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

WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (11th to 17th October 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.

HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA & TIBET TODAY

·         Compassion, Education, and Equality – First Day

·         Compassion, Education, and Equality – Second Day

·         His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Video Message on 25th Anniversary of Forum 2000 Conference

·         Tibetan scholar arrested for his writings was given four-year prison term following secret trial

TIBETANS IN EXILE

·         Sikyong Attends 105th Founding Anniversary of Men-Tsee-Khang

·         Sikyong Holds Special Meeting of Heads of Various Tibetan School Systems

·         Tibetan Youth Congress Hosts Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Sikyong Penpa Tsering

·         First Session of 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Concludes

·         17th Tibetan Parliament convenes its first session with a firm resolution to resolve Tibetan issue

·         17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Approves Three Women as Kalons of 16th Kashag

·         Representative Dr. Arya Visits Japan Prime Minister’s Chamber and Delivered Sikyong’s Message

·         Schools and monastic institutions directed to submit list of children aged below 18 as Covaxin gets emergency approval for children

TIBET: SINO-INDIA RELATIONS

·         India rejects China’s criticism of Arunachal visit by Vice-President Naidu

·         Bhutan’s three-step roadmap for occupied-Tibet-border settlement with China could be a protracted one

·         As latest Sino-India border talk fails, China holds tank drills, warns of new conflicts

COMMENTARIES & ARTICLES

·         Stop China from erasing ‘the heart of the world’ by Claude Arpi

·         New report warns of unsustainable future for traditional land managers under China’s eco-compensation policy, TCHRD Report

·         Tibetan Sikyong Penpa Tsering calls for closer relations

·         India must go beyond talkathon, start questioning Chinese claims on Tibet, Hong Kong and Xinjiang by Maj Gen. SB Asthana