The Dalai Lama has said that he has lost faith in the negotiations with China over Tibet’s status, and will not participate any further. According to AP, he told a public gathering in Dharamsala: “I have been...
Read MoreFrom AFP: The Dalai Lama has called a meeting of key Tibetan leaders later this year to review the ongoing peace talks with China, aides to the spiritual leader said Friday. The Dalai Lama, who returned to his home in northern...
Read MoreThe Dalai Lama is following his doctor’s advice and taking a break from international travel for three weeks. From the New York Times: The declaration of fatigue should come as no surprise to anyone aware of the rigorous...
Read MoreFrom AFP: The Dalai Lama kicks off Tuesday an 11-day visit to France that threatened to spark a crisis between Paris and Beijing, until President Nicolas Sarkozy quashed speculation he would meet the Tibetan spiritual leader....
Read MoreFrom New York Times: When the Olympics open on Friday, the Dalai Lama won’t be there. Each side put out feelers about his attendance and was tantalized by the idea, but in the end the mutual distrust was too great to overcome....
Read MoreLingxi Kong is a Chinese inventor and classics graduate of Columbia University; he is currently doing research on ancient literary criticism. He met Dalai Lama this spring. He writes in the Far Eastern Economic Review: In the...
Read MoreFrom AFP: China warned US presidential candidate John McCain on Monday to stop “supporting and conniving with” the Dalai Lama, saying that meeting the Tibetan spiritual leader hurt Sino-US relations. The call came...
Read MoreFrom Wall Street Journal: With the Beijing Olympics just two weeks away, Sen. John McCain brought China to the forefront of the foreign-policy debate Friday by meeting with the Dalai Lama. Despite a recent focus on Europe and...
Read MoreEugene Tang reports in Bloomberg that some art galleries in Beijing are being forced by censors to delay politically sensitive shows and shows featuring foreign artists until after the Olympics: Galleri Faurschou said it...
Read MoreFrom NPR: With the Olympics in Beijing less than a month away, the global spotlight is on China. The host nation’s human rights record is under renewed scrutiny, particularly its response to recent unrest in Tibet. Lodi...
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