By Vishal Gulati Dharamsala, Sep 15 (IANS) Tibetans in exile will go into a special session this month to discuss the burning issue of self-immolations by a growing number of Buddhist activists in Tibet. The first session was held here in November 2008 after the riots that erupted in Lhasa had (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The US government has reiterated its call for substantive Sino-Tibetan dialogue towards reaching a lasting solution to the long-standing problems facing Tibet. In its annual ‘Report on Tibetan Negotiations’ released on 12 September, the US State Department said: “In 2011, Chinese (...)
Thursday, September 13, 2012 Jodi Seth, (202) 224-4159 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced a resolution to honor the contributions of Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari as Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and in (...)
Xi Jinping, China’s president-in-waiting, who has not been seen in public for two weeks, was under intense pressure from within the Communist party before he disappeared, the Daily Telegraph has been told. By Malcolm Moore, BeijingTHE TELEGRAPH14 Sep 2012 Xi Jinping, 59, came under attack from (...)
DEHRADUN (dalailama.com) – After spending the night at Mindrolling Monastery, in Clement Town, Dehra Dun, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s first engagement today (14 September) was to visit the Drukpa Kagyu Tongmonling Monastery nearby, where he paid his respects. Local Tibetans, young and old lined (...)
* First whole day devoted to in-depth deliberation on the critical situation in Tibet * Parliament pledges to pre-empt matters causing distress to His Holiness the Dalai Lama DHARAMSHALA: The fourth session of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile began today, with the entire first day kept for (...)
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DHARAMSHALA: Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio strongly disapproved the Chinese consulate’s move to remove a mural dedicated to free Tibet and Taiwan independence in Corvallis, saying the city will stand firm on democracy and freedom, and not bow to China’s bullying. The giant mural, painted on (...)
By Michelle Baran [Travel Weekly] China has once again stopped issuing travel permits for foreign visitors to Tibet, according to several tour operators. “Right now, China is not allowing anybody in,” said Will Weber, co-founder and co-director of Journeys International, which has been bringing (...)
Diplomatic error Something there is that doesn’t love a wall T.P. / The Economist / BEIJING CONTRARY to popular myth, the Great Wall of China is not visible from space to the naked eye. But on a large wall in a small American town, there is a politically charged painting that has somehow come (...)
By QIAN GANG / CMP CHINA MEDIA PROJECT Keywords: The Four Basic Principles and Mao Zedong Thought What political trends can we expect to unfold during the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, a once-in-a-decade leadership transition that will set the tone for China’s domestic (...)