrastructure development that could significantly boost passenger and cargo transport and help the region become a global logistics hub for South Asia, experts said.…
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WhatsApp Disappearing Photos: How to Send View Once
WhatsApp, a popular instant messaging software, has recently included the ability to delete images from its platform. This function is simply known as see once, and it allows WhatsApp users to share videos and photographs in chats that the recipient can only view once before they are deleted. Other social networking networks, such as Snapchat,…
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Tensor SoC from Google is simply a rebranding of one of Samsung’s unannounced Exynos chips: Report
At the end of the year, the latest Pixel phones, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, will be available. Google has remained tight-lipped on specifics so far but has touted the new Tensor SoC that will power the phone. Now, rumors are circulating that the Tensor SoC is simply a renamed, unreleased Samsung Exynos…
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Leh Hill Council to Renovate His Holiness’ Official Ladakh Residence, Phodang Gepheling
On Friday, August 6, Shri Tashi Gyalson, Chairman/Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC Leh, paid a visit to Phodang Gepheling. He reviewed several approaches for the renovation and additional infrastructure required at the Phodang after analyzing the existing infrastructure. He was accompanied by Nisar Ahmed, Executive Engineer, Construction Division Leh, Tsetan Wangchuk, Tibetan Chief Representative Officer, Ladakh,…
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It is important for India to be clearer about its commitment to Tibetans.
Recently, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with a number of Indian officials. During a roundtable of around seven civil society figures, Blinken spoke with Geshe Dorji Damdul, the Dalai Lama’s former interpreter Afterwards, Ngodup Dongchung, the Dalai Lama’s messenger, visited with Blinken on his own. Attracting notice was the fact that America’s top…