[AP] Washington: The nomination of veteran Sen. Max Baucus as US ambassador to China reflects the importance to Washington of advancing the economic relationship with the Asian power despite recent strains on security issues. The Montana Democrat lacks foreign policy credentials but has a track (...)
[Indo-Asian News Service] New Delhi : India has been able to build mechanisms to keep peace on its border with China and is trying hard to settle the boundary issue with the giant neighbour, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said Saturday. “We have built mechanisms to keep peace on the (...)
[The Wall Street Journal] By Jeremy Page, Bob Davis and Lingling Wei Expanding His Own Remit Further, President Takes Lead on Economy, Traditionally Premier’s Turf BEIJING—British officials were finalizing details of Prime Minister David Cameron‘s visit this month to Beijing when they received a (...)
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Self-immolation toll reaches 124, Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile exhorts the international community to act on Tibet crisis DHARAMSHALA: As the number Tibetans setting themselves on fire in protest against China’s repressive rule in Tibet rises to 124, the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today said the (...)
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[dalailama.com] There will be live webcasts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings on Shantideva’s “Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life” continuing from Chapter 5 at the request of a group from Russia on December 21-23, 2013 from New Delhi, India. His Holiness will speak in Tibetan with (...)
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[dalailama.com] New Delhi, India, 20 December 2013 – For the second day today, His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with a Chilean delegation led by 85 year old biologist and philosopher Humberto Maturana, who was teacher and collaborator with His Holiness’s good friend Francisco Varela. He is also (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A Tibetan monk died after setting himself on fire in Sangchu county in Kanlho prefecture in northeastern Tibet (incorporated into China’s Gansu Province) on Thursday (19 December), according to reports coming out Tibet. Tsultrim Gyatso, a 44-year-old monk of Achok Monastery in (...)
Commemorating the World Human Rights Day on 10 December, at the Tibet Square Park in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius was turned into a symbolic cemetery to remember Tibetans’ painful struggle for freedom and keep alive their culture and identity. Rows of placards were placed in the park bearing the (...)
NEW YORK: The Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile, Mr Penpa Tsering, concluded his 12-day US visit with a meeting with the Governor of the Vermont State, Mr Peter Shumlin, in his office on 16 December. The two leaders discussed about the critical situation inside Tibet, particularly the (...)
mercredi 18 décembre 2013 par jamphel — Flash News
DHARAMSHALA: A delegation of Standing Committee members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile met senior Indian officials, including members of Parliament during their visit to New Delhi from 10-12 December. The visit was organised by the Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre based in (...)