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Straits Times
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Dalai Lama at 90: Amid memories of a thump, a question – what next?
The end draws near for a presence that has been China's most constant headache for nearly seven decades. The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a flashpoint in the tussle with China over Tibet's future. It was 2008, and Beijing was all set to showcase its hosting of the Olympic Games, China's coming-out party as it were. With global attention focused on the country, Tibetan protesters resisting Chinese control of their region used the moment to raise awareness of their cause. By April, some 100 of them had died, many setting themselves on fire. Beijing was livid. The Dalai Lama, whose base has been the northern Indian hill town of Dharamshala since shortly after fleeing Tibet in 1959 to escape the Chinese occupation of the region, was blamed for instigating the unrest. Then Premier Wen Jiabao denounced him as a 'splittist'.
South China Morning Post
21-06-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Donald Tsang becomes Hong Kong's second chief executive in 2005 – from the SCMP archive
This article was first published on June 22, 2005. Help me to make a new start: Tsang by Gary Cheung and Dikky Sinn Advertisement Donald Tsang Yam-kuen on Tuesday (June 21, 2005) called on local people to join him in starting a new chapter for Hong Kong following his appointment as chief executive, saying he would safeguard the overall interests of the city with concrete action. The salesman-turned-leader pledged to engage in dialogue with people from different walks of life and reach out to the public through district visits. 'Without Beijing's and the public's support, I will have nothing,' he said. Premier Wen Jiabao, who signed the appointment decree installing Mr Tsang as chief executive after a State Council meeting, said he believed the Hong Kong government under Mr Tsang could reap greater achievements in promoting the city's prosperity and stability. A clipping from the front page of the SCMP's June 22, 2005 issue. Photo: SCMP Mr Wen praised Mr Tsang for making a great contribution to safeguarding the 'one country, two systems' concept and the Basic Law, as well as maintaining the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong while serving as financial secretary and chief secretary.
