Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: August 28, 2010
Here is another set of elections that Tibetan Americans need to pay attention to in the coming months. It is the 2010 United States midterm elections that will be held on November 2, 2010. There will be elections both at the federal level in both the House and the Senate as well as at the [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: August 22, 2010
The reported protest by the Chinese Government to the Indian Government about the recent meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and His Holiness the Dalai Lama is in one sense an expected reaction from the Chinese side. After all, isn’t it that the Chinese tend to react negatively to any movement on Tibet by [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: August 15, 2010
This year we begin the two-year election cycle for both the Kalon Tripa, the Chairman of the Tibetan Cabinet (The Kashag), as well as for the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. Unlike past elections we are seeing a new trend where aspirants (the candidates will be known only after the October 3 primaries) to the positions are asserting [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: August 13, 2010
We Tibetans have a saying, Ghelpo Cheyla Nenten, which is to say that if the issue is important it merits reiteration. Some days back, I posted my views on the current attitude of the Tibetan populace relating to the elections this year, “If You Desire Change in Tibetan Politics, Look to the Parliament, not the [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: August 7, 2010
During the 1992 presidential campaign here in the United States a slogan that became the symbol of Bill Clinton’s success against then President George Bush senior was, “It’s the economy, stupid.” This was basically to point to the reality that whatever President Bush’ positive marks in foreign affairs, ultimately it was the state of American [...]
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