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Tibet

Is Tibet forgotten?

There seems to be euphoria in diplomatic and media circles after the meetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, on the sidelines of 16th Brics Summit at Kazan on 23 October 2024.

China says it has sole authority to choose next successor of Dalai Lama

Contrary to the US-Tibet Policy which states that the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is solely in the hands of the Tibetans, China has come up with various plans, ploys and tactics to claim that Beijing is the one which has the sole authority to choose the next incarnation of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyats.

Total war

It ought to give Southeast Asian nations, not to mention countries such as India and Australia, pause for thought at the very least.

Taiwan’s future

There is still no clarity, or perhaps it is more appropriate to say there is deliberate ambiguity, on whether Washington is treaty-bound to come to Taipei’s aid if it is attacked by Beijing.

Mission accomplished?

He may do well to remember, though, the rather dim view history has taken of the US President who announced the original ‘mission accomplished’ in 2003 after the Iraq War and the damage it did to America’s global standing