Earthquake with epicentre in northeast India jolts parts of Tibet
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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Report: Microsoft didn’t warn users China hacked accounts
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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Here’s why the Chinese may never be able to fully populate Tibet
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 moreChina angered as Filipino protesters visit South China Sea island
BEIJING (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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Police for tighter security at Dalai Lama’s palace
Pratibha Chauhan/Tribune News Service Shimla, December, 30: The state police have sought additional funds and manpower to beef up security
Read moreGetting personal with the Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama, slightly stooped and with a grin across his clean-shaven face, plays with a Hindu guru’s beard in Maharashtra. Next, he holds an emaciated leprosy patient in New Delhi, his hands gently touching the man’s cheeks. Thereafter, he stands tall, his eyebrows arched and his mouth slightly ajar, while addressing a large audience at the main temple in Dharamsala.
Read moreCongress journal lauds Vallabhbhai Patel, blames Jawaharlal Nehru for Kashmir and Tibet issues
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Articles in a Congress mouthpiece questioning Jawaharlal Nehru’s Kashmir and China policy and calling Sonia Gandhi’s father a “fascist soldier” today left the party squirming in embarrassment, forcing its editor Sanjay Nirupam to apologize and sack its editorial content in-charge.
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China Passes Anti-terrorism Law That Critics Fear May Overreach
BEIJING — China’s legislature approved an antiterrorism law on Sunday after months of international controversy, including criticism from human rights groups, business lobbies and President Obama.
Read moreSikyong inaugurates leadership workshop
Over three hundred Tibetan students from India and Nepal joined a leadership workshop in a local Tibetan Children’s Village School in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, that is the seat of the Tibetan administration in exile.
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Japan’s Buddhists want Amazon to end ‘rent-a-monk’ service
By Mike Firn, Tokyo/The Telegraph
Japan’s Buddhists want Amazon to stop offering its rent-a-monk service in the country because it harms the religion’s public image.
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