DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Education (DOE) of the Central Tibetan Administration initiated an innovative teacher professional development program at Tibetan Children’s Village School, Suja on August 16. The program was entitled ‘teacher-led collaborative learning program’. The opening session (...)
Spoiling Tibet: China and Resource Nationalism on the Roof of the World by Gabriel Lafitte Reviewed by Kerry Brown 11 August 2013 — A few years ago, I was seated next to a professor of geology at Oxford University. We broached the subject of China’s resource assets. “China has very little that is (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Several Tibetans were injured and one reportedly committed suicide, after Chinese security forces used tear gas and rampant beating to disperse Tibetans protesting against diamond mining in eastern Tibet’s Yushul region (incorporated into China’s Qinghai province) on Friday, media (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Chinese government has deployed a large number of security forces in Yushul region in eastern Tibet following a massive protests by local Tibetans against diamond exploration by Chinese miners, media reports say. Hundreds of Chinese miners arrived to explore white diamonds at (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Tibet supporters from all over Asia will hold a massive rally at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on 26 August to express solidarity with the Tibetans suffering brutal repression under Chinese rule. The rally will be organised by Asian Tibet Support Groups and facilitated by the Core Group (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay will visit the United States of America from 22 – 28 August. During his visit, the Sikyong will meet with members of the Tibetan Associations and general public in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles and Utah. He is expected to return to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the political leader of the Tibetan people, today greeted the people of India on their 67th independence day. “We would like to once again convey our heartfelt gratitude to the government and people of India for their hospitality and kindness extended to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today opened a new BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) venture of Uma Ling Technical Solutions in Dharamsala as part of the Kashag’s efforts to create employment for the Tibetan youths. The project is facilitated by the Central Tibetan Administration and the (...)
A Walk Through the History of the Roof of the World By Thubten Samphel Glimpses of Tibetan History By Claude Arpi Price: 200 Rupees Tibet Museum, DIIR, Dharamsala, 2013, pp. 56 I was there at the very beginning, the beginning of creation, so to speak. For the winter of 2009, I took my family to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A researcher at a leading computer security firm said the Central Tibetan Administration's Chinese language website has been hacked and infected with viruses.