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NYPD officer Baimadajie Angwang, a naturalized US citizen from Tibet, speaks during a press briefing outside Brooklyn's Federal court after a judge dismissed spy charges against him, Thursday Jan. 19, 2023, in New York. U.S. prosecutors dropped charges against Angwang, who authorities had initially accused of spying on independence-minded Tibetans on behalf of the Chinese consulate in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

U.S. drops case against NYC cop accused of spying for China

By Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

The Chinese flag flies at a plaza near the Potala Palace in Lhasa in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on June 1, 2021, as seen during a government-organized visit for foreign journalists. China has sanctioned two U.S. individuals in retaliation for action taken by Washington over human rights abuses in Tibet, the government said Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, amid a continuing standoff between the sides over Beijing's treatment of religious and ethnic minorities. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China sanctions 2 U.S. citizens over action on Tibet

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A commuter wearing a face mask rides a scooter along a street in the central business district in Beijing, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Shanghai district orders mass COVID-19 testing, lockdown

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A house stands in the shadow of snow-capped mountains in predominantly-Tibetan Garze county in southwestern China's Sichuan province, on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. Ahead of the Beijing summer Olympics 14 years ago, Tibet was on fire. Deadly clashes between Tibetans and security forces in Lhasa made global headlines, and for weeks, monks and herders battled bullets and batons. But today, Tibet has fallen silent, even as the Olympic games come to Beijing for a second time. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

This time, Tibet stands silent as Olympics return to China

By Dake Kang and Same McNeil - Associated Press

Illustration on the Hong Kong elections by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Beijing knocks the bottom out of democracy in Hong Kong

By Jianli Yang

Illustration on Xi and China's intentions by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

On the Chinese Communist Party’s centenary, President Xi Jinping is the party

By Jianli Yang

The Chinese flag flies at a plaza near the Potala Palace in Lhasa in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists. High-pressure tactics employed by China's ruling Communist Party appear to be finding success in separating Tibetans from their traditional Buddhist culture and the influence of the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China offers glimpse of Tibetan life without the Dalai Lama

By Sam McNeil - Associated Press

Journalists and government officials take photos outside a location that was identified in early 2020 as a re-education facility by an Australian think tank, which the Chinese government asserts is currently home to a veterans' affairs bureau and other offices, in Turpan in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region during a government organized trip for foreign journalists, Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Tibetans say China treatment of Uyghurs mirror own repression

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington, (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP)

Top US, China officials to meet over intense divides

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Illustration on China's coverup of it's abuses in Tibet by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How many more should die in Tibet before China is held accountable?

By Jianli Yang

China: Spying allegations against NYC cop ‘pure fabrication’

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NYC police officer charged with spying on Tibetan immigrants

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

Human rights groups ask IOC to move Olympics from China

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 21, 2020, file photo the Houston Fire Department responds to reports of a fire inside the Chinese Consulate in Houston. In shutting each other’s consulates, the United States and China have done more than strike symbolic blows in their escalating feud. For China, the loss of its mission in Houston dims its view of America’s South and, according to U.S. officials, removes the nerve center of a Chinese spying network that spanned more than two dozen cities, collecting intelligence, trying to steal trade secrets and proprietary technology and research. (Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

US, China consulate closures deal losses to both nations

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

China threatens visa restrictions on US officials over Tibet

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In this July 21, 2007, file photo, an elderly man belonging to the Changpa, the nomadic herders who rear the Pashmina goats, holds his Himalayan goat as his son cuts its horn that was hurting the animal's eye in Kharnak, some 185 kilometers (116 miles) from Leh, India. A months-long military standoff between India and China in 2020 has taken a dire toll on local communities as tens of thousands of Himalayan goat kids die because they couldn't reach traditional winter grazing lands, officials and residents said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

India-China Himalayan standoff deadly for cashmere herds

By Aijaz Hussain - Associated Press

Tibetan President-in-exile urges UN official to visit Tibet

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, center attends a bilateral meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Xi on Saturday became the first Chinese president in more than two decades to visit Nepal, where he's expected to sign agreements on some infrastructure projects. (Bikash Dware/The Rising Nepal via AP)

China, Nepal sign deals for connectivity, security and trade

By ROSHAN SEDHAI - Associated Press

In this April 12, 2018, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks after reviewing the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fleet in the South China Sea. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP, File)

China says U.S. has ‘undermined global strategic stability’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2017, file photo, U.S. Ambassador Terry Edward Branstad, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The U.S. ambassador to China is making a rare visit to Tibet to meet local officials and raise concerns about restrictions on Buddhist practices and the preservation of the Himalayan region's unique culture and language. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP, File)

US ambassador in China makes rare visit to Tibet

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