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WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (16TH TO 22nd NOVEMBER 2020)

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

·         Resilience, Hope and Connection for Well-being

·         China cannot pick the next Dalai Lama, only Tibetan Buddhists can, says US Amb. Brownback

TIBET TODAY

·         China’s seventh national census a tool for controlling citizens

·         China Bans Smoke Offerings Outside Lhasa’s Jokhang Temple

·         ‘The United States Stands With Tibet’: US Special Coordinator for Tibet

TIBETANS IN EXILE

·         Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay formally enters the United States White House this afternoon — a historic feat

·         US House passes resolution recognizing Genuine Autonomy for Tibetans, celebrates the Dalai Lama’s lifelong work

·         Speaker and Deputy Speaker flags off Indo-Tibet Bike Rally

·         Latest report of the State department says military occupation of Tibet

·         Joshua Wong: China’s crackdown will spread from Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong to countries signing into Belt and Road Initiative

·         Election Commission issues new guidelines on voter registration for 2021 Sikyong and 17th Parliamentary elections

FEATURE & ARTICLES

·         CCP’s Fifth Plenary Session: Issues and Prospects for Xi Jinping by Tenzin Lhadon, TPI

·         How China’s Military-Style Labor Programs in Tibet Operate by Thubten Samphel, The Taiwan Times

·         First time in six decades, Sangay invited to White House by Vishal Gulati, Indian Express

·         Saving Tibet from CCP is crucial for Asia’s future by Binay Kumar Singh, IANS

·         Arunachal shares border with Tibet, not China; nobody can erase history: CM Pema Khandu by Prasanta Mazumdar

·         Continued Melting of Ice in Tibet Worries Scientists by Martin Quin Pollard, Mario Ritter Jr. & Ashley Thompson