(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.
Read morePTI | Jun 27, 2016
BEIJING – China claims the border dispute is confined to 2,000 kilometres, mainly Arunachal in eastern sector which it claims as part of south Tibet.
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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.
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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.
Read moreReuters | June 14, 2016
China warned the United States on Tuesday to stick by its promises not to support any separatist activities, ahead of a U.S. visit by Taiwan’s new president and a possible meeting between the Dalai Lama and U.S. President Barack Obama.
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[REUTERS] WASHINGTON, June 14: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday called the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in which 50 people died, a “very serious tragedy,” but said it was wrong to see all Muslims as potential terrorists.
Read moreAbhishek Madhukar, Reuters | May 27, 2016
DHARAMSALA – The Dalai Lama urged Tibetans to remain united on Friday, telling an audience gathered for the swearing-in of his exiled people’s new leader that they must avoid the schisms that had damaged other religions.
Read more[AFP] Taipei, May 20: Beijing warned Taiwan’s new president Tsai Ing-wen against seeking independence Friday, cautioning that peace would be “impossible” if she made any moves to formally break away.
Read moreIshita Bhatia| TNN | May 20, 2016
MEERUT: To highlight the “pitiable condition of Tibetans under the Chinese rule” and to spread awareness about the 11th Panchen Lama – Gedhun Choekyi Nyima – the second most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism, as many as 47 cyclists reached Meerut on Friday afternoon.
Read moreChantal Yuen, Hong Kong Free Press | May 17, 2016
Avery Ng Man-yuen, chairman of the pro-democracy League of Social Democrats party, has been arrested on suspicion of violating traffic laws after unfurling a protest banner calling for “an end to Chinese Communist one-party rule”.
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