China’s failing policy in Tibet is ‘self-defeating’ by Sophie Richardson How badly does the Chinese government really want to stop Tibetan self-immolations? A campaigner suggests that the rhetoric from Beijing does not match the reality of draconian policy programmes To hear senior Chinese (...)
Buddhism and self-immolation The theology of self-destruction [The Economist] Mar 22nd 2013, 18:11 by B.C. MOST religions have strictures against suicide. But the theological calculus made by religious leaders often seems to change when communities are in a state of bitter conflict, and people (...)
March 25, 2013: New Delhi based India Tibet Coordination Office organized an educational program for final year journalism students of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) from 21-25 March 2013 at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. The study tour was initiated to enhance better (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A member of the upper house of Indian Parliament has said the world, especially India, should pay more attention on the self-immolation tragedy in Tibet. Mr Rajeev Chandrasekhar, an MP, on 19 March, sent letters to speakers of both the houses of the Indian Parliament on the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Ravangla in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim Sunday (24 March). Chief Minister of Sikkim Mr Pawan Kumar Chamling and other dignitaries received His Holiness at the Helipad in Ravangla. His Holiness today inaugurated a colossal statue of (...)
[Times Now] In an exclusive interview with TIMES NOW, His Holiness The Dalai Lama discusses various issues ranging from the ecology beyond politics, China and self-immolation. The Dalai Lama believes that the change of leadership in China wouldn’t help much in regards to the freedom of Tibet. He (...)
NPC deputy says new leaders must seek flexible and innovative way to clarify Taiwan’s status By Minnie Chan in Beijing [South China Morning Post | 14 March 2013] Beijing’s new leadership should devise an innovative and flexible definition of “one China” in order to clarify the mainland’s (...)
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, March 24 (IANS) Moved by the plight of an orphaned girl who was sexually exploited and raped by her relative and gave birth to a child in a Shimla hospital, a Tibetan charity run by a disciple of the Dalai Lama Sunday showed interest in adopting them. “We are ready to (...)
Leaders fear nation is perceived as weak at home and aggressive abroad, and hope new initiatives will change view of an increasingly vocal public [South China Morning Post / 14 March, 2013] By Teddy Ng in Beijing teddy.ng@scmp.com Beijing is ramping up its public diplomacy efforts because the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A Tibetan mother of four young children has burnt herself to death in self-immolation protest against the Chinese rule in Ngaba in eastern Tibet. Kalkyi, 30, set herself on fire near the main gate of Jonang Monastery at Dzamthang in Ngaba, around 3:30 pm Sunday. She died on the (...)