China had shut down in Feb and early May this year in Gansu and Qinghai provinces two more schools set up by local Tibetans to give their children a Tibetan education rather than a Chinese one imposed in government-run schools, reported RFA.org (Radio free Asia, Washington) May 15.
China on May 15 “voiced strong indignation and stern objection to British Prime Minister David Cameron's meeting with the Dalai Lama” on May 14, with its Foreign Ministry in Beijing and the Embassy in London both lodging solemn representations to the British side and also with its Vice Foreign Minister Song Tao summoning the British ambassador in Beijing, Mr Sebastian Wood, to hear the protest, reported China’s official Xinhua news agency and Reuters May 15.
The Dalai Lama on May 14 met with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at St Paul’s Cathedral in London ahead of a ceremony there to receive the 2012 Templeton Prize, reputedly the world’s richest.
For writing ‘Free Tibet’ on a wall of the village community hall during a film screening on Mar 5, a Tibetan monk was arrested by the Chinese police in Ngamring (Chinese: Angren) County of Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), said Dharamsala-based Tibetan centre for Human Rights and Democracy May 13.
Chinese agents have trained Tibetans, especially women, to pose as devotees for a mission to poison him, the Dalai Lama has revealed in a Sunday Telegraph interview carried by the telegraph.co.uk May 12.
Under government orders, Chinese travel agencies suspended tours to the Philippines ahead of planned protests May 11 by Philippines civil society and political groups against China for its bullying ways in their dispute over a South China Sea site, reported China’s official Xinhua news agency May 10.
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EDITORIAL: Tibet, a prisoner of communist party autocracy
Tibet in History this Week
Nov 4, 1964:: The 10th Panchen Lama was labelled as anti-Party, anti-People and anti-socialist for his criticisms of the Chinese Communist policies in his "70,000 Character Petition".
Nov 4-5, 2008:: The 8th (9th, according to China) round of Sino-Tibetan talks was held, during which China rejecting a Tibetan proposal for genuine autonomy for Tibet under Chinese rule.
Nov 7, 1950:: The Tibetan government at Lhasa appealed to the Secretary General of the UN, seeking intervention after Chinese troops captured the strategic eastern capital of Chamdo. The letter reminded him, "The United Nations has decided to stop aggression wherever it takes place."
Nov 14, 1904:: The 13th Dalai Lama entered Urga in Mongolia to seek asylum in the face of imminent arrival of a British military expedition to Lhasa.
Nov 17-22, 2008:: A total of 560 exile Tibetan officials, representatives, activists and others held a Special Meeting in Dharamsala called by the Dalai Lama and resolved to "follow the guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama based on the prevailing situation from time to time".
Nov 24, 1950:: At El Salvador's request, the General Committee of the UN debated the inclusion of “the invasion of Tibet by foreign forces" as an additional item in the UN General Assembly.
Nov 26, 1997:: A Tibet TV commentary quoted TAR's executive deputy party secretary Ragdi as declaring total war on "Dalai and his separatist forces". It also emphasized the importance of encouraging movement of Chinese into Tibet for the purposes of developing Tibet's economy and "increasing the overall strength of our country".
Nov 28, 1984:: China's official Xinhua news agency released a five-point document formulated by the party general secretary Hu Yaobang three years earlier; it welcomed the Dalai Lama to Tibet but not to live or hold any "local post".
Nov 1947:: Independent Tibet's first international trade mission, headed by Tsipon Shakabpa, left Lhasa for India, the United States, the United Kingdom, and China.
News in Quotes
My reincarnation is to be decided by myself, nobody has the right to decide about that.
- The Dalai Lama, speaking on Sep 23, the second of a three-day, biannual conference of Tibetan Buddhist and ancient Bon religious leaders at Dharamsala, rejecting China's decision to choose his reincarnation and successor, quoted by the IANS news service in Reincarnation is My Personal Right: Dalai Lama, Sep 23, 2011.
However, because this is not a mere administrative issue but a matter that has political and diplomatic implications, we are deferring to our department of International Relations and Cooperation for advice.
- Home Affairs spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa of South Africa, finally confirming the receipt of a visa application for the Dalai Lama on invitation from retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu for his 80th birthday, quoted by the AFP in Dalai Lama applies for S. African visa for Tutu birthday, AFP, Aug 31, 2011.
If this government are all yes men, then we're letting the people down
- The main headline in the outspoken Chinese state-run newspaper Southern Weekend, quoting former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, as it published excerpts from a new book of two speeches delivered by him in 1998 and 2003 and seen as criticizing Premier Wen under the consensus driven Chinese leadership of today, quoted by Jeremy Page in Zhu Remarks Seen as Jab at Wen , blogs.wsj.com , Sep 9, 2011.
Right now, China is experiencing a peaceful transformation.
- Zhang Kai, a Beijing lawyer and activist, referring to the scores of ordinary citizens campaigning as independent candidates for elections beginning this fall to the relatively powerless local congresses - the lowest rung in China's government structure, equivalent to neighborhood commissions - quoted by Keith B. Richburg in washingtonpost.com, Sep 7, 2011.
I am a keen but passive observer.
- Prime Minister Jigmi Yoser Thinley of Bhutan when asked how he viewed the complaints of human-rights violation in Tibet, quoted by Vishal Arora, a New Delhi-based journalist, in Bhutan plays it safe with neighbours, atimes.com (Hong Kong), Sep 16, 2011.
When are we going to respect the choice of the Chinese people?
- Yang Hengjun, a Chinese-Australian writer with millions of online followers, using the Chinese Foreign Ministry's words against it after its U-turn in support of Libya's rebels, quoted by John Garnaut in Communist Party's darker undercurrents bubbling to the surface, smh.com.au, Sep 16, 2011.
It's not worthwhile for Vietnam and India to damage the greater interests of the peace, stability and economic development between China and Vietnam, China and India, and in the whole region, for the sake of these small interests in the South China Sea .
- An article Sep 22 on the website of People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China, demanding that India stop drilling for oil in Vietnamese waters in the South China sea, claiming the territory belongs to it, not Vietnam with which it had a contract to do so, quoted by Jeremy Page in India Faces Standoff With China on Sea Oil, online.wsj.com, Sep 23, 2011.
