New Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, is congratulated by outgoing President Jiang Zemin after Hu was named as his successor during a session of the National People's Congress in Beijing on Saturday March 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
After years of preparation and months of maneuvering, China finally made Hu Jintao its president on Saturday, handing power to a new generation of leaders expected to continue liberal economic policies while maintaining tight Communist Party political control.
While the first phase of the nation-wide grassroot level campaign, “Bharat Jagaran Yatra” launched under the auspices of Tibetan Youth Congress and Bharat-Tibbat Sahyog Manch, completed in Northern India
The Working Group of Complimentary and Natural Medicine through the Tibet Inter-group of the European Parliament invited Prof. Dr. Pasang Yonten Arya, (former Principal and Professor at the Mentseekhang of H.H. the Dalai Lama
A press conference for the screening of the feature film called Melong was held at Gangkyi Hall at 11am, 15th March, 2003. The film’s director cum producer and male lead Tenzin Sheshi gave an exclusive insight into his first movie
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama plans to visit Japan in November in a move likely to spark protests from China, press reports said on Saturday. The Dalai Lama accepted an invitation to visit Japan when he met with Japanese lawmakers in Dharamsala, India, on Friday
Rare and sacred treasures of Tibetan, never before seen in the Western World, will begin a national tour at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in October 2003.
For centuries, Tibet has occupied a unique place in the Western imagination: romantic, mysterious, a remote mountain kingdom of incarnate lamas and nomadic herdsmen, of gold-roofed monasteries and hidden valleys.
Tenzin Bhuchung has not seen his family since 1981, the year he escaped his native country of Tibet. After his parents ensured his safety with an aunt and uncle in Mysore, India, they returned to the Chinese-occupied territory of Tibet to care for four other children and the family farm.
