President Johannes Rau surprised observers with a forthright speech in which he demanded that the Chinese government show respect for human rights. Actually Rau spoke of ordinary matters - it was the surprise of the public that was significant: in China
Unexpectedly, the President of Germany Johannes Rau has openly reproved the Chinese government to respect human rights. In a speech in front of 1000 students of the University of Nanjing, Rau said that criticism of violations of human rights
The 14th Dalai Lama, who has been addressing sold-out crowds from coast to coast, will give a free public talk at noon Sunday in Central Park's East Meadow, an event expected to draw tens of thousands of people.
Hollywood stars Richard Gere and Goldie Hawn have together offered about $1 million to improve the condition of Tibetans living in exile in a filthy north Indian town, officials said on Saturday.
For 20 years, I've wanted to visit Tibet. And after almost a decade of reporting from across mainland China, this was the moment I had been waiting for. Before me, a dozen canvas tents are staked near a large white stupa
China could release a number of long-serving political prisoners before the end of the year, a leading human rights lobbyist said after holding meetings with senior Beijing officials.
Upon arriving in Tibet, Sabriye Tenberken decided to tour the countryside, not from the comfort of a car, but atop the hard saddle of a horse. It was a chancy decision, not only because the rugged Tibetan landscape can be unforgiving and treacherous
A Japanese mountaineer is attempting to settle once and for all the decades-long debate over the existence of the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, claiming that his years of study have shown that the legendary apelike monster is in fact a brown bear.
