One Plus One is ABC News 24′s weekly interview programme. Presented by Jane Hutcheon, the programme features three face-to-face interviews from Australia and around the world. Each week, Jane and a team of contributors bring you engaging conversations with newsmakers, provocative thinkers, (...)
Press Release 14 August 2012 The Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamsala is deeply disturbed and concerned over the circulation of a misleading photograph in some section of the media showing Tibetan monks in their reports on the recent violence in Myanmar involving Buddhists and (...)
Press Release 14 August 2012Fresh reports coming out of Tibet say Chinese police beat Tibetan protesters with batons spiked with nails after two more Tibetans self-immolated in Ngaba in north-eastern Tibet yesterday (13 August). One Tibetan was reported to have died during the police beating, (...)
MOSCOW: The KUNDUN, an epic biographical film based on the life and writings of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, a straightforward chronology with events spanning from the search of the 14th Dalai Lama in 1937 to 1959 Tibetan National Uprising against Chinese occupation, which was dubbed in (...)
By Benjamin Kang Lim and Ben Blanchard (Reuters) – Chinese President Hu Jintao is maneuvering to promote one of his closest allies to the Communist Party’s inner sanctum, two independent sources said, in a bid to retain clout and preserve his legacy after retiring as party chief. Hu Chunhua, (...)
2012-08-13 A third self-immolation was also reported in the troubled Ngaba Tibetan prefecture, but it cannot be confirmed. Two Tibetans set themselves on fire Monday in protest against Chinese rule in Ngaba county in Sichuan province, triggering clashes between local Tibetans and police that (...)
By EDWARD WONG and JONATHAN ANSFIELDThe New York Times, August 7, 2012 BEIJING — During a holiday banquet for China’s military leadership early this year, a powerful general lashed out in a drunken rage against what he believed was a backhanded move to keep him from being promoted to the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Tibetans and supporters held solidarity vigils in different parts of Australia and New Zealand to highlight the grim situation in Tibet and express solidarity with Tibetans who have sacrificed their precious lives through self-immolation on 8 August. The day was also observed as (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Mr Tenzin Khenrab and Mr Lobsang Tsethar were sworn in as justice commissioners for new Local Tibetan Justice Commissions at Sonamling Tibetan Settlement, Ladakh, and Kunphenling Tibetan Settlement at Rawangla for eastern region respectively. They became the first (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The department of education’s chief counselor Dolkar Wangmo and assistant counselor Sonam Pelmo are on a visit to the Central School for Tibetans and Tibetan Homes Foundation in Mussorie from 13-18 August. They will counsel students of classes XI and XII, and classes VI to X (...)