By Douglas Busvine, DHARAMSALA, India A U.S. Congressional delegation visited the Dalai Lama at his headquarters in India on Tuesday, seeking to draw world attention to human rights in Tibet as President Donald Trump eyes warmer ties with China. House … (...)
By Fred Frederikse, Wanganui Chronicle 9 May 2017 Millisphere, noun. A “sphere of interest” of roughly one-thousandth of the world’s population. Around 7 million people, but anywhere between 3.5 and 14 million will do. A lens through which to study … (...)
By Alokke Tikku, NDTV, New Delhi: Just days before its One Belt One Road (OBOR) Summit next week, China offered to consider renaming the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir if this is what it would take … (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Nancy Mcfarlane, Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, and Dr. Jon Kolkin were welcomed by the honorable Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile at Tibetan parliament Secretariat on 8th May. They spoke for half an hour during which … (...)
By Ananya Roy- May 8, 2017 – International Business Times In yet another self-immolation incident in Tibet, a 16-year-old male student recently set himself on fire, shouting: “Tibet wants Freedom. Let His Holiness the Dalai Lama come back to Tibet.” … (...)
NEPAL: The high level US Congressional delegation led by Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader in the US House of Representatives, visited Jwalakhel Tibetan settlement based in Kathmandu, Nepal on 8 May 2017. Tibetan coordinator of Nepal and members of Tibetan … (...)
BRUSSELS: Representative Tashi Phuntsok of the Office of Tibet based in Brussels, Belgium, congratulated Emmanuel Macron, new President-elect of France. Mr Tashi Phunstok is the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Western Europe, which includes France. “The office … (...)
By Pema Ngodup for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Karma Dorjee. Written in English by Richard Finney, Police in western China’s Sichuan province have detained a Tibetan monk suspected of spreading news about recent self-immolation protests to outside contacts, a … (...)
By Tan Sin Chow, GEORGE TOWN: Penang MCA will set up a Belt and Road Centre to promote trade and investment, tourism, shipping, logistics and other business opportunities between Malaysia and China. The centre will be headed by state MCA … (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile congratulates Emmanuel Macron, new President -elect of France. “I, on behalf of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and all the Tibetan people, would like to extend my heartiest congratulation to you and your party … (...)