British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) before a welcoming ceremony in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.(AFP/Andrew Wong)
The Indian government has assured powerful Buddhist groups from Sikkim that it is considering their demand to allow a senior Tibetan religious leader to visit his temporal seat of power in the northeastern state.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair failed to tackle human rights in talks with China's leaders Monday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said. "The human rights question was not touched upon in meetings between Tony Blair and Chinese
The European Commission's Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten, has said that in 2003 the EU will work to support the ratification and implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) by China.
The Dalai Lama, winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, will give an address Sept. 21 titled "Healing the Divide" at a concert in Avery Fisher Hall at New York's Lincoln Center.
Sikkim hopes to launch a bus service to Tibet on the back of a new chapter in improved ties between Beijing and New Delhi, an official has said. The announcement came as Sikkim's Chief Minister Pawang Chamling prepared to fly to New Delhi
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's visit to China has, once again, proved that irrespective of China's claims over Tibet, the communist rulers of this Asian colony have yet to come out of their guilty conscience.
Four tibetan buddhist monks have flown to UK for the tibet arts festival - an interactive exhibition displaying the rich and unique art of tibet - as part of the UK's year of cultural diversity 2003 celebrations.
