The train to Tibet drew international criticism for penetrating environmentally sensitive areas and for further opening up culturally distinct Tibet to increased migration by Han Chinese
By casting a controversial vote to secede from Serbia, Kosovo is threatening to set up a precedent for China’s 56 recognised national minorities that occupy more than half of the
Charles, an outspoken supporter of exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, has attended just one other Olympics, when his sister the Princess Royal competed at Montreal in 1976.
Under one contract, China Railway Construction Corp., the firm that built part of the controversial rail to Tibet, would construct a 352-kilometre (220-mile) west-to-east coastal
The 2008 Tibetan Olympics Torch Relay passes through Sydney on Sunday, February 17, 2008. The torch relay will go around the world across five continents before arriving in Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile in India and the official venue for the games. The games’ theme “One world Many Dreams” counters the official slogan of “One World One Dream” of the 2008 Beijing Games. The Tibetan Olympics will take place from 15 to 25 May, 2008, much ahead of the Beijing Games in August.
The Tibetan Olympics is close to realising its dream of "One World Two Olympics". Its torch relay, which started on January 30, 2008, from the Indian Capital New Delhi, on Sunday reached its first
Other individuals and groups are hoping to shine the spotlight on issues such as China's controversial rule of Tibet, its record on human rights and religious freedoms, and its suppression of
“China should not be allowed to use its own Olympic torch to project a very misleading picture that everything is fine and normal in China and Tibet and drape itself in Olympic values of peace
A Spanish lawyer fighting an unprecedented battle against the Chinese authorities for genocide in Tibet is touring India to encourage Tibetans living here to testify before a Madrid court.
A torch is currently making its way across the world, traversing 37 countries across and 5 continents ahead of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. But it's not the Olympic Torch, it's the
