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Monthly Archives: July, 2010

Beijing’s Fragile Swagger

When Hillary Clinton was running for the US presidency, she encouraged then President George W. Bush to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics to signal US frustration over

China sentences Uyghur journalist to 15 years in prison

China has sentenced a Uyghur journalist to 15 years’ imprisonment Friday for "endangering state security", his wife has told the New York based Human

Dalai Lama Tweets to China

On Monday, the Dalai Lama took questions from Chinese netizens on the microblogging service Twitter—for the second time since holding a dialogue with Chinese users

“Tradition Transformed”: A Conversation About Tibetan Contemporary Art

Tibet is internationally known as a bastion of spirituality and a political flashpoint, but one thing this plateau region north of the Himalayas is not commonly associated with is contemporary art. Now, with the first museum

Tibetan lama deposed for consulting Dalai Lama, monks quit in Nagchu

Seventeen Tibetan monks of Shag Rongpo monastery in Nagchu county have been forced to leave their monastery after Chinese authorities turned down their

The Joy of Finding one’s Roots in a Foreign Country!

A year ago I went to meet the eminent Tibet historian Prof. Eliot Sperling, who teaches at the Indiana University in US, at a coffee shop in the streets of McleodGanj, Dharamsala. The meeting took place just a few days before I was to leave for the US

Nepal deports 2 Tibetan refugees: report

The Nepalese police have arrested two Tibetans from Nepal’s Humla district and handed them over to Chinese border guards, the Voice of Tibet radio

China tightens media law to curb criticism

New laws and restrictions are being enforced on China’s provincial and metropolitan news media which will monitor and limit information flow within China, said Reporters Without Bord

Chinese army to target cyber war threat

The People's Liberation Army has unveiled its first department dedicated to tackling cyber war threats and protecting information security, Chinese media reported tod

PM visits Tibetan settlements in Himachal state

Prime Minister of Tibet's government in exile Prof Samdhong Rinoche is on a nine-day speaking tour of Tibetan settlements located in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh

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