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WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (02nd TO 08TH August 2021)

WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (02nd TO 08TH APRIL 2021) is a collection of different articles, columns, and Tibet-related news in and outside Tibet published on various websites. The views expressed are of the authors and do not necessarily reflect endorsement by the Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, New Delhi.

TIBET TODAY

·         China cancels major Tibetan cultural festival

·         China shut downs historic monastery, evicts monks and nuns

·         Imprisoned high-profile Tibetan businessman in serious health

·         China Arrests Konmay, a Monk from Trotsik Monastery

·         Tibetan Students Forced to Take Military Training During Summer Break

·         Chinese Authorities in Tibet Demand Information on Relatives Living Abroad

SIKYONG MEETINGS & EVENTS

·         Sikyong Attends Virtual Meeting with State Department Leadership

·         “Members of Task Force Committee to embark on assessment visit to vulnerable Tibetan communities,” says Sikyong at press briefing

·         Sikyong Visits Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA)

·         Sikyong Launches Representative Tsewang Gyalpo Arya’s Book – Harnessing the Dragon’s Fume

TIBETANS IN EXILE

·         Tibetan Schools Record Highest Ever Pass Percentage in AISSCE 2021

·         Negative RT-PCR mandatory for tourists entering Himachal Pradesh

·         DIIR Secretary Attends Shradhanjali Service for Late Former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh

·         Chief Representative Thupten Tsering Calls on New Chief Minister of Karnataka State

·         Tibet’s flag raised on Mount Elbrus

·         TIPA to conduct 3 months crash course training program for MIPA artists

FEATURE & ARTICLES

·         India must revisit Tibet policy to stop Beijing bullying by Claude Arpi, The Daily Guardian

·         China is on the Lookout for Storytellers and Spin Doctors by Jamphel Shonu, Editorial Tibetan Bulletin

·         Significance of Xi Jinping’s TAR visit by Tenzin Tseten, Tibet Policy Institute

·         Xi Jinping’s Tibet visit militarily significant by Jayadeva Ranade, The Tribune

·         Tibet and China clash over next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama by Hannah Ellis Petersen, The Guardian

·         How to Serve Humanity by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in conversation with Daniel Goleman