Representatives from the Chinese government and envoys of the Dalai Lama have agreed to a second round of talks, AP reported, citing state media. This follows the first meeting between the groups on Sunday in the southern city of Shenzhen, and is an apparent sign of forward movement in easing tensions raised by violent riots […]
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Darfur anyone?
Other causes have been sidelined by Tibet’s dominance of the news cycle
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Niu Yue, Niu Yue
Newsflash: Chinese prefer their word for it, March 25: A survey, initiated by the China Youth Daily in association with the website sina.com.cn, found that over 80% of Chinese people are opposed to translating China’s capital city as “Peking,” favoring instead “Beijing.” Fair enough, I suppose, though this would seem a non-issue. Aside from names […]
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Torchured path
China’s hopes for a smooth Olympic torch relay were snuffed out after disruptions in London and Paris. The protests centered on Beijing’s heavy-handed response to anti-China riots that broke out in Tibet and surrounding areas in mid-March. Things started badly in Olympia, Greece, on March 24. A speech by Beijing Olympic committee chief Liu Qi […]
Recent unrest in Tibet has placed the India-China relationship under renewed strain