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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06RIYADH42 |
AL-HASA SHI'A WELCOME U.S. INTERVENTION IN IRAQ, [...] (C) Members of the Shi'a community in Al-Hasa welcomed U.S. intervention in Iraq, saying an almost unqualified "thank you" during lunch with Acting CG and PolOff. Although noting some progress in the SAG's campaign against home-grown terrorism, they said that the government's campaign for to [...] |
2006-01-03 11:16:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL SA KIFR |
| 08BEIJING1618 |
GOVERNMENT REINS IN ANTI-FRENCH PROTESTS ON [...] (C) Chinese authorities this past week have moved to curtail anti-French and anti-Western demonstrations in China. Official propaganda has tried to steer the public toward more "rational" displays of patriotism, with security and Party officials bluntly telling university students in Beijing t [...] |
2008-04-25 11:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIFR CH |
| 08BEIJING1697 |
TIBET: SCHOLARS PRAISE DECISION TO RESTART CONTACT [...] (C) China's decision to reopen talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives was largely a result of international pressure, Beijing University Sociology Professor Ma Rong (protect), a leading expert on Tibetan social issues, told PolOff. Both sides are under pressure to show some results at th [...] |
2008-04-30 11:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIFR CH |
| 08BEIJING2682 |
TIBET: TENSION, RESENTMENT REMAIN FRESH AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the aftermath of the post-March 14 security crackdown, the military and police presence in ethnic Tibetan areas of Gansu and Qinghai provinces has increased and tensions are simmering between Tibetan inhabitants and government authorities. Several monks separately told visitin [...] |
2008-07-09 10:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIFR KOLY CH IN |
| 08BEIJING4092 |
TIBETAN MONKS DEFIANT AT LABRANG MONASTERY, [...] (C) Ethnic Tibetans in Xiahe (Sangchu), Gansu Province, told EmbOffs September 25 that authorities there continue to be on "high alert" against renewed unrest. Though, unlike in March, Xiahe is now readily accessible by car, foreigners are still not allowed to stay overnight. Han Chinese tour [...] |
2008-10-29 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH |
| 08BEIJING4168 |
TIBET TALKS CONCLUDE; OBSERVERS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) The most recent round of talks between representatives of the Dalai Lama and the Communist Party's United Front Work Department (UFWD) ended on November 5, with Embassy contacts unanimously predicting the discussions will fail to achieve measurable progress. The precise content of this lat [...] |
2008-11-07 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH IN |
| 08BEIJING4279 |
TIBET: PARAMILITARY PRESENCE IN LHASA NOTED BY [...] (C) A Japanese diplomat who visited Lhasa October 30-November 4 reported that People's Armed Police (PAP) troops continue to patrol the Tibetan quarter of the city, with rooftop lookouts posted around the Jokhang Temple. The diplomat also saw PAP troops inside the Potala Palace. In Lhasa for [...] |
2008-11-20 10:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH JP |
| 08BEIJING4354 |
CHINA DISMISSES TIBET EXILE CONFERENCE, CONTACTS [...] (C) Following last week's Tibet exiles conference in Dharamsala, Han Chinese contacts provided PolOffs with a pessimistic perspective on the environment for China's talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives, observing that Tibet is "not a priority" for Beijing and noting that the PRC has suc [...] |
2008-11-26 11:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH IN |
| 08VATICAN17 |
HOLY SEE: CONVERSATIONS ON INTERFAITH RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Senior Holy See officials and scholars discussed interfaith relations with the visiting Deputy Assistant to VP Cheney, Joseph Wood, January 14-15. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and Father Miguel Ayuso described the increasing Church engagement with the signers of "A Common Word", co [...] |
2008-01-30 17:19:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIFR VT |
| 08VATICAN5 |
HOLY SEE: BUILDING ON "A COMMON WORD", VATICAN WILL HOST [...] (C) Summary. The Holy See has announced that a delegation of Muslim scholars representing the 138 signatories of "A Common Word" will meet Vatican representatives in Rome this spring for a "historic" dialogue between the two faiths. This is a dramatic development. The Catholics and Muslims inv [...] |
2008-01-04 15:48:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIFR VT |
| 09BEIJING1537 |
TIBET: FOUR MONKS SENTENCED TO LABOR CAMP AFTER [...] (S) Four Tibetan Buddhist monks have been sentenced to two years of reform through labor for their participation in a demonstration in Guinan, Qinghai Province, on February 25, according to a "living Buddha" at Guinan's Lucang Monastery. Two additional monks were still awaiting sentencing as [...] |
2009-06-08 10:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KIFR CH |
| 09BEIJING2719 |
TA'ER TOURIST TRAP: TIBETAN CONTACTS LAMENT [...] (S) Summary: Tibetan contacts in Qinghai Province expressed dismay at the impact unregulated tourism is having on Kumbum (Ta'er) Monastery, one of the most important religious sites in Tibetan Buddhism. A monk at Kumbum told PolOff that roughly half of the 800 monks have been "corrupted" by [...] |
2009-09-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH IN |
| 09BEIJING605 |
TIBET: CHINA RAMPS UP PROPAGANDA IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) In advance of the 50th anniversary of the March 10, 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a propaganda campaign focused on "positive" aspects of its rule over Tibet, particularly its "emancipation" of serfs, as a device for diverting media attention away f [...] |
2009-03-09 11:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH |
| 09BEIJING648 |
TIBETAN QINGHAI: FOREIGNERS BANNED, ARMED POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: All Tibetan areas in Qinghai are closed to foreigners, PolOffs were told by local security officials during a March 10-11 trip to the province, even as enforcement was uneven and confusion reigned over exactly which locations were off-limits. Journalists and other foreigners wer [...] |
2009-03-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH |