WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (8th to 14th June 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
- Dalai Lama: Seven billion people ‘need a sense of oneness’
- Not prayers, we need collective compassion to fight Coronavirus
- Music album “Inner World” featuring His Holiness’ healing mantras to release on the occasion of His 85th birthday
TIBET TODAY
- Tibet’s Environment, Is It Better or Worse?
- China’s hiring practices reveal state-sponsored discrimination in Tibet
- Tibetan Applicants For Police Work Turned Away Over Political Concerns: Report
- Oxygen supply system project makes high-altitude Tibetan City more attractive for Chinese immigration
TIBETANS IN EXILE
- US Senate Committee Chair slams China’s interference in the Dalai Lama’s succession
- Virtual Meeting of International Religious Freedom Alliance
- US: China is one of the worst offenders of religious freedom in the world
- Parliamentarians from 8 countries form coalition to counter China
- Library of Tibetan Works and Archives marks Golden Jubilee with modest celebration
- EU High Representative raises Tibet during EU-China Strategic Dialogue
- Khensur Geshe Tashi Tsering awarded Medal of the Order of Australia
SIKYONG INTERVIEW WITH INDIAN MEDIA
- Restore Tibet to zone of peace to indefinitely resolve Indo-China border clash: CTA President on Rajya Sabha TV
- Tibet is the lesson the world is yet to learn from but must to understand China’s expansionist plan
- The India-China border tension likely to remain until Tibet issue is resolved
- Tibetans will continue to pursue the Middle Way Approach for peaceful resolution: CTA President on TV9 Bharatvarsh
- Border incursions, tensions will continue till Tibet issue is resolved: PM of Tibetan govt-in-exile
- China’s military adventurism is meant to distract from origins of Covid: Tibetan President
COVID-19 INITIATIVE & PRESS BRIEFINGS
- 11th briefing by CTA COVID-19 Task Force: 5 new cases of Tibetans in India this week
- A special flu unit set up in Lugsam Tibetan settlement as preventive measure against COVID-19
- COVID -19 Precautionary and Aid activities during the Lockdown in Nepal
- Department of Education to launch Live Online English Lessons
FEATURE & ARTICLES
- A tipping point in the Himalayas by Brahma Chellaney
- India vs China: Time to open some new fronts by Claude Apri
- LAC Standoff: ‘China Probably has a larger Hidden Agenda by Jayadeva Ranade