His Holiness the Dalai Lama blessed a newly constructed statue of Matreiya Buddha at a ceremony at Ladakh's oldest and largest Disket Monastery (Dekyi Gonpa in
It seems unlikely that the advances of Mandarin in Guangdong is related to similar efforts in Xinjiang or Tibet. Guandong still thrives economically, and with the exception of labor protests in recent years, the region remains
After years of watching apprehensively as China expands its influence in East Asia, the region’s “old power,” the United States, is now pushing firmly back, drawing Beijing’s ire by asserting itself in two separate disputes on China’s
A Chinese petitioner wages a 10-year battle to win redress for his brother's death in prison. Hounded by local officials and sentenced to a year in a labor camp in 2008 for disturbing public order, Wang said his decade of petitioning with no redress
Tibetans in Minneapolis on Saturday took part in a panel discussion on the upcoming Kalon Tripa elections, showcasing a lively spirit of democratic politics in practi
That is a huge misconception and unfortunately a common mistake. First of all, I don't really see a divide in our community as the word might usually insinuate an
In September 2008, Tashi Dhondup — a gifted 30-year-old singer from Amdo in north-eastern Tibet — was detained at gun-point by the Chinese authorities while his wife wept
The Tibetan community in exile headed by the Dalai Lama is a constant irritant for China, but Beijing has hit upon a way to weaken the movement: starve it of new
They come by new high-altitude trains, four a day, cruising 1,200 miles past snow-capped mountains. And they come by military truck convoy, lumbering across the roof of the
Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 did not violate international law, the United Nations’ highest court said Thursday in a ruling
