DHARAMSHALA: The Chinese government has released a Tibetan political prisoner after serving 17 years in prison for allegedly endangering national security and separatism. Jigme Gyatso, 52, was ordered to return to his native village in Labrang in eastern Tibet (Ch: Gansu Province) after his (...)
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Friday addressed Tibetans in Salugara on the devolution of his political responsibilities to the elected Tibetan leadership and efforts to resolve the issue of Tibet. His Holiness explained that it is now almost two years since he devolved his (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan Career Centre in Delhi said it is planning to organise a year-long personality development and job specific trainings for Tibetan youths. “The Second Chance programme helps to instill self- esteem and confidence in the youth. It provides age appropriate education and (...)
By Ananth Krishnan/The Hindu Authorities are facing unusual criticism over mining projects BEIJING: Chinese authorities are facing unusual criticism over mining projects in Tibet from both Tibetan writers and a number of prominent Chinese public figures, in the wake of landslips on Friday that (...)
[The Korea Times] “It’s over for America,” a Chinese academic told me in late 2008, two days after Goldman Sachs turned itself into a commercial bank in order to fend off possible collapse. “From here on, it’s all downhill.” Sitting in Beijing as American capitalism seemed to be hanging by a thread, (...)
The tragic incident of landslide could be a result of the aggressive expansion and large-scale exploitation of mineral in the Gyama Valley On Friday, 30 March 2013, China’s official media reported that 83 miners including two Tibetans have been buried after a major landslide hit a part of the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: This year’s TB day, observed on 24 March, witnessed many interesting community wide initiatives of shared responsibility and collaborative participation in various Tibetan settlements to reduce the spread of TB. The Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration and Delek (...)
[AFP] BEIJING: A huge landslide came crashing down a mountainside in Tibet on Friday, burying 83 workers in a gold mining area, Chinese state-run media said. A vast three-kilometre-long section of land, with a volume of two million cubic metres, slid down a slope and buried the workers’ camp (...)
By Allen Carlson / The Diplomat Beijing should give consideration to re-starting a process of engaging the Dalai Lama in dialogue, one that might even result in his return to Tibet. March 10th, the anniversary of the uprising that led to the Dalai Lama’s flight from Tibet in 1959, has come and (...)
By Ellen Nakashima/The Washington Post The trouble began even before the American filmmakers set foot in the Tibetan region of China. A member of their crew in India noticed that her laptop screen would flash occasionally — an unseen hand taking a screen shot of her computer. Her cursor would (...)