[South China Morning Post] Remarks ahead of policy summit seem aimed at quieting concerns about his support for change President Xi Jinping renewed his call for broad reform while in Hubei yesterday – a move seen by observers as an effort to reassure liberals ahead of a key party conclave. The (...)
[The Times of India] BEIJING: At least 17 Tibetans have been injured in clashes with majority Han Chinese in China’s Gansu province, the US-based Radio Free Asia reported. Tibetan areas in China often witness self-immolation by the Dalai Lama’s supporters. But ethnic clashes are rare. Reports (...)
[Associated Press] NEW DELHI: Officials from China and India began discussions on Tuesday to find ways to resolve a longstanding border dispute against the backdrop of recent flare-ups of tension between the two Asian giants over their de facto boundary in the Himalayas. Top military and (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration will organise a prayer service in Dharamsala on Wednesday over the continuing tragic self-immolations by Tibetans to protest against the Chinese rule. The prayer service will be held at Tsuglagkhang, the main temple, on Wednesday (24 July) at 4:00 (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Education, in collaboration with AvantiFellows (www.avantifellows.org), inaugurated the first ‘Learning Center’ in Tibetan Homes Foundation (THF), Mussoorie on July 19 to kick start its ‘Technology-based After-school Coaching Program’. During the inaugural session, (...)
TAIPEI: A week-long open air exhibition on Tibet jointly organised by the Office of Tibet and the Tibetan Association in Taipei successfully concluded on Sunday. The exhibition was held at Taipei’s liberty square near Chiang Kai Shek Memorial hall, one of the most frequently visited areas by (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Health Kalon Dr Tsering Wangchuk of the Central Tibetan Administration inaugurated Mentseekhang’s new therapy centre at Mcleod Ganj yesterday. The inauguration was attended by Tsering Tashi, Director, Mentseekhang, Tadin Tsering, personal physician of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan Voluntary Health Association in collaboration with Taiwan dental association, Taiwan health CO-OP organisation and Cathy general hospital, organised oral health education and screening camps in STS (Sambhota) Schools in Bir, Chauntra and Dharamsala from 15 to 18 July. A (...)
By Thubten Samphel 13th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies Attracts 640 Paper Presentations The 13th seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies drew the brightest luminaries of Tibetan studies across the world. The biggest ever conference of Tibetology (...)
Tibetans From Protest Areas Targeted in Unprecedented Lhasa Security Drive [Human Rights Watch] (New York) – As many as several hundred Tibetans from eastern areas of the Tibetan plateau who live in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), have been arbitrarily expelled from the (...)