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DHARAMSALA, 15 Dec: A bipartisan US Congress on Tuesday has urged President Joe Biden to meet with the Dalai Lama as they declared that the “advocacy for the rights and dignity of the Tibetan people is essential to any principled foreign policy,” to protect the rights, autonomy, and dignity of the Tibetan people.

DHARAMSALA, 7 Dec: The US has declared a diplomatic boycott of the soon to be held 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing  over China’s “ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity.”

DHARAMSALA, 2 Dec: The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has announced the immediate suspension of all tournaments in China due to concerns about the well-being of former doubles world number one Peng Shuai and the safety of other players.

DHARAMSALA, 30 Nov: Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has said that Taiwan will never bow to pressure from China after 27 Chinese warplanes entered its air defence buffer zone on Sunday.

DHARAMSALA, 26 Nov: A five-member bipartisan US congressional delegation has landed in Taiwan on Thursday much to the disappointment of the Chinese government. 

DHARAMSALA, 12 Nov: The stage is now set for Chinese President Xi Jinping to extend his rule for a record third term next year and perhaps beyond after the Chinese Communist Party on Thursday adopted a “historical resolution.” 

DHARAMSALA, 5 Nov: A Chinese tennis superstar has said that former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli sexually assaulted her.

DHARAMSALA, 3 Nov: Aftab Pureval, an Indian Tibetan has been elected as the first Asian American Mayor of Cincinnati city in the US state of Ohio.

DHARAMSALA, 28 Oct: A Danish election candidate’s posters of himself standing next to the Tibetan national flag has been allegedly “removed shortly after he put them up outside the Chinese Embassy.”

DHARAMSALA, 27 Oct: Rashad Hussain, an Indian American who has been  nominated by the Biden administration for the US international religious freedom envoy has pledged to “redouble efforts to broaden the coalition to hold China accountable for its horrific crimes against the Uyghurs and its repression of other ethnic and religious minorities.”