DHARAMSALA, Jan 11: A Chinese hotel in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo has retracted its rule requiring Tibetan staff of the hotel to speak only in Chinese following furious online protests from the local Tibetan community that led to the hotel being temporarily closed by the local authorities.
Read moreBy Tamiyuki Kihara, The Asahi Shimbun | January 11, 2015
The leader of the Tibetan government in exile has called for Japan’s assistance to help his people achieve autonomy, saying that China’s suppression has worsened under the administration of President Xi Jinping.
Read moreClaude Arpi, Niti Central | January 6, 2015
On New Year day, a Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) between India and China was held in a Chinese hut near a place called Damai, north of the Lohit sector of Arunachal Pradesh.
Read moreTenzin Pelkyi, The Diplomat | January 6, 2015
The international community needs to address the plight of Tibetan refugees.
Recently, an Al Jazeera article offered a profile of statelessness which featured tales of refugees from around the world. From Tibet to Kazhakstan, Syria to the Dominican Republican, the intimate glimpses of life for the millions of dislocated individuals in countries across the globe highlighted the common obstacles faced by those forced to flee their ancestral lands.
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In honour of the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday, New Delhi has hosted a celebration on 4 January to mark the life and accomplishments of the spiritual leader. Despite the Dalai Lama’s milestone birthday having passed in July 2014, his busy schedule has meant that a celebration in India was unable to take place until now.
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Indian police have been framing China by accusing that Chinese spies were out to assassinate Tibetan spiritual guru the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala, according to a report carried by the Chinese state media on Monday.
Quoting government statements, the state media report claimed that the allegations levelled by the Dalai Lama that China was preparing to assassinate him were a stunt to attract international attention.
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he high-intensity earthquake which struck India’s northeastern region early this morning also jolted parts of Tibet with many residents waking
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SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is disputing a Reuters report that it became aware four years ago China likely had hacked into Hotmail accounts belonging to Tibetan and Uighur minority leaders,
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Depending on who you ask, anywhere from a few hundred thousand to upwards of seven million Han (ethnically Chinese) have immigrated into Tibet Autonomous Region since it was invaded by China in 1950—but according to an international team of researchers, these Han are having a hard time reproducing in the high altitudes there.
Read moreBEIJING (Reuters) – China expressed anger on Monday after a group of Filipino protesters landed on a disputed Philippine-held island in the disputed South China Sea.
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