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[AP] DHARMSALA, India, July 28, 2016 — The niece of a prominent Tibetan religious leader has fled China and arrived in exile in northern India to reveal what her family says is the truth about the man’s death in a Chinese prison.

Nash Jenkins, TIME | July 26, 2016

Guo’s conviction is the latest in a sweeping anti-corruption campaign in China spearheaded by President Xi Jinping

BBC | July 22, 2016

Campaign groups say China has started demolishing buildings at Larung Gar, one of the largest centres of Buddhist learning in Tibet.

Ben Blanchard and Martin Perry Reuters | July 13, 2016

BEIJING/MANILA – China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty in the South China Sea and said it had the right to set up an air defense zone, after rejecting an international tribunal’s ruling that denied its claims in the region.

(dalailama.com) Palden Drepung, Mundgod, Karnataka, India, 3 July 2016 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote this morning to Mrs Marion Wiesel to tell her how saddened he was to learn that her husband, Elie Wiesel, had passed away in New York.

Sutirtho Patranobis, Hindustan Times | June 27, 2016

Singer Lady Gaga has possibly blown her chance to perform in China.

BEIJING – Hours after she interacted with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at a conference at Indianapolis in the US, China on Monday used strong language to condemn the meeting.

BBC | June 15, 2016

The son and wife of imprisoned former Chinese security chief Zhou Yongkang have been jailed after they were found guilty of corruption, officials say.