Already upset over the the Obama administration’s planned arms sale to Taiwan, Beijing has warned President Obama against meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader as planned. From the BBC: Mr Zhu [Zhu Weiqun, executive...
Read MoreRepresentatives for the Dalai Lama will travel to China this week for the first such visit in 15 months to continue negotiations. From the Financial Times: The talks will be the latest stage in a dialogue over the future of...
Read MoreFrom the Times of India: The state-run China Tibet Information Centre has said that the Dalai Lama’s recent statement describing himself as “son of India” show he has become subservient to his “Indian...
Read MoreFrom PCWorld: Apple appears to have blocked iPhone applications related to the Dalai Lama in its China App Store, making it the latest U.S. technology company to censor its services in China. Those apps, which appear in most...
Read MoreFrom the Times of India: China on Thursday invoked Abraham Lincoln’s anti-slavery philosophy to persuade US president Barack Obama from meeting the Dalai Lama… “He is a black president, and he understands the...
Read MoreA look at what’s on some netizens’ minds as U.S. President Obama’s trip to China approaches, from Chris Buckley for Reuters: Chinese Internet users want to quiz U.S. President Barack Obama about trade feuds,...
Read MoreThe Chinese government has criticized the Dalai Lama’s visit today to the monastery town of Tawang in northern India, the Los Angeles Times reports: China has accused the spiritual leader of making the trip to further the...
Read MoreThe Times of India reports that the Dalai Lama’s grandniece has become a CPC member: Deying Drolma, the grand-niece, was made a CPC member in June last year. And while Deying had nothing to say against her grand-uncle, the...
Read MoreFrom AFP: The Dalai Lama on Wednesday reached out to China, saluting a Beijing-based novelist who has defied China by seeking reconciliation with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. On a visit to Washington, the Dalai Lama...
Read MoreJohn Pomfret from the Washington Post reports on the significance of Obama’s delay to meet with the Dalai Lama: In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a...
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