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By Holmes Chan, Hong Kong Free Press, 20 October 2019, Read the original article here. Chinese authorities levelled almost half of Yarchen Gar – one of the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist sites – in August, according to recently published satellite images. More

By Bruce Haring, Deadline, 18 October 2019, Read the original article here. Tibetan rights activists protested tonight alongside Hong Kong democracy activists at the Brooklyn Nets vs Toronto Raptors game at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn. More

BBC, 19 October 2019, Read the original article here. Dozens of spectators at a US basketball game have held signs and donned T-shirts and masks in support of protests in Hong Kong. Demonstrators gathered during a match in New York between the Brooklyn Nets and the Toronto Raptors. The move was organised by film producer Andrew Duncan, who bought 300 tickets for the activists. More

By Himani Chandna, The Print, 17 October 2019, Read the original article here. Sowa-Rigpa or science of healing is based on indigenous medicine of Tibet enriched with Ayurveda, Chinese and Greek medicine. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is planning to promote the traditional Tibetan system of medicine, known as ‘Sowa-Rigpa’ or Amchi medicine, which is similar to Ayurveda. More

By Sutirtho Patranobis, Hindustan Times, 18 October 2019, Read the original article here. The new requirements for Tibetan graduates go beyond what is in the list of qualifications for graduates from other parts of the country, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) said in a statement Thursday. More

BBC, 16 October 2019 Read orignal news here US lawmakers have supported Hong Kong protesters by passing a bill aimed at upholding human rights in the city. The bill - which still needs to pass the upper house, the Senate - would mandate an annual review, to see whether Hong Kong had sufficient autonomy from the rest of China to justify its special trading status. More

By Haley Byrd, CNN, 15 October 2019 Read original news here. (CNN)The House of Representatives sent a clear rebuke to Beijing and reaffirmed American support for pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong on Tuesday afternoon, as police have intensified crackdowns on protesters in the semiautonomous region in recent weeks. More

Filed by Max Read, Intelligencer. Read the article here. On January 10, 2018, a 49-year-old Omahan named Roy Jones pissed off the Chinese government. At the time, Jones was working overnight shifts as a Marriott customer-care manager, where he made $14 an hour responding to people from the hotel chain’s various Twitter accounts. More

Filed by Ben Halder, OZY. Read the article here. In April 2019, China Global Television Network (CGTN) published a short video report from a Lhasa high school. The reporter, wide-eyed and cheery, speaks about the facilities and curricula with unrestrained exuberance. More

Ravneet Singh, The Tribune. Read the article here. Patiala, October 14: Over 60 years after he came to India, the Dalai Lama today said there was a possibility of him visiting China and Tibet in the near future. “It is very possible. More

BBC, 14 October 2019 Read original news here. The Chinese Communist Party has gained the ability to spy on more than 100 million citizens via a heavily promoted official app, a report suggests. Analysis of the Study the Great Nation app found hidden elements that could help monitor use and copy data, said phone security experts Cure 53. More

Filed by India Tv Desk. Read the article here. Nepal shares a long border with Tibet and is home to around 20,000 Tibetan exiles. Every year some 2,500 Tibetans illegally enter Nepal crossing Tibetan border on their way to Dharamshala to meet the 84-year-old Dalai Lama. More

Filed by Khabarhub. Read the article here. KATHMANDU: The government of Nepal will not sign an extradition and mutual legal assistance treaty with China during the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Nepal on Saturday. Chinese President Xi is coming to Nepal on October 12 on a two-day state visit. More

Filed by Times Now. Read the article here. Una: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has said that “he is a refugee in India” while adding that he enjoys freedom here. The Tibetan leader in exile made the statement while speaking to reporters in Himachal Pradesh’s Una. "We already enjoyed freedom while living in India for over sixty years. More

Filed by the Statesman. Read the article here. The National Convener of Core Group for Tibetan Cause, RK Khrimey said the unresolved question of Tibet is a matter of great concern not only to the Tibetans in their homeland and in exile but also to India and rest of the world. More

By Suganthy Krishnamachari, The Hindu, 10 October 2019, Read the original article here. Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche speaks of the salient features of the religion, which originated in India Beginning his study of Buddhism in the Gadhan Dhechenling Monastery, in Tibet, Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche, came to India in 1959, at the age of 20. More

Ross Clark, The Spectator, Read original article here.  Vladimir Putin, as we all know, has become chief electoral strategist in the western world. When he wanted Donald Trump president, he merely set his army of trolls to action and the American public was fooled into backing a candidate who would never have got anywhere near the White House otherwise. More

Filed by Khabarhub. Read the article here. Nepal is preparing to sign an extradition treaty with China during the Nepal visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping slated for mid-October. According to sources, a draft of the treaty has been readied. A meeting of Council of Ministers needs to endorse it before it is signed. It is still unclear when the Cabinet will approve the treaty. More

By Farhad Manjorr, The New York Times, 9 October 2019, Read the original article here. We thought economic growth and technology would liberate China. Instead, it corrupted us. The People’s Republic of China is the largest, most powerful and arguably most brutal totalitarian state in the world. It denies basic human rights to all of its nearly 1.4 billion citizens. More

By Amy Qin and Julie Creswell, The New York Times, 8 October 2019, Read the original article here. The N.B.A. and others are finding it difficult to stay neutral in an increasingly politicized, and punitive, China. BEIJING — For international companies looking to do business in China, the rules were once simple. Don’t talk about the 3 T’s: Tibet, Taiwan and the Tiananmen Square crackdown. More