"China's rule"

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2 December 2025

A man smokes a cigarette along a street in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on December 2, 2025. Smoking in public places in India is banned on October 2, 2008, under the Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Rules, 2008, and the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA). India is the world's second-largest producer and consumer of tobacco behind China. Meanwhile, India unveils two new tax bills in parliament on Monday, aiming to overhaul levies on ''sin goods'' such as tobacco, a spice mix known as pan masala, and other items, ahead of next year's phase-out of a Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation cess.

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8 April 2025

Prakash Chandra Lohani, Nepal's former Foreign Minister and leader of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), addresses a pro-monarch rally in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 8, 2025. Formed in the 1990s after the lift of the ban on the formation of political parties by the then-monarchical system, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) serves as a force always supporting the kingship. It also takes part in periodic elections and presents its demands. In 2008, right after the overthrow of monarchy rule in Nepal, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) secures 8 seats in the then Constituent Assembly out of the 575-seat strong parliament. In the 2013 election, it secures 13 seats, while in 2017, it falls to 1 seat, and it bounces back in the election of 2022 with 14 seats. Since its inception, the party supports the Hindu State and the kingship as interdependent in the tiny nation buffered between the giants India and China. The Himalayan nation of Nepal has a population of 30.55 million, with a Hindu population of 81.19% as per the census of 2022.

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8 April 2025

Gyan Bahadur Shahi (Bijay Shahi), a lawmaker from Nepal's right-wing Pro-monarchist Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) in the House of Representatives of Nepal, addresses a mass gathering in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 8, 2025, demanding the reinstatement of the monarchy. Formed in the 1990s after the lift of the ban on the formation of political parties by the then-monarchical system, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) serves as a force always supporting kingship. It also takes part in periodic elections and presents its demands. In 2008, right after the overthrow of monarchical rule in Nepal, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) secures 8 seats in the then Constituent Assembly out of the 575-seat strong parliament. In the 2013 election, it secures 13 seats, while in 2017, it falls to 1 seat, and it bounces back in the election of 2022 with 14 seats. Since its inception, the party supports the Hindu State and kingship as interdependent in the tiny nation buffered between the giants India and China. The Himalayan nation of Nepal has a population of 30.55 million, with a Hindu population of 81.19% as per the census of 2022.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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11 March 2025

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 10: Members of the Tibetan community and supporters gather outside the Canadian Parliament to mark the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and protest against China's decades-long rule in Tibet, on March 10, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The gathering marks the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Women's Uprising of March 12, 1959, when thousands of Tibetan women protested against Chinese rule.

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