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stated in a speech to the Press Club of Australia that due to a few incidences, people outside of India have a different perception of India’s position than what is really the case. “We are Indian. My birthplace was India. Modi’s coercive measures are not as severe as they are depicted in the world media to be. He does not want to convert Muslims to Hinduism. Some cow vigilantes overreact to certain events, and the government is criticized for this. One of the world’s most tolerant nations, in my opinion, is India. When questioned about India and the “Hindutva thrust,” Penpa Tsering said that there were “so many different kinds of people, so many different religions, and such a diverse culture.”
“There are troublemakers everywhere. You cannot hold the whole community responsible for the actions of a few troublemakers. India, in my opinion, is a highly resilient nation that values variety, Penpa Tsering remarked.

“Do you see any troublemakers from the Muslim or Hindu side?” It was requested of Penpa Tsering. “Both,” he answered. Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweeted in response to sharing the video of Penpa Tsering’s speech, “India is the most tolerant country n most diverse country in the world — where every citizen has equal rights.” Penpa Tsering spoke on the India-China problem, saying, “When His Holiness is asked this subject (on the change in India-China dynamics), he used to remark India is usually too cautious when it comes to China. Now I can claim we can delete the word “over” while keeping the word “cautious.” China’s aggressive behavior along India’s border has made India far more powerful. As Tibetans who have coexisted with the Chinese for such a long time, if there is one thing we know it is to stand up for our principles. The Chinese will always treat you like a pony and keep riding you if you don’t stand up for your beliefs or stance.

Penpa Tsering, the president of the Tibetan government in exile, has offered his support at a time when some people want the Joe Biden administration to raise concerns about the human rights situation in India with the visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said, “India is the most tolerant country in the world.” Speaking at the Press Club of Australia, he emphasized that while people outside of India could have a different perception of the situation there as a result of certain instances, this is not the case. “We are Indian. My birthplace was India. Modi’s coercive measures are not as severe as they are depicted in the world media to be. He does not want to convert Muslims to Hinduism. Some cow vigilantes overreact to certain events, and the government is criticized for this. One of the world’s most tolerant nations, in my opinion, is India. There are a lot of various faiths, cultures, and types of individuals. Penpa Tsering was questioned about India and the “Hindutva thrust,” according to the Hindustan Times. Troublemakers are around, he added. You cannot hold the whole community responsible for the actions of a few troublemakers. India, in my opinion, is a highly resilient nation that values variety, Penpa Tsering remarked. “Do you see any troublemakers from the Muslim or Hindu side?” It was requested of Penpa Tsering. “Both,” he answered.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a member of the Union government, tweeted a recording of his speech along with the statement, “India is the most tolerant country n most diverse country in the world — where every citizen has equal rights.” Regarding the India-China dispute, Tsering remarked, “His Holiness used to comment that India is usually too careful when it comes to China when this subject (on the India-China dynamics change) is posed. Now I can claim we can delete the word “over” while keeping the word “cautious.” China’s aggressive behavior along India’s border has made India far more powerful. As Tibetans who have coexisted with the Chinese for such a long time, if there is one thing we know it is to stand up for our principles. The Chinese will always treat you like a pony and keep riding you if you don’t stand up for your beliefs or stance.

Criticism of human rights
While Prime Minister Modi is on a “official state visit” to the US, over 70 members of the US Senate and House of Representatives have written to the Biden administration urging them to discuss human rights issues. The letter claims that there are alarming indications of a smaller political landscape, a rise in religious intolerance, the targeting of journalists and civil society groups, and tightening limitations on press freedoms and internet access in India.

Although “we do so in a way where we don’t seek to lecture or assert that we don’t have challenges ourselves,” he added, “we make our views known.”

The largest tree ever discovered in Asia and the second tallest tree in the world is a massive cypress tree that was located in a gorge in Tibet.

According to experts, including Wang Zi from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the tree was found in May in Bome County’s Nyingchi city in Tibet, reaching over 335 feet in height and almost 9.2 feet in diameter.

Although the precise species of the tree is still unknown, China’s official media has suggested that it may be either a Tibetan or a Himalayan cypress (Cupressus gigantea or Cupressus torulosa).

Over the last year, researchers have revised the Asian record for tallest tree a number of times.

Scientists from Peking University discovered a 252-foot tree in April of last year in Medog County in Tibet, which had temporarily held the record for tallest tree in China. When a 274-foot tree was discovered in Zayu County the following year, this record was also surpassed.

However, the 335-foot-tall tree’s discovery last month has once again resurrected the Asian record for the tallest tree. All of these trees have in common the fact that they were all found in Nyingchi City, an area that is the focus of conservation efforts because of its distinctive environment.

Along with the 335-foot-tall tree, researchers uncovered several more enormous trees in the region, 25 of which were confirmed to be higher than 295 feet.

This suggests that the area is the one in China with the greatest height and density of gigantic tree distribution. Because huge trees need the right soil, climate, and protection from wind, fire, lightning, and human meddling, such locations that support their growth are very uncommon on Earth.

The record for the tallest tree in Asia has also been exceeded thanks to the latest discovery.

Menara, a yellow meranti tree (Shorea faguetiana) with a height of roughly 331 feet, formerly held this record. According to reports, scientists mapped out the area’s trees and calculated their heights using drones, radar, and laser technology. According to Livescience, they created a 3D model of the cypress tree to precisely estimate its size.

They have urged additional experts to examine the area more thoroughly and do more in-depth research on its biodiversity.

The largest Buddhist sect in Korea slammed Democratic Party (DP) legislators for recent remarks that minimized human rights abuses in Tibet.

The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism issued a statement that said, “A person or a group of people representing a country visiting another country for whatever diplomatic purposes and participating in a dialogue or an event for unity, cooperation, and symbiosis is a good thing regardless of what the results are. However, “we cannot disguise our surprise and deep regret regarding comments [by the DP] that were either dismissive of human rights issues as being in the past or ignorant of human rights issues that are universally known, not only among Buddhist in our country but among Korean people and the people of the world.”

The Buddhist order said that a single remark made by a prominent person may either inspire the populace or do irreparable harm.
Reps. Do Jong-hwan and Min Byoung-dug must truly apologize to the spirits of those who perished after lighting themselves on fire in retaliation for persecution (by the Chinese government) and to the Tibetans who still endure tyranny today.

The DP lawmakers have recently come under fire from the public for attending an event in Tibet that was sponsored and paid for by the Chinese government as well as for their uncensored remarks.

Seven DP lawmakers, including Do, who served as President Moon Jae-in’s minister of culture, visited the China Xizang Tourism and Culture Expo in Tibet earlier this month.

Due to the timing of their visit, which coincided with rising bilateral tensions between Korea and China as a result of remarks made by Chinese Ambassador to Korea Xing Haiming in front of DP chairman Lee Jae-myung, their visit was seen as being improper. On June 8, with the DP leader seated next to him, Ambassador Xing delivered a 15-minute speech in which he expressed his concern that those who gambled against China would “regret it.”

Lee came under fire for creating the conditions that allowed the Chinese ambassador to express himself in a manner that was particularly evocative of the era when imperial China ruled over Korean kingdoms.

The journey of the DP MPs was first kept a secret until the local daily Hankook Ilbo revealed that a different group of DP members had previously visited Beijing.

Even though the public was against the trip, the parliamentarians went through with it. Critics claimed that the MPs from the liberal party were being exploited in a Chinese propaganda event when it was revealed that the Chinese government had paid for the whole trip.

Do said that he was there at the exhibition in Tibet and denied knowing about “negative public opinion,” adding that it was beyond of their purview to speculate as to why no western nations had come.

He spoke on a radio program on Monday after his homecoming and discounted Tibet’s human rights crimes, saying they occurred more than seven decades ago.

Do said that “[human rights violations] occurred in 1951 and 1959.” He said, “We went to the exhibition for tourism and culture. “I hope that [going to the expo] and human rights will be seen as separate issues.”

Rep. Min, who was one of the seven DP members who travelled to Tibet, pointedly questioned how bringing up an incident from 70 years ago would advance the cause of the country.

The Office of Tibet-Geneva and the Society for Threatened Peoples collaborated to host a side event on the continued Chinese oppression of the Tibetan people in conjunction with the 53rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The conference, titled “Tibetans Report on the Current State of Repression: 75 Years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” sought to raise awareness of the human rights abuses occurring in Tibet while it is governed by China. Prominent speakers addressed the crowd, including members from the Tibet Bureau and former political prisoners.

Hanno Schedler from the Society for Threatened Peoples presided over the gathering. Gloria Montgomery, Coordinator of the Tibet Advocacy Coalition, Phuntsok Nyidron, a former political prisoner in Tibet, and Kalden Tsomo, UN Advocacy Officer of the Tibet Bureau, joined the podium to discuss their perspectives on the present state of Tibet.

The ongoing political persecution, cultural assimilation, social injustice, economic marginalization, and environmental damage that the Tibetan people experience while living under Chinese rule were underlined by Kalden Tsomo. She noted that these atrocities continue in Tibet despite the fact that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted 75 years ago. Tsomo asked the international community and UN members to work together to confront China’s violations of human rights in Tibet.

One of Tibet’s longest-serving ex-political prisoners, Phuntsok Nyidron, provided a first-person description of the cruel abuse and torture she endured while imprisoned from 1989 to 2004. She voiced alarm about the deteriorating circumstances in Tibet, which are characterized by a rise in the persecution and suppression of Tibetan identity, culture, and language. Nyidron cited the support she got from the world community as a reason why she was able to speak out against Chinese persecution and called for consistent international support for Tibet and the liberation of political prisoners. She also urged international cooperation in achieving Tibetans’ demands for freedom and His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s return to Tibet.

The Tibet Advocacy Coalition’s Gloria Montgomery spoke on the subject of forcible residential boarding schools in Tibet. She cited a study by the Tibet Action Institute in which it was discovered that between the ages of 6 and 18, at least 900,000 Tibetan children had been forcefully taken from their families and villages and forced to live in residential schools. Additionally, an estimated 100,000 four and five-year-olds were enrolled in boarding preschools at least five days a week while being away from their parents. Montgomery emphasized the anguish these children had experienced on an emotional, psychological, and cultural level and demanded that the forced attendance at residential schools end immediately and that private Tibetan schools be established. She pleaded with UN members to follow the advice of treaty organizations and take effective action.

The side event provided a forum for bringing attention to Tibet’s pressing problems and building support for the cause. The speakers made a call for international support and action to address the human rights abuses experienced by the Tibetan people by bringing attention to China’s continued persecution in Tibet. An updated call to action and a common commitment to protect the ideals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights marked the event’s conclusion.

According to Tibet’s exiled leader, the Chinese government’s plans to obliterate cultural identity via procedures like to those used to erase Australia’s stolen generation have made George Orwell’s 1984 a reality in Tibet.

Penpa Tsering, the exiled president of Tibet, said that the region’s conditions had reached a level equivalent to those of South Sudan and Syria and that the Chinese government is “striking the very identity of Tibetan people” in an effort to eradicate the culture. “If anyone has read George Orwell’s 1984, that has come into reality in China and more so in the Tibetan region,” said Mr. Tsering on Wednesday at the National Press Club in Canberra.

He described the miserable circumstances in which Tibetans had to live under Chinese authority, including restrictions on information flow and freedom of travel as well as ongoing government monitoring.

“Locking Tibet away is what China attempts to do. Tell the world that Tibet is a communist paradise by turning it into a big jail where nobody is allowed to enter or exit, he said. The Tibetan government has repressed all aspects of its culture, including its primary religion of Buddhism, where CCTV has been installed in every monastery to monitor the movements of monks and nuns.

Artificial intelligence has been used to track Tibetans residing in the area, including electronic identification, geolocation, and DNA collection for profiling.

The president said, “This is intended to completely eradicate the uniqueness of the ethnicities so that everything becomes Chinese. Details of Tibetan children being taken from their families and placed in boarding schools with “colonial-style” living arrangements bring to mind Australia’s own stolen generation.

Mr. Tsering said that when Chinese authorities were reminded of their previous transgressions, they refrained by referring to the US and Australia among other nations.

China is aware of the errors made by these countries. The Tibetan people are being mistreated by the Chinese government on purpose and with knowledge.

According to Mr. Tsering, there will be major repercussions for Tibetans’ ability to keep their identity as a result of China’s announcement that it aims to discontinue Tibetan lessons in the Golong area starting in 2024 and perhaps spreading it to the whole region.

China wants to progress toward having one culture, one country, and one language while the rest of the world is going toward pluralism, thus they have made Mandarin the official language. Mr. Tsering urged the Albanese government to uphold its legal obligations and punish individuals in charge of the violations of human rights in the manner of Magnitsky.

“The Australian government has sanctioned Iran, Burma, and Russia, but when it comes to China, then everybody closes down a little bit,” the president added.

“If it’s a foreign policy, everyone has to be treated equally,”

The exiled leader isn’t calling for a total separation from China; rather, he is in favor of the “Middle Way approach” put forward by the Dalai Lama, which would allow for more autonomy for Tibetans while still keeping them subject to Chinese rule.

“We’re not asking for independence,” he said.

It doesn’t matter who reigns. It is a characteristic of the rule.

According to the president of Tibet’s government-in-exile, any effort by China to locate its own reincarnation of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama may lead to two separate successors and a “lifelong headache” for Beijing.

The 14th reincarnation of the Tibetan Buddhist leader, the present Dalai Lama, is now 87 years old. When he passes away, a search will be conducted for his replacement. The next reincarnation is often discovered within Tibet, but because that country has been ruled by China since 1959, there have been rumors that the next Dalai Lama may be located somewhere else.

In a speech delivered on Wednesday in Canberra, the capital of Australia, Penpa Tsering, the president of the government-in-exile, warned Beijing that if it attempted to choose its own reincarnation, there would be two Dalai Lamas.

This will be an issue for the rest of my life, he remarked. “So, is the Chinese government willing to have a headache for the rest of their lives? The Chinese authorities will find it interesting to chew on.

Tsering told the National Press Club that Tibet is today a “huge prison where nobody can go in, nobody can go out.” He denied claims made by the Chinese administration that the area is a “socialist paradise.”

He posed the rhetorical question, “If Tibet is a socialist paradise, then why doesn’t the Chinese government allow others to see the paradise for themselves?” He said that the area had no political or civil rights.

Since the People’s Liberation Army invaded China in 1950, when the Dalai Lama ultimately fled to India nine years later, Tibet has been a sovereign territory of China. The exiled government of Tibet and its spiritual head are presently based in the Indian town of Dharamshala.

In his address, Tsering criticized Canberra for not applying its international sanctions evenly and asked Australia to prosecute Chinese officials for “crimes against humanity” in Tibet.

Australia’s largest commercial partner is China, and after a center-left Labor government was elected in May 2022, ties between Canberra and Beijing just recently started to improve. When China placed trade restrictions on certain Australian exports in 2020, relations broke out.

“We know for a fact that the Australian government has sanctioned Iran, Burma, and Russia, but when it comes to China, then everyone calms down a little bit,” the man stated. “Bigger countries get away with everything when it comes to them.”

The ability to perform empirical observations and simulations to anticipate land use change, which has an impact on the ecological environment and species diversity, has emerged as a key concern. As the “third pole of the world,” the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is especially vulnerable to climate change. It has become a hub for international study due to its distinctive social and human processes and complicated physical landscape. The Tibetan Plateau’s changing land use has a big influence on the Tibetan Plateau, the areas around it, and the whole globe. It’s a big part of the ecological security barrier.

Based on shared socioeconomic paths (SSPs), this analysis forecasts land use changes on the Tibetan Plateau over the carbon peak (2021-2040), carbon neutral (2051-2070), and late 21st century (2081-2100). The Tibetan Plateau has around 14103, 349103, 1853103, 0.3103, and 235103km2 of arable land, forest land, grassland, urban land, and bare land, respectively, in the base period (1995–2014).

In the next three eras, there will be less grassland compared to the base period, but there will be more urban, forest, and barren terrain. Grassland will decline by 6.1 to 21.7% by the end of the twenty first century, while woodlands will have the highest area gains, rising by roughly 21.2 to 72.8%.

A 13-day tour of Buddhist and communal events was just concluded by Panchen Erdeni Chos-kyi rGyal-po in Qamdo City, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of southwest China.

Panchen Rinpoche, a vice president of the Buddhist Association of China and the head of the association’s Tibet branch, as well as a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, came in Qamdo’s Jomda County on June 5.

Panchen Rinpoche visited monasteries of several Tibetan Buddhist sects during his trip to Qamdo, where he led prayer sessions and discussed Buddhist sutras. Additionally, Jesus blessed more than 130,000 individuals by touching their heads.

It was Panchen Rinpoche’s second trip to the city to lead Buddhist and community events.

Panchen Rinpoche also made numerous additional stops in Qamdo, including an industrial development zone and a station of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway that was still under construction.

His trip to Tibet will continue to include a number of Buddhist and humanitarian endeavors. He landed in the regional capital of Lhasa on Sunday.

The exiled political leader of Tibet claims it is unjust for Australia to hold countries like Iran and Russia accountable for violating human rights while absolving China since it is Australia’s largest commercial partner.

Penpa Tsering urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to bring up human rights with Chinese President Xi Jinping if he visits Beijing later this year and to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for the mistreatment of ethnic minorities in Tibet and Xinjiang during his first visit to Australia since being chosen to lead the Tibetan government-in-exile in 2021. Tsering compared the forcible separation of Tibetan children from their families to Australia’s treatment of Indigenous children during the stolen generations period and accused Chinese President Xi Jinping of wanting to eradicate ethnic and religious minorities in his country.

Tsering will speak at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday, overcoming attempts by Chinese authorities in Australia to get the event canceled on the grounds that it would jeopardize China’s “core interests”.

Tsering noted in an interview, “I constantly praise the Chinese government for being our finest publicity agent. “Even if we hired someone, even if we had the money to hire somebody, they would not be able to do the kind of job that the Chinese government is doing for us.”

Tsering urged Australia to follow a uniform criterion when sanctioning other countries for violating human rights.

In the last year, the Albanian government has placed Magnitsky penalties on officials from Myanmar, Iran, and Russia, but has defied requests from human rights organizations to do the same for China.