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The Big Flaws in That Study Suggesting That China Manipulates TikTok Topics

The errors are so glaring that it's hard not to suspect an underlying agenda at work here.

Reason

What is Mahayana New Year and what happens on the day?

China, Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, and China are few of the countries where Mahayana Buddhism is practised

Evening Standard

Thermo Fisher stops sale of DNA kits in Tibet after activists raised fears of rights abuses

Campaigners say testing is among methods used to surveil people in the tightly controlled region

The Guardian - UK

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US biotech company halts sales of DNA kits in Tibet, as lawmakers mull more export controls on China

Thermo Fisher, an American biotech company, has halted sales of its DNA testing products in Tibet, amid concerns that its products might have assisted the Chinese government in a surveillance campaign in the ethnic region

The Independent UK

Tibetan collection by traveller historian Rahul Sankrityayan to stay at old Patna museum

Family and scholars demand physical and scientific cataloguing of Rahul Sankrityayan's invaluable collection of manuscripts and paintings from Tibet.

The Hindu

Tibet’s exiled leaders visit Paris as Chinese repression continues

Exiled Tibetan leaders have been travelling to Paris to meet with members of the diaspora as Beijing steps up its forceful integration policies of ethnic minorities. RFI spoke to one of them, exiled foreign minister “Kalon” Norzin Dolma.

Radio France Internationale

Tibet is ‘dying a slow death’, warns head of Tibetan government-in-exile

In an interview with FRANCE 24, the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile warned that Tibet is "dying a slow death". Penpa Tsering said that Chinese government policies are aimed at the "eradication" of Tibetan identity. Among them, Tsering cited the policy of forcible schooling of some 1 million Tibetan children…

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Dalai Lama arrives at Siliguri's Sed-Gyued Monastery to deliver teachings to his devotees

Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama on December 14 arrived at Siliguri’s Sed-Gyued Monastery to deliver teachings to his devotees.

The Hindu

Tibetans in exile accuse China of destroying their identity in Tibet under its rule

The president of the Tibetan government-in-exile has accused China of denying the most fundamental human rights to people in Tibet and vigorously carrying out the extermination of the Tibetan identity

The Independent UK

Leader of Tibetan government in exile warns France over China's policies

Penpa Tsering, the political leader of Tibet's government in exile, was in Paris this week to raise awareness about the increased repression faced by Tibetans living in Chinese-controlled areas. He spoke to RFI about issues such as intense surveillance and the destruction of Tibetan cultural identity.

Radio France Internationale

China spending massively on surveillance in Tibet, say scholars

The Hindu

Tibet’s government-in-exile urges Australia not to ‘compromise’ on China’s human rights record

Norzin Dolma says government should sanction Chinese officials for ‘threatening the very existence … of Tibetan identity’

The Guardian - AU

China denies accusations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom in Tibet

A government official from China’s Tibetan region has rejected allegations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom, while stressing that Tibetan Buddhism should adapt to the Chinese context

The Independent UK

From India and Taiwan to Tibet, the living assist the dead in their passage

Many people see death as a rite of a passage: a journey to some new place, or a threshold between two kinds of being. Zoroastrians believe that there is a bridge of judgment that each person who dies must cross; depending on deeds done during life, the bridge takes the…

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The Independent UK

China shows off a Tibetan boarding school that's part of a system some see as forced assimilation

Village schools have been shuttered across China's Tibet and replaced with centralized boarding schools that critics say represents forced assimilation

The Hindu

Watch | The dilemma over the next Dalai Lama

Who will succeed the 14th Dalai Lama? How will it impact the future of the Tibetan movement?

The Independent UK

From Nepal to Tibet: Eight warming dishes from the coldest places on earth

Where better to seek inspiration for autumn cooking than some of the coldest places on the planet, from Nepal to Tibet? Hannah Twiggs shares eight recipes to keep you warm as the weather cools

The Independent UK

US mountaineer and guide killed in avalanche in Tibet

Another American remains missing after the horror avalanche hit

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The Independent UK

American mountaineer, local guide dead after avalanches hit Tibetan mountain. Two others are missing

Chinese media reports have confirmed American mountaineer Anna Gutu and a Nepalese guide Mingmar Sherpa died after avalanches struck the slopes of the Tibetan mountain Shishapangma while two others remain missing

The Hindu

Back-channel talks with China exist, but there is little progress: Tibetan leader

In an interview to The Hindu, Sikyong Penpa Tsering said that the CTA backs the Dalai Lama’s call for the “Middle Way” that demands more autonomy from China, but not independence

The Hindu

Tibetans want more autonomy, not freedom or political separation from China: Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama reiterates call for autonomy, not separation from China. Wishes to revisit Lhasa but prefers to live in Dharamshala. China rejects remarks, accuses him of being a “splittist”. Dalai Lama open to talks with China, but wants to remain in India. He will travel to Sikkim, Karnataka, Bodh Gaya…

InsideEVs

Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo Sets EV Altitude Record At 17,569 Feet

A Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo has set a new altitude record for an electric vehicle by climbing one of the world's highest highways in Tibet.

The Guardian - UK

How hole in ozone layer affected summer rainfall in Tibet

Study shows increase and decrease in rain linked to changes in ozone levels in upper atmosphere

The Guardian - AU

Australia to roll out new south-east Asia trade strategy to hedge against China

Anthony Albanese is expected to announce the new economic blueprint during his trip to the Indonesian capital Jakarta

The Guardian - UK

Trade negotiations are appallingly opaque

Discussions with India are into their 12th round and neither the public nor parliament has seen a word of the conclusions

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