DHARAMSALA, Mar 25 : A Tibetan political prisoner released after serving eight years in Chinese prison for participating in a peaceful protest is said to be in critical condition with crippled back and legs due to severe torture in prison.
Read more[Reuters] BEIJING, Mar 4: China will build a second railway line connecting restive and remote Tibet with others parts of China that will link Tibetan capital Lhasa with the southwestern city of Chengdu, the government said on Saturday.
Read more[AP] BEIJING, Mar 2: A Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire and died in a protest against Chinese rule, in the first such action of its kind this year, a U.S. government-funded radio station said Wednesday.
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DHARAMSALA, Feb 26: A Tibetan man was arrested by Chinese police on Feb 14, the sixth day of the Tibetan New Year for carrying a peaceful protest against the Chinese government in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham.
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DHARAMSALA, Feb 12: Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained two high-ranking Tibetan Buddhists monks of Chogri monastery in Drango county, Kardze Prefecture in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham, for their participation in a prayer ceremony held at their monastery for the good health and well-being of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Read moreDHARAMSALA, 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.
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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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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.
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TONGREN, China — Two photographs grace the walls of the Tibetan farmer’s home. In the courtyard, affixed with silver tacks: Xi Jinping, smiling. Inside, by the light of a yak butter candle: the Dalai Lama in monk’s robes.
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Reuters Staff | December 8, 2015
China’s Communist Party boss in Tibet has urged the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, to reject the Himalayan region’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, state media said on Tuesday.
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