US State Department Highlights Chinese Interference in Tibetan Religious Practices in Annual Report
The US State Department releases an annual report on International Religious Freedom, which highlighted Chinese interference in religious practices in monasteries and nunneries in Tibet. The report highlighted Chinese authorities engaged in widespread interference in religious practices, especially in Tibetan…
President Khama of Botswana Promises to Re-invite His Holiness the Dalai Lama
DHARAMSHALA: President Ian Khama of Botswana yesterday promised to re-invite His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the country after the Tibetan spiritual leader withdrew from a scheduled conference in the capital Gaborone citing exhaustion. His Holiness the Dalai Lama was…
China’s dystopian push to revolutionize surveillance
Maya Wang, The Washington Post, Read the original story here As part of a new multimillion-dollar project in Xinjiang, the Chinese government is attempting to “build a fortress city with technologies.” If this sounds Orwellian, that’s because it is. According to…
“We are not China’s colony” says Botswana over a controversial Dalai Lama visit
qz.com – 18 August 2017 Botswana president wants you to know that he is not intimidated by China. Ian Khama, president of the diamond-rich nation of less than two million people, stood up to the global power over the Dalai…