John Kerry and Chuck Hagel’s views on China suggest a wobbly future for U.S. strategic rebalancing. By Micheal Auslin, Wall Street Journal Jan 22 2013 President Obama’s “pivot” to Asia was perhaps the signature foreign policy of his first term. Despite questions about the significance of the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A local Chinese court in Barkham in eastern Tibet’s Ngaba region have sentenced four monks of Tsodun Kirti monastery to prison terms ranging from 2 –10 years, confirmed reports from Tibet say. Asung, 22, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison while Lobsang Senge, 19, (...)
NEW DELHI: A comprehensive review meeting on the Tibetan Medicare System, organised by the health department of the Central Tibetan Administration is currently underway at the Micro Insurance Academy( MIA), New Delhi. The Tibetan Medicare System (TMS) experience sharing meeting started on 21s (...)
Following the successful conclusion of ‘Solidarity with Tibet’ lobbying campaign in major cities of Bangalore, Hyderabad and Trivandrum, the South Zone Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation launched its lobbying campaign in the city of Pondicherry calling upon honorable Speaker of Pondicherry, Thiru (...)
Taipei: The Representative office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetans in Taiwan jointly organised an evening prayer service on Saturday 19 January 2013 at the prayer hall of Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This prayer service was held in memory of Tsering (...)
Bhubaneswar, January 18, 2013: The North-East Zone Tibetan Parliamentary delegation concluded its 5-day lobby campaign yesterday in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha. Over the final 2 days of the 5 –day campaign, the delegation embarked on an exclusive lobbying work with the Biju Janata (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Ram Vilas Paswan, the president of the Lok Janshakti party pledged full support to the Tibet issue at a meeting with the north-zone Tibetan Parliamentary delegation. Speaking to the press after the meeting, he said, the Tibet situation is a vital issue for India. The Indian people (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A 28 year old Tibetan man set himself on fire around 3:15 pm local time today (18 January) at Khyungchu, Ngaba in an apparent protest against China’s repressive policies in Tibet. He died on the spot. The self-immolator is identified as Dupchok, a resident of Drachen village in (...)
by Gillian Wong, The Associated Press, Beijing | World | Fri, January 18 2013 Chinese authorities are responding to an intensified wave of Tibetan self-immolation protests against Chinese rule by clamping down even harder — criminalizing the suicides, arresting protesters’ friends and (...)
PATNA: Local Indians and Tibetan sweater sellers in Patna held a candle light vigil and a solidarity rally on the third day of the north-zone Tibetan parliamentary delegation’s lobby campaign. The rally was organised by the Tibetan parliamentary delegation along with the India-Tibet (...)