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China’s invasion of Taiwan would be economic suicide: Shinzo Abe
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned China that any conflict with Taiwan would draw in Japan and its ally, the United States, and warned of severe consequences if Beijing took military action against Taipei. Abe said acts of an increasingly powerful China toward Japan and Taiwan would likely become more complex, blurring the boundary…
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Tibet Open For Talks But China Doesn’t Want It: Sikyong
Sikyong Penpa Tsering slammed the Chinese government for threatening Tibetans over the China-Tibet disputes, saying that they are open to a formal line of contact with the Chinese side and that this has been the Tibetian side’s continuous motive. He stated that settlements to the Tibet concerns can only be reached after a thorough discussion…
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Destruction of Tibet’s ecosystem poses threat to humanity as a whole: Experts
The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) and the Centre for Himalayan Asia Studies and Engagement (CHASE) from New Delhi co-hosted a webinar on November 27, 2021, in light of the recent conclusion of the international climate summit COP-26 in Glasgow. Experts speaking at the webinar “Climate Changes on the Third Pole – Tibet” agreed that China…
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China should be held accountable for its BRI carbon emission
China’s climate action will have a decisive influence on bending the temperature curve to 1.5°C as required by the Paris Agreement. As the world’s second-largest economy, the most populous nation with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, the largest carbon emitter, and one of the fastest-growing global economies. In 2019, China accounted for more than a…
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BRI truly win-win arrangement for everyone or only for China?
The BRI is primarily a debt-financed initiative, with the CDB and China EXIM as key lenders, as well as several state-owned commercial banks. While such loans are not attached to any political or economic reform, they are not primarily development-oriented and are intended to generate a commercial return. China’s unwillingness to cancel the debt, even…
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Tibet’s party members are prohibited from engaging in religious activities in China.
According to sources, China, which has been accused of restricting religious freedom in Tibet, has put a ban on religious activities on all party members and cadres in Tibet’s Amdo region. In October, Golog prefecture reported a similar prohibition, with a high number of informers ensuring that no Tibetan party members engaged in religious practices…
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Taste Tibet was not nominated for the BBC Food and Farming Awards.
After missing out on a national BBC culinary competition, the owners of an Oxford eatery have praised the winners. Taste Tibet reopened last year after serving festivalgoers across the country for over a decade. Yeshi Jampa and Julie Kleeman learned in July that the business had been named one of three finalists in the BBC…
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Sikyong concerned about China’s dam construction on the Brahmaputra River.
On Saturday, November 27, Sikyong Penpa Tsering expressed worry about China’s development of a dam on the Brahmaputra River. He also claimed that the megaproject could cause significant harm to lower riparian countries such as India and Bangladesh. Sikyong Penpa Tsering stated that China has been building several dams on all rivers that originate in…
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Sikyong request for firm policy on Tibetans living near the border
CTA fears that China is “pushing” more Tibetans to the border areas while using the opportunity to settle more mainland Chinese in Tibetan cities, As New Delhi is occupied with growing concerns about China’s transgressions along the Line of Actual Control and reports of villages being established along with it. Furthermore, according to Sikyong, a…
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New “worst-ever” super-mutant COVID!
Scientists are growing increasingly concerned about a new COVID-19 variant originating in Southern Africa, which forced countries such as the United Kingdom, Israel, Italy, and Germany to effectively halt travel from the region on Thursday and Friday. Botswana is thought to be the origin of the variation B.1.1.529.