U.S. Response to Crimea Worries Japan’s Leaders The New York Times By HELENE COOPER and MARTIN FACKLER APRIL 5, 2014 TOKYO — When President Bill Clinton signed a 1994 agreement promising to “respect” the territorial integrity of Ukraine if it gave up its nuclear weapons, there was little thought (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration today held a prayer service to mark the demise of Bapa Phuntsok Wangyal, the founder of Tibetan Communist Party and a strong advocate of the Middle Way Approach of the Central Tibetan Administration to resolve the Tibet issue. The prayer service (...)
NARITA, Japan: His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrives in Japan on Sunday morning for a 12-day visit from 7-18 April. Representative Lhakpa Tshoko, staff members of the Office of Tibet, representatives of Shinto religious organisation and long time Japanese supporters and well-wishers welcomed His (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Ms. Dicki Chhoyang, Kalon of the Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration today inaugurated Tibet Museum’s new exhibition on the wave of Tibetan self-immolations inside Tibet. The new exhibition consists of 27 panels in Tibetan, English (...)
Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa or head of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, has for the first time slammed Beijing’s totalitarian rule in Tibet and come out in open support of Dalai Lama’s middle-path approach, or ‘meaningful autonomy’ to resolve the Tibetan crisis. In an interview (...)
[dalailama.com] DHARAMSHALA: In a letter to the National Vietnam Buddhist Sangha His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his sadness about the passing away of His Holiness Thich Tri Tinh, the First Supreme Patriarch at the age of ninety-seven. His Holiness offered prayers for the Patriarch and (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today opened the 9th annual general body meeting of the Tibetan Chamber of Commerce, the first association of Tibetan businessmen in exile. Over 80 members of the association from various parts of the world including India and Nepal are participating in (...)
[Foreign Policy] By Rachel Lu Another cartographic brouhaha. On March 28, German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping at a dinner where they exchanged gifts. Merkel presented to Xi a 1735 map of China made by prolific French cartographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A top official of the European Union has reiterated call for dialogue to resolve the issue of Tibet as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Sunday in Belgium on his first day. Mr Henri Malosse, President of the European Economic and Social Committee, also stressed the importance of (...)