Young Tibetan actor nominated for best actor at Queens World Film Festival
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, March 8: A Tibetan actor has been shortlisted for the best male actor in narrative feature in the 7th Queens World Film Festival.
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Brains Missing, Said Dalai Lama To John Oliver. Beijing Not Amused
NDTV | Edited by Malini Chatterji | March 07, 2017
BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry called the Dalai Lama a “deceptive actor” on Tuesday, after the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said in an interview that Chinese hardliners have parts of their brains missing.
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India dismisses China’s warning, says no reason to stop Dalai Lama’s Arunachal visit
DHARAMSALA, March 4: Despite China warning India of serious repercussions to their bilateral ties if the latter allows the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh, India has reaffirmed that the Tibetan spiritual leader’s visit to the country’s north eastern state will take place as scheduled.
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Tibet women’s soccer team denied US visas to participate in Dallas Cup soccer tournament
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, March 2: Dreams of the Tibetan women’s soccer team players crumbled as the US Embassy in New Delhi turned away their visa requests and told the players seeking travel visas to participate in the Dallas Cup soccer tournament that they do not have a ‘good enough reason’ to visit the country.
Read moreISIS Releases New Video, Threatens Attack On China
AFP | March 1, 2017
BEIJING: ISIS terrorists from China’s Uighur ethnic minority have vowed to return home and “shed blood like rivers”, according to a terror-tracking firm, in what experts said marked the first ISIS threat against Chinese targets.
Read moreIndian-Origin Chancellor Rejects Chinese Students’ Call Not To Invite Dalai Lama
PTI | February 17, 2017
BEIJING: A US university headed by an Indian-origin academician has rejected call by Chinese students to withdraw invitation to exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama but assured them that his speech would have nothing to with politics.
Read moreSamsung chief Lee arrested as South Korean corruption probe deepens
By Hyunjoo Jin and Joyce Lee | February 17, 2017
SEOUL – Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee was arrested early on Friday over his alleged role in a corruption scandal rocking the highest levels of power in South Korea, dealing a fresh blow to the world’s biggest maker of smartphones and memory chips.
Read moreChina ‘eliminating civil society’ by targeting human rights activists – report
Report details use of torture by Chinese security agencies – including beatings, stress positions and sleep deprivation – to force activists to confess ‘crimes’
Benjamin Haas, The Gaurdian | February 16, 2017
Read moreWhen will Beijing respect ‘One India’ policy?
The New Indian Express | February 15, 2017
Despite all his rhetoric and bluster, US President Donald Trump was forced to publicly reiterate America’s ‘One China’ policy during his first phone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping February 9. This followed howls of protests from Beijing after President-elect Trump took a call from Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, and invited a delegation from the island nation to his swearing-in.
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Tibetans in Dharamsala commemorate Tibetan Independence Day, highlights Potala Palace as symbol of Tibet’s independent past
DHARAMSALA, Feb 14: Tibetans and Tibet supporters in Dharamsala marked the 104th anniversary of the declaration of Tibetan independence at an event held on Feb 13 by highlighting Potala Palace, the winter residence of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, as a symbol of Tibet’s independent past and national identity.
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