President Bush, speaking days before a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing, called on the communist nation's leaders today to ease restrictions on free expression and religion, and cited Taiwan as a possible model.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be the guest of honour at the Fourth World Parliamentarians Convention on Tibet, when it convenes in Edinburgh later this week (18-19 November).
Tibet's exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, made a first public appearance with recently exiled Uyghur dissident Rebiya Kadeer, greeting her on stage in front of some 16,000 people at the U.S capital's MCI Center.
Rule of law is indispensable to the progress of democracy in any community, said Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, adding that the democratization of the exile Tibetan polity
It's known as the "Great Firewall of China" to the rest of the world, but to the Chinese government it's the "Golden Shield". China's internet filtering system, the most sophisticated and extensive in the world according to a recent report by Harvard Law School, is in the front line
Around 100 Tibetans comprising of 39 local justice commissioners, law students and Tibetan advocates from India, Nepal and Bhutan have converged here for a training workshop and a conference on Tibetan Judicial
SHE is half Tibetan, half Chinese, with an overlay of confident Los Angeles charm.
Into the arcane world of Tibetan politics — mostly peopled by bossy Chinese communist officials, deferential maroon-robed Tibet monks, and a mix of
Gripping Cokes and cups of french fries, the three teenage girls seemed just the kind of fans who might flock to MCI Center any night for a Wizards game or a concert.
