BBC | January 18, 2016
China has published its first list of “authentic living buddhas”, saying that growing numbers of fraudulent buddhas are using their status to swindle money from believers.
Read moreHuman Rights Watch | January 18, 2015
21,000 Officials Stationed Indefinitely in Villages
New York: Chinese authorities have indefinitely extended an intensive surveillance program in villages across the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR)
Read moreClara Lewis, TNN | January 17, 2016
MUMBAI – Seven caves have been discovered in the forests of the sprawling Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivli, on the northern fringes of the city.
Read moreBY JAMES POMFRET, MATTHEW MILLER AND BEN BLANCHARD, Reuters, 17 January 2016
TAIPEI/BEIJING – Taiwan should abandon its “hallucinations” about pushing for independence,
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Jan 17: In a letter to Ms Tsai Ing-wen, President-Elect of Taiwan, His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulated her on her remarkable victory in the Presidential election.
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Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | January 15, 2016
Taipei, Taiwan: He is the lead singer of Taiwan’s most famous death-metal band, with rock-star good looks and all the onstage poses.
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[Hindustan Times] DHARAMSALA, Jan 15: United States (US) Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall arrived at Dharamshala on Friday.
Read moreBy Clare Baldwin | Reuters
HONG KONG, 15 January 2016
A Hong Kong-based Chinese official expressed concern on Friday at the disappearance of one of five missing people linked to a local publisher of books critical of Beijing’s leadership
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Tsering Woeser, The New York Review of Books | January 12, 2016
February 27, 2009, was the third day of Losar, the Tibetan New Year. It was also the day that self-immolation came to Tibet.
Read more[dalailama.com] DHARAMSALA, Jan 8: His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to Ms Mehbooba Mufti yesterday to express his sadness on hearing the news that her father, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had passed away in New Delhi.
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