TAIPEI: More than 50 mainland Chinese and Taiwanese university students took part in a discussion entitled “The Unavoidable Story of Tibet” held in Taipei on 31 March. The discussion was organised by a group of Taiwanese students studying in Taiwan. Mr Dawa Tsering, the representative of His (...)
Geneva, 9 April: His Holiness the Dalai Lama will arrive in South Tyrol, one of the five autonomous regions in Italy, for a two- day official visit this afternoon. The two autonomous provinces – Bolzano and Trento of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol are the hosts of the visit. President Luis (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The President of the Federal Parliament of Switzerland, Ms. Maya Graf, will receive His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the Parliament building on 16 April. “The meeting will take place during the special session in the spirit of the Swiss tradition of openness and hospitality. As the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: In view of the ongoing self-immolations in Tibet, MEPs from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) will host a seminar titled “Tears of Tibet” at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday (10 April). The conference will assess the impacts of Chinese policies (...)
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today congratulated Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid champion and former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, for winning the 2013 Templeton Prize for his life-long work in advancing spiritual principles such as love and forgiveness which has helped to liberate (...)
DHARAMSHALA: This year’s World Health Day on 7 April was focused on creating awareness about high blood pressure at the global level. High blood pressure or Hypertension is a major risk factor for heart diseases, strokes and kidney failure, killing about 9 million people every year. To (...)
[AFP/South China Morning Post] Ethnic minorities are not sharing in the benefits of a boom in the mining sector, analysts say BEIJING: A landslide that crashed down a Tibetan mountain, entombing scores of mine workers, serves as a parable for the nation’s resources boom and its failure to (...)
By Brahma Chellaney [Washington Times] Damming downstream flow to neighbors could trigger water wars The Chinese government’s recent decision to build an array of new dams on rivers flowing to other countries seems set to roil inter-riparian relations in Asia and make it more difficult to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today left Dharamshala for New Delhi from where he will leave for Europe for a three-nation visit. His Holiness will give a series of teachings and public talks in Italy, Switzerland and the United Kingdom from 11 – 20 April. His Holiness will first visit (...)
China’s internet A giant cage [Apr 6th 2013 |From the print edition of The Economist] The internet was expected to help democratise China. Instead, it has enabled the authoritarian state to get a firmer grip, says Gady Epstein. But for how long? THIRTEEN YEARS AGO Bill Clinton, then (...)