Dharamshala: The United Nations Special Rapporteurs held their 24th annual meeting this year in June. In a span of six months, a number of Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups of the UN have raised some of the most pressing human…
By Charlotte Gao, The Diplomat, 25 October 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping has launched a campaign to tighten China’s grip on the religious community since 2016. Against that backdrop, the United Front Work Department (UFWD) — the agency within the Chinese…
Dharamsala: The President of Central Tibetan Administration Dr Lobsang Sangay today opened a daylong conference titled ‘Tibet: A Global Common or a Bone of Contention’ at Nyatri hall, Gangchen Kyishong. The conference is jointly organised by the Tibet Policy Institute…
Washington, DC: “To those people who admire late Liu Xiaobo, please carry forward his principle; it is our duty as his admirers. We should carry forward his vision and principle,” His Holiness the Dalai Lama said in a video statement, released…
By Jamphel Shonu* Since the 1990s, as China’s economic might started looming large, China has adopted an aggressive foreign policy based primarily on economic ultimatums and military posturing. The world largely stood by and acquiesced, not wanting to stir the…