- Advertisement -spot_img

ARCHIVE

Monthly Archives: October, 2010

Nepal Maoist commander’s ‘secret’ China visit sparks row

A "secret" visit to China by a top commander of the former Maoist guerrilla force PLA has sparked a political row in Nepal, with the UN agency tasked to monitor the former rebels caught in the crossfire

Tibetan Language vital for Tibetan Buddhist culture, says Dalai Lama

In his first reaction to the recent protests by Tibetan in Tibet over change of medium of instruction into Chinese in Tibetan schools, the Tibetan leader His

China defends language policies in Tibetan areas

Chinese officials tried to defuse discontent following days of student protests in ethnically Tibetan areas, saying a plan to teach classes only in Mandarin Chinese was not aimed at wiping out Tibet's native tongue, state media reported Saturday.

Tibetan students’ protests reach Beijing

Protests by Tibetan students over plans to elevate Chinese to the main language of instruction in western China schools spread Friday to Beijing, where students at a minority university staged a rare public demonstration

Chinese dissidents plan their own WikiLeaks

A group of Chinese dissidents plan to launch their own version of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks to expose central government secrets and promote democra

China won’t confirm Japan meeting as tensions return

China refused to say on Thursday whether Premier Wen Jiabao will meet Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at a regional summit this month, and a Beijing diplomat accused Tokyo's foreign minister of rekindling ill-will

US, China in ‘fundamental disagreement’ over Liu

The US and China are in "fundamental disagreement" over the case of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, US Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday after raising it with top officials

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Honoured with Int’l Freedom Conductor Award

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati presented His Holiness the Dalai Lama with its International Freedom Conductor Award on Wednesday

International Symposium on “1913 Treaty between Mongolia and Tibet” held in Mongolia

A two-day international symposium on "1913 Treaty between Mongolia and Tibet" was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongol, from 13 - 14 October. The event was organised by the edit

Student protest against Chinese language in curriculum spreads

The massive anti-government protests in Tibet’s Rebkong area on Tuesday has spread to other Tibetan areas in Qinghai province. Around 2000 Tibetan students took to the streets in Tsolho on Wednesday in protest against a government decis

Latest news

- Advertisement -spot_img