Taiwan Tati Cultural and Educational Foundation

Over the past couple of weeks, university and college students in Hong Kong have launched a series of strikes aimed at forcing the government of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (梁振英) to withdraw its order to implement a “moral and national education” curriculum in primary and secondary schools, and for the time being there is no indication that the students are going to drop their campaign.

Hong Kong is a juicy morsel in China’s mouth. Originally, the Beijing government thought that, having retrieved this choice cut from its former British colonial rulers, it could just sit back and enjoy the meal.

DHARAMSHALA, September 19: The critical situation inside Tibet has received attention at the ongoing 21st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (September 10-28) in Geneva at the behest of numerous countries and the European Union.

Country representatives and NGOs brought to the Council’s notice the issue of Tibet, where 51 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since 2009, protesting China’s continued occupation and demanding freedom and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile.