[The Economist / 22 June 2013] Proposals for a different approach in Tibet suggest some in China know their policies are not working CONVENTIONAL wisdom on Tibet among Chinese officials is that when the current Dalai Lama dies, the Tibetan problem will be solved. China has tight control over (...)
[The Economist / 22 June 2013] Welcome signs that some officials are at last starting to question policies on Tibet FEW outside China think the Communist Party’s strategy for Tibet is working. A combination of economic development and political repression was meant to reconcile Tibetans to (...)
[The Economist / 22 June 2013] With the help of experts from Beijing, Tibet tightens its systems of surveillance SEVERAL dozen officials from Beijing are wrapping up their three-year tour of duty in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. In early July a replacement team will arrive to carry on their work. (...)
By Thubten Samphel If recent public comments on Tibet made by Chinese academics and officials are anything to go by, two sharply differing views are developing in China on how it should deal with the issue of Tibet. How these views play out and which view will emerge as actual policy will (...)
BRUSSELS: The offices of MEPs Satu Hassi (Greens), Thomas Mann (EPP) and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg (S&D) of the Tibet Intergroup of the European Parliament, the Office of Tibet, Brussels, the International Campaign for Tibet and the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Mr Tashi Phuntsok, Secretary of the Department of Information & International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration, visited the Philippines from 16-18 June to highlight the case of Tibet and in particular to address the water resource potential of Tibet at a panel (...)
[The Times of India/ 17 June 2013] ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh unit of NCP has urged both the Centre and state government to review the policy towards China and support the Tibetan cause. Describing the violations of basic human rights of the Tibetans by the Chinese authorities, especially in (...)
[Human Rights Watch] Cadre Teams in Villages Collecting Political Information, Monitoring Opinions (New York) – The Chinese government, under the rationale of a campaign to improve rural living standards, has sent more than 20,000 officials and communist party cadres to Tibetan villages to (...)
(Dalai Lama.com) Melbourne, Australia 18 June 2013 This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama was invited by the Sydney Peace Foundation to participate in discussions of Ethics for a Whole World at the New South Wales Parliament House attended by more than 170 students and others. A preamble to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Thousands of local Tibetans and Tibet supporters attended a prayer service yesterday (18 June) held as a mark of respect and solidarity with all the self-immolators including nun Wangchen Dolma who burned herself on 11 June. Most of the self-immolators have called for the return of (...)