(TibetanReview.net, Jul08’20) – Acting under the mandate of the reciprocal access to Tibet Act (RATA) of 2018, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said Jul 7 that the Trump administration would impose visa restrictions on Chinese officials who block outsiders from visiting the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and other […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jan18’20) – The Trump administration is already a month behind schedule for presenting its first report on the implementation of the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act which became law 13 months ago, noted a scmp.com report Jan 18. Under the act the Trump administration is required to block any […]

(TibetanReview.net, May21’19) – China has made it clear May 20 that it expected the US ambassador to conform to its propaganda claim that all was well in Tibet under its rule as it permitted the latter to undertake a rare, week-long tour of Qinghai Province and Tibet Autonomous Region over […]

(TibetanReview.net, Dec21, 2018) – China has not only published commentaries but also reports on those commentaries to severely malign Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, as the United States enacted on Dec 19 a law requiring it to provide reciprocal access to occupied Tibet region. The 14th Dalai Lama […]

(TibetanReview.net, Dec15, 2018) – In its first official reaction on the issue, China on Dec 14 criticized the US Congress’s passage of the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act and called on President Donald Trump not to sign it into law. Reports say, however, that President Trump is expected to sign […]

(TibetanReview.net, Dec13, 2018) – The Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act received its final US Congressional approval on Dec 11 when the Senate unanimously approved it, leaving only a signature from President Donald Trump for it to become law. The legislation seeks to end the isolation of Tibet by requiring that […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov30, 2018) – The bill for Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act meandering through the US Congress since Apr 4, 2017, when it was introduced in both the Chambers, passed a major milestone on Nov 28 when it was unanimously approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Act was […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jul28, 2018) – The House Judiciary Committee of the US Congress has on Jul 25 unanimously approved the long-pending bill for Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, paving the way for its discussion and voting on the floor of the House of Representatives. The bipartisan legislation seeks to ensure that […]