Tibet
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Kasur Tashi Wangdi Clears Misinformation Spread In His name on Social Media
11th may: Tashi Wangdi la clarifies misinformation using his name on social media in a recent YouTube video. A circulation holding no truth in its content quotes the former minister of Tibetan government in exile condemning former CTA staffs appealing for the reinstatement of the three justices impeached controversially by the parliament in March this…
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Tibetan Resistance Persists
The Chinese Communist Party responds to international criticism of China’s refusal to disclose the whereabouts of the real Panchen Lama, claiming that the Panchen Lama “is now a college grad with a secure job.” This is a lie that no Tibetan could believe.
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China Building a Whole Village Violating International Borders
China announced in October 2015 that a new village, named Gyalaphug in Tibetan or Jieluobu in Chinese, had been built in the Tibet Autonomous Region’s south (TAR). Wu Yingjie, the TAR Communist Party secretary, moved over two passes, both over 14,000 feet high, on his way to visit the new village in April 2020. There,…
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As the World Warms, Floods in the Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau Could Triple
According to new research, the risk of flooding across the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau could triple as global temperatures rise and glaciers melt faster. The expected rise in lake outbursts floods could jeopardize water resources in politically unstable regions like Kashmir and place communities and infrastructure in jeopardy.
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In the Swiss-China Trade Agreement, Human Rights have No Place
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hails the conclusion of talks on an investment security deal with China at the end of Germany’s presidency of the Council of the European Union as a major achievement. That was in late December, but doubts about Merkel’s China strategy have grown since then.
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China’s treatment of Uyghurs, Tibetans Is a repeat of Their Own Repression
According to the outgoing Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, Tibetans in China are facing mass persecution close to that faced by ethnic minority Uyghurs in the western part of the region. “It’s not exactly the same, but it is similar,” Sikyong said. “Labor camps are set up in Tibet.” China is forcefully attempting to convert Tibet into…
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New US bill aims to counter China With Policies for Tibet and Xinjiang
In its latest bill to fight China, US provides measures for Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China’s trouble areas, where it seeks to uphold democratic principles in the face of China’s oppression. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee drafted the 283-page bill to address China’s economic and geopolitical influence.
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Evidence for Glaciation Prior to the MIS-6 in Southeastern Tibet
Southeastern Tibet is one of the most glaciated parts of the Tibetan Plateau, both now and in the past. The development of a provisional chronology of Quaternary glacial cycles in this area has been made possible by numerical dating of glacial deposits, with the oldest glaciation (Guxiang Glaciation) occurring in marine oxygen isotope stage 6.…
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China Recruiting More Tibetans Amid Border Standoff With India
China’s military has stepped up efforts to recruit more Tibetans amid the dragging border standoff with India on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), conducting special recruitment drives across the Tibet Autonomous Region since the beginning of the year. Officials from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have crisscrossed the Tibet Autonomous Region, holding recruitment drives and…
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In Tibet’s autonomous zone, five new animal species have been discovered.
Five new animal species, including three types of frogs, one old-world monkey, and a bushmaster snake, have been discovered in Tibet, challenging the long-held belief that the Himalayan mountains are a barren and lifeless place. In addition, the investigation uncovered 20 species that had never been found in Tibet before.