[AFP] HONG KONG: Google executive chairmanEric Schmidt called on China to open up Internet access and voiced concern at its latest crackdown on online freedoms in an interview in Hong Kong today. “I have a strong opinion and my opinion is there should be freedom of speech to pursue one’s goals for (...)
By Mayank Chhaya [IANS] The Chinese Communist Party‘s express resolve to “ensure that the voice and image” of the Dalai Lama is neither heard nor seen betrays a strange paranoia about a stateless Buddhist monk. Unless there is some brilliant and deep Chinese statecraft behind continuing to paint (...)
Press Release 4 November 2013 In light of the recently concluded Universal Periodic Review of China’s human rights record by the United Nation Human Rights Council and China’s upcoming election to the seat of UNHRC, the Central Tibetan Administration deplores the China’s recent hardline stance (...)
MOSCOW, Russia: A Tibetan Buddhist cultural festival is being held from 2 – 10 November at the Avatar centre in central Moscow. Eight monks from Drepung Gomang monastery based in south India are taking part in the festival. The festival began yesterday with speeches, spiritual dances, sand (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A five-member Tibetan Parliamentary delegation left Dharamshala for a five country European visit from 1 – 24 November, to apprise leaders and public about China’s repression in Tibet, which has driven over 121 Tibetans to set themselves on fire in protest. The delegation led by (...)
[Source: dalailama.com] DHARAMSHALA, 3 November 2013 – This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama met briefly with nuns from eight nunneries who for the last month have been taking part in the Jang-Gun-Chö, the Great Winter Debate, held this year at Dolma Ling Nunnery. He began: “You’ve all been (...)
By Marshall Sahlins [The Nation] Confucius Institutes censor political discussions and restrain the free exchange of ideas. Why, then, do American universities sponsor them? We were sitting in his office, Ted Foss and I, on the third floor of Judd Hall at the University of Chicago. Foss is the (...)
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DHARAMSHALA: The deputy speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today released ‘Tibetan Spirit Cannot Be Crushed’, a pictorial book authored by Ven. Bhagdro, a former Tibetan political prisoner living in Dharamsala. The book documents Tibet as a nation with 3000 years of history, China’s (...)
by P. Stobdan (www.idsa.in) 29 October 2013 The Prime Minister’s visit to Beijing and dialogues with Chinese leadership indicated a sense of optimism for the future of bilateral relations. Some of that optimism may be due to the more amiable persona of the new Chinese leadership. A scrupulous (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Canada’s Ambassador to China raised concerns on the situation in Tibet during his recent visit to Tibet, foreign minister John Baird said on Thursday, underscoring that Canada has consistently called for an end to the prosecution and persecution of people for the practice of their (...)