http://www.uyghurnews.com/ - Feed for Uyghur, Uighur, East Turkistan, Tibet News en-us http://www.uyghurnews.com/SiteDesign/etflag.gif http://www.uyghurnews.com/ SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=itay-nefit-guruhi-achqan-qara-2-tebiiy-gazliqidin-60-milyard-kub-metir-tebiiy-gaz-alghan&ItemID=LS-1082011251780837925050 SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=yemen-prezidenti-wezipisidin-uzungha-qalmay-istepa-beridighanliqini-jakarlidi&ItemID=HL-1082011169680837751981 SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=amerika-suriye-prezidenti-esedni-derhal-istepa-berishke-qayta-chaqirdi&ItemID=VV-1082011601680837524930 Tibetlerning rohaniy dahiysi dalay lama shenbe küni xitay uninggha bergen bahalarni mesxire qildi we axbaratqa qaritilghan cheklimilerni «exlaqsizliq» dep eyiblidi. U bu sözlerni jenubiy afriqidiki nobél tinchliq mukapati sahibi desmond tütü bilen intérnétta wédioluq söhbet élip barghanda otturigha qoydi. Dalay lama esli jenubiy ariqidiki jenubiy keyp uniwérsitétida tütünning 80 yashqa tolghanliqi munasiwiti bilen chaqirilghan xatirilesh paaliyitide tinchliq nutqi sözleshke teklip qilinghan idi. Jenubiy afriqa dairiliri uning wiza iltimasi xitayning bésimi seweblik ret qilghanliqi üchün xatirilesh yighigha qatnishalmighan. Yighinda dalay lamaning orni simwol xaraktéride bosh qaldurulup qoyulghan. Dalay lama tütü bilen shenbe küni ötküzgen söhbitide xitayning uni «iblis» dep atighanliqini tilgha aldi we: bezi xitay emeldarliri méni iblis dep atidi, elwette tebiiyki ular iblistin qorqidiken, dédi. U yene, xitay yolgha qoyghan axbarat cheklimisi üstide toxtilip]]> SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=dalay-lama-xitayning-uninggha-bergen-bahalirini-mesxire-qildi&ItemID=WJ-1082011804380837224122 Tibet are not surprised by the failure of the SA Govt to timeously issue a visa to the Dalai Lama October 08, 2011 PRESS RELEASE   SA FRIENDS OF TIBET STATEMENT ON THE FAILURE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVT TO ISSUE A VISA TO THE DALAI LAMA.   4 September 2011   The South African Friends of Tibet are not surprised by the failure of the SA Govt to timeously issue a visa to the Dalai Lama. We, like most South African citizens, hold the view that the SA Govt has stalled and prevaricated over this matter under pressure from the Govt of the PRC.   We remind all interested parties that the Foreign Ministry of the PRC issued directives in March 2009 to the effect that the Dalai Lama should not be allowed to visit countries with special ties to the PRC.   We await a clear statement from the SA Govt as to its reasons for deliberately delaying the processing of the visa. The South African electorate has a right to straightforward answers in this rega]]> SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=south-african-friends-of-tibet-are-not-surprised-by-the-failure-of-the-sa-govt-to-timeously-issue-a-visa-to-the-dalai-lama&ItemID=QK-1082011442272014743974 Tibetan, Chinese)            &n]]> SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=one-more-monk-self-immolates-in-ngaba&ItemID=MD-1082011360272014570905 SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-regrets-calling-off-south-africa-visit&ItemID=VS-1082011306672014285062 Dalai Lama a visa to enter South Africa has been made, but it has not yet been made public. Oct. 3, 2011, The Citizen Online JOHANNESBURG - A decision on whether or not to grant the Dalai Lama a visa to enter South Africa has been made, but it has not yet been made public. The Department of International Relations (Dirco)  yesterday said they had informed the Dalai Lama of it’s decision. However, Dirco spokesman Clayson Monyela said the media would not be informed. He conceded that the matter was of public interest as it concerned South Africa’s foreign policy on China, and Chinese-ruled Tibet. It was for this reason that his department, and not home affairs, was handling the matter. Earlier yesterday,  President Jacob Zuma said he did not know whether the Dalai Lama’s South African visa would be approved. “The department of international relations and co-oper]]> SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=dalai-ruling-made-but-not-public&ItemID=BG-1082011138972014455125 Dalai Lama when he set fire to himself and calling for religious rights and freedom in Tibet. The monk, Kalsang, is seventeen or eighteen years old and is from Kirti monastery, Ngaba. Police put out the flames but the current well-being and whereabouts of Kalsang are unknown.   Free Tibet Director Stephanie Brigden said:   “It is tragic that a fifth monk has set fire to himself in Tibet this year, only a week after two young monks from the same monastery also did this (1). A growing number of Tibetans clearly feel that this is the only way that they can be heard. This is an extremely worrying and absolutely unprecedented trend that we hope will end. Pri]]> SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=todays-fifth-self-immolation-in-tibet-establishes-unprecedented-trend&ItemID=BX-1082011599072014120111 Tibetan Flag Removal Triggers Protests October 08, 2011 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/protests-10022011004611.html 2011-10-02 Renewed tensions after self immolation by monks.   AFP A Tibetan in-exile shouts anti-China slogans at a protest march in New Delhi on Sept. 30, 2011 following the self-immolation of two Tibetan monks. Protests flared in a Tibetan area in China's southwestern Sichuan province at the weekend after a photo of the Dalai Lama and a huge Tibetan flag were removed from a building and thrown in the street, eyewitnesses said. The dozens of protesters in the Serthar (Seda in Chinese) county city in the Ganzi Tibet Autonomous Prefecture also called for the return of the Dalai Lama from exile and demanded freedom for Tibet. Police tried to intervene but withdrew as the crowd swelled, according to Sertha Tsultrim Woeser, a native of Serthar and a member of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile based in India's Dharamsala hill town. "The detail identification of]]> SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=tibetan-flag-removal-triggers-protests&ItemID=WQ-1082011517072014947041 Dalai Lama visit blocked by South Africa to please China, says opposition October 08, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/27/dalai-lama-banned-south-africa Government denies being put under pressure to stop Tibetan spiritual leader attending Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday The South African government is considering blocking the Dalai Lama from attending the 80th birthday of fellow Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu so as not to offend China, according to opposition politicians. Tutu has invited the Tibetan spiritual leader to give a lecture as part of his birthday celebrations in Cape Town on 8 October. Officials from the former archbishop's office started the visa application process in June, but have yet to get approval for the Dalai Lama's visit and fear it may not come. The Dalai Lama was refused entry to South Africa in 2009, a move that conflicted with the country's progressive human rights policies and was widely criticised at home. "We've sent letters, following up]]> SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=dalai-lama-visit-blocked-by-south-africa-to-please-china-says-opposition&ItemID=BL-1082011977872014602406 Tibetan Prime Minister in exile, Dr Lobsang Sangay in Dharamsala October 08, 2011 TIBET SOCIETY PRESS ADVISORY   MPs to meet new Tibetan Prime Minister in exile, Dr Lobsang Sangay in Dharamsala   Five British MPs participating in exchange visit to Tibetan exiled parliament   [London, 30 September 2011] As part of an ongoing parliamentary exchange programme, Tibet Society will be facilitating a visit of five UK MPs to the Parliament of the Tibetan government in exile based in Dharamsala, northern India. The MPs will be in Dharamsala between Monday 3 and Friday 7 October and, whilst there, the delegation will meet the recently inaugurated Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) Dr Lobsang Sangay, Ministers of the exiled government as well as representatives and officials. An audience with the Dalai Lama is scheduled for Tuesday 4 October.   The programme will also include visits to the Reception Centre for newly arrived refugees, the Tibetan Transit School, the ]]> SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=mps-to-meet-new-tibetan-prime-minister-in-exile-dr-lobsang-sangay-in-dharamsala&ItemID=UR-1082011581072014693901 China.Rebiya Kadeer is the exiled president of the World Uyghur Congress, and is herself a former Chinese political prisoner.Last time she came to this country it resulted in protests from Chinese officials; this time she's slipped in quietly for a human rights conference in Brisbane.Rebiya Kadeer made a full-time job of fighting for the ethnic Uyghur population in north-western China. She says the so-called Malaysia solution is that very risky because of that country's track record with deporting her countrymen back to China.Jeff Waters reports from Brisbane.JEFF WATERS: When Uyghur leader, Rebiya Kadeer, last visited Australia in 2009 it caused a bit rift with China.Beijing cancelled a visit by a vice minister of foreign affairs and issued complaints against this country granting]]> SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/humanrights/Read.asp?HumanRights=uyghur-leader-back-in-australia&ItemID=LR-1082011486870510868097 China. Rebiya Kadeer is the exiled president of the World Uyghur Congress, and is herself a former Chinese political prisoner. Last time she came to this country it resulted in protests from Chinese officials; this time she's slipped in quietly for a human rights conference in Brisbane. Rebiya Kadeer made a full-time job of fighting for the ethnic Uyghur population in north-western China. She says the so-called Malaysia solution is that very risky because of that country's track record with deporting her countrymen back to China. Jeff Waters reports from Brisbane. JEFF WATERS: When Uyghur leader, Rebiya Kadeer, last visited Australia in 2009 it caused a bit rift with China. Beijing cancelled a visit by a vice minister of foreign affairs and issued complaints against this country ]]> SAT, 08 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/american/Read.asp?UighurNews=uyghur-leader-back-in-australia&ItemID=RG-1082011100764949302667 Tibetans have set themselves alight this year in a desperate attempt to highlight rights abuses. AFP Tibetan monks from Kirti monastery in exile in India gather before embarking on a protest march to New Delhi calling for an end to the Kirti crisis, April 26, 2011. Two youths in a Tibetan region of southwestern Sichuan province set fire to themselves on Friday in the latest in a string of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule, sources with links to the region said.At least one of the monks is believed to have died. So far, seven Tibetans have set themselves alight this year in a bid to highlight Tibetan human rights abuses. "On Oct. 7 around 11.30 a.m. two more Tibetans burnt themselves in the streets of Ngaba county town and protested against Chinese rule," said Dharamsala-based monk Kanyak Tsering, who is in close contact with Ngaba's Kirti monastery.The monastery has seen a huge security crackdown and a number of self-immolation protests in recent months. Hundr]]> FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=two-tibetan-youths-self-immolate&ItemID=AR-1082011686584139984876 China's political elite convened unofficially this week to mark the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Gang of Four, which led to the rise of Deng Xiaoping and his economic reforms, amid calls by some for another Cultural Revolution, sources said."If we hadn't smashed the Gang of Four, none of what came later would have happened," said Wang Guixiu, referring to the political force within the ruling Party that was headed by Mao Zedong's wife Jiang Qing, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan and Zhang Chunqiao until its arrest on Oct. 6, 1976."If they had carried on with all that left-wing stuff, there would have been no progress," said Wang, a professor at the Chinese Communist Party's Central Party School."If the Gang of Four hadn't fallen, there would have been no third plenum of the 11t]]> FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=elite-marks-gang-of-four-fall&ItemID=XB-1082011203184139433935 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=shedding-light-on-political-prisoners&ItemID=EI-108201192384139378450 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=call-to-end-media-censorship&ItemID=LH-1082011352984139837663 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=heptilik-xewerler-1-oktebirdin-7-oktebirgiche&ItemID=SA-108201136880837791298 Tibetlikler 2008-Ili yüz bergen 14-Mart lasa weqeside xitay puqralirigha hujum qilip 28 neper xitay köchmenni öltürgen, ular shu qétimqi hujumidimu xitay hakimiyitige bolghan nara]]> FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=tibet-rayonida-7-qetim-ozige-ot-qoyuwelish-weqesi-yuz-berdi&ItemID=GR-10820119758083749550 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=turkiye-ottura-asiya-turk-jumhuriyetlirini-xitay-kochmenlirining-eqinidin-saqlinishqa-agahlandurdi&ItemID=FS-108201172780837646122 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=suriye-1100-kishining-terrorchilar-teripidin-olturulgenlikini-eytti&ItemID=IP-1082011219080837561241 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=rabiye-qadir-xanim-awstraliyini-panahlanghuchilar-mesiliside-malayshiyagha-ishinip-ketmeslikke-undidi&ItemID=JF-1082011107380837520187 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=kanada-tashqi-ishlar-ministirliqi-suriyini-jazalash-uchun-yengi-tedbirlerni-yolgha-qoyidighanliqini-elan-qildi&ItemID=SS-1082011368280837974589 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=xitayda-muxbir-yalghan-sozlimise-jan-baqalmaydu&ItemID=WO-1082011829080837629954 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=xorma-derixi-we-momin-adem&ItemID=JM-1082011832780837113754 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=lyu-shawbogha-nobel-tinchliq-mukapati-berilgendin-keyinmu-xitayda-hechqandaq-ozgirish-bolmidi&ItemID=XW-108201163980837700171 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=enqerede-musteqilliqining-20-yilida-turkiy-jumhuriyetliri-mawzuluq-yighin-chaqirildi&ItemID=RC-1082011867980837978197 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=nobel-tinchliq-mukapati-ayallargha-sherep-kelturdi&ItemID=UC-1082011499080837966539 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=qirghizistandiki-weqede-erliridin-ayrilghan-ayallar-3-qetim-erz-uchun-beyjinggha-barmaqchi&ItemID=OK-1082011674280837764074 FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=chinese-peace-prize-ditched-after-one-year&ItemID=BW-1082011784772014378662 Tibet's Next Incarnation October 07, 2011 By Hannah Beech / Dharamsala He has never been to Tibet, never breathed the thin air of the high plateau, nor spun a prayer wheel in the shadow of the great Buddhist monasteries. Yet on Aug. 8, 43-year-old Lobsang Sangay was sworn in as the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Born in a refugee camp in India and educated in the U.S., Sangay holds no passport or nationality, only a travel certificate. He expresses homesickness for a place that exists in the foreign mind as an otherworldly haven, and in the Tibetan one as an occupied homeland. "Like all of us in exile, I will never be completely at peace until I go to Tibet," he says when we meet in Dharamsala, a scruffy settlement in the Himalayan foothills of India where the Tibetan refugee community coalesced five decades ago. "The question is: How do we get there?" Sangay's inauguration as Kalon Tripa, or Prime Minister, comes at a critical moment for Tibet — bo]]> FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=tibets-next-incarnation&ItemID=QB-1082011281872013796184 Tibetan Parliament in Exile, today tabled the dire issue of ‘Violence against Women’ in the ongoing parliament session of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile.   This comprehensive report can be viewed in English http://tibetanwomen.ntdll.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/TWA-report-on-sexual-violence-against-a-Tibetan-Woman-in-Tenzinghang-2011.pdf   TWA wish to sincerely thank and pay our respects to the victim of this terrible abuse, who has agreed to share her story with the world, a brave choice that TWA do not intend to waste; this case has opened our eyes to the continuing discrimination and violence faced by Tibetan women and the imperative for a clear resolution from parliame]]> FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=twa-seeks-effective-implementation-of-legal-measures-protecting-womens-rights&ItemID=OL-1082011571272013137813 China's power should not make it immune to criticism over Tibet October 07, 2011 Simon Bradshaw September 29, 2011 Opinion -> Comments 59 -> You've likely not read about it, but tragic news emerged this week from remote Sichuan province that two teenage monks of a besieged Tibetan monastery had set themselves alight in a desperate last defence of their culture and heritage. Also this week, and given far more prominence in Australian media, Prime Minister Julia Gillard signalled a greater emphasis on relations with China while commissioning a White Paper on Australia in the Asian Century. While clearly there was no direct link between these two incidents, their juxtaposition highlights an uncomfortable truth for the Chinese and Australian governments alike. Such stories from Tibet have become frighteningly common and it's well understood among a majority of Australian politicians that China's "economic miracle" and unrelenting development drive has exacted a grave toll on the]]> FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=chinas-power-should-not-make-it-immune-to-criticism-over-tibet&ItemID=AJ-1082011574972013621611 Holiness the Dalai Lama to Archbishop Desmond Tutu October 07, 2011 ]]> FRI, 07 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=birthday-greetings-by-his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-to-archbishop-desmond-tutu&ItemID=TQ-1082011863672013972861 China-backed dam project opens a floodgate of scrutiny and criticism on planned Chinese dams in Southeast Asia. Photo courtesy of International Rivers. A villager from an island that will likely be flooded if Cambodia's Sambor Dam is built. The Burmese government's stunning suspension of a massive Beijing-backed dam project has thrown the spotlight on China's dam building blitz in Southeast Asia and what environmental groups fear will be its adverse impacts on the region.The halting of the Myitsone Dam project on the headwaters of Burma's key Irrawaddy River also highlights the growing might of non-governmental organizations scrutinizing infrastructure development projects, even in a Burma that has just emerged from five decades of iron-fisted military rule.Risking legal action by key ally China, Burmese President Thein Sein decided last week to suspend the project, which had been assailed by green groups and opposition parties over its environmental ]]> THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=broader-concerns-over-chinese-dams&ItemID=CJ-1082011156484139125310 China's Internet users. AFP A Chinese man places flowers beside a photo of Steve Jobs outside an Apple store in Beijing, Oct. 6, 2011. Tens of thousands of Chinese Internet users paid tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on Thursday, setting up online shrines and gathering outside the Apple store in Beijing to lay wreaths."The entrance of the Apple store in Sanlitun looks like the entrance to Jokhang temple," wrote prominent blogger Hecaitou on Twitter, apparently from the scene. He said large numbers of people had also gathered to shoot video and pictures of the store and its floral tributes to Jobs, who died at the age of 56 on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer."There aren't so many people laying flowers, but there are a lot of people taking photos and video and posting them to microblog sites," he added.On the massively popular Sina Weibo microblog service, the home page was decorated with a black ]]> THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=chinese-netizens-mourn-jobs&ItemID=YS-1082011646584139653470 Buddhist nun Miao Jue's Xuzhou hotel room at 1:00 a.m. on Thursday."She wouldn't open it, and then they said they'd break it down if she didn't, so she eventually opened it," said Wang. "They wanted to take her away but she wouldn't go, because everyone's stuff was there.""Then they wre]]> THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=chen-campaigners-detained&ItemID=SU-1082011878684139225457 Tibetan monk has a serious head injury from beatings by security forces. AFP Exiled Tibetan monks take part in a candle-light vigil in Dharamsala, India on April 22, 2011 to protest a Chinese crackdown on the Kirti monastery in Sichuan province. Three Tibetan monks nursing burns after their failed self-immolation attempts in China’s southwestern Sichuan province are recovering under tight Chinese security in hospitals, a source said Thursday. One of them, Kalsang Wangchuk, did not suffer serious burns but had a "major" head injury following beatings he received at the hands of Chinese security forces, who had quickly extinguished the flames when he set himself on fire in Ngaba town on Monday.The three monks were from Kirti monastery in Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) prefecture and their suicide attempts led to a security crackdown on the monastery and the removal of hundreds of monks from the institution. They were among five monks who had set themselves alight this year to protest agains]]> THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=monks-nursing-burns-at-hospitals&ItemID=TJ-1082011967784139370934 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=turkmenistanda-erkin-yawropa-radiosining-muxbiri-qamaqqa-elindi&ItemID=WG-1082011563780837703779 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=nato-liwiyidiki-heriketlirini-dawamlashturmaqchi&ItemID=JX-1082011624380837962029 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=mayitri-simit-italiyide-korgezmige-qoyulidu&ItemID=IX-1082011599580837558603 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=xitay-dairiliri-uyghur-balilirini-qosh-tillashturush-uchun-jiddiy-heriket-qilmaqta&ItemID=FK-1082011574480837159986 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=xitay-dairiliri-shangxeydiki-poyiz-soqulush-weqesige-xata-meshghulatning-seweb-bolghanliqini-ilgiri-surdi&ItemID=BG-108201197718083760140 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=suriyilik-namayishchilar-xitay-bilen-rupiyining-bayraqlirini-koydurushke-chaqirdi&ItemID=UI-1082011209380837632126 Toronto shehiride élip bériliwatqan diniy söhbet olturushining ehmiyiti heqqide toxtalghan, diniy zat ibrahim qarim muhajirette yashawatqan uyghurlarning ittipaqliqi we birlik barawerlikini emelge ashurushta islam dini idéologiyisining intayin muhim ehmiyetke ige ikenlikini tekitlidi. U mun]]> THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=toronto-shehiridiki-uyghur-jamaitining-sohbet-olturushi-uyghurlarni-ittipaqlashturushta-muhim-rol-oynimaqta&ItemID=YD-1082011670080837287491 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=uyghur-anilirining-awazi-yene-yangrimaqta&ItemID=GH-1082011188280837712497 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=beshkektiki-yighilishta-tallindiki-ayallar-yighinining-rohi-yetkuzuldi&ItemID=FC-108201122038083783523 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=lin-bawxua-yaponiyide-teywen-xitay-yaponiye-munasiwiti-we-uyghurlar-temisida-doklat-berdi&ItemID=BU-1082011138380837910453 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=wladimir-putinning-ghayisi-yawro-asiya-ittipaqi&ItemID=LF-1082011940880837212532 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=xitay-we-rusiyining-suriye-qarar-layihisi-ge-qarita-ret-awaz-berishi-gherb-doletlirining-tenqidige-uchridi&ItemID=FN-108201111608083710067 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=nyuyorkta-yuz-bergen-wolt-stritni-ishghal-qilish-namayishi-heqqidiki-inkaslar&ItemID=OY-1082011691380837204715 THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=xitayning-chong-sheherliride-uyghurlar-yenila-kemsitilishke-uchrimaqta&ItemID=EC-1082011293980837305831 China, which is seen here as an enduring all-weather friend, an alternative to the troublesome and overbearing Americans.Over the years, Beijing has sent military assistance to Pakistan, provided crucial help in initiating Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program and cooperated closely on intelligence. Sturdy Chinese-Pakistan relations are seen as a hedge against India, a rival to both nations. In recent months Pakistani officials have gone to Beijing seeking Chinese investment in a naval base and weapons, as well as trade deals worth millions of dollars.But on closer examination, Pakistan’s ability to use China to offset its collapsing relations with the United States may be far more limited than it appears, raising the prospect that Pakistan will be left on the world’]]> THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/humanrights/Read.asp?HumanRights=pakistan-pulls-closer-to-a-reluctant-china&ItemID=EC-1082011461170510479101 China, which is seen here as an enduring all-weather friend, an alternative to the troublesome and overbearing Americans. Over the years, Beijing has sent military assistance to Pakistan, provided crucial help in initiating Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program and cooperated closely on intelligence. Sturdy Chinese-Pakistan relations are seen as a hedge against India, a rival to both nations. In recent months Pakistani officials have gone to Beijing seeking Chinese investment in a naval base and weapons, as well as trade deals worth millions of dollars. But on closer examination, Pakistan’s ability to use China to offset its collapsing relations with the United States may be far more limited than it appears, raising the prospect that Pakistan will be left on the world&]]> THU, 06 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/american/Read.asp?UighurNews=pakistan-pulls-closer-to-a-reluctant-china&ItemID=KQ-1082011969564949230077 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=chased-with-guns-on-chen-visit&ItemID=XH-1082011114284139286053 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=power-struggle-delays-prisoner-release&ItemID=OB-108201128908413988398 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=officials-block-parents-questions&ItemID=BX-1082011414484138996032 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=filippin-dairiliri-bugun-76-neper-xitay-puqrasini-chegradin-qoghlap-chiqardi&ItemID=NR-108201124048083719988 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=rusiye-herbiy-texnika-oghrilighan-xitay-jasusini-sotqa-tapshurdi&ItemID=RO-1082011386780837935106 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=afghanistan-bilen-hindistan-istrategiyilik-hemdostluq-kelishimi-imzalidi&ItemID=ZK-1082011276280837874811 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=b-d-t-bixeterlik-kengishining-suriyini-jazalash-qararini-rusiye-bilen-xitay-ret-qildi&ItemID=NC-1082011336980837133062 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=xitayning-merkizi-hokumet-shirketliridin-120-si-uyghur-yurtlirigha-kirip-orunliship-boldi&ItemID=MD-1082011312180837729634 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=yash-ijadkar-molutjan-toxtaxunof-milletning-tup-yiltizi-ana-tili&ItemID=KF-1082011972880837585961 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=turkiye-metbuatliri-xitayda-ishlengen-xurumlar-rak-kesilining-kelip-chiqishigha-seweb-bolidu&ItemID=HR-108201195588083657466 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=kishilerning-otturisida-gep-toshush-kesili-we-uning-xetiri&ItemID=QG-1082011216880836511868 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=germaniye-metbuatlirida-ilham-toxti-mesilisi&ItemID=QC-108201148180836696362 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=zilgen-milletler-we-az-sanliq-xelqler-uchun-4-nowetlik-xelqaraliq-erkinlik-yurushi-yawropaning-3-chong-shehiride-otkuzulmekchi&ItemID=JK-1082011223380836493896 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=amerika-dolet-mejlisi-ezasi-xitayning-iqtisadiy-ishpiyonluq-herikiti-chidighusiz-derijige-yetti&ItemID=LU-1082011941280836119866 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=uyghur-diyarining-qash-teshi-kim-ashti-qilip-bulanmaqta&ItemID=CO-1082011229780836475925 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/rfa_uyghur/Read.asp?UighurNews=gollandiye-musapirlar-lageridiki-uyghurlarning-endishisi&ItemID=DF-1082011890780836327442 Dalai Lama: Re-set Harmony with Soft Autonomy versus Cultural Nihilism October 05, 2011 http://www.weeklyblitz.net/1841/dalai-lama-re-set-harmony-with-soft-autonomy   http://www.eurasiareview.com/29092011-dalai-lama-tibet-china-reset-buddhist-harmony-with-soft-autonomy-vs-cultural-nihilism-analysis/   .... The Dalai Lama needs a new Autonomy and Reconciliation Plan for Tibet and a better team On the other side the position of the Tibetans and the Dalai Lama are weakened by two factors: First: no clear and short Autonomy and Reconciliation Plan for Tibet has been published and promoted by him with precise demands and proposals and outlining the first pragmatic steps forward. His negotiation team has concentrated in the nine rounds on confidence building measures, which lead only to vagueness and produce not even small results. It must be made clearer which areas should be included in the Tibetan autonomy. The Dalai Lama wants to include “Old Tibet” with all three ]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=dalai-lama-re-set-harmony-with-soft-autonomy-versus-cultural-nihilism&ItemID=DF-1082011124672013427264 China to Reject Secret Arrests Bill October 05, 2011 Photo: AP Lu Qing, wife of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei heads to the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau, July 14, 2011. The wife of renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, whose arrest earlier this year sparked international outrage, is urging Chinese lawmakers to reject legislation that would allow police to hold dissidents in secret locations without informing their families. Lu Qing said the draft legislation, if enacted, will, in her words, "slow the progress of our civilization."  Her comments were posted Wednesday on the Internet on her husband's Google+ account. In an open letter addressed to a committee of the National People's Conference, China's communist-controlled parliament, Lu said notification of arrest in cases such as Ai Weiwei's is a family's "most basic right." She recalled how her husband's 80-year-old mother spent "fearful days and sleepless nights" following]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=artists-wife-asks-china-to-reject-secret-arrests-bill&ItemID=BM-108201184197201362854 China Rejects US Concerns Over Immolated Tibetan Monks October 05, 2011 China is telling the United States the self-immolation of two Tibetan monks is none of Washington's business. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Wednesday that China opposes interference in its internal affairs by any other country. He also insisted that China protects the legal rights of its ethnic minorities. Hong was reacting to U.S. remarks concerning reports that two monks had set themselves on fire at a monastery in western China to protest government policies. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland urged Beijing Tuesday to respect the rights of Tibetans and to address policies that have created tension in their areas.  She also asked Beijing to protect Tibetans’ unique religious, cultural and linguistic identity.   Nuland said the United States continues to urge the Chinese government to allow access to Tibetan areas of China for journalists and diplomats. Hong declined to say We]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=china-rejects-us-concerns-over-immolated-tibetan-monks&ItemID=YP-1082011502772013919179 China Warns Dalai Lama About Choosing Successor October 05, 2011 Photo: Reuters Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama attends a conference called "Living Together with Responsibility and Cooperation" in Sao Paulo September 17, 2011. China is warning the Dalai Lama he does not have the legal right to decide if he should be reincarnated.  The statement comes after the 76-year-old said Saturday he plans decide when he is “about 90” whether he should be reincarnated and that China should have no say in the matter. The Chinese foreign ministry warned the Dalai Lama Monday that only Beijing can approve his successor. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei says any decision by the Dalai Lama to appoint a successor through traditional reincarnation would break Chinese law. He insists that China endorses a policy of religious freedom including respecting and protecting succession in Tibetan Buddhism leadership.  But Hong stresses China's historical]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=china-warns-dalai-lama-about-choosing-successor&ItemID=MF-1082011877872013917676 Tibetan Parliament in Exile, today tabled the dire issue of ‘Violence against Women’ in the ongoing parliament session of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile. Prior to the parliamentary debate, TWA members held a caucus meeting among women parliamentarians and discussed the pragmatic approach of the resolution. TWA President Dolkar Lhamo Kirti and TWA Research and Communications Officer Dhardon Sharling proposed a resolution bearing three clauses: 1. The members of the Parliament should condemn in strongest terms, any form of violence against women 2. The Kashag / Executive is requested to ensure the effective enforcement of the host country’s laws and acts on dealing with any forms of violence a]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=twa-seeks-effective-implementation-of-legal-measures-protecting-womens-rights&ItemID=IX-1082011795772013744607 WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=burma-dam-work-halted-on-divisive-myitsone-project&ItemID=GG-1082011513272013380197 China, Tibet and the Dynamics of Inland Borders October 05, 2011 http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/scholarship.php?searchterm=027_borders.inc&issue=027   NEW SCHOLARSHIP China, Tibet and the Dynamics of Inland Borders Robert Barnett Columbia University A Keynote Address at the conference 'Asian Diversity in a Global Context' Asian Dynamics Initiative University of Copenhagen 11 November 2010 Discussions in the western press about China's standing these days tend to center on two issues: its economic might, meaning primarily its foreign trade and its holdings of foreign reserves, and its military capacity, meaning in particular its emerging ability to deny the US Navy access to its littoral areas. Thus we see much mention in our papers these days of the South China Seas. Prominent among such reports has been Secretary of State Clinton's statement in May 2010 that the People's Republic of China [hereafter China] now considers the South China Sea to be a 'core interest', a k]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=china-tibet-and-the-dynamics-of-inland-borders&ItemID=TY-1082011373072013451917 Dalai Lama October 05, 2011 Denial Would Not Be on Merits, but to Please Chinese Government September 29, 2011 If South Africa refuses a visa to a Nobel Prize recipient and human rights campaigner, with no objective grounds for refusal, then there can only be less-than-noble motivations for its action. For the government to block a leader who supported South Africa’s struggles is not only to deny its own history, but it raises questions about whether the government looks to Pretoria, or to Beijing, for some of its domestic policy decisions. (New York) – The South African government’s reluctance to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama, Tibetans’ spiritual leader, has no objective basis and appears to be based on no more than fear of Chinese government displeasure, human rights Watch said today. South Africa rejected a similar visa request in 2009. The Dalai Lama has been invited to attend Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday celebr]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=south-africa-issue-visa-to-dalai-lama&ItemID=HO-1082011748072013450414 China to Launch ‘Third Battle Campaign’ in Tibet October 05, 2011 TCHRD PRESS RELEASE 30 September 2011, Dharamsala   Contact: Ms. Dukthen Kyi  (English) / Mr. Jampel Monlam (Tibetan, Chinese) Tel: +91 1892 223363, 229225, 225874      On 1 October 2011, China will be celebrating the 63rd founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Such celebration is always preceded by tighter control and more restrictions in Tibet. This time is no different.  According to www.chinatibetnews.com, in the afternoon of 27 September 2011, the Regional Party Committee of Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) and the TAR government held a conference in Lhasa in preparation of the celebration for the founding of the PRC on 1st of October. A ‘Third Battle Campaign’ was launched to “win this year’s stability maintenance” during the meeting. Autonomous Region Party Secretary Chen Quanguo stressed on four points in the meeting. The fir]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=china-to-launch-third-battle-campaign-in-tibet&ItemID=VW-1082011494672013963608 China October 05, 2011 Minister defends religious rights in UN speech By Lee Berthiaume, Postmedia NewsSeptember 27, 2011   In a strident speech heavy with references to the Second World War and the Cold War, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird launched a full-on defence of Israel at the UN in New York on Monday before criticizing a number of countries for their treatment of religious minorities, including China. Baird said that while fascism and communism were the biggest threats facing previous generations, terrorism is the greatest threat today. "And far too often, the Jewish state is on the front line in our struggle and its people are the victims of terror," he said in reference to Israel. "Canada will not accept or stay silent while the Jewish state is attacked for defending its territory and its citizens. The Second World War taught us all the tragic price of going along just to get along." During his address, the minister]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=baird-defends-israel-condemns-china&ItemID=TF-1082011212072013599198 China: More Tibetan monks set themselves on fire to protest repression October 05, 2011 http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA17/045/2011/en/83abb4ee-dc73-4a31-9208-d29d0ff7d190/asa170452011en.html AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT Wednesday 28 September Monday’s reported self-immolation attempt by two young Tibetan monks in Sichuan province is the third such incident since March this year. According to the official Chinese news agency, the two were promptly taken to a hospital. However, the Tibetan exiled sources say that their exact whereabouts are unknown and that it is possible that one of them died on the spot. These recent immolations have reportedly been protests against the Chinese government’s repression of freedom of religion and cultural rights in Tibetan areas. Amnesty International urges the Chinese government to end these repressive practices immediately and respect the right of Tibetans to practice their culture and religion. The Chinese government]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=china-more-tibetan-monks-set-themselves-on-fire-to-protest-repression&ItemID=GD-108201121577201382997 Tibetan freedom struggle. It was one of the largest peaceful demonstrations after 1959 uprising in Lhasa against the illegal Chinese occupation of Tibet. 1987, 1988 and 1989 saw mass peaceful demonstrations in Tibet. Thousands of Tibetans who took part in the protests were arbitrarily arrested, savagely beaten and sentenced to hard labor. Many Tibetans were killed and many seriously injured. Hu Jin Tao, the then Party Secretary of Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) and former President of China declared ‘Martial Law’ in Lhasa on 8 March 1989 following a mass peaceful protest on 5 March to clampdown on Tibetan protesters.  GuChuSum Movement of Tibet commemorated th]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=guchusum-commemorates-20th-annniversary&ItemID=TS-108201159087201381494 Tibetans of Dechen Shangrila October 05, 2011 Australian Broadcasting Corporation has broadcast a 30 mins doco on southeastern Tibetan Dechen prefecture, marketed as the authentic Shangri-la. This doco will soon be available online for viewing anywhere: http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/default.htm ABC Radio broadcast an interview with their foreign correspondent Stephen McDonnell, who made the story. Here is a transcript of his interview: Ethnic Tibetan areas face China's economic juggernaut. ABC PM program 27 Sept 2011 http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2011/s3327066.htm MARK COLVIN: Tibet is normally out of bounds for foreign correspondents in China. If reporters are allowed in then they are accompanied at all times by a government minder. That's also true of other ethnic Tibetan areas beyond what's officially called the Tibetan Autonomous Region. But for tonight's Foreign Correspondent program on ABC Television, a team from our Beijing bureau gained extensive access to Tibetan Yunnan. I]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=tibetans-of-dechen-shangrila&ItemID=DE-1082011279772013829856 Tibetan Political Review September 26, 2011 Throughout his campaign, Lobsang Sangay repeated that, if elected, his nominations of Kalons (Ministers) would be inclusive of all sections of the exile Tibetan community.  Sangay said that there would be one Kalon from each of the three provinces, three elders, four younger members, two women, one ecclesiastical, and one representing new arrivals from Tibet.  At that time, some thought that this was a clever election strategy to reach out to all segments of the electorate, while others considered this a manifestation of his promise to focus on “unity.” In the final election results in April of this year, Sangay out-performed two veteran Tibetan politicians and was the first exile Tibetan Prime Minister to be sworn in after Hi]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=sangays-new-cabinet-strengths-and-weaknesses&ItemID=JM-108201185447201334126 Tibetan Parliament Beats the U.S. Senate by 59,904 Times October 05, 2011 http://www.tibetanpoliticalreview.org/articles/tibetanparliamentbeatstheussenateby59904timesspeakingofkalonspartii On September 16, 2011, the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile demonstrated a stunning efficiency in its approval of the six nominees for Kalon (Minister).  After apparently learning the identities of nominees for the very first time, and hearing their brief one-minute biographies, Parliament unanimously approved each nominee.  This was accomplished by the Speaker of Parliament, Penpa Tsering, checking if there were any objections, hearing silence, and then declaring the nominee confirmed.  This process lasted approximately 15 seconds per nominee.  As with past Kalon confirmations, Parliament did not know the specific portfolio for which each nominee was selected, nor was any nominee questioned or even physically present.  The Tibetan Parliament’s efficiency is particularly aw]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=tibetan-parliament-beats-the-us-senate-by-59904-times&ItemID=VI-1082011286272013811885 China (CPC) and the Democratic and Republican parties of the United States held the third high-level dialogue on Tuesday in Beijing. The dialogue was co-chaired by Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Williamson, representing the Democratic and the Republican parties, respectively. "The two sides conducted candid and in-depth exchanges on governance philosophy and China-U.S. relations as well as major international and regional issues of common concern," according to a press release issued after the meeting. The Chinese side reiterated China's principles and position on the Taiwan issue and demanded the U.S. take practical measures to maintain the overall situation of bilateral ]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=chinese-us-political-parties-hold-third-high-level-dialogue&ItemID=KX-1082011661372013810381 China to respect Tibetans' rights October 05, 2011 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jjk4d7manucoyBvRYlp4bGTTHEZQ?docId=CNG.db1d23e131011b151e848f9dcb9407bd.301 (AFP) – 9 hours ago  WASHINGTON — The United States urged China to respect the rights of Tibetans and address their grievances after two monks set themselves on fire, triggering a security clampdown. The State Department also urged Beijing to allow journalists and diplomats to observe the situation in Sichuan province's Aba county, which has seen a string of protests and self-immolations by monks. The State Department said in a statement it was "seriously concerned" by attempts Monday by two monks at the Kirti monastery - in China's southwest - to self-immolate in an apparent call for religious freedom. Although both were reported to have survived and were taken to hospital, a witness contacted by AFP said one of the two appeared to have suffered very serious injuries and wa]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/tibetan/Read.asp?TibetNews=us-urges-china-to-respect-tibetans-rights&ItemID=GQ-1082011579272013637312 China’s economic espionage has reached an ‘intolerable level’ a top American lawmaker said it’s time that the US and its allies in Europe and Asia confront Beijing and demand to put an end to this piracy.“China’s economic espionage has reached an intolerable level, and I believe the US and our allies in Europe and Asia have an obligation to confront Beijing and demand they put a stop to this piracy,” Congressman Mike Rogers, chairman of the house select committee on intelligence said at a Congressional hearing.“Whether or not we will ever be able to convince Beijing to voluntarily stop their economic cyber espionage campaign and their predatory economic behaviour, we have a lot of work to do here in the US to improve our cyber security, including improving the sharing of cyber threat information with and between the government and the private sector,” he said.He said that t]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/humanrights/Read.asp?HumanRights=hinas-economic-espionage-has-reached-an-intolerable-level-us&ItemID=CM-1082011750470510820729 China by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin — a former intelligence agent who plans to return to the Kremlin for up to 12 more years in power in March.China issued no comment while Russian officials stayed mum about why they kept the unusual case quiet since making the initial arrest on October 28 last year.The FSB domestic security service said the case of Tong Shengyong was forwarded by prosecutors to the Moscow City Court on Tuesday.“The investigation established that the Chinese national (was) working on assignment from the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China,” FSB said in a statement.It said Tong had posed]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/humanrights/Read.asp?HumanRights=russia-claims-china-spy-arrest&ItemID=SE-1082011239870510363320 Dalai Lama has cancelled his trip to South Africa, where he had been invited by fellow Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The Tibetan spiritual leader’s office said the South African government had failed to grant him a visa on time. Pretoria has maintained that it did not come under pressure from China to stop the visit. Archbishop Tutu said South Africa was “worse than the apartheid government” for failing to issue the visa. “… At least you were expecting it from the apartheid government,” he told a nationally televised news conference. The Dalai Lama had been due to take part in celebrations on Friday to mark the archbishop’s 80th birthday. The row intensified as South Africa’s Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe visited China for four days of talks last week, signing a number of bilateral trade and investment deals. He made no public mention of the visa issue while in China. It is the second time in ]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/humanrights/Read.asp?HumanRights=dalai-lama-cancels-south-africa-tutu-trip-over-visa&ItemID=AH-1082011871470510342042 China’s National Day, the anniversary of the founding of communist China. But every year groups of Chinese outside China gather to mark the anniversary a different way, by commemorating Memorial Day, or National Tragedy Day to rebuff the Communist Party and its history of violence and atrocity. In Hong Kong, 800 practitioners of the Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) spiritual practice marched through the streets of the Kowloon District in support of the more than 100 million who have rejected the Chinese Communist Party. The group’s Tian Guo Marching Band drew a crowd that included some mainland Chinese who were shocked to see freedom of speech on display, as such a large gathering would have been banned or brutally suppressed in China. Onlookers explained the significance of Memorial Day to them: “Today [Oct. 1] isn’t a day for celebration, it’s one of sorrow. Ever since c]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/humanrights/Read.asp?HumanRights=chinese-mark-national-tragedy-day-worldwide&ItemID=KU-1082011132470510796444 China’s economic espionage has reached an ‘intolerable level’ a top American lawmaker said it’s time that the US and its allies in Europe and Asia confront Beijing and demand to put an end to this piracy. “China’s economic espionage has reached an intolerable level, and I believe the US and our allies in Europe and Asia have an obligation to confront Beijing and demand they put a stop to this piracy,” Congressman Mike Rogers, chairman of the house select committee on intelligence said at a Congressional hearing. “Whether or not we will ever be able to convince Beijing to voluntarily stop their economic cyber espionage campaign and their predatory economic behaviour, we have a lot of work to do here in the US to improve our cyber security, including improving the sharing of cyber threat information with and between the government and the private sector,” he said. He said t]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/american/Read.asp?UighurNews=chinas-economic-espionage-has-reached-an-intolerable-level-us&ItemID=JR-1082011944764949826649 China by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin — a former intelligence agent who plans to return to the Kremlin for up to 12 more years in power in March. China issued no comment while Russian officials stayed mum about why they kept the unusual case quiet since making the initial arrest on October 28 last year. The FSB domestic security service said the case of Tong Shengyong was forwarded by prosecutors to the Moscow City Court on Tuesday. “The investigation established that the Chinese national (was) working on assignment from the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China,” FSB said in a statement. It said Tong h]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/american/Read.asp?UighurNews=russia-claims-china-spy-arrest&ItemID=KB-10820113664949113762 Dalai Lama has cancelled his trip to South Africa, where he had been invited by fellow Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The Tibetan spiritual leader’s office said the South African government had failed to grant him a visa on time. Pretoria has maintained that it did not come under pressure from China to stop the visit. Archbishop Tutu said South Africa was “worse than the apartheid government” for failing to issue the visa. “… At least you were expecting it from the apartheid government,” he told a nationally televised news conference. The Dalai Lama had been due to take part in celebrations on Friday to mark the archbishop’s 80th birthday. The row intensified as South Africa’s Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe visited China for four days of talks last week, signing a number of bilateral trade and investment deals. He made no public mention of the visa issue while in China. It is the second time in]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/american/Read.asp?UighurNews=dalai-lama-cancels-south-africa-tutu-trip-over-visa&ItemID=JF-1082011349964949229843 China’s National Day, the anniversary of the founding of communist China. But every year groups of Chinese outside China gather to mark the anniversary a different way, by commemorating Memorial Day, or National Tragedy Day to rebuff the Communist Party and its history of violence and atrocity. In Hong Kong, 800 practitioners of the Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) spiritual practice marched through the streets of the Kowloon District in support of the more than 100 million who have rejected the Chinese Communist Party. The group’s Tian Guo Marching Band drew a crowd that included some mainland Chinese who were shocked to see freedom of speech on display, as such a large gathering would have been banned or brutally suppressed in China. Onlookers explained the significance of Memorial Day to them: “Today [Oct. 1] isn’t a day for celebration, it’s one of sorrow. Ever since]]> WED, 05 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/american/Read.asp?UighurNews=chinese-mark-national-tragedy-day-worldwide&ItemID=PJ-1082011667164949468318 China's upcoming Party plenum will debate how to better control the flow of information. IMAGINECHINA A woman walks past a newsstand in Beijing, Aug. 7, 2010. China's top levels of leadership look set to further tighten their control over media and the Internet at a forthcoming Party plenum, Hong Kong media and analysts said.The territory's Chinese-language Ming Pao newspaper said that a key theme of this year's sixth plenary session of the 17th Party Congress would be "cultural reforms," a phrase analysts took to mean closer controls on freedom of expression.During the plenum, which will run from Oct. 15-18 in Beijing, delegates would debate a motion on the "socialist development and reform of the cultural system," said the article.Xie Xuanjun, a Chinese studies expert in New York, said the motion was unlikely to concern itself with the relaxation of controls on the media, in spite of repeated promises by incumbent premier Wen Jiabao that the government will begin political reforms."D]]> TUE, 04 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=cultural-reforms-to-target-media&ItemID=WS-10820111808413882718 Tibetan monks take desperate action to highlight what rights groups say are Chinese human rights abuses. AFP Tibetan monks from Kirti monastery in exile in India gather before embarking on a protest march to New Delhi calling for an end to the Kirti crisis, April 26, 2011. Recent self-immolations by desperate Tibetan monks from a monastery under siege signal an alarming trend and highlight unrelenting Chinese actions to curb religious rights, according to human rights groups and experts.    "This is an extremely worrying and absolutely unprecedented trend that we hope will end," London-based Free Tibet Director Stephanie Brigden said after Monday's incident in which  a fifth Tibetan monk set himself on fire this year.The monk, identified as Kalsang Wangchuk, 17 or 18 years old and from Kirti Monastery in southwestern Sichuan province's Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) prefecture, set fire to himself near the vegetable market in Ngaba town.His upper body was seen to be badly burned and security ]]> TUE, 04 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=self-immolation-a-worrying-trend&ItemID=GJ-108201164998413856629 Tibetan monk for the fourth time in the last five years—and again without filing formal charges against him, according to his brother.Jigme Gyatso, a monk at Labrang monastery in the Kanlho (in Chinese, Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture was picked up on Aug. 20 and is being held in the Kanlho Public Security Bureau detention center, the man’s brother, named Sonam, told RFA.“After he had been missing for several weeks, the Kanlho Public Security Bureau confirmed that they are holding him,” Sonam said.“They wouldn’t say why he is detained, but they told our family that he could face a term in jail if he doesn’t abide by state law.”Calls seeking comment from Kanlho officials last week rang unanswered.Chinese authorities first detained Jigme Gyatso, also called Jigme Goril, in 2006 following his return to]]> TUE, 04 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=tibetan-monk-detained-again&ItemID=KY-1082011167784138486445 human rights. The decision to allow visitation rights came as Liu’s brothers met with him last month at his prison in Jinzhou, in northeastern Liaoning province. It was the first time the brothers had seen each other since shortly after Liu was awarded the Nobel Prize on Oct. 8, 2010. Phone calls to two of Liu Xiaobo’s lawyers and his brothers went unanswered Tuesday, with China in the midst of a week-long National Day holiday. But a third lawyer, Ding Xikui, confirmed the monthly visits. “Monthly visits to a jailed family member]]> TUE, 04 OCT 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.uyghurnews.com/radiofreeasia/Read.asp?RadioFreeAsia=nobel-laureate-granted-family-visits&ItemID=FB-108201139988413858433