i WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (18TH TO 24TH JANUARY 2021) | Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Meeting Participants in This Year’s Sho-tön April 22, 2024 Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – This morning His

Teachings for Mongolians — Second Day April 20, 2024 Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – Today, the clouds

The Hundred Deities of the Joyous Land April 19, 2024 Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – The sky was

Discussion with Groups from Harvard – Second Day April 9, 2024 Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – His Holiness the

Discussion with Groups from Harvard April 8, 2024 Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – Prof Arthur Brooks

WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (18TH TO 24TH JANUARY 2021)

BDL MEDIA | January 25, 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

·         Well-being and Resilience

·         Congratulating President Joe Biden

·         Congratulating Vice President Kamala Harris

TIBET TODAY & TIBETANS IN EXILE

·         Young Tibetan monk dies from beatings in Chinese custody, six others sentenced in Dza Wonpo, Tibet

·         CTA mourns death of Tibetan self-immolator Shurmo. Total known self-immolations in Tibet reach 155

·         Sikyong congratulates US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on inauguration

·         Speaker Pema Jungney congratulates US President Joe Biden

·         Department of Education congratulates Gold medalists Tenzin Choezom and Sonam Choekey

·         Shimla CRO greets Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur on HP Statehood Golden Jubilee

·         43rd Taskforce briefing: First phase of Covid-19 vaccination begins on successful note

WORLDWIDE TIBETAN MOVEMENT

·         After the US enactment of Tibetan Policy and Support Act, Indo-Tibetan Friendship Association urges India to renew its Tibet policy

·         OOT Japan briefs Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet on Tibetan Policy and Support Act 2020

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

FEATURE & ARTICLES

·         China is threatening Asia’s future by Palden Sonam, Tibet Policy Institute

·         Xi Jinping’s Strategic Overreach by Brahma Chellaney, Project Syndicate

·         China’s attempt to set up dam on Brahmaputra will be encroachment on rights of India: Govt

·         73.7 per cent Indians want Tibet’s status as buffer zone to be restored to prevent border conflict with China

·         US: China ‘committed genocide against Uighurs’