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WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (11TH TO 17TH JANuary 2021)

Weekly Tibet News Digest is a collection of different articles, columns and Tibet related news in and outside Tibet published in 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.

HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA & TIBET

·         Leadership & Happiness

·         2015 Tibetan self-immolation protest news surfaces more than 5 years later [Updated]

·         Tibetans sent to mainland Chinese schools under guise of “progress”

·         Beijing’s repression deepened across the country in 2020: Human Rights Watch Report

SPECIAL COORDINATOR ROBERT DESTRO VIRTUAL DHASA VISIT:

·         US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues meets His Holiness the Dalai Lama

·         US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Robert Destro addresses CTA leadership, urges cooperation to push back against China

·         US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Robert Destro interacts with Tibetan female journalists

TIBETANS IN EXILE

·         Tibet Solidarity Movement holds 108th demonstration in front of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland

·         Chorig Kalon virtually takes part in the 13th Executive Council Meeting of Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace (ABCP)

·         2020 Annual Report by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China

·         Representative Tashi Phuntsok briefs Belgian MP Cogolati on Tibetan Policy and Support Act and Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act

·         42nd COVID-19 Briefing: Tibetan health care workers and volunteers to get vaccine shot during pan-India COVID-19 vaccine launch

FEATURE & ARTICLES

·         Wake-up call on Tibet: America’s Tibet law should spur New Delhi to reclaim lost leverage on China by Brahma Chellaney, Times of India

·         The Underlying Politics of Poverty Alleviation in Tibet by Palden Sonam, The Diplomat

·         New US- China Cold War on Tibet and Take Aways for India by Vijay Kranti, VIF

·         A strong India would act as ‘counterbalance’ to China, says declassified U.S. document by Sriman Lakshman, The Hindu

·         Satellite imagery shows China creating new military logistics hub in Tibet by Rezaul H Laskar