China closes Tibet to tourists for anniversary of riots
Chinese authorities have closed Tibet to foreign visitors as the third anniversary of anti-government riots approaches. The region's top official confirmed the restrictions after travel agents reported...
View ArticleChina and Tibet: No way, Sangay - The Economist
AS CHINA gears up to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its annexation of Tibet, it has issued a stinging rebuff to the newly elected prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay....
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Desmond Tutu attacks South African government over Dalai Lama ban
"Our government - representing me! - says it will not support Tibetans being viciously oppressed by China. You, president Zuma and your government, do not represent me. I am warning you, as I warned...
View ArticleAn Ambivalent China Affirms the Charisma of the Dalai Lama
A dozen or so people each day manage to find their way to this sleepy hamlet that sits in the fold of a dusky mountain in northwestern Qinghai Province, birthplace of the Dalai Lama. more »China...
View ArticleSeven questions to the 14th Dalai Lama
China's major Tibetan website www.tibet.cn has published a harsh commentary which criticizes the 14th Dalai Lama for instigating self-immolation and advocating Nazi-style racial segregation ideas. The...
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Insight: Does China's next leader have a soft spot for Tibet?
Few people know what Xi, whose ascent to the leadership is likely to be approved at a Communist Party congress later this year, thinks of Tibet or the Dalai Lama. But his late father, Xi Zhongxun, a...
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VOA Denies Chinese Allegations on Tibetan Self-Immolations
VOA Director Ensor said the allegations were “totally false,” adding that the self-immolations are tragic and a sign of distress in Tibet. “We report them. We certainly don’t encourage them,” Ensor...
View Article20 Inspirational Tibetan Quotes
Words and wisdom transcend cultures and differences. Learn some inspiring Tibetan quotes that will bring balance and perspective to your life. more »Chinese HistoryTibetan quotesdalai...
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The Dalai Lama Is A Giant Bandwagoner
Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama, the latest in a long line of reincarnations of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva embodiment of compassion. He's also an insufferable homer who loves free hats....
View ArticleThings Banned in China
See what can't go in to China. (Wow, my post has been down voted to 0, apparently it should be banned in China, too!) more »China NewsBrad PittAlice in Wonderlanddalai lamareincarnation
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Tibetans Allowed to Openly Revere Dalai Lama in Two Chinese Provinces
Chinese authorities in Tibetan-populated areas of Qinghai and Sichuan are allowing monks to openly venerate the Dalai Lama as a religious leader but not as a "political" figure, according to sources...
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Chinese police 'fired on Tibetans marking Dalai Lama birthday'
Chinese police opened fire on a group of Tibetans who had gathered to mark the Dalai Lama's birthday, leaving several people injured, a rights group and news reports say. The incident happened in Daofu...
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'Everyone who visited the site has lost their privacy', more on the Dalai...
On Tuesday, the website of the Central Tibetan Administration (the organisation headed by the Dalai Lama until 2011 and often referred to as the Tibetan Government in Exile) was hacked to infect...
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This Daily Record headline may already be the best of 2014
It only took a few short words for the Daily Record, the wonderful Daily Record, to effectively and poetically trivialize that whole China-Obama-Dalai Lama debacle that's been blowing up in the media...
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China tells Dalai Lama again to respect reincarnation
China repeated a call on the Dalai Lama on Wednesday to respect what it said was the historic practice of reincarnation, after the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader implied in a newspaper interview he...
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