2016 May Tibet Digest
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Tibet Digest May 2016 FOUNDATION FOR NON-VIOLENT ALTERNATIVES Www.Fnvaworld.Org TIBET DIGEST, MAY 2016 ! !1 May 2016 1 China’s Minority Policies 9 New city inaugurated in Tibet 9 Rights abuse allega6ons in Tibet groundless: Chinese media 9 China Pouring Billions Into Majority Tibetan Ganzi Prefecture 10 Lhasa passes a law to protect ancient villages 11 Tibetans Protest Unsafe Condi6ons in Their Town in Draggo 12 China’s Centuries-long Secret War on MuslimsOZY.COM 12 Panchen Lama visits Jokhang Temple 13 Over 100,000 Tibetan an6ques digitally documented 13 China Pressures Europe to Stay Silent on Human Rights 14 Kardze Mine Work Halted Pending 'Resolu6on' of Community Concerns 15 China's Youth League Sends 4,500 Volunteers to Tibet in 13 Yrs 15 Detenon and Self-immolaon 16 Tibetan Former Prisoner Vanishes Into Custody Again 16 Over a Hundred Tibetans Launch New Protest Against Gold Mine in Gansu 16 Tibetans in Ngaba Warned Over An6-Mine Protests 17 Chinese Police Hold Herders Who Staged a Sit-in at Construc6on Site 17 China: Repression Expands Under ‘Stability Maintenance’ in Tibetan Areas 18 Tibetan Prisoner's Family Fears For His Health 20 China Holds Ac6vist Who Helped Lawyers' Son on 'Smuggling Charges' 20 Detained Tibetan Monk Had Photo Taken With Banned Na6onal Flag 21 Six Months On, No Sign of Repatriated Chinese Poli6cal Refugees 22 Death of Man in Police Custody Sparks Anger, Raises Doubts in Beijing 23 China Officially Jails Two Rights Ac6vists Ager Three Years of Unofficial Deten6on 24 Uyghur Given 7-Year Prison Term For Viewing Muslim Film 25 Two Tibetan Protesters Are Freed From Jail in Sichuan 26 Tibetan writer Lomig is handed 7-year term on unknown charges 27 A Tibetan Detained and Tortured for Singing Na6onal Anthem in China 27 Last Tiananmen Protest Prisoner Scheduled For Release This Year 27 Tibetan Monk Vanishes ager Staging Protest in Western China 29 Two Tibetan Monks Detained For Ten Days, Beaten Following Traffic Dispute 29 TIBET DIGEST, MAY 2016 ! !2 China arrests a Tibetan Buddhist monk for peaceful protest in Tibet 30 Important Mee4ngs & Conferences 30 2560th Buddha Jayan6 Conference issues 10-point Kathmandu Lumbini Declara6on 30 Chinese rights ac6vist speaks about the future of Tibet and democracy 31 World in reality has a lackadaisical approach to Tibet's Panchen Lama 32 Sino-Tibetan conference urges China to engage dialogue on Tibet 33 Tibet’s Environment 35 Xi’s Green Teams Fight for the Environment 35 Ecological civilisa6on makes gains in Tibet 36 Three Gorges Dam braces for flooding on Yangtze 36 Landslide destroys dam in Three Gorges region 37 China warns of geological disasters as heavy rain bajers 38 5.3-magnitude earthquakes hit Tibetl 39 China Voice: Iron-fist needed for China's green development 39 Clear as mud: how poor data is thwar6ng China’s water clean-up 40 Tibetan Fossils Reveal The Origins Of Ice Age Mountain Sheep 42 One-third of China is now Desert, and it is Geng Worse 43 China’s deser6fica6on is causing trouble across Asia 44 The Conversaon 44 Nepal quake caused 4,312 landslides:Report 45 New species from Tibet reveals origin of Ice Age mountain sheep 46 Nepal's power woes and Koshi basin 46 China to Integrate Water and Environment Management with GEF support 47 Hydropower poten6al of GB enough to resolve country’s energy crisis’ 48 India unaware of details of hydro projects on Brahmaputra 48 Tibetans protest against Chinese mining in Minyak County, Tibet 49 Slower Evapora6on Rate Spurs Tibetan Lake Growth 50 Environmental inspectors expose pollu6on in N China 50 Military and Infrastructure Development 51 Rs.1 lakh crore for road infrastructure in Northeast: Gadkari 51 Border Roads director general arrives today 52 China wants its Nepal rail link to touch Bihar 52 China’s supply of nuclear weapons to Pakistan pose threat to US, India, Obama administra6on warned 53 TIBET DIGEST, MAY 2016 ! !3 Centre seeks to connect to SAARC na6ons with more railway links 54 China launches remote sensing satellite 54 China deploys new genera6on rocket for space missions 55 Border Issue 55 President Pranab Mukherjee lists eight steps to resolve issues between India, China 55 Ready to 'accelerate' talks with India to resolve border dispute: China 56 Economic Times 56 India asks China to stop work in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 56 Shillong ITBP hqr shiged to Itanagar, a move to leverage Indo-China border stalemate? 57 China says disputes not to prevent coopera6on with India 57 India wants fair sejlement of boundary issue with China: Pranab Mukherjee 58 GOC-in-C Central Command reviews opera6onal preparedness along Tibet border in Himachal 59 US trying to sow discord between China and India 59 China Furious With Pentagon Report Ci6ng More Troops Along India Border 60 High-end SUVs for troops on India-China border 60 China is raising troop strength on border with India: Pentagon 61 Villagers along China-India border receive suspicious calls from 'spies' 62 ‘China elevates Tibet command to prepare for likely conflict with India’ 62 Commijees to implement pacts with India, China 63 No 'border haats' with China in Arunachal Pradesh: Govt 64 India to Revive World War II Era Airfields Along China Border 64 Tibet in Exile 65 Tibet group asks Kerry to dump trust holding in abusive bojler 65 Sangay adopts new strategy for Tibet autonomy 66 Tibetan spiritual leader calls for concerted effort to resolve Tibet issue 67 Tibet ready for dialogue with China under Dalai Lama's guidance 68 Sooner or later China will change: Tibetan PM-in-exile 69 Chinese ambassador to UK tells Tibetans their cause is ‘doomed’ and will ‘never succeed’ 70 The Tibet Museum portrays "truth about Tibet's history": Sikyong 70 TYC rallies for release of Panchen Lama 71 Re-elec6on of Exiled PM Spurs Hope for Renewed Tibet Talks 72 German legislator denied visa by China for pro-Tibet remarks 73 Only a free China can free Tibet 73 TIBET DIGEST, MAY 2016 ! !4 Sikyong releases book 6tled 'The Old and New Century of Tibet' 74 47 Tibetans cycle to spread awareness on Panchen Lama's fate 75 Tibet also needs China's help for economic growth: Dalai Lama 75 Secretary of State Kerry invested in a Chinese company that exploits Tibetans 76 Ac6vist group demands Shokjang's release on world press freedom day 76 China says Tibetan "elec6on" is just "poli6cal slaps6ck" 77 Localist ac6vist Edward Leung Tin-kei in talks with Dalai Lama 77 Regional News 78 Russia and China Seeking mutual Support in Territorial Disputes 78 Construc6on Work on RCC Bridge over Indus River in Skardu to be Started Soon 79 Nepal-India Security Meet to be Held on June 9-10 79 China and Bangladesh Pledge to Boost Coopera6on, Military Exchange 79 President: Serbia can be "pillar for China" in Europe 80 Mul6-sports facility to be constructed in Babena 80 Pakistan cannot accept China's rejec6on of Islam: Hafiz Sayeed 81 Nepal, India discuss energy bank 82 NCCCI, CCPIT sign MoU to promote investment in Nepal 82 Strong 6es with China cons6tute bedrock of our foreign policy: Sartaj 83 Pakistan-China fibre cable project goes live in Gilgit 83 China keen on India joining Tibet-Nepal railway network 84 Pakistan Important Partner in One Belt One Road Project: Xi 84 Gilgit-Bal6stan police starts patrolling CPEC route 86 Nepal PM Oli is commijed for development of Lumbini 86 Govt told to start work for gran6ng transit rights to India, China 87 imported goods from China arrive in Kyirong 87 Beijing ‘sends’ freight train for Nepal 88 Int’l Conference on Key Trends in China-Nepal-India Ties Starts 89 PM Performs Groundbreaking Pakistan-China Op6cal Fiber Cable Project in Gilgit 90 Diamer residents threaten to halt dam construc6on 90 Pak-origin Brussels MP signs pe66on against illegal annexa6on of Gilgit Bal6stan 91 Chinese Team Starts Hydrocarbon Explora6on in Nepal's Western District 91 China pips India in aid to Nepal; Delhi out of top five donors' list 92 Arunachal MP Wants to Visit China But not on Stapled Visa 93 TIBET DIGEST, MAY 2016 ! !5 Other News from the PRC 93 Poli6cal Mo6ves Seen in Beijing's Warning on 'Himalayan Viagra' 93 In a first, China's Tibet think-tank to open doors to India 95 CCP shoulders mission of na6onal revival 96 China Sees First-ever Monorail Train Powered by Magne6c Motors as Solu6on to Traffic and Air Pollu6on 97 China Detains Two Over '1989' Tiananmen Crackdown Labels on Spirits 98 China to launch first 'hack proof' quantum communica6on satellite 99 Drone delays 55 flights in China 99 Hope for Maharashtra: China offers to bring ar6ficial rain in drought-hit state 99 China opens socialist journalism research centre 100 John Kenneth Knaus, 92, CIA officer who aided in Tibetan struggle 100 Alibaba tale of counterfei6ng, poli6cs 101 China is encouraging its ci6zens to eat less meat — and that could be a big win for the climate 103 China will never forego rights on regula6ng cyberspace 105 Beijing Calls South China Sea Island Reclama6on a ‘Green Project’ 105 China's Premier urges less red tape to bolster economy - Xinhua 107 No country for academics: Chinese crackdown forces intellectuals abroad 107 China mulls new ways to control video websites 109 ‘In-depth’ talks needed for India’s entry into nuclear group: China 110 Tibetan Flag unfurled in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests 111 China's business registra6on streamlined to unlock economic poten6al 111 Senior Chinese Leader Vows to Hear Hong Kong’s Autonomy Concerns 112 Hong Kong Police Arrest Pro-Democracy Protesters During Chinese Official Visit 114 Repeat of Cultural Revolu6on 'Impossible,' Says China 115 China marks 50 years since Cultural