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Octogenarian Tibet man self-immolates at Kirti Monastery
RFA reported on 3rd April that an 81-year-old Tibetan man died after a self-immolation protest against Chinese control last week outside a police station in front of a major monastery in the western Chinese province of Sichuan. The report mentioned that the Kirti event occurred three days before the most recent documented self-immolation, which occurred…
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Drastic censorship and surveillance inside Tibet
Why is it that getting news from Tibet is becoming increasingly difficult? China boasts across the world that Tibet has been transformed “from serfdom to freedom,” yet the “freedom” appears to be merely cosmetic.
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Copenhagen illegally silenced anti-China demonstrators
A government-appointed commission slammed Denmark’s Foreign Ministry this week for caving into Chinese pressure and prohibiting anti-Beijing protests during state visits in 2012 and 2013. According to the Tibet Commission, Denmark’s intelligence and security services used coercion to persuade Copenhagen police to put an end to any anti-China protests, in contravention of the country’s constitution.
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Australian Journalist facing Spy allegation In China
Beijing court is holding a closed-door trial for Australian journalist and former TV anchor Cheng Lei. Ms. Cheng, as per reports, is accused of smuggling national secrets out of the country. Her family maintains that she is not guilty. Prior to her detention in August 2020, the Chinese-born Australian worked for the Chinese state-run media…
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Tibetan tries to commit self-immolation near monastery
A Tibetan man lit himself on fire at a police station in a Tibetan district of northwestern China’s Qinghai province on Wednesday, according to RFA, and was promptly carried away by officials with no news on his health. Tsering Samdup, self-immolated in front of a Chinese police station near a Buddhist monastery in Kyegudo (in…
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India pushes China aside to build wind farms in Sri Lanka
On Tuesday, India has agreed to create three Sri Lankan wind farms on islets shared by the two countries, marking a victory for New Delhi after the project was pulled away from a Chinese business. New Delhi has long been concerned about the region’s expanding Chinese influence.
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China removed Keanu Reeves movies after the actor’s support for Tibet.
Keanu Reeves films were abruptly removed from Chinese streaming services this week after the actor expressed support for Tibet and Tibetan independence. Since his appearance at a pro-Tibet gathering on March 3, Chinese streaming platforms iQiyi, Tencent Video, Bilibili, and Xigua Video have all pulled movies starring Reeves, according to The L.A. Times. Reeves has…
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China concerned that it will no longer be Nepal’s exclusive development partner.
Following Nepal’s confirmation of a US development grant, China warned Nepal this month against “intervention from outside forces,” as China-linked projects in the nation continue to stagnate, according to media sources. The warning came during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Nepal on March 25-27, less than a month after Nepal’s parliament accepted a…
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Chinese police have imposed restrictions on funeral of Choktrul Dawa Rinpoche
Chinese authorities prevented devotees from attending a popular Tibetan lama’s funeral earlier this year and removed photographs of the religious leader that were published online, according to RFA. Choktrul Dawa Rinpoche, 86, died on Jan. 30 at his home in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, and reached a state known as thukdam, in which a skilled meditator’s…
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Taliban are now preserving Buddhas in order to attract Chinese investment.
Remember when the Taliban blew up a gigantic Buddha statue over two decades ago and several Buddhist monasteries? In Afghanistan, these same people are now safeguarding Buddhist structures. Surprised? Well, here’s the Story.