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Peter Hadekel, Montreal Gazette|November 26, 2014 Most political leaders would say that running the economy ranks as one of their

[PTI] WASHINGTON, Nov 26: Tibetans within China do not enjoy freedom within the Communist nation, a top US diplomat has said after meeting Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal.

[TNN] BEIJING, Nov 24: China has announced that it has completed a major hydropower dam on the Brahmaputra, called Yarlung Zangbo, in Tibet. The dam is bound to enhance fears in India and Bangladesh about flash floods and related risks like landslides involving lives of millions of people downstream.

[PTI] NEW DELHI, Nov 22: Hailing the “good start” between the Narendra Modi government and the Chinese leadership, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama today said that despite difficult situations, efforts should be made through mutual understand to reach agreeable solutions.

Rachel Feltman, The Washington Post | November 20, 2014

When the first humans made their homes at high altitude, they may have had barley to thank. According to research published Thursday in Science, it was probably the introduction of frost-resistant western crops that allowed early Tibetans to survive at about 8,200 feet.

[IANS] Dharamsala, Nov 17 : Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will visit Italy next month to attend the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace laureates, which was earlier scheduled in South Africa but cancelled in protest over denial of visa to him, his aide said Monday.

Manoj Anand, The Asian Age | November 17, 2014

Following the frequent reports of incursions by the Peoples Liberation Army of China in Indian territory, the Central government has decided to set up at least 54 new border out-posts of the Indo-Tibetan border police along the International Border with China in Arunachal Pradesh.

Francesca Chambers, MailOnline | November 12, 2014

President Barack Obama reaffirmed on Wednesday the United States’ position that Tibet is ‘part of the People’s Republic of China.’

[AP] BEIJING, Nov 10: As he hosts President Barack Obama and other world leaders, China’s President Xi Jinping appears firmly in charge of a vast but stable communist state boasting the world’s second-largest economy. Look closer, though, and things aren’t so tidy: Growth is slowing, ethnic and political unrest persist — including an unprecedented protest movement in Hong Kong. And relations with China’s neighbors are dogged by conflicts over territory and history.

[Reuters] BEIJING, Nov 5: A top Chinese official has vowed to severely punish members of the ruling Communist Party in Tibet who “harbor fantasies” about the troubled region’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, state media said on Wednesday.