Yesterday’s much-anticipated meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama has inspired heated comments from all sides. In response to the Chinese government’s angry reaction, a French minister...
Read MoreFrench president Nicolas Sarkozy’s meeting with the Dalai Lama has met fierce criticism in the Chinese blogosphere. Xinhua reports: “The Tibet issue touches on China’s core interests. Anyone crossing that line...
Read MoreFrom AFP: China confirmed it had postponed a summit with the European Union in protest at French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s planned meeting with the Dalai Lama, state media reported Thursday. China’s official Xinhua...
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: The Dalai Lama said it might be premature to cut off ties with China, which was one proposal at a week-long meeting of 600 of his countrymen at the headquarters of his government-in-exile in this north...
Read MoreJeremy Page reports for the Times from Dharamsala: The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, is considering appointing a regent to lead the Tibetan movement after his death until his reincarnation is old enough to...
Read MoreFrom AFP: Leading Tibetan exiles began a week-long meeting Monday in northern India that could usher in a more radical approach to their long struggle against Chinese rule in Tibet. The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual...
Read MoreChina has once again criticized plans by French President Sarkozy to meet with the Dalai Lama. Sarkozy canceled plans to meet with His Holiness during the Beijing Olympics. From AP: Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang reaffirmed...
Read MoreFrom Telegraph: As envoys of the Dalai Lama this week prepared to stage fence-mending talks in China, the exiled spiritual leader urged Tibetans to be open to all possible options in relation to finding a resolution. Speaking in...
Read MoreChinese officials have plans to bring the Dalai Lama’s envoys to minority areas, in an effort to improve the fence-mending efforts. Reuters reports: China plans to take the Dalai Lama’s envoys to visit a non-Tibetan...
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Envoys of the Dalai Lama fly to Beijing on Thursday for closed-door, fence-mending talks, two sources with knowledge of the meeting said, days after he expressed dismay at China’s attitude about Tibet’s...
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