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Whole Failure – Why the United States Failed on August 22, 1996?

The Clinton Curse – Why the United States failed on August 22, 1996?

I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
The erosion of Christian Values sets in motion a great economic disaster since August 22, 1996: In this graphic, Julie Peasley shows how many one-dollar bills it would take to stack up to the total U.S. debt of $31.4 trillion.
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law

President Clinton’s New Beginning in 1996. Economic Oppression of alien workers

I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law

On August 22, 1996, US President Bill Clinton (Democrat) signed into Law that reintroduced Slavery, Involuntary Servitude, Serfdom and Forced Labor in the pretext of making ‘A New Beginning’. Welfare Reform Act or Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) is unjust and unfair for it violates Constitutional Law that defends natural rights of all people living in United States. All US taxpayers must be treated as equals for receiving retirement income benefits for which they paid taxes. President Clinton’s action constitutes a transgression of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation that saved US Non-Citizens or Aliens from the indignity of Slavery.

I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law

The Campaign to Repeal the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 is not about giving citizenship rights to non-citizens. It is about upholding the Supreme Law of the Land to abolish bondage, servitude, and slavery. The Reconstruction of America is not yet over. Slavery re-appeared in this Land in a new form and remains hidden or unnoticed. ‘The Clinton Curse’ explains as to why the United States failed on August 22, 1996. The Curse reveals the nature of The Beast that is waiting to overtake this nation.

The Clinton Curse – The Beast is waiting to overtake the United States

The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; Deuteronomy 28:49
The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; Deuteronomy 28:49
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law

The Great Awakening Movement – Spiritual Warfare against the Clinton Curse

I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law

US Congress must do the Right thing to Save America from The Clinton Curse, The Economic Disaster of 1996 to 2025.

I ask my readers to review 43-word 13th Amendment and tell me if those words still govern, rule, and operate the lives of all people, wage earners who perform labor paying taxes.

My readers should not be surprised if I describe the US Congress as “Slave Driver.” The reason for my claim is based on PRWORA enacted by the US Congress in 1996 that amended The US Social Security Act of 1935. This legal provision enacted by 104th US Congress is incorporated as Section 202(y) of the Social Security Act. It mandates that no Retirement Income benefits shall be payable to registered alien (non-citizen) taxpayers in the United States without showing proof of lawful residency as determined by the Attorney General. In my view, such proof must not be demanded if a worker has attained full retirement age as determined by law.

I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law

Social Security Act, Section 202(y) violates the principle enshrined in those 43 words called the 13th Amendment. This 1996 amendment to the Social Security Act is fundamentally flawed for it is unconstitutional. It takes away the property rights (earnings, wages, and retirement income) of individuals who paid Federal, State, Local, Social Security and Medicare Taxes working in this country to attain the full retirement age.

The Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln (Republican) in September 1862 came into effect on January 01, 1863 freeing slaves in all territory still at War with the Union. These slaves were not citizens of the Land and had no political rights of their own. In Law, Servitude or Slavery refers to the burden imposed upon the property of a person by a specified right another has in its use. Servitude involves labor in which the person who performs labor has no right to his earnings from labor. The Emancipation Proclamation specifically protects, defends, preserves and safeguards rights of aliens or non-citizens residing in the United States.

I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law

The amended Social Security Act unconstitutionally gives power to Social Security Administration to withhold the property (wages, earnings, monthly retirement income benefits) of alien workers who are not convicted by US Court of Law. In my analysis, The Social Security Act of 1935 amended in 1996 fails to uphold the US Constitution as the Supreme Law of this Land.

I ask my readers to make the distinction between Social Security Tax and Monthly Retirement Benefit. The first represents tax paid to the government and the second represents earning or wage entitled to a retired person to provide income and security during old age.

I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law

All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law.

I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law

President Clinton’s Slavery Law of 1996 tramples upon fundamental freedoms and human dignity entitled to all human beings without any concern for their country of origin or citizenship status.

The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; Deuteronomy 28:49

The US Congress can levy taxes but cannot deprive any person of Life, Liberty and Property without due process of Law. The United States Cannot Balance the Budget and cannot solve the problem of mounting National Debt without reaping the Blessings of God’s Promise. President Clinton’s tricks and gimmicks will utterly ruin and destroy the Nation for he failed to obey the LORD.

The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; Deuteronomy 28:49
I am asking Christians to reject President Clinton’s Public Law 104 – 193. All said and done, President Clinton’s Evil Plan failed to resolve the problem of National Debt. The Repeal Movement exposes President Clinton’s contemptuous violation of Constitutional Principles of equal protection, equal justice and equal treatment under Law

 

Whole Peace – The Supreme Ruler of Tibet, Ambassador For Peace

His Holiness the Dalai Lama – Prince of Peace

HIS HOLINESS THE 14th DALAI LAMA - PRINCE OF PEACE: The Dalai Lama is seen seated on his throne in Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet in this photo image from 1956/1957.
HIS HOLINESS THE 14th DALAI LAMA – PRINCE OF PEACE: The Dalai Lama is seen seated on his throne in Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet in this photo image from 1956/1957.

The Great Fifth Dalai Lama founded the Ganden Phodrang Government of Tibet in 1642. The successive Dalai Lamas have headed Tibet for nearly four centuries. The Institution of Dalai Lama is the central focus of Tibetan Cultural Identity and Tibetan National Character. Very often, news media stories refer to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as a Buddhist monk and ignore the fact that he was seated on a throne in a ceremonial function when he assumed the Office of the Dalai Lama. For that reason, I would like to categorically name him as “Prince of Peace” who is promoting peace in both Tibetan and International affairs.

Prince of Peace – Book of Isaiah, Chapter 9:6

His Holiness The Dalai Lama - Prince of Peace: He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace for he will shatter the Yoke that burdens Tibet.
His Holiness The Dalai Lama – Prince of Peace: He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace for he will shatter the Yoke that burdens Tibet.

His Holiness The Dalai Lama was not born as a Prince. He was chosen by Tibetan tradition and custom to occupy the position of The Dalai Lama which makes him as an exalted person clothed with authority. In Tibetan tradition, the Dalai Lama is a monarch or a King, a Leader who rules over Tibet with full public consent and the political institution of the Dalai Lama and his governance of Tibet is a system of government approved by Social Contract.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama - Prince of Peace: He will ease the burden of Yoke imposed by Communist China's Oppressive rule of Tibet.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama – Prince of Peace: He will ease the burden of Yoke imposed by Communist China’s Oppressive rule of Tibet.

The Dalai Lama as Prince of Peace will ease the burden of Yoke imposed by Red China’s oppressive occupation of Tibet.

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162, USA
Special Frontier Force-Establishment 22-Vikas Regiment

Tibet post International

Tibet: News International Top US official calls HH the Dalai Lama of Tibet “ambassador for peace”

Monday, 27 July 2015 12:58 Yangchen Dolma, Tibet Post International

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The Dalai Lama as Prince of Peace will ease the burden of Yoke imposed by Red China’s oppressive occupation of Tibet.

Washington DC — White House senior adviser praised His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet and described him as “an ambassador for peace, for justice, and for nonviolence.”

Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama made the following remarks at NATA’s event to honor His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet.

“His Holiness the Dalai Lama, to the monks and the people of Tibet, to the leaders and dignitaries and incredible performers who are here today, and to all of you, gathered in this amazing room, good afternoon.

And what an amazing afternoon it is. It is an honor to be among so many friends of His Holiness as we celebrate his extraordinary life of a man that we all admire and respect. I come here today on behalf of President Barack Obama, to convey the birthday wishes of the American people to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. There are very few individuals that have a truly global presence, and even fewer who have used that presence to make such a powerful and positive contribution to humanity.

Both through his words and importantly his deeds, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has become an ambassador for peace, for justice, and for nonviolence. He has inspired us all to speak up for the dignity of every human being, and he has been unwavering in his conviction that there is most certainly more that unifies us than could possibly divide us. In this sense, he is a man for this moment: at a time when voices of intolerance seek to sow division along religious and racial and ethnic lines, the Dalai Lama serves as a powerful counterweight, for he is a uniter. His teachings challenge us to promote religious harmony among all faiths and traditions, and the unwavering persistence of his message of compassion serves as a moral compass for all of us during this extraordinarily challenging time in our world’s history.

But the Dalai Lama is not a billboard who merely looks good from a distance. I know this from personal experience that I am humbled to say. I had the incredible opportunity of visiting His Holiness in Dharamsala back in 2009. I spent time at his private residence and I visited the community that has thrived under his spiritual leadership in exile for 56 years. The Dalai Lama and I discussed the importance of a lifelong commitment to giving voice to the voiceless, and by the example he has set, he truly gave me a renewed strength to never lose sight of our collective and our individual responsibility to be unwavering forces for good.

I felt the profound connection between he and his many followers; I visited a monastery, I visited a school, I visited an orphanage—all that he had established. I saw the extraordinary efforts that he had undertaken to preserve the Tibetan religious, cultural, and linguistic traditions. And I will never, ever forget the joyful healthy children who I met who were being raised by loving and nurturing adults in an orphanage that is 54 years old. And, in fact, I discovered that many of the adults in the orphanage had been raised in that very same orphanage and were giving back to the children of today. After that amazing trip to Dharamsala, I returned to the United States and I told President Obama that His Holiness had changed my life, and I meant it.

Now, I hasten to add that later His Holiness said to the President that he thought I was exaggerating when I said that, but I was not. He truly changed my life. And each time our paths have crossed since that very first visit to Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama has touched my heart, and has been an ongoing source of deep and true inspiration for me as I know he is for all of you.

On a personal note, I just want to say publicly what I hope you know privately, which is: I treasure you, and I am humbled, deeply humbled, to be able to call you my friend.

And so today, as we join here and so many people around the world in celebration of an extraordinary life of this great leader, a good and a decent man, a compassionate and honest man, a spiritual and intellectual man, a man, I hasten to say, with amazing grace.
And so I close the way I began, which is to say to you on behalf of President Barack Obama, I wish you Sir, a continued health, and strength, and vigor, for at least until you reach the age of a hundred and twenty. Thank you very much.”

Last Updated ( Monday, 27 July 2015 13:04 )

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama - Prince of Peace: He will resist the Prince of Darkness, the Evil One, The Evil Red Empire.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama – Prince of Peace: He will resist the Prince of Darkness, the Evil One, The Evil Red Empire.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama - Prince of Peace: He will shatter the YOKE that burdens Tibet.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama – Prince of Peace: He will shatter the YOKE that burdens Tibet.
His Holiness The Dalai Lama - Prince of Peace: For he will shatter the rod of Communist China's oppression in Tibet.
His Holiness The Dalai Lama – Prince of Peace: For he will shatter the rod of Communist China’s oppression in Tibet.

 

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The Dalai Lama as Prince of Peace will ease the burden of Yoke imposed by Red China’s oppressive occupation of Tibet.
The Dalai Lama as Prince of Peace will ease the burden of Yoke imposed by Red China’s oppressive occupation of Tibet.
The Dalai Lama as Prince of Peace will ease the burden of Yoke imposed by Red China’s oppressive occupation of Tibet.
The Dalai Lama as Prince of Peace will ease the burden of Yoke imposed by Red China’s oppressive occupation of Tibet.
The Dalai Lama as Prince of Peace will ease the burden of Yoke imposed by Red China’s oppressive occupation of Tibet.

Whole Supreme – The celebration of the Dalai Lama

Tibet Consciousness – The Supreme Ruler of Tibet

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Tibetans are celebrating His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday with a photography exhibition, ‘Dalai Lama in Frames’ at Centre Atrium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Dalai Lama relinquished his temporal powers and Tibetan Exile community have a parliament and a Prime Minister to attend to affairs of Tibetan Government in Exile.

Tibetans in Occupied Tibet continue to claim Dalai Lama as the Supreme Ruler of Tibet for they have no opportunity to elect their own representatives. Until Democracy is introduced into Tibet, Tibetans have no choice; His Holiness the Dalai Lama will remain the sole representative of Tibetans.

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162 USA
Special Frontier Force-Establishment 22-Vikas Regiment

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His Holiness The Dalai Lama turned 80 this year. In Tibetan custom, especially in Amdo, the north eastern part of Tibet, where he was born, family members celebrate the 80th year of one’s birth with great joy. Extending this celebration to the national capital, the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama (FURHHDL) put together ‘Dalai Lama in Frames’ a photography exhibition based on his life and activities.

“The main idea behind organising this exhibition is to showcase the life and activities of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in visual form. If you check his schedule, you can see that he travels extensively to different parts of the world engaging in talks, teachings, festivals. Even in India, he travels to various parts of the country meeting people, students, and children and participating in many meetings and gatherings,” Thupten Tsewang, director (administration), general manager (programmes), FURHHDL, tells Metrolife.

The exhibition shows the Dalai Lama’s life in pictures through the lens of Tenzin Choejor, his official photographer. So, in one image the Tibetan spiritual leader can be seen with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, captain of Indian cricket team, at Dharamsala (2014); in another picture he is seen offering prayers at the Gupt-Ganga Temple in Srinagar (2012); while another image shows him blessing the patients at Tahirpur Leprosy Complex in New Delhi (2014).

“We did not have any strict system of selecting the images. However, we have tried our best to select those images which depict his genuine effort of reaching out to people of different backgrounds and circumstances,” Tsewang says.

He adds that the images are broadly based on the three main commitments of His Holiness. “Firstly, images such as his engagement with various religious leaders (depict his efforts) to promote religious harmony in the world. (His images) with students, children, patients, politicians, business people depict his efforts of reaching out to people of various backgrounds to engage and promote human values. Thirdly, engaging with Tibetans and Buddhists (depict his effort) to preserve Tibet’s Buddhist culture, a culture of peace and non-violence,” he says.

The exhibition is on at the Centre Atrium, India Habitat Centre until December 31.

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Whole Rebirth – Visiting the Dalai Lama’s Birthplace

Tibet Consciousness – The Dalai Lama’s Birthplace

Tibet Consciousness – The Dalai Lama’s Birthplace, Taktser, Amdo, Tibet,

Special Frontier Force shares with pleasure a story, “In the Dalai Lama’s home town, a moment of limbo,” published in The Washington Post.

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162 USA
Special Frontier Force-Establishment 22-Vikas Regiment

Tibet Consciousness – The Dalai Lama’s Birthplace, Taktser, Amdo, Tibet,

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In the Dalai Lama’s home town, a moment of limbo

TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE 14th DALAI LAMA’S BIRTHPLACE, TAKTSER, AMDO, TIBET.

What the birthplace of the Dalai Lama looks like

The spiritual leader was born Lhamo Dondrub to parents who farmed barley and potatoes in the village of Taktser.

The spiritual leader was born Lhamo Dondrub to parents who farmed barley and potatoes in the village of Taktser.
The simple farmer’s home where the Dalai Lama once lived was leveled long ago and has been reconstructed several times during his exile. The latest changes, announced in 2013, cost $400,000 and saw the addition of a 10-foot-high wall. Emily Rauhala/The Washington Post

BY EMILY RAUHALA NOVEMBER 19 at 10:35 PM

Taktser, Amdo, Tibet — The first snow of the season lies light on the hills and the air smells of wood smoke; the police who guard this village on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau must be inside by the stove.

Beyond a solitary checkpoint, a paved road rises up and around and passes a high-walled courtyard with a richly painted gate. Nearby, a sheep picks through a pile of hay, unobserved except by security cameras.

It was here, in what Tibetans call Amdo (and the People’s Republic named Qinghai province), that a boy named Lhamo Dondrub was born in 1935 to parents who farmed barley and potatoes.

Identified as the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama at age 2, he left for Lhasa in 1939 and fled to India in 1959. But in his birthplace — known to the Tibetans as Taktser — and across the plateau, his presence is still keenly, if quietly, felt — much to Beijing’s dismay.

In 2006, a top Chinese official called the battle against him a “fight to the death.” With each year that passes — he turned 80 in July — that looks to be increasingly true.

Last year, the Dalai Lama raised the possibility that his title may die with him, musing also that he might reincarnate as a woman, reincarnate outside Tibet or not reincarnate at all.

Beijing countered that the man they call a “wolf in monk’s robes” must absolutely reincarnate. It seeks to control what happens when he dies by, among other things, staking a claim on his place of birth.

That leaves Taktser in limbo. “In a way, his birthplace represents and embodies the Tibet problem: It’s there, and the Chinese authorities cannot make it disappear,” said Yangdon Dhondup, a research associate at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.

“To find a way around this is to make it as difficult as possible to access it so that slowly, this place — and in extension, the Tibet problem — is forgotten from the mind and from history,” she said. On the road to Taktser, the sweep of history is in full view.

From the provincial capital, Xining, you drive east on a freeway flanked by half-built high-rises, and then south along a valley floor, passing villages being razed and rebuilt with state money — mud-brown courtyards resurrected in grayish white, often with standard-issue stenciling on the walls.

Roadside billboards feature the face of President Xi Jinping and praise the Communist Party. “Deeply implement the spirit of the 18th Party congress,” reads one. There are few signs, though, marking the way to Taktser.

Beijing’s strategy in Tibetan ­areas is twofold: forcibly restrict religious practice while pumping money into development in a bid to control, and eventually change, the Tibetan way of life. Some Tibetans call it colonization. Beijing has long preferred “liberation,” and state media regularly tout expensive efforts in road and rail construction, mass resettlement and the restoration of historic sites.

Migration is changing many towns and cities on the plateau, including Taktser. In 2011, a Chinese state media report noted that the once-Tibetan town was home to 44 Tibetan families and 25 Han Chinese families.

The simple farmer’s home where the Dalai Lama once lived was leveled long ago and has been reconstructed several times ­during his exile. The latest changes, announced in 2013, cost $400,000 and included the addition of a 10-foot-high wall.

That money was part of a $250 million effort to urbanize the district. A local official, Sun Xiuzong, in 2013 cast the plan as a triumph. “Today, the once bleak, underdeveloped county is closer to a boom town,” he told the Xinhua News Agency, praising better tap water and “blacktop roads.”

Critics counter that here and elsewhere, investment comes with conditions: Some visitors who make the trip are welcome, some of the time — but only if they check in with the police. And by staking its claim on the Dalai Lama’s birthplace, the state signals something more: plans to control his lineage after death. When a search party from Lhasa set out to find the next incarnation of the Dalai Lama in 1935, its members followed a series of signals, sustaining centuries-old tradition.

Today, the toddler they found in Taktser wonders whether it’s time to end that system. “The Dalai Lama institution will cease one day,” he told the BBC last year. Better to end it with a “popular” leader, he said, than to risk a “stupid” one.

That did not please Beijing. At an annual meeting last March, members of the officially atheist Communist Party said that the Dalai Lama must reincarnate — according to their dictates.

“Decision-making power over the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, and over the end or survival of this lineage, resides in the central government of China,” said party official Zhu Weiqun, according to state media reports.

“The party will try every single way to intervene and control the reincarnation,” said Woeser, a Tibetan poet and blogger, who like many Tibetans uses one name.

There is precedent. In 1995, the Dalai Lama named a 6-year-old as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, the second-most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism. China declared the appointment illegitimate, the boy and his family disappeared, and Beijing appointed its own Panchen Lama.

Many believe they have a similar plan in the works for when the Dalai Lama dies — raising the possibility of rival candidates and a succession struggle.

“China is convinced that it simply has to wait out death, then appoint their own Dalai Lama,” said Elliot Sperling, an associate professor at Indiana University who studies Tibet. “Even if Tibetans don’t accept it, Beijing believes it has enough control, and enough in terms of the mechanism of repression.”

For now, Beijing’s tight grip on Tibetan areas prevents most locals from speaking candidly on the issue. As dusk settled over Taktser, villagers declined to chat, ducking inside or simply saying, apologetically, “I can’t.”

Over tea and Tibetan bread, one family said they indeed appreciated improvements to their housing over the years and hoped the village would continue to prosper. Their names have been withheld because they are not allowed to speak to visitors.

Asked about the Dalai Lama, a farmer in his 30s shook his head, looked at the ground, then nodded toward the spiritual leader’s rebuilt house.
“Shuo bu shang,” he said in Chinese. “It’s hard to say.”

Gu Jinglu in Hongya and Liu Liu in Beijing contributed to this report.

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Emily Rauhala is a China Correspondent for the Post. She was previously a Beijing-based correspondent for TIME, and an editor at the magazine’s Hong Kong office.

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That leaves Taktser in limbo. “In a way, his birthplace represents and embodies the Tibet problem: It’s there, and the Chinese authorities cannot make it disappear,” said Yangdon Dhondup, a research associate at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
That leaves Taktser in limbo. “In a way, his birthplace represents and embodies the Tibet problem: It’s there, and the Chinese authorities cannot make it disappear,” said Yangdon Dhondup, a research associate at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
That leaves Taktser in limbo. “In a way, his birthplace represents and embodies the Tibet problem: It’s there, and the Chinese authorities cannot make it disappear,” said Yangdon Dhondup, a research associate at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
That leaves Taktser in limbo. “In a way, his birthplace represents and embodies the Tibet problem: It’s there, and the Chinese authorities cannot make it disappear,” said Yangdon Dhondup, a research associate at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
That leaves Taktser in limbo. “In a way, his birthplace represents and embodies the Tibet problem: It’s there, and the Chinese authorities cannot make it disappear,” said Yangdon Dhondup, a research associate at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
That leaves Taktser in limbo. “In a way, his birthplace represents and embodies the Tibet problem: It’s there, and the Chinese authorities cannot make it disappear,” said Yangdon Dhondup, a research associate at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
That leaves Taktser in limbo. “In a way, his birthplace represents and embodies the Tibet problem: It’s there, and the Chinese authorities cannot make it disappear,” said Yangdon Dhondup, a research associate at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – LABRANG, AMDO REGION, EASTERN TIBET. THE 14th DALAI LAMA WAS BORN IN A SMALL VILLAGE CALLED TAKTSER.

 

 

Whole Demand – Demanding Trump – Dalai Lama Meeting to Resolve Tibet-China Border Dispute

The Cold War in Asia – Resolve Tibet-China Border Dispute

The Cold War in Asia – Resolve Tibet-China Border Dispute

On behalf of Special Frontier Force, I demand Trump – Dalai Lama Meeting. It is “only logical” for we work together to uphold the doctrine of Democracy when it engages, contains, confronts, and opposes the doctrine of Communism. Tibet is the very first victim of the spread of Communism to Asia. Tibet-China Border Dispute is a mere symptom of the Cold War in Asia.

SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE DEMANDS TRUMP – DALAI LAMA MEETING. IT IS LOGICAL FOR BOTH OPPOSE COMMUNISM.
The Cold War in Asia – Resolve Tibet-China Border Dispute

TIBET LEADER SAYS IT IS ‘ONLY LOGICAL’ TRUMP MEETS DALAI LAMA AFTER VISIT TO 3 MAJOR SACRED PLACES

Tibet’s PM in exile is disappointed that Trump did not visit the Buddhist monk despite touring the Vatican and Saudi Arabia.

BY NANDINI KRISHNAMOORTHY

May 25, 2017 07:06 BST

SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE DEMANDS TRUMP – DALAI LAMA MEETING. PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH POPE FRANCIS.

Donald Trump meets with Pope Francis in the Vatican. Reuters

After embarking on a visit to Muslim, Jewish and Christian lands during his first official overseas tour, it is now “logical “for US President Donald Trump to visit the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s prime minister in exile Lobsang Sangay has said.

Trump is scheduled to meet NATO leaders on Thursday (25 May). Earlier in the week, he visited Saudi Arabia, Israel and Palestine and met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday.

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“Donald Trump … has been to all three major sacred places of three major traditions,” Sangay said on Wednesday (24 May). “So, what is left is Buddhism and his holiness the Dalai Lama is the most prominent Buddhist leaders in the world,” Sangay.

The leader in exile is currently on a visit to Washington and was speaking at the Heritage Foundation think tank there, Reuters reports.

“If he [Trump] can meet with all leaders of major traditions, I think it’s just logical that he meets the most prominent Buddhist leader,” he said.

The Dalai Lama has met all the four previous US presidents, greatly angering China.

Beijing considers Tibet a breakaway province and has accused the Dalai Lama of promoting independence for Tibet from the rest of China. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning monk has been saying that he only wants a higher degree of freedom for his homeland Tibet. He fled his hometown after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959.

Although the Dalai Lama has not yet been invited to meet Trump, Sangay said: “We are Tibetans. We are perennially optimistic.”

If Trump were to meet the spiritual leader, it could put in jeopardy negotiations with Beijing as the US is relying on China to do more to rein in an increasingly belligerent North Korea and its pursuit of nuclear and missile programme. Because of this it would be premature to talk about a meeting between Trump and the Buddhist monk, a Trump administration official told Reuters this week.

Special Frontier Force Demands Trump – Dalai Lama Meeting. It is only logical for both oppose Communism.

The Dalai Lama has met all the four previous US presidents, greatly angering China. Reuters file photo.

The Dalai Lama was reportedly planning to visit the US in April, but it was pushed to June because of a hectic schedule. Washington is still not part of the monk’s June itinerary, Sangay said earlier this month.

China had recently asked Washington to “carefully handle” the Tibetan issue after top US lawmakers, including Nancy Pelosi, visited the Dalai Lama at his headquarters in north India in a bid to draw attention to human rights in Tibet.

The lawmakers vowed to stand by the monk and not give up in their campaign to protect human rights in Tibet, much to the fury of Beijing.

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SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE DEMANDS TRUMP – DALAI LAMA MEETING. IT IS ONLY LOGICAL FOR BOTH OPPOSE COMMUNISM.

Whole Identity – Tibetan Identity is the Work of Mother Nature

Tibet Consciousness – Glimpses of Tibetan Identity – Images of Yamdrok Lake

TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW FOR FREEDOM IS NEAR. TIBET’S FREEDOM AS WHITE AS SNOW.

Tibet, known as the Land of Snows, is a country of immense natural beauty. The landscape is intrinsically linked to the lives of holy enlightened beings and imbued with the mystique of powerful mountain gods and goddesses. There are many places of power and natural beauty in the country and one such place is Yamdrok Yumtso Lake.

Yamdrok Yumtso is a freshwater lake that lies around 90 kilometres to the east of Gyantse and 100 kilometres southwest of Lhasa. The largest lake in all of southern Tibet, it is roughly 638 kilometres2 and its average depth is about 30 metres, although it can reach 60 metres at its deepest. Its waters are a deep turquoise which is where it gets its name — roughly translated as ‘Turquoise Lake of the Upper Pasture‘ — and is fed by numerous streams from the surrounding snow-capped mountains.

Yamdrok Yumtso is considered to be one of the four largest sacred lakes of Tibet, the other three being Lhamo La Tso, Namtso and Manasarovar. According to local legend, the lake is the physical manifestation of the goddess known as Dorje Geg Kyi Tso.

The landscape of Tibet is sacred to the Tibetan people. Just as how mountains are believed to be the homes of gods and goddesses, so are Tibet’s great lakes. As they are considered the earthly abodes of powerful protective deities, Tibet’s lakes are intrinsically invested with spiritual power. Yamdrok Yumtso is one such lake and is believed to have the power to grant divinatory visions to those who meditate upon her serene yet supernatural waters.

Local villagers and high lamas alike make the pilgrimage to her shores, and they can be seen walking along the lake’s shores in prayer. To complete a circumambulation of the lake within seven days is said to purify tremendous amounts of negative karma.

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Tibet, known as the Land of Snows, is a country of immense natural beauty. The landscape is intrinsically linked to the lives of holy enlightened beings and imbued with the mystique of powerful mountain gods and goddesses. There are many places of power and natural beauty in the country and one such place is Yamdrok Yumtso Lake.

Her waters are said to have powerful properties, which include healing diseases, granting long-life and increasing one’s intellect. The lake is so revered that it is said if her waters dry up, the entire land of Tibet will no longer be habitable for humans.

Together with Lhamo La Tso, it is one of two lakes which are said to provide visions that can help locate the reincarnations of high lamas. According to tradition, an appointed search party will travel to the lake to engage in lengthy prayers. Throwing a khata, a Tibetan silk scarf, into the waters along with other ritual objects and medicines, one of the party then has visions. When correctly interpreted, these visions can lead to the successful recognition of a high lama’s reincarnation.

Dorje Geg Kyi Tso, the goddess of Yamdrok Yumtso, is part of a group of such deities known as the Tenma Chunyi, who opposed the growth of Buddhism in Tibet.

The lake and its islands are closely associated with Guru Rinpoche or Padmasambhava, the great 8th century Indian mahasiddha who was invited to Tibet to tame the local deities that hindered the spread of Buddhism in the country.

Dorje Geg Kyi Tso, the goddess of Yamdrok Yumtso, is part of a group of such deities known as the Tenma Chunyi, who opposed the growth of Buddhism in Tibet.

I am pleased to share pictures of The Yamdrok Lake taken on October 31, 2015. The Lake is covered with fresh snow and its pure whiteness gives me a sense of Hope and my heart tells me that ‘Freedom is Near.’

TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS - LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, FOR I HEAR THE BELLS OF FREEDOM RINGING, FREEDOM IS NEAR, TIBET WILL BE BLANKETED BY FREEDOM.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, FOR I HEAR THE BELLS OF FREEDOM RINGING, FREEDOM IS NEAR, TIBET BLANKETED BY FREEDOM.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow,

For I hear the Bells of Freedom ringing,

Freedom is Near, Tibet blanketed by Freedom. 

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162 USA
Special Frontier Force-Establishment 22-Vikas Regiment

Snow scenery of Yamdrok Lake in Tibet

2015-11-02 10:22 Xinhua Editor:Li Yan 1

TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, FREEDOM IS NEAR, TIBET’S FREEDOM ASWHITE AS SNOW.

Photo taken on Oct. 31 shows the snow scenery at the Yamdrok Lake in Nagarze County of Shannan Prefecture, southwest Tibet.The Yamdrok Lake, about 100 kilometers south of Lhasa, is one of the four holy lakes in Tibet. (Photo: Xinhua/Liu Dongjun)

TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS - THE YAMDROK LAKE - FRREDOM IS NEAR.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW FOR FRREDOM IS NEAR. TIBET’S FREEDOM AS WHITE AS SNOW.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS - THE YAMDROK LAKE - FREEDOM IS NEAR.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – LET IT SNOW,LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW FOR FREEDOM IS NEAR. TIBET’S FREEDOM AS WHITE AS SNOW.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS - THE YAMDROK LAKE - LET IT SNOW. FREEDOM IS NEAR.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW FOR FREEDOM IS NEAR. TIBET’S FREEDOM AS WHITE AS SNOW.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS - THE YAMDROK LAKE - LET IT SNOW. FREEDOM IS NEAR.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW FOR FREEDOM IS NEAR. TIBET’S FREEDOM AS WHITE AS SNOW.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS - THE YAMDROK LAKE - LET IT SNOW - FREEDOM IS NEAR.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW FOR  FREEDOM IS NEAR. TIBET’S FREEDOM AS WHITE AS SNOW.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS - THE YAMDROK LAKE - LET IT SNOW - FREEDOM IS NEAR.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW FOR  FREEDOM IS NEAR. TIBET’S FREEDOM AS WHITE AS SNOW.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS - THE YAMDROK LAKE - LET IT SNOW. FREEDOM IS NEAR.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW FOR FREEDOM IS NEAR. TIBET’S FREEDOM AS WHITE AS SNOW.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS - THE YAMDROK LAKE - LET IT SNOW. FREEDOM IS NEAR.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW FOR FREEDOM IS NEAR. TIBET’S FREEDOM AS WHITE AS SNOW.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – FREEDOM IS NEAR.THE BELLS OF FREEDOM RINGING IN TIBET.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – FREEDOM IS NEAR. I HEAR THE RINGING OF BELLS OF FREEDOM.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – FREEDOM IS NEAR. I HEAR THE RINGING OF BELLS OF FREEDOM. TIBET’S FREEDOM AS WHITE AS SNOW.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK TSO LAKE. FREEDOM IS NEAR. I HEAR THE RINGING OF BELLS OF FREEDOM.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – A LAKE TO HERALD DAWN OF FREEDOM IN TIBET. FREEDOM BELLS RINGING IN TIBET.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE WELCOMES SNOW. LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW FOR FREEDOM IS NEAR.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE WELCOMES FREEDOM IN TIBET.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – LET THE HOLY LAKES OF TIBET GIVES THE TASTE OF FREEDOM. LET US HEAR THE BELLS OF FREEDOM RINGING IN TIBET.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK YUMTSO LAKE – BRING US GOOD TIDINGS OF FREEDOM. LET THE BELLS OF FREEDOM RING IN TIBET.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – LET CHARMING HOLY LAKE YAMDROK GIVE US BLESSINGS OF FREEDOM. I HEAR THE RINGING OF BELLS OF FREEDOM.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – LET HEAVENLY LAKES OF TIBET DELIVER US HEAVENLY JOY OF FREEDOM. I HEAR THE BELLS OF FREEDOM RINGING IN TIBET.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – THE YAMDROK LAKE – LAKE IS EXOTIC BEAUTY. FREEDOM IS SIMPLE AND ELEGANT. I HEAR THE BELLS OF FREEDOM RINGING IN TIBET.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – BEAUTIFUL LAKE – LET YAMDROK GIVE US BLESSINGS OF PEACE, JOY, AND FREEDOM.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – I HEAR THE FREEDOM BELLS RINGING IN TIBET. FREEDOM IS NEAR. DISCOVER FREEDOM IN TIBET.

Whole Action – Tibet Climate Action

Tibet Consciousness – Tibet Climate Action

Tibet Consciousness – Tibet Climate Action in New Delhi, India. Tibetans protest ahead of Paris Climate Conference. I coined the phrase Whole Action to demand Freedom, Peace, and Justice for Tibet to save Tibet’s Climate.

To protect Tibet’s fragile environment and to preserve Tibet’s delicate ecological balance, people of world have to join hands to defeat Red China’s policies of Imperialism, and Neocolonialism. This problem of environmental degradation needs a comprehensive approach; its political, economic, and social origins demand response for any meaningful action that intends to Save Climate. I coined the phrase Whole Action to demand Freedom, Peace, and Justice for Tibet to save Tibet’s Climate.

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162 USA
Special Frontier Force

GLACIERHUB

Tibet’s Melting Glaciers; The World’s Leaky Roof

Posted by CHRISTINA LANGONE on Dec 2, 2015

Tibet is often referred to as the roof of the world, since it is the world’s largest and highest plateau. The lead-up to the 21st Conference of the Parties in Paris, or COP21, created a push to make Tibet a central part of the discussions, even though it does not have direct representation there. Though some countries, such as Peru and Nepal, incorporate minority peoples into their national delegations at COP21, China has not included Tibetan representation in their delegation. The Climate Action for the Roof of the World campaign is arguing that the COP21 agreement cannot be accomplished, and thus the house cannot be saved, without direct consideration of Tibet.

TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS - TIBET CLIMATE ACTION. DEMANDING FREEDOM, PEACE, AND JUSTICE FOR TIBET.
I coined the phrase Whole Action to demand Freedom, Peace, and Justice for Tibet to save Tibet’s Climate.

This planet is our home and Tibet its roof. We need #climateaction for #Tibet – the #RoofOfTheWorld #COP21 #ADP2015 https://t.co/5JsgkUwfLb
— Dalai Lama (@DalaiLama) November 28, 2015 Tibet is not only the highest plateau, with an average elevation of more than 4000 meters above sea level, it is also known as the Third Pole of the world. With 46,000 glaciers, it is the world’s largest concentration of ice after the Arctic region and Antarctica, at the North and South Poles. Two-thirds of those glaciers may be gone by 2050 if the current rate of retreat is sustained.

TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS - TIBET CLIMATE ACTION. TIBET HOME FOR 46, 000 GLACIERS AND IS KNOWN AS THIRD POLE OF PLANET EARTH. DEMANDING FREEDOM, PEACE, AND JUSTICE FOR TIBET.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – TIBET CLIMATE ACTION. TIBET HOME FOR 46, 000 GLACIERS AND IS KNOWN AS THIRD POLE OF PLANET EARTH. DEMANDING FREEDOM, PEACE, AND JUSTICE FOR TIBET.

In a press release on the campaign’s website there is a powerful quote from the Dalai Lama: “This blue planet is our only home and Tibet is its roof. As vital as the Arctic and Antarctic, it is the ThirdPole…[t]he Tibetan Plateau needs to be protected, not just for Tibetans but for the environmental health and sustainability of the entire world.” The goal of the campaign is to show the world how environmentally critical and fragile Tibet is.

NASA photo of Himalayan Mountains and Tibetan Plateau (Courtesy of:NASA/Wikimedia Commons)
I coined the phrase Whole Action to demand Freedom, Peace, and Justice for Tibet to save Tibet’s Climate.

NASA photo of Himalayan Mountains and Tibetan Plateau (Courtesy of:NASA)

The Roof of the World campaign highlights a few key points that they feel make the Tibetan plateau crucial to the world’s climate and therefore central to COP21; the glaciers provide water for 1.3 billion people in the surrounding area, it influences the region’s monsoons, and there has been a link made connecting thinning Tibetan snow cover with heat waves in Europe.

The campaigners believe that if the Tibetan ecosystem is to be preserved, the Chinese government needs to enforce their Environmental Protection Law more vigorously and the global community needs to engage in robust climate action. The campaign points out a number of critical areas that need to be addressed in a worldwide: retreating glaciers, permafrost melting, the lack of snow accumulation since the 1950s, and threats from deforestation, mining, and dams as.

TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS - TIBET CLIMATE ACTION. DEMANDING FREEDOM, PEACE, AND JUSTICE FOR TIBET.
I coined the phrase Whole Action to demand Freedom, Peace, and Justice for Tibet to save Tibet’s Climate.

@Tibetans #RoofOfTheWorld photo challenge #peoplesclimate march happening in Brisbane https://t.co/RcNRxhINSQ pic.twitter.com/UfX4vXu3vJ
— clara (@clara111) November 28, 2015

The campaign could be seen as a form of “clicktivism” since it is being introduced to the world by way of social media. There is an online photo challenge where people post photos of themselves with their hands above their heads, forming a “roof,” to show their solidarity with the campaign. There are even pictures of the Dalai Lama getting involved, posting his own roof photo. The Dalai Lama has been actively pursuing climate change action since 2011, so it is notable that this is the campaign he has chosen to support. There is also a Thunderclap organization that attempts to amplify users’ messages through way of active social participation that the Roof of the World campaign has used to spread it’s message. The website itself, though, is full of informative guides to help update those who wish to learn more about Tibet and seems to actively push for action beyond the social media campaign.

GlacierHub’s managing editor, Ben Orlove, who is currently in Paris for the COP, met a colleague there who is familiar with Tibet. This source, whose anonymity we are maintaining, states “Tibet.net is directly funded by the Tibetan exile government [in Dharamsala, India]. The website is from Tibet Policy Institute.” The source added that it serves as a lobby group, and that a number of academics find that Tibet Policy Institute is at times unbalanced and extreme with the information on Tibet’s climate and environment. The source adds, “Tibet Policy Institute never claimed to be in the forefront of research on original Tibetan research and their job is to lobby and they are good at making information digestible and engaging for the public.”

The COP21 will begin December 7 and will bring together world leaders with the goal of a global climate agreement. Tibet is not on the agenda, but the Roof of the World Campaign hopes to make Tibet more of a focal point in the coming weeks.

Tibetan prayer flags (Photo:Ed J/Flikr, please contact the photographer before using)

Tibet’s Melting Glaciers; The World’s Leaky Roof

TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – TIBET CLIMATE ACTION LAUNCHED BY CENTRAL TIBETAN ADMINISTRATION. DEMANDING FREEDOM, PEACE, AND JUSTICE IN TIBET.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – TIBET CLIMATE ACTION. TIBETANS DEMAND FREEDOM, PEACE, AND JUSTICE FOR TIBET.
Tibet Consciousness – Tibet Climate Action – Tibet Third Pole of Blue Planet. Demanding Freedom, Peace, and Justice for Tibet.On tibet3rdpole.org
Tibet Consciousness – Tibet Climate Action. To Save ‘The Roof of the World’, demanding Freedom, Peace, and Justice for Tibet.
I coined the phrase Whole Action to demand Freedom, Peace, and Justice for Tibet to save Tibet’s Climate.

Whole Hegemonist – Red China is Hegemonist since 1949

Red Dragon – Red China – Hegemonist

Whole Hegemonist – The Future of Red China’s Expansionism – Beijing Doomed.

Hegemony refers to dominance of one nation over others. Hegemonism is the policy or practice of a nation in aggressively expanding its influence over other countries.

Hegemony refers to dominance of one nation over others. Hegemonism is the policy or practice of a nation in aggressively expanding its influence over other countries. The 17-Point Plan or Agreement of March 1953 sets the tone for Communist China’s Expansionist Doctrine

Red China heralded her hegemonistic policy in 1949 when she announced to the world that she would use military force to occupy Tibet which declared full independence on February 13, 1913. In October 1950, Red China attacked Tibet overcoming weak Tibetan resistance and occupied 965, 000 square miles of Tibetan territory which now represents one quarter of Red China’s landmass. This Tibetan territory includes entire Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and regions found in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. Red China’s policy of Hegemonism is nothing new. Red China will prevail with her military aggression in South China Sea if Red China is not evicted from Tibet.

Hegemony refers to dominance of one nation over others. Hegemonism is the policy or practice of a nation in aggressively expanding its influence over other countries. The 17-Point Plan or Agreement of March 1953 sets the tone for Communist China’s Expansionist Doctrine

I submit that we need not always Fight a War to Win a War. At Special Frontier Force, I am known as ‘Doomsayer of Doom Dooma’. I am claiming that we will Win our War against Tibet’s military occupation without fighting a War with Red China for I predict ‘Beijing Is Doomed’ and Red China set herself on irreversible path of Self-Destruction.

Hegemony refers to dominance of one nation over others. Hegemonism is the policy or practice of a nation in aggressively expanding its influence over other countries. The 17-Point Plan or Agreement of March 1953 sets the tone for Communist China’s Expansionist Doctrine

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162, USA
Special Frontier Force-Establishment 22-Vikas Regiment

Hegemony refers to dominance of one nation over others. Hegemonism is the policy or practice of a nation in aggressively expanding its influence over other countries. The 17-Point Plan or Agreement of March 1953 sets the tone for Communist China’s Expansionist Doctrine

ValueWalk.

Game Theory: A New Twist To The South China Sea

RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – DICTATORIAL REGIME. RED CHINA CREATED TERRITORIAL DISPUTES WITH ALL OF HER REGIONAL NEIGHBORS FOR SHE IS EVIL POWER.

Posted By: BRINDA BANERJEE Posted date: August 20, 2015 03:15:04 PM

If you haven’t heard of “HEGEMON” and you’re a geostrategy enthusiast, you’re missing out on a very interesting experience. Developed by the Potomac Foundation, the multiplayer game allows users to take on the identities of different countries, complete with resources and political agendas.

Before you write it off as yet another game imitating life, consider this: Hegemon has quickly become a favorite with strategists and academicians who use the simulation to test different approaches and evaluate results.

Players can take on the roles of the United States, China and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region; from budgeting and strategizing to managing military and technological needs, the ‘game’ involves enacting real-world geopolitical relationships on-screen.
Perhaps the most interesting implication of the game is that it allows users to test the waters, so as to speak, on the South China Sea issue. And the revelations are rather edifying.

China could gain a hegemony on the South China Sea

As per an article first published in the Lowy Interpreter, China could gain and sustain a hegemony on the South China Sea without every actually having to resort to armed conflict. The South China Sea issue has been in the news frequently over the past year owing to a rise in hostile disputes over territory between the various claimants. China, most noticeably, has ‘reclaimed’ several territories and undertaken construction operations on the same, much to the chagrin of other stakeholders. As of this past month, the state has halted its actions in the region in keeping with an international effort to resolve the dispute peacefully. However, as the game has revealed, there are other ways in which the state could monopolize the region. Here are some possible outcomes to mull over.

#1 You Don’t Need To Fight A War To Win A War

A very big part of war strategy is avoiding war altogether. You must prepare to excel at the worst, but still keep it from happening at any cost. In the game, only 50% of the region takes to violence across a span of two decades. Instead, the more probable outcome is that countries turn to brokering agreements. It’s interesting to note that the matter of who plays the game affects what the outcome is: military personnel are more likely to opt for confrontational tactics while academics are more prone to choosing the non-combative options.

#2 The Role Of Russia

While Russia isn’t a claimant in the South China Sea issue, or even a regional stakeholder, the state does exert a considerable amount of influence on the area’s security and stability. Alliances and enmities with Russia can go a long way towards affecting the regional balance of power. History has proven that power in geopolitical conflicts is best consolidated through a formidable military presence in the region in question, and the fact that Russia is a significant contributor to the international weapons market all but guarantees Moscow a say-so in the South China Sea issue.

#3 What Would Vietnam Do?

Vietnam makes for a very interesting entry point into the South China Sea dispute because the state is a claimant in the territorial conflict and clearly opposed to Chinese monopoly in the greater South Asian region, but it still continues to be something of a wild card. The country has a land border in common with Beijing, so it serves Vietnam’s security interests to maintain peaceful ties with China. One probable outcome, as we see played out in Hegemon only too often, is that Hanoi is likely to forsake a portion of its stakes in the South China Sea issue in exchange for a decreased Chinese military presence at its borders.

#4 Diplomacy & Perseverance

Many real-world experts have argued that China will seek to avoid open confrontation simply because the costs of war are too high and the state has identified another means to the same end: diplomatic channels. China currently enjoys a position of enviable influence in the region. The current geopolitical landscape of South Asia is marked by an eagerness to either ally with China or, at the very least, avoid an armed conflict with the state. Analysts argue that by simply waiting it out China stands to gain more. As such, if China were to solidify its identity as the dominant regional power it would serve a severe blow to the United States’ ‘pivot to Asia’ strategy.

#5 Deterrence or Destruction?

Yet others argue that even if China were to persevere at the long game, there is no guarantee that other Asian states will concede to its hegemony in the region. China has a historical rival in Japan, and if things were to come to a head, the latter is most likely to align with the United States in an effort to maintain the status quo in Asia. In this case, the arms race and support gathering may result in a more pronounced divide than ever before, and scholars warn that the world might soon be looking at another iteration of the Cold War.

Interesting though it is to see how closely the game imitates real life and vice-versa, theorists will argue against basing actual strategy on gameplay simply because two crucial elements- the stakes involved and the time in hand- do not represent real-time situations accurately. Defeat in a game and defeat on a battlefield are two very different experiences indeed. And while overnight developments are not completely unheard of in military history, most issues develop gradually and decision-makers have months, even years, to chart the most preferred course of action.

So, while geostrategy buffs can definitely learn a thing or two about the South China Sea issue from Hegemon, and maybe even test-drive a few theories, the real world is, as they say, a totally different ballgame.

,Hegemony refers to dominance of one nation over others. Hegemonism is the policy or practice of a nation in aggressively expanding its influence over other countries. The 17-Point Plan or Agreement of March 1953 sets the tone for Communist China’s Expansionist Doctrine

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BRINDA BANERJEE

Brinda Banerjee is a researcher working on security, armed conflict and military policies. She holds a Bachelor’s in Journalism (with Honors), a Master’s in Peace and Conflict Studies and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in state responses to internal conflict. Brinda writes extensively about current events, conflict resolution and geopolitical dynamics in the modern world.

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Hegemony refers to dominance of one nation over others. Hegemonism is the policy or practice of a nation in aggressively expanding its influence over other countries. The 17-Point Plan or Agreement of March 1953 sets the tone for Communist China’s Expansionist Doctrine
Hegemony refers to dominance of one nation over others. Hegemonism is the policy or practice of a nation in aggressively expanding its influence over other countries. The 17-Point Plan or Agreement of March 1953 sets the tone for Communist China’s Expansionist Doctrine

Whole Celebration – Whole Journey – India’s Independence Day

79th Independence Day of India – Whole Measurement of Life Journey

Bharat Darshan. August 15, 2025. Bharat, India Celebrates 79th Independence Day. Naya Bharat, Nation First, Always First.
Bharat Darshan. August 15, 2025. Bharat, India Celebrates 79th Independence Day. Naya Bharat, Nation First, Always First.

Bharat, India is celebrating its 79th Independence Day, Azadi ka Mahotsav on Friday, August 15, 2025. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Rajghat and paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi as the celebrations started. The prime minister then proceeded to the Red Fort where he remembered those who laid their lives for India’s Independence.

Bharat Darshan. August 15, 2025. Bharat, India Celebrates 79th Independence Day. Naya Bharat. Nation First, Always First.

Indian Independence – A Measure of My Life

The Celebration of First Independence Day of Bharat, India on August 15, 1947. I record major events of my life in relation to India’s independence on August 15, 1947. The Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948 and my life’s journey became associated with the story of this young nation. 

I record major events of my life in relation to India’s independence on August 15, 1947. The Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948 and my life’s journey became associated with the story of this young nation. 

25th INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL – 1972 

Bharat Darshan. August 15, 2025. Bharat, India Celebrates 79th Independence Day. Nation First, Always First. 25th Independence Anniversary Medal. Indian Independence-A Measure of my Life.

This medal was awarded to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Indian independence in 1972. The medal was awarded to all members of the armed forces, paramilitary forces, and police forces who were serving on 15 August 1972. This medal gives me an opportunity to remember the twenty-fifth year of my life. I was then serving in Special Frontier Force-Establishment No. 22-Vikas Regiment on deputation from the Indian Army in the rank of a Captain and was posted at a Unit called Delta or D-Sector located in the North-East Frontier Agency, now Arunachal Pradesh. We all had a very good reason to rejoice on that day. India scored a major victory in the India-Pakistan War of 1971 and we took pride in the fact that we had a role in shaping that epic event in India’s military history.

OPERATION EAGLE 1971-72-THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS – LIBERATION WAR OF BANGLADESH:

Bharat Darshan. August 15, 2025. Bharat, India Celebrates 79th Independence Day. Nation First, Always First. Operation Eagle 1971-1972. THE MILITARY VICTORY IN THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS-THE CELEBRATION OF 25th INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
Bharat Darshan. August 15, 2025. Bharat, India Celebrates 79th Independence Day. Nation First, Always First. Operation Eagle 1971-72,the India-Pakistan War of 1971 and the Liberation of Bangladesh are very significant achievements of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. As I was then serving in Special Frontier Force, Establishment 22 (now the Vikas Regiment) under the Cabinet Secretariat, I had direct and personal understanding of Prime Minister’s Foreign Policy initiatives. She approved our military Operation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. In the conduct of this clandestine military operation, we faced a very critical moment and it demanded the Prime Minister’s approval for deploying aircraft in enemy territory, a decision that she alone can make. While awaiting her decision, I carried out a difficult war casualty evacuation mission to overcome the challenge posed by the lack of airlift facility. The importance of this situation could be understood as it required the Prime Minister’s intervention. I am now asking the Government of India to recognize my GALLANT response in enemy’s territory without any concern for my personal safety.
Bharat Darshan. August 15, 2025. Bharat, India Celebrates 79th Independence Day. Nation First, Always First. Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands (December 1985 to December 1989) – Lieutenant General TS Oberoi, PVSM, VrC., former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Headquarters Southern Command, Pune, former Inspector General, Special Frontier Force, former Commandant, Headquarters Establishment No. 22. He is the tall person in this photo wearing dark brown turban. I knew him since 1971. Under his able leadership, the Liberation of Bangladesh commenced during November 1971. Apart from his military wisdom, he took a good care of all men under his Command. While I was proceeding to the Chittagong Hill Tracts, he individually greeted all the members of my team and delayed the departure of aircraft to make sure that a hot breakfast was served to all the men boarding the aircraft. He paid personal attention to all the aspects of the military mission to secure the well-being of men apart from achieving success in accomplishing the military task. The sense of warmth he radiated is easily felt when we meet him in person. His grandson provided me the link to this photo. Photo Credit – Trishna-Ajay-Picasa Web Album.
Bharat Darshan. August 15, 2025. Bharat, India Celebrates 79th Independence Day.Naya Bharat. Nation First, Always First. The remarks made by Lieutenant Colonel B K Narayan of Special Frontier Force on May 13, 1972 in my Annual Confidential Report for 1971-72 are as follows:”A very conscientious and Tough MO who worked hard during the Bangladesh Ops. He did very well and showed Maturity which was beyond the call of duty. I have recommended this Officer for a gallantry award for which he deserves eminently. He is physically Tough and cheerful. Is a fresh entrant with less than 2 years of Service and yet he displayed capability and confidence.
Bharat Darshan. August 15, 2025. Bharat, India Celebrates 79th Independence Day. Naya Bharat. Nation First, Always First. Operation Eagle 1971/72. Remarks of Former Inspector General of Special Frontier Force, Lieutenant General T S Oberoi, PVSM, VrC, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief,Headquarters Southern Command Pune 411001.He remarked about my participation in the India-Pakistan War of 1971.

Dr. R. R. Narasimham (Rebbapragada Rudra Narasimham), B.Sc., M.B.B.S.,

Personal Number. MR-03277K , Rank. Major, Branch. Army Medical Corps/Direct Permanent Regular Commission

Personal Number. MS-8466, Rank. Captain, Branch. Army Medical Corps/Short Service Regular Commission

Medical Officer, South Column, Operation Eagle

Headquarters Establishment No. 22  C/O  56  APO

Bharat Darshan. August 15, 2025. Bharat, India Celebrates 79th Independence Day. Naya Bharat, Nation First, Always First.
Bharat Darshan. Friday, August 15, 2025. Bharat, India celebrates 79th Independence Day. Naya Bharat. Nation First, Always First. Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the National Flag hoisting Ceremony at Red Fort, New Delhi, India.
Bharat Darshan. August 15, 2025. Bharat, India Celebrates 79th Independence Day. Nation First, Always First. President Droupadi Murmu addressed the Nation on the eve of the Independence Day Celebration. Operation Sindoor will go down in history as an example in humanity’s fight against terrorism.

Whole Politics – Red China uses Religion for Political Purposes

Tibet Consciousness – The Politics of Religious Festivals

Tibetan horsemen display their skills at a government-organized horse festival in Yushu, China, July 26, 2015. (Image courtesy: The New York Times)
Red China orchestrates the observance of a few religious festivals to manipulate Tibetans to adapt a lifestyle in which State controls religious traditions of people.

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In Occupied Tibet, Red China uses religion as a political weapon or tool to extend her Colonialist domination of Tibet and to subjugate Tibetans. Red China encourages religious groups such as Shugden and the followers of Communist Panchen Lama to counter the influence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the true representative of Tibetan Identity. Red China orchestrates the observance of a few religious festivals to manipulate Tibetans to adapt a lifestyle in which State controls religious traditions of people.

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162 USA
Special Frontier Force-Establishment 22-Vikas Regiment


TIMES OF INDIA

In Tibet, festivals serve a political purpose

Edward Wong Horse festivals on the Tibetan plateau are not just about equestrian prowess — they are political affairs with a propaganda goal for China.
| NYT News Service | Dec 20, 2015, 11.02 AM IST

Tibetan horsemen display their skills at a government-organized horse festival in Yushu, China, July 26, 2015. (Image courtesy: The New York Times)
Red China orchestrates the observance of a few religious festivals to manipulate Tibetans to adapt a lifestyle in which State controls religious traditions of people.

Tibetan horsemen display their skills at a government-organized horse festival in Yushu, China, July 26, 2015….

BATANG GRASSLANDS, Tibet: Women came in finery, wearing bright silk dresses, silver belts and necklaces with turquoise and coral. Men sauntered across the field in boots and cowboy hats. Some nomads had ridden motorcycles for days from valleys in Sichuan Province.

They came to this green-carpeted plain for the annual Tibetan horse festival, three days of horse racing, yak riding and archery.

But Tibet being Chinese-ruled Tibet, the Himalayan rodeo also had a display of martial force.

On the second morning, between races beneath an azure sky, two dozen ethnic Han members of a Chinese paramilitary unit marched through the middle of the race grounds. They held batons and wore helmets and black body armor over green camouflage fatigues. An officer with a walkie-talkie barked orders.

As they walked once around the oval track, the mostly Tibetan audience stayed quiet. Then the soldiers marched off. Minutes later, the next race began, with young jockeys clinging to galloping steeds that kicked up clouds of dust.

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Tibetan people watch an acrobatics show at a government-organized horse festival in Yushu, China. (NYT photo)

These days, horse festivals on the Tibetan plateau are not just about equestrian prowess. They are political affairs with a propaganda goal — Chinese officials hold them to signal to people here and abroad that traditional Tibetan culture is thriving, contrary to what the Dalai Lama and other critics say.

The image of Tibetans showcased by the festival is one that China has long promoted of its ethnic minorities, that of dancing, singing, happy-go-lucky, costume-wearing, loyal citizens of the nation. But there are dissonant notes, including the presence of Han soldiers, who have been posted to horse festivals across the plateau since a Tibetan rebellion in 2008.

“Many people might think Tibet is developing well and in the right direction after watching the horse race,” said Tashi Wangchuk, 30, a businessman in Yushu who is fighting to preserve Tibetan culture. “The government holds this kind of big horse-racing festival to advertise Tibetan people’s lifestyle to the outside world — that our life is very happy and joyful.”

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Red China orchestrates the observance of a few religious festivals to manipulate Tibetans to adapt a lifestyle in which State controls religious traditions of people.

Men perform traditional Tibetan dances at a government-organized horse festival in Yushu. (NYT photo)

The government promotes this image, he said, even as it restricts the teaching of Tibetan language, tries to control Buddhism and presses Tibetans to assimilate into the dominant Han culture.

“So much of our lives is controlled by the government,” said a Tibetan man from Sichuan. “This festival is no different.”

The festival here celebrates the Kham culture of eastern Tibet. Kham, a region of valleys, ravines and hillside monasteries, was traditionally home to Tibet’s fiercest warriors. Although they were conquered in 1950 by the People’s Liberation Army, the people of Kham have remained feisty. Many took part in the 2008 uprising that spread from Lhasa across the plateau, and there have been self-immolations protesting Chinese rule in recent years. On July 9, only two weeks before the horse festival, a young monk in Yushu died after setting fire to himself.

The first of the recent government-run Kham festivals was held in the Yushu area of Qinghai Province in 1994 in an effort to “establish Khampa culture as an international brand, to continue the traditional friendship and to promote mutual development,” according to an official Yushu County news website.

Four counties took turns hosting it every four years. Recently, they began holding the festival annually, with Yushu hosting it both last year and this year, in part to show that the town has recovered from a 2010 earthquake that killed at least 3,000 people.

The opening ceremony was held in town. Most residents could not get tickets because the event was limited to officials and government employees. Mr. Tashi said that had been the case last year, too.

“In this way, they ensure that only reliable people can go,” he said.

The grasslands where the main events were held are by an airport about a half-hour drive south of Yushu. On the road there, Chinese flags fluttered from posts, and President Xi Jinping smiled at travelers from a billboard.

Many people drove motorcycles or sport-utility vehicles. Some held tailgate parties in the parking fields. Entrepreneurs sold steamed buns, watermelon slices, bottled water and yak meat from the backs of their cars.

In the crowd, too, were monks liberated that day from the obligations of monastery rituals. “You don’t want to miss it,” said one, Phuntsok.

There were dance performances daily. The number that closed the first day’s events featured a wide circle of dancing Khampa men who wore traditional black robes and red tassels in their hair. The same men returned for a campfire performance at the festival’s end.

Horse acrobatics on Day 2 opened with a Khampa man on a galloping horse holding aloft the red flag of the People’s Republic. Tibetan music played over loudspeakers. Other riders followed, one by one. Some shot at a bull’s-eye with a rifle while on a moving horse; others bent to the ground to pick up a white scarf as they raced past.

Most of the announcements were made by a woman speaking Chinese rather than Tibetan, even though the only ethnic Han attending were a handful of journalists, photographers and tourists. They were ushered to front-row seats so they could get good photos.

Wrestling matches had been scheduled next. But in the late afternoon, an announcer said the event had been canceled. People jeered.

“They treat us like their children, but this is our land,” one man said.

Police officers in black uniforms, most of them Tibetan, told spectators to go home and pointed to the main road back to town, which soon began filling with cars.

Lian Xiangmin, a senior researcher at the China Tibetology Research Center in Beijing, said in an interview later that “there is nothing traditional about this horse festival,” adding, “It’s a tourism event organized by local governments.”

In the early days of Communist rule, horse festivals were local affairs that had minimal government input, if any, said Tsering Woeser, a Tibetan writer. During the decade-long Cultural Revolution that began in 1966, the festivals shut down. When that period ended, local governments revived the festivals and maintained control over many.

“The political connotation of the government-held festivals was very strong,” Ms. Woeser said. “For example, the once-famous horse festival in Litang was chosen to be held on Aug. 1, which is the day to celebrate the founding of the People’s Liberation Army.”

The Litang festival in Sichuan has been canceled since 2007, when a former nomad and father of 11, Runggye Adak, delivered an impromptu speech at the festival calling for the return of the Dalai Lama. Police officers later arrested him, and only this July was he released.

“From the outside, if people see there’s such a horse festival or event, the world thinks this area is very open and free,” Mr. Tashi said. “But it’s not like that.”

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