China’s Strategy In Its ‘War On Terror’: Jobs Not Drones

The Chinese government is employing a unique strategy to reduce the threat of terrorism in its historically unstable Tibet and Xinjiang autonomous regions. By providing new jobs and better housing, the government has managed to quell the threat of separatism.

Caleb T. Maupin
作者 Caleb T. Maupin
Chinese workers sew clothes at a garment factory in Wuqia town, Kuqa county, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 27 September 2016. (Photo: Imaginechina/AP)

WASHINGTON -- (Insights) -- On March 1, 2014, eight men and women wielding knives attacked passengers at a train station in southwest China’s city of Kunming. The attackers, wielding long-bladed knives, killed 31 people and injured 143 others. Four of the attackers were killed by a SWAT team at the scene, while another three were executed in March

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No One Likes The Dalai Lama Anymore

Here’s why governments around the world are unfriending the Tibetan leader.

MintPress News Desk
作者 MintPress News Desk

Look at that face. You're suddenly a bit more serene, a bit more contented than you were a minute ago, aren't you? Maybe you're remembering the year — was it 2002? 2003? — when you gave every single one of your friends and family a copy of "The Art of Happiness" for Christmas. On the other hand, if you're the president, prime minister, or

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Obama Ignores China, Meets With Dalai Lama

Beijing said the meeting between the Tibetan leader and the U.S. president would ‘severely impair China-U.S. relations,’ but the White House did it anyway.

Les Neuhaus
作者 Les Neuhaus
The Dalai Lama walks out of the White House in Washington, after meeting with President Barack Obama

Chinese authorities tried to thwart a Friday meeting of President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, according to a statement from China’s foreign ministry. However, the warning went unheeded by the White House, where the meeting was held to discuss concerns about China’s human rights practices. “We are deeply

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Obama Meeting With Dalai Lama Rankles China

Urging Obama to cancel the meeting, China’s government accused the president of letting the Dalai Lama use the White House as a podium to promote anti-Chinese activities.

Associated Press
作者 Associated Press
The Dalai Lama walks out of the White House in Washington, after meeting with President Barack Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hosting the Dalai Lama at the White House over the stern objection of China, which warned the meeting would "inflict grave damages" on the U.S. relationship with the Asian powerhouse. Obama will greet the Tibetan spiritual leader and fellow Nobel laureate on Friday while the Dalai Lama is in the U.S.

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After Centuries Of Men, Will The Next Dalai Lama Be A Woman?

Tibetan Buddhist leader says the choice of a woman as the next Dalai Lama is entirely possible.

Faine Greenwood
作者 Faine Greenwood

Tibetan Buddhism's supreme leader, the Dalai Lama, has that he believes a female Dalai Lama was entirely possible, although all previous holders of the title have been male. "If the circumstances are such that a female Dalai Lama is more useful, then automatically a female Dalai Lama will come," he said in a press conference in Sydney,

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After Recent Border Standoff, Indian And Chinese Premiers Pledge ‘Peace And Tranquility’

India and China discussed economic and military cooperation, just weeks after their two countries were involved in a tense border standoff.

Jason Overdorf, Priyanka Boghani and Benjamin Carlson
作者 Jason Overdorf, Priyanka Boghani and Benjamin Carlson

NEW DELHI, India — India and China's premiers discussed economic and military cooperation on Monday, just weeks after their two countries were involved in a tense border standoff in the disputed area of Daulat Beg Oldie, Ladakh. On his first trip abroad since taking office, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, "Both sides believe that we need to

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