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BDG feature: Princess Ashi Kesang Choden T. Wangchuck Discusses Monastic Conservation

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#Buddhism #BuddhistArt #BuddhistHeritage #Bhutan #HeritageConservation #Vajrayana #Bhutanese #Monastery

A US haven for refugees was divided over Trump – now immigration crackdown has left a ‘community breaking’

Pennsylvania hosts one of the largest clusters of Bhutanese refugees in the US. Families are unsettled as Trump’s policies divide their community

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Here's a thought: why not house #persecuted #Lhotshampas in this new #mindfulness city, which would be a real testament to #Bhutanese #compassion and the #happiness index otherwise this ain't workin' for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPlRmUv7qzo #Buddhism #Bhutan #Nepal #minorities
Why Bhutan is Building the Anti-Dubai

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Last day of #July. Time to crank up making the most of 2024. Starting tomorrow 😅

Today was another quasi-non-event resulting from, I think, a crash after loads of #energy drinks over the weekend. That's unusual for me but I had a ton to do in a short time and the shop special was an offer you couldn't refuse.

I got into the "I never want to face the world or anyone in it ever again" #headspace until my #Bhutanese neighbour spontaneously brought veg #dumplings over for no reason in the evening.

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Dance of the hats during Ura Yakchoe festival, Bumthang, Ura, Bhutan by Eric Lafforgue

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It's just the usual case of the (CCP) Empire saying: “I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.”

And then they grab the next piece of land. Rinse and repeat.

“looks like Bhutan and China are getting closer.”

Well that's certain one way to put it... Perhaps in the same manner as #russia's neighbours have always kept getting closer to russia...

Robbie Barnett, a lifelong scholar of the region, just wrote an informative thread about #China's latest landgrabs of #Bhutanese territory.

There are nice *CCP* maps displaying the "historical" (i.e. after CCP army's 1950 invasion of Tibet) pre-enroachment borders which the #PLA keeps now "renegotiating" through its troops and "village-building".

🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/RobbieBarnett/status/1640363189970821127

#Bhutan #CCP #china #imperialism #lebensraum #Tibet #occupation
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Robert Barnett on Twitter

“2 years after reports that China has built 10 new villages on Bhutanese territory, Bhutan has finally responded: the villages “are not in Bhutan,” Bhutan PM Lotay Tshering told Libre Belgique, “We have said categorically that there is no intrusion.” https://t.co/GEQj1lFSUx 🧵”

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