Tura (Meghalaya), Feb 16 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said Saturday he would ask the central government to look into China constructing three hydropower projects on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet. “China building the three dams will affect the interest of people in the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The home department of the Central Tibetan Administration has announced skill training on job-oriented courses for the unemployed Tibetan youths. The training will start from 1 April 2013. View the announcement below: DEPARTMENT OF HOME(Youth Empowerment Support)CTA, GANGKYI, (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Health Kalon Dr Tsering Wangchuk will be visiting three Tibetan Settlements – Tezu, Miao and Tuting – in North-East India from 16 to 26 February. The Kalon will visit schools and clinics and hold general public meeting at all the settlements. At Tezu settlement, he will meet (...)
WASHINGTON: In response to a question on the Tibetan self-immolation on February 15, 2013, the United States has asked China “to address its own policies in Tibet that have caused these kinds of tension and frustration.” Spokesperson Victoria Nuland has also called on “on those who are immolating (...)
[PTI] Washington: The situation in Tibet remains quite tense, the US said on Friday, as the number of deaths in the region due to self-immolation against the oppressive regime has crossed the 100 mark. Terming it as “horrific figures” on the number of Tibetans who have self-immolated and died (...)
By Edward Wong, The New York Times, 14 February 2013 A former Tibetan Buddhist monk protested Chinese rule by killing himself through self-immolation this month, becoming the 100th person to do so inside Chinese-governed Tibet, according to reports on Wednesday by Tibet advocacy groups. The (...)
By Pico Iyer / Cairo Review February 10, 2013 China needs Japan, Japan needs China,” the 14th Dalai Lama declared, with immovable conviction, as I listened to him in a sunlit conference room in Yokohama last November, a great Ferris wheel turning outside and a jungle of high-rising grey (...)
DHARAMSHALA: In confirmed reports coming from Tibet, a 26 year old Tibetan died after setting himself on fire at Amchok around 1 pm (local time) on 13 February. The self-immolator is identified as Drukpa Khar, a father of three children. No further information is available at the moment. Since (...)
By Cheng Li / Cairo Review February 10, 2013 The much-anticipated 18th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in November unfolded according to that classic rhythm in the study of Chinese elite politics: predictability giving way to ambiguity, and optimism alternating with (...)
By Vishal Gulati Indo Asian News Service | IANS Dharamsala, Feb 14: As cases of self-immolation to protest Beijing’s “repressive policies” reached 100, the Tibetan administration-in-exile Thursday appealed to the global community to engage China to redress the grievances of the Tibetans. “We (...)