TIBET NEWS
Assam Rifles on 65 years of 14th Dalai Lama's escape to India from Tibet
5th Bn Assam Rifles in Kameng since 1958 with posts in Chuthangmu, Bumla, Chuna, Longju & Taksing. 14th Dalai Lama escaped to Lhuntse Dzong near McMahon Line from Lhasa. Dalai Lama resides in Dharamshala. Assam Rifles played key role in ensuring his safety.
China holds 65th-anniversary celebrations of its Tibet takeover in new villages along India and Bhutan borders
China has been building villages in Tibet near its borders with India and Bhutan, and has recently held celebratory events in these new border villages to mark the takeover of Tibet. The state media reported that these events included a mix of border troops and local populations. China celebrates March 28 as "democratic reform day" in Tibet, marking the end of the rule of the Dalai Lama and the establishment of Chinese control over Tibet in 1951.
MEA calls China's claims over Arunachal Pradesh 'absurd', again
The Ministry of External Affairs denounced China's assertions regarding the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, affirming it as an integral part of India. Despite China's claims, India maintains that Arunachal Pradesh is inseparable from its territory and will continue to develop the region for its people.
Arunchal Pradesh is ‘integral, inalienable’ part of India, MEA says a day after China’s displeasure over Modi visit
The Ministry of External Affairs reaffirmed that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral and inalienable part of India, rejecting Chinese objections over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the region. PM Modi recently inaugurated the Sela Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh, enhancing all-weather connectivity to Tawang. The MEA emphasized that Chinese objections wouldn't alter the fact that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India
Report claims Chinese authorities spying on exiled Tibetans
While speaking to ANI, TCHRD's spokesperson, Tenzin Dawa, remarked that the whole process of the report took about two years, and they have tried to get in touch with around one hundred Tibetan people.
Dalai Lama visits Sikkim after 13 years
The Dalai Lama's visit to Sikkim in October had been cancelled due to a flash flood that claimed the lives of scores of people and displaced thousands.
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China bans Tibetan language in schools in Sichuan province
China has banned the teaching and use of the Tibetan language at elementary and middle schools in two Tibetan-populated regions in southwestern China. The ban requires all instruction to be in Mandarin, raising concerns among Tibetan activists about the potential extinction of the Tibetan language in the regions and its viability across the country.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister to participate in Trans-Himalaya Forum in Tibet
The Trans-Himalaya Forum was initiated in 2018 to deepen practical cooperation among regional countries on diverse subjects, including geographical connectivity, environmental protection, ecological preservation, and enhancing cultural linkages, the report said.
India's historical connection to Buddhism goes back two millennia
India, the place of origin of Buddhism, has a close spiritual connection to the faith. Scholars and priests travelled throughout far-off nations on pilgrimages while carrying the Buddha's teachings during the height of India's supremacy. Buddhism was spread throughout Tibet, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia as a result of this mystical journey, frequently via Sri Lanka's dynamic centre.
Dalai Lama apologises to child, parents after uproar erupts over inappropriate act
The Dalai Lama then asked the boy to "suck his tongue" in front of a big audience and the child's parents. The video has created a worldwide furore. The official Twitter handle of the Buddhist monk said that he regrets the ‘hurt’ induced by his words. The statement added that he tends to interact with people in a ‘playful and innocent’ manner.
China's "claim" on Arunachal Pradesh aimed at legitimising control over Tibet
This was the third time that China “renamed” places in Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls “Zangnan, the southern part of Tibet”. The list released by China comprised five mountain peaks, two land areas, two residential areas and two rivers. The first two such lists were released in 2017 and 2021. China issued a list of six names in 2017, while in 2021 it “renamed” 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh.
Tibet to invest 1.99 bn dollars in improving conditions of villages along LAC: Report
The Tibetan review said most of the border defence villages in recent years have been built in environmentally forbidding areas by forcefully relocating Tibetan farmers in Xiaokang (well-off) villages, some of them in areas claimed by India and Bhutan.
Tibet Parl-in-Exile members meet minister, lawmakers
The letter appealed to "make the PRC leadership accountable to uphold the international law and treat Tibet as a matter of great international concern, not China's internal affair." As many as 157 Tibetan nationals from every sector of society have "set fire to themselves in protest against Chinese repressive policies that include political repression, cultural assimilation, population transfer, racial discrimination among others." The delegation also highlighted massive environmental destruction due to exploitation of the Tibetan plateau.
G7 looks for ways to punish Russia while taking on China
“We will continue to impose severe and immediate economic costs on President Putin's regime for its unjustifiable war of aggression against Ukraine,” the G-7 said in their final statement released Tuesday.
China's Tibet Airlines plane with 122 people veers off runway, catches fire; over 40 injured
All the 122 people aboard the Tibet Airlines flight TV9833 from Chongqing to Nyingchi in the Tibet Autonomous Region have been safely evacuated, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said. The Airbus A319-100 had been in service with the airline for nine-and-a-half years, according to the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post.
First-ever Tibet-based athletes to compete in Winter Games
The Games will also include five competitors from China's western Xinjiang region, media there reported, including two ethnic Kazakhs, one Uyghur, one Kyrgyz and one from China's Han majority.
Invented names do not alter status in Arunachal, India tells China
India's reaction came in response to Beijing announcing Chinese names for 15 more places in Arunachal Pradesh which the neighbouring country claims as South Tibet.
Tibet remarks by Boston Celtics' Kanter spark backlash in China
"I'm here to add my voice and speak out about what is happening in Tibet. Under the Chinese government's brutal rule, Tibetan people's basic rights and freedoms are non-existent," Kanter said in the video posted on Wednesday in U.S. time, along with text describing Xi as a "brutal dictator".
Xi Jinping meets top military officials in Lhasa; highlights lasting stability and prosperity in Tibet
Xi, also General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, met top officials of the Tibet Military Command of the People's Liberation Army, guarding China's border with India in Arunachal Pradesh.
China’s Xi affirms control over Tibet with first official visit
Xi arrived in the regional capital Lhasa on Thursday, the official Xinhua News Agency said on social media. He inspected the operations of the Sichuan-Tibet railway during his visit, China Central Television said.
China launches 2 units of world's largest hydropower station ahead of CPC's centenary celebrations
Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated the Baihetan hydropower station for launching the first two generating units, saying as a major project in China's west-east power transmission programme, the station is the largest and most technically difficult hydropower project under construction in the world.
China launches first bullet train in Tibet, close to Indian border
The 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has been inaugurated ahead of the centenary celebrations of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) on July 1.
China prepares for Communist Party centenary in secret
Since the rise of party leader Xi Jinping in 2012, China has grown increasingly assertive over its territorial claims in the South China Sea and in its drive to expand internationally through the Belt and Road initiative, which has built ports, power stations, train lines and other infrastructure overseas.
China builds key highway through Brahmaputra Canyon in Tibet close to Arunachal Pradesh border
Construction of a highway costing USD 310 million passing through the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, known as the world's deepest gorge with a maximum depth of 6,009 meters, was completed on Saturday last, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
China poses single biggest geopolitical test for US in 21st century: CIA Director
The US and China are at odds over a range of issues from trade to human rights in Tibet, Hong Kong and China's western Xinjiang region, as well as over Taiwan, Beijing's assertiveness in the South China Sea and the coronavirus pandemic.
China's plans for Himalayan super dam stoke fears in India
The structure will span the Brahmaputra River before the waterway leaves the Himalayas and flows into India, straddling the world's longest and deepest canyon at an altitude of more than 1,500 metres.
China to spend USD 30 billion in Tibet on infrastructure development in next five years
According to the 14th Five-Year Plan, China is planning to spend about 190 billion yuan (about USD 29.3 billion) in the 2021-2025 period on transportation infrastructure projects.
China to build important “passageway” to South Asia through Tibet: Report
China will support Tibet in building the passageway to South Asia, state-run Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the 14th Plan document which was submitted to the National People's Congress, (NPC), China's Parliament.
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