U.S. House passes ‘Honest Maps’ bill barring Pentagon from depicting Taiwan as part of China
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, July 22: The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Honest Maps” amendment on July 18, barring the Department of Defence from producing or displaying maps that depict Taiwan as part of the People’s Republic of China. Under the amendment, the Pentagon would be prohibited from using federal funds “to create, procure, or […]
Over 300 Buddhist stupas, a sacred Guru Padmasambhava statue demolished amid renewed crackdown in Tibet
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, July 22: Chinese authorities have reportedly demolished over 300 Buddhist stupas and a sacred statues in what sources describe as a “second phase of the Cultural Revolution,” including a revered statue of Guru Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), in Drakgo County, Karze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, situated in the traditional province of Kham in eastern Tibet. […]