TAIPEI: The Office of Tibet and Taiwan Tibetan Association jointly organised a conference on Tibet and prospect for democratic development in China from the view of the current situation in both the region. The day-long conference was held at the international conference hall of Taiwan (...)
[Nobleprize.org] The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 is to be awarded to the European Union (EU). The union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe. (...)
MINNEAPOLIS: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay paid his first official visit to Minnesota on October 12. He was greeted at the airport by Namgyal Dorjee, President, along with the board members of the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota ( TAFM) and the members of the local Tibetan community. His (...)
Boston, MA, USA 14th October 2012 There was a chill in the air and the roads were wet with rain as His Holiness the Dalai Lama set out early this morning to drive to Burlington airport and from there to fly on to Boston. He was received on arrival by Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay and (...)
October 14th 2012 Middlebury, VT, USA, 13 October 2012 – To start the day His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave an interview to the Student Reporter of Middlebury College. The interviewer asked about His Holiness’s intention in pursuing a dialogue with scientists. He told her he felt that the Buddhist (...)
[By Melinda Liu / The Newsweek Magazine] Oct 15, 2012 1:00 AM EDT Can Beijing’s incoming leaders resolve Tibet’s crisis and stop the spate of fiery suicides? Students of Buddhist history and literature know well the ancient fables about Buddha’s early incarnations, known as the Jataka Tales. In (...)
A Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire in protest against the Chinese government near Tsoe Monastery at Tsoe in north-eastern Tibet’s Kanlho prefecture (Ch: Gansu Province). Tamdin Dorjee, 52, set himself on fire around 1:00 PM (Tibet time) on Saturday (13 October). His body was (...)
AHMEDABAD: Expressing their solidarity with the Tibetan freedom struggle by joining the flame of truth relay in Ahmedabad, Indian supporters, including Gandhians, said truth and freedom will definitely triumph over China’s repressive rule in Tibet. Hundreds of people, including Tibetan students (...)
[The Economist/13 October 2012] Strangers in a strange land LHASA: IN FRONT of the Jokhang temple at the heart of the Tibetan capital, excited members of a Chinese tour group pose in their new cowboy hats and snap photos to post on their microblogs for friends back home. Not far away, others (...)
DELHI: The Flame of Truth reaches Delhi on 6 October and was held with a brief function organised at Samyeling Tibetan Colony. Prior to that, Tibetan community based in Delhi met several times over a month to arrange the relay, which covers all over Delhi. On 8 October, the relay was started (...)