From Zee News International: China has claimed that the Qinghai-Tibet railway, the world’s highest, has had no adverse effects on the surrounding environment and wildlife as accused by some pro-Dalai Lama activists. The landscape, lakes and the frozen earth are all well preserved and the wildlife’s migration also remains unchanged after trains started plying through […]
Read MoreFrom RFA: The head of a large Buddhist monastery in Chinese-run Tibet has been forced to step down after he refused to sign documents condemning the Dalai Lama, the monk and a local official have told Radio Free Asia (RFA). “I spoke out loudly and refused to sign. I declared that I will not sign […]
Read MoreThis week’s edition of CDT ChinaCast’s Foreign Correspondents Series features Andreas Lorenz, Beijing correspondent with German magazine Der Spiegel who came back in 1999 after serving the magazine in eastern Europe...
Read MoreTwo reports about protests from the pro-Tibet camp. In Dharamsala, exiled Tibetans staged a protest against the continued disappearance of Gendun Choekyi Nyima, who was recognized by the Dalai Lama as the Panchen Lama 12 years...
Read MoreAsia Pacific News reports that a recent film made by a Tibetan exile and his Indian wife, has raised the hackles of the Chinese government: ‘Dreaming Lhasa‘, produced by Hollywood star Richard Gere and made by the husband-wife team of Indian Ritu Sarin and Tibetan exile Tenzing Sonam, premiered at the Imaginasian Theater in New […]
Read MoreFrom Spiegel Online: The Dalai Lama makes such public appearances once or twice a month. The aim is to provide everyone who comes from Tibet the opportunity to be able to see him. He seems cheerful and relaxed — and doesn’t give the impression of a man whose time is running out. But he also […]
Read MoreThe following is an essay by Tibetan writer Woeser about her experience when her blog was closed down. The original version was carried by Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan language service, and was translated by Human Rights Watch: A Closed Blog Author Woeser (Weise) Copyrights RFA Tibetan Language Service About half a year ago, two of […]
Read MoreRolling Stone Magazine has published a lengthy article by Joshua Kurlantzick about the future of Tibetan culture: But Tibet’s time may be running out. In the past decade, China has waged a quiet but ruthless war on Tibetan society — part of a deliberate and sophisticated campaign to strip “the Roof of the World” of […]
Read MoreThe story of the Sept 30th shootings on Mt. Everest is now a song: High on the slopes of Mt. Everest September 30th Trekking Tibetan pilgrims walked single file up a high mountain pass trail On their way to see the Dalai Lama “His Holiness” to them
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities in the western Tibetan county of Dingri have detained a prominent local figure after he saved large numbers of sheep and goats from the slaughterhouse, sources in the region said. The reason for the arrest of Pempa, known by a single name, was not immediately clear, one source said. […]
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