PTI | September 8, 2016
China’s military has equipped all of its ground forces with advanced WZ-10 combat helicopters which will be used to target battle tanks and air-to-air combat missions, a strategic move which could have implications for India.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, September 9: Tibetan Spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is currently on an 18-day Europe tour, yesterday inaugurated the 7th Tibet Support Group Conference (TSGC) in Brussels, Belgium.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, September 8: More than 20 student localist groups have warned of escalation in actions if Hong Kong independence debate continues to remain suppressed in Schools.
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Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, September 7: In order to counter threat posed by China’s build-up of railway network along Tibetan areas bordering India, New Delhi has unveiled its ambitious project to come up with a railway network in the areas located close to Tibet.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, September 7: Furious at Nepalese Prime Minister Prachanda’s planned visit to India ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposed plan to visit Nepal, Beijing shelves Xi’s visit to Nepal.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, September 7: A Tibetan monk from Ngaba in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo has been released by Chinese authorities after completing seven and half years’ sentence.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, September 6: Taiwan’s Legislative Speaker, Su Jia-chyuan has invited the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Taiwan to grace and address its Parliament.
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DHARAMSALA, September 6: The emphasis on quantity of grain production rather than quality is to be blamed for 300 million Chinese people suffering from ‘hidden hunger,’ says a Chinese academic.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, September 6: Chinese President Xi Jinping slips up and says “take off one’s clothes’’ while delivering a speech at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Hangzhou; Beijing swiftly censored the phrase from social media as comments on the slip-up began to surface.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, September 5: With a record turnaround of 58% at its first citywide election since the democracy protests, several pro-democracy and pro-independence candidates won seats in Hong Kong’s legislative election held on Sunday.
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