Boer Deng

2 months ago | rfa.org | Tashi Wangchuk |Tenzin Pema |Boer Deng

Gyalo Thondup, an elder brother of the Dalai Lama who played a crucial role in the history of modern Tibetan, has died at his home in Kalimpong in northeast India aged 97. One of six siblings to the Tibetan spiritual leader, he leaves behind a legacy built on a lifetime of advocating against Chinese rule in Tibet.

Jul 18, 2024 | rfa.org | Boer Deng

Updated July 19, 2024, 2:40 p.m. EDTIn the West, he may be best known for eating a gold-covered steak while his countrymen survive on an average of about US$10 a day. But in Hanoi, Vietnam’s new top leader To Lam has for years been seen as an operator whose decades in politics long paved the way for his ascent. On Thursday, that climb reached a new zenith after Vietnamese state media announced that Lam, 67, would take over the duties for Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

May 19, 2024 | mdpi.com | Xiaochang Shen |Jiandong Wang |Boer Deng |Ziyi Zhao

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Mar 7, 2024 | rfa.org | Boer Deng

When Helen* fled her home in Myanmar’s Kayah state, she had only two diapers to take for her soon-to-be-born baby. She had spent the first months of her pregnancy avoiding the war, but the fighting caught up to her hometown and she was forced to leave. Her daughter was born in a hut on New Year's Day, on a farm where she has been hiding ever since.

Nov 14, 2023 | mdpi.com | Boer Deng |Weimin Kong |Hongyan Suo |Xiaochang Shen

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