[Published by dalailama.com on December 14,2014] Rome, Italy, 13 December 2014 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s third day in Rome began with a cordial meeting with a group of Italian parliamentarians, including the Chair of the Human Rights Committee and a Vice President of the Senate. He thanked them for coming to see him and informed them of what he sees as positive signs in relations with China.
Read more[dalailama.com] Rome, Italy, 12 December, 2014 – When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived early at the venue of the
Read more[Reuters] ROME, Dec 12: Pope Francis has denied a private audience to the Dalai Lama because it could harm the Holy See’s already fraught relations with China, the Vatican said on Friday.
Read moreThupten Samphel, The Huffington Post|December 8, 2014
No struggle in the world is as unequal as the one between Tibet and China. Beijing’s position in Tibet is unassailable, reinforced by a network of all-weather roads, airports and an expanding railway line that are integrating the world’s highest, largest and remotest plateau more closely to the mainland.
Read moreClaude Arpi, Niticentral | December 6, 2014
Last week, a strange piece of news appeared in The Economic Times (ET), “While transgressions by Chinese soldiers in Ladakh in September and the resultant standoff were widely reported, an incursion of another kind shrouded in mystery is said to have taken place in Tibet at around the same time.”
Read moreSouth China Morning Post|December 7, 2014
The incumbent’s recent suggestion that he could be the last incarnation of the spiritual leader has sparked disbelief and outrage inside and outside Tibet. Dinah Gardner reflects on life without Tenzin Gyatso
Read moreAgence France-Presse|December 1, 2014
Kalsang Yarphel convicted in Sichuan after taking part in concerts encouraging people to speak and learn Tibetan
Read more[Hindustan Times] DHARAMSALA, Nov 30: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has applauded the spirit of Hong Kong democracy movement, but has stressed upon adopting a ‘realistic approach’ to achieve the goal.
Read moreCAPE TOWN, Nov 29: South Africa has no policy barring the Dalai Lama from entering the country, International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Thursday.
Read moreBrahma Chellaney, Forbes|November 28, 2014
Despite booming two-way trade, strategic discord and rivalry between China and India is sharpening. At the core of their divide is Tibet, an issue that fuels territorial disputes, border tensions and water feuds.
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