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The First Lady’s Travel Journal: A Taste of Tibetan Culture

jeudi 27 mars 2014 par jamphel — Featured Flash News, News From Other Sites

[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” (...)

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Environmentalists write to French president on Tibet

jeudi 27 mars 2014 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

[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 (...)

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Michelle Obama generates Internet comment after Tibetan lunch

jeudi 27 mars 2014 par jamphel — Featured Flash News

(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 (...)

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This is how China preserves and develops Tibetan culture

mercredi 26 mars 2014 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

[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 (...)

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French MPs spotlight on Tibet issue as President Xi visits France

mercredi 26 mars 2014 par jamphel — Featured Flash News, Flash News

PARIS: Expressing deep concern over the human rights situation in Tibet, a group of French MPs urged President Francois Hollande to raise the issue of Tibet during his meetings with the visiting Chinese president. “Do not sacrifice the issue of Tibet and human rights for corporate affairs. The (...)

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Michelle Obama gets a taste of Tibet in China

mercredi 26 mars 2014 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

[USA Today] By Calum MacLeod BEIJING – Among all the superlatives and breathless praise visitors lavish on Tibet, few involve its largely forgettable food. In a tough climate, on the roof of the world, most meals comprise tsampa, a tasteless dough made from roasted barley flour and yak butter. (...)

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Emory Univ. Receives $1 Million Grant for Tibet Initiative

mercredi 26 mars 2014 par jamphel — Featured Flash News, Flash News

[Emory University] Emory University has received a grant of $1 million from the Dalai Lama Trust to support the endowment fund of The Robert A. Paul Emory-Tibet Science Initiative (ETSI). The grant will help provide permanent support for the ETSI, which is implementing a six-year science (...)

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Ama Jestun Pema honoured at GR8! Women Awards ceremony

mercredi 26 mars 2014 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

[The Hindu] HYDERABAD: Women achievers, who had excelled in their respective fields despite odds, were befittingly honoured at the 13th GR8! Women Awards held in the city on Sunday. The coveted “Golden Scroll of Honour” award was presented to Ama Pema Jetsun, Tibetan activist and sister of the (...)

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Two Tibetan self-immolators died; Dharamshala holds prayer service

mercredi 26 mars 2014 par jamphel — Flash News

DHARAMSHALA: The two Tibetan monks who set fire to themselves in protest against the Chinese repression recently have died, reports coming out of Tibet say. The Central Tibetan Administration today organised a special prayer in Dharamshala to express solidarity with all those Tibetans who have (...)

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French and Germans call to prioritise human rights and Tibet: Poll

mardi 25 mars 2014 par jamphel — Flash News

DHARAMSHALA: A new opinion poll commissioned by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), a Washington, DC based Tibet advocacy group, showed an overwhelming majority of French and German citizens want their leaders to prioritise human rights and Tibet during their meetings with Chinese (...)

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