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  • US Congressional Delegation Visits Tibetan Parliament-In-Exile In Dharamshala |

    DHARAMSHALA: A US Congressional delegation visited the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in Dharamshala on Tuesday. The top delegation, which includes former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, arrived in India earlier today. The American delegation was received by officials of the Central Tibetan Administration at Kangra Airport.

    Republican Chair of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul is heading the bipartisan delegation from the US. The lawmakers are slated to meet with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in Dharamshala as well. Pelosi, part of the US delegation, said, “It’s very exciting to be here,” underscoring the delegation’s purpose to support the Resolve Tibet Act and visit the Dalai Lama.

    Whereas, McCaul affirmed President Joe Biden’s intention to sign the ‘Resolve Tibet Act’, which was passed last week by the Congress. The Resolve Tibet Act urges Beijing to re-engage with Tibetan leaders for a peaceful resolution of their governance dispute with China. McCaul, expressed enthusiasm about the upcoming meeting with the Dalai Lama, emphasising the significance of the bill passed by Congress.

    “We are very excited to see His Holiness tomorrow to talk about many things including the bill we passed out of Congress which basically says that the United States stands with the people of Tibet,” McCaul stated. When asked if President Biden would sign the bill, McCaul confirmed, “Yes, he will.” US Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks echoed the delegation’s sentiment, emphasising their purpose of reinforcing the resolution and meeting with the Dalai Lama. ” I am very excited to see His Holiness, to show that the US is with him,” Meeks said.

    Earlier this week, the US Congress passed a bill urging Beijing to re-engage with the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan leaders to peacefully resolve their dispute over the status and governance of Tibet, Radio Free Asia reported. The US House of Representatives passed the bill ‘Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act’, also known as the ‘Resolve Tibet Act’, and it now heads to President Joe Biden for a signature to become law, Radio Free Asia reported.

    The legislation rejects Beijing’s stance that Tibet being part of China since ancient times and urges China to “cease its propagation of disinformation about the history of Tibet, the Tibetan people, and Tibetan institutions, including that of the Dalai Lama.” It also urged China to begin talks with the Dalai Lama, who is the spiritual leader of Tibet, and other Tibetan leaders about how Tibet is governed. No formal talks between two sides have taken place since 2010.

    The seven-member visiting US delegation includes Rep Michael McCaul, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emerita, Rep Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Rep Gregory Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep Nicole Malliotakis, Rep Jim McGovern, and Rep Ami Bera.

  • Tibetans in India toughen ‘0 COVID’ protesters in China

    Via Related Press

    NEW DELHI: About 150 Tibetan exiles held up clean items of paper as they rallied in India’s capital on Friday to precise unity with other folks in China protesting its “0 COVID” coverage.

    The clean paper is a logo of defiance utilized by some protesters in China towards the ruling Communist Birthday celebration’s common censorship.

    Side road protests broke out in different Chinese language towns over the weekend pushed by means of anger over inflexible restrictions to battle COVID-19. The “0 COVID” coverage seeks to eliminate the virus thru sweeping lockdowns, trip restrictions and constant checking out.

    Because the protests, some Chinese language towns have eased anti-virus restrictions as the federal government tries to defuse public anger.

    The demonstration in New Delhi used to be arranged by means of the Tibetan Adolescence Congress, which helps the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan non secular chief. It used to be held at Jantar Mantar, a space designated by means of government for protests close to India’s Parliament development.

    The protesters known as for Chinese language President Xi Jinping to step down and chanted “Prevent genocide in China” and “Loose Tibet, Loose China.”

    Tenzin Tsundue, a author and member of the Tibetan Adolescence Congress, stated he used to be excited that Chinese language persons are talking out towards restrictions and critical freedom and democracy.

    “When protests are taking place in China it is vital for us to ship this message to the folks in China that we stand with you,” Tenzin stated.

    A lot of Tibetans had been residing in exile in India for the reason that Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed rebellion towards Chinese language regulate. China doesn’t acknowledge the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile in India and rejects the Dalai Lama’s quest for better Tibetan autonomy from Beijing.

    The federal government-in-exile expressed deep worry on Friday over the placement in China and stated it stood in unity with other folks protesting COVID-19 restrictions.

    It stated the spaces with lockdowns integrated Lhasa in Tibet.

    “This has brought about immeasurable hardship as other folks confronted excessive restrictions on motion, insufficient get admission to to meals and drugs, lack of livelihood and psychological anguish,” it stated in a remark.

    NEW DELHI: About 150 Tibetan exiles held up clean items of paper as they rallied in India’s capital on Friday to precise unity with other folks in China protesting its “0 COVID” coverage.

    The clean paper is a logo of defiance utilized by some protesters in China towards the ruling Communist Birthday celebration’s common censorship.

    Side road protests broke out in different Chinese language towns over the weekend pushed by means of anger over inflexible restrictions to battle COVID-19. The “0 COVID” coverage seeks to eliminate the virus thru sweeping lockdowns, trip restrictions and constant checking out.

    Because the protests, some Chinese language towns have eased anti-virus restrictions as the federal government tries to defuse public anger.

    The demonstration in New Delhi used to be arranged by means of the Tibetan Adolescence Congress, which helps the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan non secular chief. It used to be held at Jantar Mantar, a space designated by means of government for protests close to India’s Parliament development.

    The protesters known as for Chinese language President Xi Jinping to step down and chanted “Prevent genocide in China” and “Loose Tibet, Loose China.”

    Tenzin Tsundue, a author and member of the Tibetan Adolescence Congress, stated he used to be excited that Chinese language persons are talking out towards restrictions and critical freedom and democracy.

    “When protests are taking place in China it is vital for us to ship this message to the folks in China that we stand with you,” Tenzin stated.

    A lot of Tibetans had been residing in exile in India for the reason that Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed rebellion towards Chinese language regulate. China doesn’t acknowledge the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile in India and rejects the Dalai Lama’s quest for better Tibetan autonomy from Beijing.

    The federal government-in-exile expressed deep worry on Friday over the placement in China and stated it stood in unity with other folks protesting COVID-19 restrictions.

    It stated the spaces with lockdowns integrated Lhasa in Tibet.

    “This has brought about immeasurable hardship as other folks confronted excessive restrictions on motion, insufficient get admission to to meals and drugs, lack of livelihood and psychological anguish,” it stated in a remark.

  • Tibet performs necessary function in advanced India-China ties: Ex-diplomat Nirupama Rao

    By way of Categorical Information Provider

    BENGALURU: India’s former overseas secretary Nirupama Rao in an interplay on her e-book ‘The Fractured Himalaya: India, Tibet, China, 1949-1962’ spoke concerning the Indo-China family members then and now and the affect of the 13-year length that preceded the Indo-China warfare in 1962 at the family members between the 2 neighbours with Tibet on the centre.

    “From the beginning, the India-China courting used to be actually a three-body drawback, with Tibet on the geographical and diplomatic centre of the nascent courting,” mentioned Rao. The development used to be organised by means of the Synergia Basis – a city-based technique assume tank.

    She mentioned that following the tragic occasions within the Galwan Valley in 2020, the point of interest is again on Indo-China family members. “We’d like a wide-angled standpoint to recall the early historical past of this courting. Each India and China had been very younger and within the technique of nationwide consolidation and influencing our roles at the international level. What came about in the ones years has relatively a power on Indo-China family members even nowadays,” mentioned Rao.

    She added, “An trade has grown abouat blaming Jawaharlal Nehru for the whole thing that came about all over that length. He had his flaws, however his follies can’t be textbook gospel. His choices had been made in actual time. India used to be a tender nation and Nehru’s contribution in country development can’t be not noted. He noticed the truth of the approaching of the Communists and used to be subconsciously anxious about China’s expansionism. He used to be excited about safeguarding our borders. Nehru used to be the primary particular person to possess his failure within the China coverage, which had deep linkages with the Tibetan factor. He had granted His Holiness the Dalai Lama asylum in India and Tibetans recognised him as Dharmaraja, however he centered extra on development relationships with China and felt that Tibet used to be a misplaced reason,” mentioned the previous diplomat. She added that there have been weaknesses, errors however we want to perceive the instances through which choices had been made and the way they had been made in actual time.

    Rao mentioned India’s ties with Tibet are very advanced and aren’t handiest dictated by means of geography however by means of business, pilgrimage and cultural osmosis. The presence of the Dalai Lama and his entire succession query is still strongly antagonistic by means of China. She spoke at period concerning the folks within the Himalayan area on all sides of the border and concerning the robust cultural and business linkages. 

    She mentioned that she has been requested why a e-book like that is essential at this day and age as a result of this topic has been researched and written broadly for a few years. “We fought the 1962 warfare, the sixtieth anniversary of which is bobbing up. There’s no finish to research of occasions and folks concerned within the technology. My interpretation of that length is that of a diplomat practitioner. I studied the topic when I used to be within the Indian International Provider and I handled the bilateral relationships between India and China a lot earlier than I used to be posted as Ambassador to Beijing,” she mentioned. “My purpose used to be to offer a rational working out of the advanced relationships between India and China,” mentioned the previous diplomat.