Traffic is gradually returning to the roads of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) with certain restrictions and security measures still in place. Twenty-two security checkpoints are reported to have been installed along the Qinghai-Tibet highway
Dr. Tsewang Tamdin, a personal physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and pharmaceutical director at the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute (TMAI) in Dharamsala will give a public talk at Tibet Foundation Culture Centre, 2 St. James's Market
A spokesman of the State Department said on May 13, 2003 that the issue of Tibet is brought up in the United States diplomatic contacts and dialogue with China.
Tibet's government-in-exile, which is allowed refuge by India, has welcomed Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's decision to visit China next month. "Good relations between India and China will provide better prospects for the Tibetan issue to be resolved,"
