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Tibet Digest August 2019 FOUNDATION FOR NON-VIOLENT ALTERNATIVES (FNVA) Tibet Digest is a monthly publication brought out by FNVA containing relevant news pertaining to Tibet, Chinese politics and Sino Indian relations that appear mostly but not restricted to the Chinese state media. www.fnvaworld.org (under update) 143, 4th Floor, Uday Park, New Delhi, 49 offi[email protected] Disclaimer: FNVA does not endorse “China’s Tibet”, “Tibet Autonomous Region of China” or any such phrase that denotes Tibet has been/ is a part of China. Articles that contain such phraseology are news items from the Chinese state media and must not be construed as endorsement by FNVA. TIBET DIGEST, AUGUST 2019 ! !1 August 2019 1 China’s Tibet Policy 7 Tibetan College Grads Struggle to Find Jobs Amid Chinese Claims of Progress 7 Tibetan Man Detained For Sharing Dalai Lama Photo on WeChat 7 Human Rights Watch, World Report, 2109 8 Panchen Lama attends Buddhist activities in Jilung, China's Tibet 9 The Tibet case in Spain’s Constitutional Court 9 Tibetan monks attend training 10 New ‘Social Security Card’ For Tibetans Aims at Tightened Controls by Beijing 11 Traditional Tibetan medical services available in 89 pct of Tibet's township clinics 12 Tibetan Horse-Race Festival Draws Large Crowds, Undercover Police 12 Buddhist Temples “Reformed” to Become CCP’s Pawns 13 Tibetan Monk Sentenced, Two Others Missing in Detention 14 All Outdoor Buddhist Statues Must Go, No Matter the Cost 15 China Raises Reward for Informants in Tibet 16 Aboluowang: Secrete Document Shows Social Credit System to Be Applied to Religious Sites 16 Jailed Tibetan Language Rights Advocate is Refused Visits From His Lawyers 17 Big Brother’s “Sharp Eyes” Monitor Religious Venues 24/7 18 Tibet inbound tourism management system begins trial operation 19 China Turning Buddhist And Taoist Temples Into Entertainment Centers 20 Important Visits to Tibet 21 Wang Yang 21 Yu Quan 22 Environment 22 China tells India, no activities on dams happening in Tibet 22 Wenchuan dam at risk of breaking due to heavy rains 23 China conducts in-situ detection experiment on atmospheric turbulence 24 Tibet to build more weather observatories for disaster prevention 24 First National Park Forum opens in northwest China 24 Eco-China: Tibet Autonomous Region 25 Qinghai-Tibet Plateau used to have warm lowland 26 mln years ago: study 25 Lhasa to recruit chiefs to protect city's rivers 26 'Smartest' mega hydropower station to generate electricity in 2020 in SW China 27 Scientific survey on 10 lakes in Tibet has been completed 27 Military and Infrastructure Development 28 Terminal of Chengdu's new int'l airport completes main structure construction 28 TIBET DIGEST, AUGUST 2019 ! !2 China to hold grand celebration, military parade on National Day 28 Xi urges Chinese air force to enhance capability to win 29 Tech China Weekly: astronomical device; AI processor; robotic industry; brain-controlled drone 29 New counter-terror force in Xinjiang 30 China's regional jetliner conducts plateau demo flight 30 China uses advanced weapons in plateau military drills 31 Air China to resume flights to quake-damaged Jiuzhaigou 31 Sky-high airport commissioned in China 31 China's fighter drones possible with AI use: experts 32 China’s New Export Tank to Be Upgraded With Active Protection System 32 Completion of New Baishatuo Tunnel marked in SW China's Chongqing 33 China launches 3 Yaogon-30 satellites 33 Key tunnel on Lhasa-Nyingchi railway completed 33 China’s air force spreads its wings in 70th anniversary video 34 Mobile howitzers help Tibet border defense 34 China Politics 35 Xi scores coup and grabs party backing to be 'people's leader' 35 Xi to deliver major speech to ‘mobilise the whole party, the whole military’ 37 What Would Hippocrates Say? Patients Forced to Divulge Their Faith Before Getting Medical Care 37 Buddhist, Taoist Temples Destroyed Secretly at Night 39 Xi to Deliver Speech as Pressure Builds at Home and Abroad 40 Chinese State Media Hire Digital Firms to Boost Followers on Facebook, Twitter 40 China in 2022: One Surveillance Camera for Every Two People 41 Risk Prone Chinese Made Programs Abound in the World VPN App Market 42 China's top legislature wraps up bimonthly session 42 China ‘targeting personal links’ 43 Guidelines for strengthening ideological, political education published 43 China denies visas to German lawmakers over their human rights criticism 43 Premier Li stresses promoting steady economic growth, improving people's livelihoods 44 Beijing Unveils Plan to Promote Shen Zhen as New Center for “One Country, Two Systems” 45 Beijing to introduce 190 measures for greater openness 45 China’s Central Bank Close to Releasing Digital Currency 46 Xi’s article on Poverty Relief to be Published 46 Premier Li stresses greater reform, opening-up 47 Xi calls on Party Members to Progress along the Long March of a new Era 48 China to Build Shenzhen into Socialist Demonstration Area 48 Guangdong Police Take Saliva Samples Amid Fears of Nationwide DNA Program 49 TIBET DIGEST, AUGUST 2019 ! !3 Protests, Detentions and other news from the PRC 50 Wife of Disappeared Human Rights Lawyer Speaks of 'Endless Suffering' For Family 50 Court in China's Hubei Jails Activists After Altercation With State Security Police 51 Rights Group Demands Immediate Release of 'iLabour Three' as China Deepens Crackdown on Labor Activists 52 Threats to Family of Chinese Student Who Attended Protest Spark Concern Over Beijing's Influence 53 Police From China's Hunan Detain Three NGO Workers For Subversion 54 China jails award-winning cyber-dissident Huang Qi 55 Minorities Held in Chinese 'Thought Transformation' Camps 56 Archeology & Palentology 58 Chinese paleontologists set out to study ‘Big Footprint’ in Tibet 58 Ancient Buddhist cliff carvings found in China 58 Sino-Indian Relations 59 After Doklam, China boosts civil & military capability at Tibet’s Gonggar airport 59 India keeping watchful eyes on Pakistan-China exercise near Ladakh 60 Indigo opens bookings on Delhi-Chengdu sector 60 India studying early Chinese proposals on boundary issue 60 Indian Army to raise 2 porter companies in Arunachal Pradesh 61 India-China ties will hinge on respect for core concerns, says Jaishankar 62 Jaishankar in China: 4 agreements signed to strengthen cultural ties 63 China threatens retaliation if India bans Huawei 63 China and the Region 64 Pakistan & China are building an SEZ in PoK’s Gilgit-Baltistan, satellite images show 64 How China is trying to colonise PoK: India Today ground report from Gilgit, Baltistan 65 Industrial Park Boost Sino-Nepalse Economic Cooperation 65 China Firm Wins tender to Build Sri Lanka Hydropower dam 66 Reuters report confirms China's infiltration of Taiwan: Tsai 66 Mainland Netizens Reported Young Chinese Scholar for Joining Parade in Hong Kong 67 Chinese "evacuation" from PoK confirms Beijing's presence in occupied territory 67 Tibet in Exile 68 Kyabje Ling Rinpoche calls on Special Advisor of the International Religious Freedom at the US State Department 68 Department of Education inaugurates inter-school Buddhist philosophical debate 69 Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visits Central Tibetan Administration 69 USCIRF Chair Dr Tenzin Dorjee on Religious Freedom and Inter-Cultural Communication 69 CTA’s Second Five Fifty Youth Forum: Shaping Tibet’s Future concludes on a high note 69 Taiwan, Tibet and Uygur expats join Hongkongers in New York to show support for protests 70 TIBET DIGEST, AUGUST 2019 ! !4 India A Priority For China, Tibet To Play Key Role, Says Tibetan Official 71 America is a strong supporter of Tibet: His Holiness the Dalai Lama 71 Commentaries 73 Opinion | A Tibet where China would like monks sold on Ferraris 73 Letter to the Editor: The missing Buddhist leader China wants you to forget 74 China's Czech advance hampered by Huawei jitters, Tibetan flags 75 Communist China Plans Largest Military Parade in Its History for 70th Anniversary 76 China Intercepts WeChat Texts From U.S. And Abroad, Researcher Says 78 Stephen Bannon on Huawei and the Communist China Threat 79 Be Wary of WeChat Becoming the Chinese Communist Party’s Weapon in International Unrestricted Warfare 80 China’s missing million: the search for disappeared Uyghurs 82 How China Uses LinkedIn to Recruit Spies Abroad 84 Arms Racing With China: Land Based Missiles 84 China plans to use information to 'dominate in the future,' says defense intelligence chief 86 How China's Military Is Becoming Stronger 87 China's military is stronger than ever, so why does it still need the humble yak? 91 Persecution and Sexual Abuse of Tibetan Buddhist Nuns by the CCP 92 View: India must respond to Chinese provocation 94 China’s International Partnerships: Pakistan, CPEC, and Central Asia 95 Organs on Demand: China’s Illegal Transplant Industry Flourishes 99 The Chinese Panchen Lama on the Indian Border 99 Researching Tibet has become more like working on North Korea, says rights watchdog chief 101 China is expanding its UN presence, in belt and road push 102 The world in the panda’s lap 103 Will China’s Next Crisis Be in Tibet? 105 Strategic and spiritual 110 China Goes on the Offensive After Dalai Lama’s 84th Birthday 111 Bangladesh, China and India Could Have Conflicts Over the Brahmaputra River 112 ‘Bad enemies’ and ‘good enemies’: the slow march of political dissent in China 113 What China’s defence paper tells us about Beijing’s regional ambition 114 China’s Evolving Arctic Policy: Two Geopolitical Threats 116 The Thawing Himalayas Are
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