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Hundreds protest Chinese foreign minister's visit to Australia

The Australian government has 'serious concerns' about human rights in China and Tibet, spokesperson says.
By Tashi Wangchuk, Sonam Lhamo Singeri and Tenzin Dickyi for RFA Tibetan 2024.03.20 -- Hundreds of Tibetans and Uyghur activists rallied in Australia's capital on Wednesday to protest the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, demanding that his counterpart Penny Wong raise the issue of human rights violations in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong.
Tibetan activists protested outside the C...
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Sunkiai suvokiami išgyvenimai: Tibeto pasipriešinimo veteranai prisimena kovas už laisvę

Saujelė buvusių karių, kurių amžius siekia ir šimtą metų, pasakoja apie svarbų šiuolaikinės Tibeto istorijos tarpsnį, siekdami, kad jų patirtis taptų pamoka ateities kartoms. 

Ši publikacija yra LRT.lt portalo partnerio „Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty“ (RFE / RL) padalinio „Radio Free Asia“ (RFA) originalus kūrinys.
Apsnūdusiose Nepalo Gandako provincijos kalvose, su Tibetu besiribojančiame šiauriniame Mustango rajone apsistojusio paskutinio tibetiečių ginkluoto...
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North Korea may send more troops to Russia by August, South Korea says - Asean Tribune

North Korea may deploy more troops to Russia as early as July or August to aid in its war against Ukraine, with recruitment efforts already underway for another wave of military support to Moscow, South Korean intelligence told lawmakers Thursday.Last week, Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has decided to send 5,000 military construction workers and 1,000 sappers, or combat engineers, to support demining and reconstruction efforts in the Kursk...
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Veteran Chinese dissident faces ongoing police harassment despite prison release - Asean Tribune

Three months after his prison release, veteran dissident Chen Yunfei is in the cross-hairs of police over his social media posts and has faced multiple rounds of questioning and harassment amid ongoing surveillance, Radio Free Asia has learned.The Chengdu-based human rights activist and Chinese performance artist was released on March 24 after serving a four-year prison sentence in the southwestern province of Sichuan. But his friends say his freedom has been largely illusory, as police have rep...
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Widespread pay cuts in China drive down consumer spending, fuel deflationary fears - Asean Tribune

Chinese workers across industries are facing salary cuts and layoffs as mounting economic woes engulf China’s public and private sectors, sources tell Radio Free Asia.That’s forcing families to slash spending. It is also triggering deflationary concerns as businesses enter into desperate price wars.From Beijing’s central government offices to provincial agencies across China, as well as major state-owned enterprises like investment bank China International Capital Corp (CICC), employees have fac...
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U.S. lawmakers honor Dalai Lama with bipartisan resolution ahead of 90th birthday - Asean Tribune

Ahead of the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday on July 6, U.S. lawmakers have introduced bipartisan resolutions in both chambers of the U.S. Congress to honor the Tibetan spiritual leader and designate the anniversary as ‘A Day of Compassion.’The resolution – introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday and in the Senate on Tuesday – reaffirms that only the Dalai Lama himself should determine his successor and that any attempt by Beijing to select or appoint one would be an “invalid interf...
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Two Tibetan Buddhist monastery leaders sentenced for Dege dam protests - Asean Tribune

Authorities have sentenced two senior Tibetan monastic leaders to three- and four-year prison terms for their roles in rare 2024 public protests against a planned Chinese hydropower dam project, two sources in the region told Radio Free Asia.Sherab, the abbot of Yena Monastery in Dege county’s Wangbuding township in Kardze Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, was sentenced to four years in prison and Gonpo, the chief administrator, sentenced to three years, said the sources, who reques...
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North Korea’s relaunches ‘restored’ warship with fanfare, 3 weeks after failure - Asean Tribune

A North Korean warship damaged during its launch three weeks ago has been formally relaunched at a grand ceremony with leader Kim Jong Un, state media showed Friday, but analysts say the 5,000-ton destroyer may not yet be fully operational.The ceremony took place Thursday for the repaired naval destroyer named ‘Kang Kon’ at the Rajin dockyard, 45 miles (72 kilometers) up the coast from Chongjin shipyard where the warship on May 21 fell sideways into the sea, leaving it partially submerged.“The w...
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China labor rights group shuts down in latest setback for civil society in Hong Kong - Asean Tribune

A Hong Kong-based labor rights group founded by prominent Chinese labor activist Han Dongfang has announced it is shutting down after three decades of tracking workers’ protests in China, citing financial difficulties and debt woes.The closure of China Labor Bulletin, announced Thursday, came as authorities launched a new national security investigation into six unnamed people and one organization suspected of “colluding with a foreign country.”Shortly after officials launched the probe, China L...
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India Slams China’s Renaming Of Places In Its Territory As ‘Vain And Preposterous’ | Flipboard

Farmers, especially soybean producers, are "living with the damage" done by tariffs and the resulting trade war as they face decisions on what crops to plant this year. "The big thing that really sticks out for most of us in agriculture are the tariffs that are on our neighbors in Canada and Mexico, …

Farmers, especially soybean producers, are "living with the damage" done by tariffs and the resulting trade war as they face decisions on what crops to plant this year. "The big thing that really...
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India Slams China’s Renaming Of Places In Its Territory As ‘Vain And Preposterous’ | Flipboard

Farmers, especially soybean producers, are "living with the damage" done by tariffs and the resulting trade war as they face decisions on what crops to plant this year. "The big thing that really sticks out for most of us in agriculture are the tariffs that are on our neighbors in Canada and Mexico, …

Farmers, especially soybean producers, are "living with the damage" done by tariffs and the resulting trade war as they face decisions on what crops to plant this year. "The big thing that really...
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Tibetiečiams gyvenimas dar pasunkėjo – miško gaisras sunaikino vertingus grybus

Neseniai tibetiečių gyvenamoje Kinijos Sičuano provincijos teritorijoje kilęs gaisras nusiaubė didžiulius miškų plotus, kur po pušimis ir ąžuolais augo paslėptas lobis ir ekonominis gyventojų gelbėjimosi ratas – matsutake grybai. 

Kovo mėnesį Nyagchu apygardoje, Gandzi tibetiečių autonominėje prefektūroje, kilęs gaisras, iš tradicinio Tibeto Khamo regiono privertė evakuotis 3 000 žmonių ir pasiglemžė kelis namus. Apie žmonių aukas nepranešama.
Tačiau gaisras sunaiki...
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More than 100 Tibetans arrested over dam protest

In a rare act of defiance, residents push back against the construction of a massive dam that would destroy Buddhist monasteries and force the resettlement of two villages.

By Kalden Lodoe and Tenzin Pema for Radio Free Asia (RFA) Tibetan

Summary

Chinese officials arrested more than 100 Tibetan monks and other ethnic Tibetans in China’s southwestern Sichuan province on February 22 in an effort to curb protests against a massive dam that would submerge six Buddhist monasteries.

In a rare act...