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Tibetans with contacts in exile are being urged to install spyware on their cellphones.
Tibetans in Dragyab County and Chamdo who have contacts in exile have reportedly been told to install spyware on their cellphones to keep an eye on them. The Chinese government has adopted a new surveillance strategy. Local sources in Tibet have confirmed the deployment of cell phone spyware that actively monitors Tibetans with links in…
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China has issued warning to Tibetan monks ahead of March anniversaries.
According to state media reports, a top Chinese official in Tibet visited monasteries in and around the Tibetan capital Lhasa this week to warn monks against behavior that is considered disrespectful to the ruling Chinese Communist Party. According to media reports, Wang Junzheng, the Tibet Autonomous Region’s party secretary, visited the Ramoche Temple in Lhasa…
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Airbnb makes money from rentals in Tibet and Xinjiang
According to a new study, Airbnb has hundreds of listings in Xinjiang and Tibet, two areas where China is accused of serious human rights violations and forced cultural assimilation. Beijing is holding the Winter Olympics in the midst of international outrage over human rights abuses against minorities, particularly the predominantly Muslim Uyghur people. With a…
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Quantum dots could be used to replace CMOS in new image sensor.
Quantum dots are nanoparticles that are most typically found in screens, but researchers have used the technology to detect light wavelengths on a sensor. The team claims that the technology can replace CMOS sensors.
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In electronic crystals, physicists have discovered strange new type of transition.
Changes in temperature can cause phase transitions in materials, such as when water forms as ice in the freezing cold. However, depending on whether the material is cooling or warming, the temperature that causes the change varies in some circumstances. This is known as a hysteresis loop, and scientists believe they’ve discovered a strange and…
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North Koreans are struggling as their government continues to launch missiles
North Korea is experiencing its greatest economic crisis in a generation, with rampant inflation and serious shortages of food and other needs, but rather than focusing on the situation, Pyongyang has increased missile testing to confront Seoul and Washington. Last year, the leadership warned the country’s 25 million inhabitants to brace for a slump in…
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Chinese army invaded Indian territory and forced herders away.
According to a local authority, Chinese soldiers entered Indian territory in Ladakh on January 28 and prohibited local people from grazing their herd in the area. According to The Indian Express, Urgen Chodon, Nyoma’s Block Development Chairperson, told them: “There was an incident on January 28, when PLA troops came into our territory, they drove…
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Three Tibetan pilgrims were apprehended by Chinese police for stealing state secrets.
As they returned from a pilgrimage, Chinese officials in Sichuan province arrested three Tibetan Buddhists, alleging they were in possession of “politically sensitive material.” On Jan. 10, while returning home to Chamdo prefecture’s Dakyab township from the enormous Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy in Sichuan’s Serta (in Chinese, Seda) county, Asang, Dodra, and Nortso were…
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During Beijing Olympics, China increases controls in Tibetan areas.
During the Beijing Winter Olympics, authorities have tightened security measures in Tibetan areas of western China, with police closely monitoring locals to prevent communication with Tibetans in exile, according to RFA who claimed sources in the region.
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Story about two citizens: Chinese-American Olympians in China
Figure skater Zhu Yi and freestyle skier Eileen Gu, two of China’s participants in the 2022 Winter Olympics, were born in the United States but later decided to embrace their Chinese background and compete for the host nation. In China, however, Zhu was chastised on social media following a series of falls while skating, whereas…