Washington, May 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s apparent reluctance to raise human rights concerns during his latest engagement with Chinese President Xi Jinping marks a significant departure from past American diplomacy toward China, according to a report by The Guardian.According to a report by The Guardian, Trump gave a restrained response when asked before leaving for Beijing whether he would raise the case of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai with Xi Jinping.“I’l…
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Srinagar, May 16 (IANS) J&K Lok Bhavan on Saturday celebrated Sikkim statehood day. The event brought together students, security personnel and people of Sikkim living in the Union Territory.Addressing the gathering, the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, extended his heartiest greetings to the people of Sikkim on the occasion.“Sikkim, the sacred land of Guru Padmasambhava, shines like a radiant star among Himalayan states and UTs. It is recognised globally as a model of organic farming, pe…
Beijing, May 15 (IANS) Tibet’s autonomy was not merely an abstract expectation but a commitment explicitly set out in a signed political document – the Seventeen Point Agreement of May 1951, formally titled the ‘Agreement of the Central People’s Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet’. The rapid breakdown of those guarantees underpins the contemporary arguments that China violated its own commitments and fundamentally reshaped Tibet’s …
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…
Washington, May 13 (IANS) The East Turkistan Government-in-Exile (ETGE) and the East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM) have called on the United States President Donald Trump to directly raise China’s “ongoing genocide” and “colonial occupation” of East Turkistan and Tibet during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.President Trump began his state visit to China on Wednesday for a high-stakes two-day summit, marking the first visit by a sitting US President to the …
Washington, May 12 (IANS) Senior bipartisan US lawmakers have urged President Donald Trump to personally raise the cases of political prisoners and unjustly detained Americans with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their upcoming talks, warning that Beijing’s actions threaten American interests and families.In a letter released on Monday, the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was increasingly using “hostage diplomacy, coerc…
Washington, May 10 (IANS) The US State Department in its recent two reports exposed the severity of China’s repression in Tibet while also stressing the need for greater efforts to deal with this repression and calling for a peaceful resolution to the ongoing Tibet-China conflict, a report has stated. The 2026 Report to Congress on Access to Tibetan Areas, which covers the 2025 calendar year and continues to be mandated by the 2018 Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, states that China restricts jo…
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…
New York, May 5 (IANS) Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based advocacy group, has accused Beijing of imposing Chinese-medium education and ideological indoctrination on kindergarten children as part of its efforts to forcibly assimilate Tibetans.In a 72-page report titled ‘Start with the Youngest Children: China Uses Preschools to ‘Integrate’ Tibetans’, the rights body documented that a 2021 Ministry of Education directive — the Children’s Speech Harmonisation plan — mandates the use of …
Washington, May 2 (IANS) US Senators Rick Scott and Jeff Merkley recently introduced the Tibet Atrocities Determination Act, which requires the Secretary of State to formally determine whether China’s actions in Tibet constitute genocide or crimes against humanity. According to an official statement, the legislation was introduced on April 29, coinciding with Martyrs’ Day observed by the Tibetan Youth Congress to honour those who sacrificed their lives for Tibet’s freedom.”Communist China is…