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 (...)
[The Wall Street Journal / 14 February 2012] By BRIAN SPEGELE BEIJING—A former Buddhist monk who set himself on fire became at least the 100th person inside China to self-immolate since 2009 to protest tight Chinese rule over Tibetan regions, according to activist groups and the Tibetan (...)
[The Times of India | Feb 15, 2013] DHARAMSHALA: As cases of self-immolation to protest against China’s policies in Tibet reached 100, Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Thursday appealed to the world community to redress the grievances of his community in Tibet. “China (...)
LONDON: Friends of British in Tibet, a group of 23 British people with direct family ties to Tibet going back over 200 years, has sent a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday (13 February). The signatories of the letter include Mr Richard John Gould, 90, eldest son of the Late Sir (...)
[The Sydney Morning Herald] Australia’s top diplomat in China has been unable to win Beijing’s permission to visit Tibet after almost a year of trying. Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced in March 2012 that Ambassador Frances Adamson would seek to travel to Tibet to talk to locals and look into (...)
PRESS RELEASE14 February 2013 “Dignity is the spirit of a nationality…,” wrote the 42-year-old monk Sopa Rinpoche before his self-immolation on January 8, 2012. Since the first such action by Tapey on February 8, 2009, 100 Tibetans have burnt themselves. This has taken place, despite the recent (...)