Washington, May 30 (IANS) The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) selection of the 11th Panchen Lama stands as a case study in failure, underscoring that legitimacy cannot be imposed and authenticity cannot be manufactured. If Beijing proceeds with efforts to influence the succession of the 14th Dalai Lama in the similar manner, it risks the same outcome marked by rejection from Tibetans, sparking international criticism, and laying bare Beijing’s insecurity. The lesson for China is straightforwar…
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Brussels, May 18 (IANS) The resignation of Eileen Wang, mayor of Arcadia city in California, after she agreed to plead guilty to secretly acting as an agent of the Chinese government, revealed a troubling reality – Beijing’s influence networks are not confined to Washington or the halls of Congress.They extend into local governments, community organisations, and even small cities where oversight mechanisms are weaker and thereby easier to infiltrate, a report has stated.Writing for European Ti…
Washington, May 13 (IANS) China’s boarding-school system in Tibet is seen as a calculated effort towards cultural erasure and ideological control. Through imposition of the Mandarin language, indoctrination with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) thought, and separation of children from their families, Beijing is trying to shape a generation of Tibetans who may no longer think, speak, or identify as Tibetans, a report mentioned. Writing for the US-based ‘Journal of Democracy’, Khedroob Thondup, t…
Brussels, May 6 (IANS) Tibet remains tightly restricted not due to logistical challenges but because openness threatens China’s narrative of control. Permits, surveillance, and scrutiny ensures that Beijing retains its “monopoly on truth”. As long as these barriers persist, Tibet will remain a land viewed through a narrow frame, its truth obscured and its voices unheard, a report has detailed. Khedroob Thondup, the nephew of the Dalai Lama, wrote in European Times that for decades, Tibet has bee…
Beijing, Jan 25 (IANS) China’s sedentarisation of Tibetan nomads in Amdo, Qinghai, and Sichuan, being showcased as modernisation and ecological protection, has become a story of displacement, cultural erosion, and contested hope, a report has stated. The policy demonstrates the tension between state-led development and the resilience of Tibetan identity, a report has stated. “Beginning in the early 2000s, China accelerated the ‘Nomadic Settlement Project’ under the Opening of the West campaign…
Taipei, Jan 17 (IANS) China’s policy toward India is a coherent multi‑pronged strategy that blends political engagement, territorial incrementalism, and proxy support to constrain New Delhi’s options, a report has highlighted. A recent article in the ‘European Times’ scrutinised the meetings held by a delegation of China’s Communist Party of China (CCP) during its New Delhi visit, earlier this week stating that the CCP’s united front strategy is designed to cultivate interlocutors abroad…