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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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China’s approach to Taiwan will be modelled after the international response to Ukraine
Taiwan’s foreign minister warned on Monday that if China views the United States’ response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “weak,” the democratic island may be invaded. On the 12th day of the Russian invasion, Taiwan’s foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said, “I believe that China’s leaders are… watching the situation and trying to draw their…
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Arrest of anti-China activist in Mongolia has sparked outrage.
The recent arrest in Mongolia of a famous anti-China activist has raised the question of whether the Chinese bordered country is following Tibet’s path. Mongolia, a landlocked country in East Asia, relies on mineral exports to China and Russia to survive. Protests against Beijing’s language control in Inner Mongolia are prevalent in Ulaanbaatar.
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Ukrainians take part in Tibet rally in Taiwan.
According to media sources, Ukrainians in Taiwan expressed their solidarity for a protest march against 63 years of Chinese tyranny in Tibet on Saturday. Since 2004, the Taiwanese have held an annual protest march for Tibet to commemorate the Chinese crushing of the Tibetan uprising in March 1959. The Tibetan uprising against communist China’s government…
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Protest rally held in Taiwan, pre-Tibetan Uprising day
As per reports from ANI, Tibetan and other human rights organizations in Taiwan staged a press conference in front of the Parliament in Taipei on March 2 to announce their protest plans for March 10 to commemorate the Tibetan uprising. In China, the oppression of minorities and other dissenting voices has become the standard, and…
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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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Three Tibetan Buddhist statues have been desecrated by the Chinese authorities in the last three months.
The Tibetan Buddhist monument of Padmasambhava, created six years ago was smashed by the Chinese government to stamp out Tibetan religious traditions. The destruction of the Padmasambhava statue also known as Guru Rinpoche is considered the latest attack on Tibetan religious liberty. It once stood three stories high at the Chanang Monastery in Drago (in…
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China digs tunnels through sacred Tibetan mountain.
Chinese contractors working on a government-ordered railway line are burrowing under a Sichuan mountain sacred to Tibetans, using artillery fire to damage the rock face and speed up their job. For several months, the devastation of Asal Dzari mountain, which is located in Toe township of Nyakchu county in the Kardze (in Chinese, Ganzi) Tibetan…
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Beijing being diplomatic Janus on Russia-Ukraine war
China’s reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been erratic at best. With one eye on Kyiv and the other on Taiwan, Beijing is keeping a close check on the situation in Ukraine. China was initially hesitant to use the term invasion to describe the Russia-Ukraine conflict. China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, brought up…
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Dalai Lama says ‘war is out-dated, non-violence is the only way’ on Russia-Ukraine war
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, voiced his sorrow over the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine on Monday, appealing for peace to be quickly restored in the eastern European country. “Our world has become so interdependent that violent conflict between two countries inevitably impacts the rest of the world. War is outdated – non-violence…