Nepal bans Chinese digital wallets
DHARAMSALA, 22 May: Nepal has banned the use of Chinese digital wallets such as WeChat Pay and Alipay, violators to face criminal investigation.
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Author: Tibet Express Newsdesk
Dalai Lama rejects book’s claim about Xi meeting: No basis for government of India being cautious of the initiative
DHARAMSALA, 22 May: The office of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has dismissed a claim made in a newly released book that India’s disapproval prevented a meeting between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2014.
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US envoy to China embarks on rare visit to Tibet
DHARAMSALA, 21 May: The U.S. Ambassador to China has embarked on a rare visit to Tibet, listed as the least free place on earth after Syria by Freedom House in its 2019 annual review for the fourth year in a row.
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Regretfully informing no Miss Tibet Pageant 2019: Lobsang Wangyal
DHARAMSALA, 20 May: For the first time in the 16-year run of the Miss Tibet Pageant, there were no applicants at all for this year’s Miss Tibet competition.
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Troubles brewing for Huawei after US ban
DHARAMSALA, 20 May: In yet another significant blow to Chinese tech giant Huawei, it stands to lose access to some Google apps in its new designs of smartphones.
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Tibetans congratulate Australian PM Morrison over Election Victory
DHARAMSALA, 20 May: Both the spiritual and political head of the Tibetan people have extended their congratulations to the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on his Liberal Coalition party’s remarkable victory in the general elections.
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Dalai Lama not banned from entering Russia: Putin
DHARAMSALA, 18 May: Russian President has said that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is not prohibited from entering Russia.
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Taiwan becomes first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage
Lily Kuo, The Guardian | 17 May 2019.
Taiwan has legalised same-sex marriage, the first of any Asian state, with the passage of legislation giving gay couples the right to marry.
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Tibetans observe 24th anniversary of Panchen Lama’s arbitrary detention
DHARAMSALA, 18 May: The Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC), Dharamsala along with Regional Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) and Student’s for a Free Tibet (SFT), India marked the 24th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendun Choekyi Nyima’s arbitrary detention by the Chinese government.
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His Holiness assures to live over 110 years as Tibetans offer him long-life prayer
DHARAMSALA, 17 May: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama attended a long-life prayer offering (tenshug) offered to him by the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) on behalf of Tibetans both inside Tibet and in exile and Tibetan spiritual traditions (cholsum choegyud).
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