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China to relocate over 73,700 Nomadic Tibetans in Kanlho into permanent homes: state media

The Chinese government will move more than 73,700 nomadic Tibetans living in Gannan (Tib: Kanlho) "Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture" ('TAP') into permanent brick houses, under

China stepping up Tibet repression, activists say

China has stepped up repression in its ethnic Tibetan regions to prevent any protests during the Beijing Olympics, an activist group said on Monday

Demonstrator tells of 9-hour interrogation

Kurt Langer says he was followed by undercover police officers for more than a day, then arrested by Chinese authorities and interrogated before he was deported to the United States

French FM Kouchner cancels meeting with Dalai Lama: report

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner cannot meet the Dalai Lama during his trip to France because he is too busy dealing with the Georgian crisis, he said in a newspaper interview

ACME OF OBSCENITY -By Jamyang Norbu

In his Epistulae (Letters) the younger Pliny mentions that his uncle the natural historian and philosopher, Pliny the Elder, used to say that “no book was so bad but some good might

Games with a ring of shame

BOCOG may feel comfortable bullying journalists but the politburo isn't going to try taking a medal off an athlete for chucking in the odd "Free Tibet!" at the end of a press conference

Tibet tourism suffers from March unrest: state media

Beijing barred all tourists from going to Tibet after a massive crackdown on violence that erupted in Lhasa on March 14 against Chinese rule, and then spread to other areas of western China with

Dalai Lama: China mistreating Tibetans during Games

The Dalai Lama said on Saturday China was mistreating and torturing civilians in Tibet while the Olympic Games were going on

China deports Tibet activists for hanging sign in Beijing

A Canadian-Australian activist from Vancouver was deported from Beijing after being detained by police for unfurling a giant "Free Tibet" banner in front of China Central Television's Beijing

TYC resumes hunger strike with a fresh group; observes India’s Independence Day

The Tibetan Youth Congress has today launched the third batch of hunger strikers with renewed vengeance. After the second volume of six men were forced to the hospital August 14, TYC

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