DHARAMSALA: Reiterating its deep concern over the spate of self-immolations in Tibet last week, the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on Monday said the situation would aggravate if the Chinese leadership does not address the underlying causes of the crisis. Last week witnessed the highest number of (...)
[AFP] WASHINGTON: The US ambassador to China on Monday urged Beijing to re-examine policies toward Tibetans as he acknowledged that he had quietly visited monasteries during a spate of self-immolation protests. Ambassador Gary Locke, speaking from Beijing to an online forum in the United (...)
Xi Jinping will soon be named as China’s next president. He must be ready to break with the past The Economist Oct 27th 2012 | from the print edition JUST after the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which starts in Beijing on November 8th, a short line of dark-suited (...)
[South China Morning Post] Editorial Is party-leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping a true reformer? The imminent change of leadership in China has intensified debate about the need for political and economic reform. Given all the structural problems that have developed amid rapid growth, hope for (...)
PARIS: Representatives of 25 different Tibet support groups in France, including the Tibetan Community, met on Saturday to discuss ways and means to further sensitise the issue of Tibet in France and Europe, amid deteriorating situation inside Tibet. Participants of the meeting while expressing (...)
BANGALORE: A two-day introductory teachings on Buddhism for college students was held at Sera Jey monastery’s Yega Choeling centre on 27-28 October. It was jointly organised by the Chief Representative Office in Bangalore and Sera Jey monastery based in Bylakuppe Tibetan settlement. Khenpo (...)
By Hannah Beech [TIME] Last week, seven Tibetans set themselves on fire in as many days, bringing the total of self-immolations on the troubled high plateau to more than 60 people since March 2011, according to Tibetan exile groups. Most of the protestors have been young Buddhist monks or (...)
Leader of government in exile seeks dialogue with China HARVARD, 12 October: It is not unusual for Harvard to host a head of state. During one recent week, there were five on campus in five days. But it is unusual for Harvard to host the leader of a government in exile, as in Tuesday’s tightly (...)
By Diana Hughes My name is Diana Hughes and I am very much committed to trying to aid the Tibetan cause, as my father was a British doctor with the IMS, Harry Staunton, who worked in Lhasa and was present at the enthronement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1940, long before the Chinese (...)
The first Kalachakra Stupa in the Southern Hemisphere dedicated to the world peace and Tibetan people. Kalachakra World Peace Stupa was opened to the public at a solemn ceremony at the Crystal Castle, Mullumbimby near Byron Bay in Australia on 27 October. The auspicious ceremony began with the (...)