By Jonathan Kaiman [Foreign Policy] DHARAMSALA, India — Lobsang Gyatso Sither sits at the front of a Tibetan school auditorium, the bright rectangle of his PowerPoint presentation dimly illuminating the first few rows of students before him. “Never open attachments unless you are expecting them,” (...)
(Central Tibetan Administration urges China to address grievances of Tibetans) DHARAMSHALA: The Chinese government has increased security clampdown in Ngaba in northeastern Tibet after a Tibetan set himself on fire to protest against its repressive rule in Tibet. He reportedly succumbed to his (...)
PARIS: A three-week exhibition on Tibet titled “Long Look Homweward” opened yesterday (3 December) at the Mediatheque, the Library of the Municipality of Montoire sur le Loire, a small town in central France. The exhibition was inaugurated in the presence of the local dignitaries including the (...)
[Zurich Neue Zuercher Zeitung (Electronic Edition) in German 04 Nov 13] [Article by Beat U. Wieser on interview with Zhu Weiqun, chairman of the Subcommittee of Ethnic and Religious Affairs of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, at Bern's Bellevue Palace Hotel] Talking with (...)
By Abanti Bhattacharya [Asia Times Online] The source of the problem in India-China relations is not Tibet. The problem is rooted essentially in how China perceives Tibet. China’s flawed perception on Tibet both colors and distorts its relationship with India. For India, the intractable border (...)
OMER AZIZThe Globe and Mail (Canada) Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013 For the past two years, the Asia-Pacific region has been central to both the Obama administration and the Harper government’s Asia strategies. The multiplicity of states, increasing economic potential, and a general shift of power (...)
[Source: dalailama.com] New Delhi, India, 2 December 2013 – A group of 818 Buddhists from Mongolia converged on the Kempinski Ambience Hotel in New Delhi, where they were joined by 60 Koreans and 15 Tibetans to listen to teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He was escorted from his car to a (...)
DHARAMSHALA: As British Prime Minister David Cameron began his visit to China on Monday to bolster trade and investment ties as the main agenda, a new BBC report from inside Tibet puts spotlight on China’s assault on human rights of Tibetans. Mr Cameron is leading a delegation of around 100 (...)
David Cameron wants his visit to China to focus on improving links and promoting trade but some campaigners say the human rights situation in China’s Tibetan areas is getting worse and more than 120 Tibetans have set fire to themselves in the past 2 years in protest at the nature of Chinese (...)
According to a circular from the Gaden Phodrang Office, Apho Gaga, a former Tibetan civil servant currently residing in Australia, has donated Rs 10 lakh for offering prayers (recitation of Jamphel Tsenchoe one lakh times each year) for the long and healthy life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (...)