From the Time magazine: It was not an object lesson in Buddhist dispassion. On Thursday afternoon, following a teaching by the Dalai Lama at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, a group of 500 or more audience members...
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, who is expected to announce on Wednesday that he will after all attend the opening ceremonies of Beijing’s Olympic Games, was warned by China on Tuesday not to meet...
Read MoreFrom AP: China’s Communist Party boss in Tibet delivered a fresh attack on the Dalai Lama Wednesday, even as envoys of the region’s exiled leader met for a second day with Chinese officials for talks aimed at easing...
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Senior envoys of the Dalai Lama arrive in China on Monday to meet the government over the issue of Tibet, the Tibetan government-in-exile said. The talks, scheduled from July 1-2 in Beijing, aim to mend fences with...
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China on Thursday shrugged off a warning by the International Olympic Committee not to mix politics with sport, describing anti-Dalai Lama comments during the Tibet torch relay as “striving to...
Read MoreFrom AFP: The United States and the European Union will call on China Tuesday to have “results-orientated” talks on Tibet with the Dalai Lama’s representatives, according to a draft joint declaration obtained...
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Gordon Brown has discussed relations between China and the people of Tibet in talks with the Dalai Lama. The 30-minute private meeting was “warm and constructive”, a Downing Street spokesman said. The...
Read MoreFrom AFP: The Dalai Lama insisted Friday he is not seeking independence for Tibet, as he pressed ahead with a five-country Western tour two months after deadly violence erupted in his homeland. “We want to live in peace...
Read MoreFrom The Seattle Times: The Dalai Lama offered his condolences and prayers Tuesday for the victims of the massive earthquake that hit central China, killing some 12,000 people. “I would like to extend my deep sympathy and...
Read MoreThe Dalai Lama announced today that he expects talks between his envoys and their Chinese counterparts to resume next month. From the New York Times: [The Dalai Lama] expressed no particular optimism for what the next talks with...
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