DHARAMSHALA: Bawa Phuntsog Wangyal passed away in Beijing on March 30, 2014 at the age of 92. He founded the Tibetan Communist Party in the 1930s, which subsequently merged with the Chinese Communist Party. “The Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamshala extends its profound condolences to (...)
[dalailama.com] I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing away of Baba Phuntsog Wangyal in Beijing. He was a true Communist, genuinely motivated to fulfill the interests of the Tibetan people. In his death we have lost a trusted friend. I first met Phunwang, as he was popularly known, in (...)
[The Tribune] By Pratibha Chauhan Shimla, March 28: The Himalayan Committee for Action on Tibet (HCAT) today said India must redefine its foreign policy and clarify its stand on the Tibet issue. It is currently the centenary year of the drawing of the McMohan line between India and Tibet in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) today organised a symposium on Simla Convention of 1914, which Tibet negotiated on an equal footing with Great Britain and China. “The conference is being organised to remind ourselves and the interested parties about the international status (...)
The Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala invites application for a post of Staff Nurse at PHC Bandara and a Pharmacist each at Health Center Odisha, Dekyiling, Miao, Delhi, Bandara and Bir. Criteria: 1. General Nursing or B. Sc Nursing with 2 years work (...)
[The New York Times] By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW/MARCH 26, 2014 The Chinese man spying on the daughter of a prominent political prisoner at the United Nations in Geneva last week probably didn’t expect to be expelled from the international body. But the United Nations stripped him of his pass as a (...)
[Source: White House] Note: This post is part of a series authored by First Lady Michelle Obama to share her visit to China with young people in the U.S. You can read all of the First Lady’s posts at WhiteHouse.gov/First-Lady-China-Trip. Chengdu is sometimes known as the “Gateway to Tibet” (...)
[AFP] PARIS: Three environmentalists, among them the French Greens Party candidate for EU Parliament Pascal Durand, on Wednesday wrote to François Hollande demanding France’s Ambassador to Beijing make a visit to Tibet, while France receives Chinese President Xi Jinping. On the occasion of the (...)
(Reuters) – U.S. first lady Michelle Obama lunched at a Tibetan restaurant in China’s Sichuan province on Wednesday, prompting murmurs about “political overtones” on the country’s active Internet social networks. Obama, her two daughters and mother visited the city of Chengdu as part of a week-long (...)
[ICT blog] By Bhuchung K Tsering On March 20, 2014, there was a very vibrant “discussion” on Tibet during the session at the United Nations’ Human Rights Council on China’s response to recommendations on its Universal Periodic Review. Tibet wasn’t reality the main topic, but then the action of the (...)