DHARAMSHALA: A leading Indian newspaper has underscored that China can ensure peace and stability in Tibet only through resumption of the stalled talks with the Tibetan leadership and accept the Dalai Lama’s moral presence among the Tibetans. In an editorial entitled “Fighting Fear” on Monday, (...)
[Scoop.co.nz] When the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism, visited New Zealand recently he granted one formal television interview – to Face TV. The resulting 45 minute special, “The Meeting of the Minds” will screen on Face TV (Sky channel 83 and UHF41 in Auckland) on July 24 at (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The United States has said it raised the issue of human rights in Tibet during its talks with China. “During the course of the dialogue, we also expressed our ongoing concerns about human rights in China, particularly recent instability in Tibetan and Uighur areas of China. The goal (...)
[ChinaFile.com] The Turn Against Legal Reform CARL MINZNER 07.11.13 What will be the future of China’s authoritarian political system? Many predicted that China’s rapid development over the past several decades would inevitably lead to gradual liberalization. Economic growth was expected to (...)
[Europeanvoice.com] By Edward Lucas Some of the lost causes of the 1980s have been won; the others that remain may yet be won In the 1980s my social life revolved around events marking lost causes: freedom, democracy and independence in the captive nations of the Soviet Empire. We would gather (...)
An appeal from the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile concerning the incident of bomb explosions which occurred at the highly sacred, Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya in Bihar Around 5:30 in the morning of 7th July 2013 a total of ten bomb explosions occurred within the complex of the Mahabodhi Temple, a (...)
MUSSOORIE: Addressing the Tibetan community during his visit to the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay said the Central Tibetan Administration is firmly committed to the Middle-Way Approach in resolving the issue of Tibet. During his visit, the Sikyong addressed (...)
DHARAMSHALA: According to China’s Xinhua news agency, Yu Zhengsheng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, visited Tibetan areas incorporated into Gansu province on Tuesday. Yu said China would bring lasting stability (...)
Tokyo: Around 250 Japanese and Tibetans gathered at Hotel Okura in the heart of Tokyo city to celebrate the 78th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Representative Lhakpa Tshoko in his welcome speech thanked all guests who have come from various parts of Japan including far-flung places (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today met the chief minister of Uttarakhand, the northern Indian state which was ravaged by rain-triggered flooding last month. Over 1,000 people, mostly Indian pilgrims, died in the disaster. “The Sikyong conveyed message of sympathy and support from His (...)