My Shanghai Diary—IV: Suspicions and Ground Reality
(Based on the writer’s visit to Shanghai from May 6 to 9,2008, for a discussion on the “Beijing Olympics & Security” ) To be read along...
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May 11, 20085 min read
Tibet Unrest: Why Beijing is Shifting the Blame to “Western Anti-China Forces”?
Since the Tibet unrest began, the stand of the top leadership in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) remains one of condemnation of the...
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May 3, 20084 min read
Beijing Olympics: Moves for De-escalation Continue
The Olympic torch had an eight-hour successful run around Hong Kong on May 2,2008. It was carried by a relay of 120 local...
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May 2, 200855 min read
Sino-Tibetan Contacts to Resume
Chhime R. Chhoekyapa, Secretary to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, issued the following statement at Dharamsala, the headquarters of His...
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Apr 20, 20083 min read
Chinese Leadership Unable to Control Neo Red Guards
It is learnt that the Chinese leadership is facing difficulty in controlling the Neo Red Guards, who have let loose an anti-foreigners...
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Apr 19, 20083 min read
An Undertaker's Procession for the Olympic Flame
That is what the Chinese wanted. That is what the Government of India gave to them. It did well to give to them what they wanted— an...
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Apr 19, 20084 min read
China-Tibet: Fear of Cyber Democracy Induces Move for De-escalation
Till now, analysts have been talking and writing only of the dangers of cyber-terrorism to States and civil societies. 2. China has, for...
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Apr 3, 20084 min read
Unrest in Xinjiang: China Seeks Musharraf's Good Offices
The unrest against the Chinese Government has spread from Tibet to the Muslim majority Xinjiang province of China. Since the beginning of...
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Mar 24, 20087 min read
China: Lessons from Tibet
“The influence of Christianity and the devotion of their Catholics to the Pope remain as strong as ever. Despite their constant...
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Mar 22, 20086 min read
Making Sense of the Tibetan Imbroglio
The ‘whodunit’ of the Tibetan situation as it has unfolded from early March is still unresolved. The Chinese Government blames it all on...
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Mar 22, 20087 min read
Radicalisation of Tibetan Youth
The world-wide demonstrations of Tibetans of all ages against China and the uprisings in Greater Tibet since March 10, 2008, have come as...
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Mar 21, 20083 min read
Thoughts on Tibet
Not since 1959, have events in Tibet attracted so much international attention. This is as much a reflection of the advanced technologies...
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Mar 21, 20086 min read
Tibetan Agitation: Some Larger Issues
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s statement about the willingness of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao “to enter into a dialogue with the...
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Mar 21, 20083 min read
Reactions in Greater Tibet
According to latest reports, the Chinese security forces continue to make house-to-searches in Lhasa for suspected participants in the...
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Mar 20, 20086 min read
The Kosovo Effect
1. The recent Declaration of Independence by the legislature of Kosovo and the prompt “recognition” of the new State by USA and many EU...
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Mar 20, 200816 min read
Tibetan Youth: "We Want Support & Understanding, Not Pity"
The Tibetan Youth Congress deserves credit for drawing the attention of the international community to the actual state of affairs in...
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Mar 20, 20084 min read
Tibet Unrest: Chinese Counter-Measures in Lhasa
An examination of the Chinese language media despatches from the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) on the subject, noticed since the protests...
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Mar 19, 20083 min read
US Steps Up Broadcasts & Telecasts to Tibet
Western Governments have come under contradictory pressures in relation to their response to the uprising of the Tibetans since March...
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Mar 18, 20084 min read
Tibetan Dichotomy and the Chinese Dilemma
The Tibetan Uprising Day is commemorated by the Tibetans all over the world on March 10 every year since 1959 when events in Lhasa forced...
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Mar 16, 20085 min read
Suppression in Tibet, Increased Vigil in Sichuan & Xinjiang
Despite measures like incapacitating internet servers, blocking foreign web sites reporting on the situation in Tibet, jamming the...
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