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Monthly Archives: December, 2010

China frees 4 Mangra monks ahead of jail term in “poor” health

Chinese authorities in Tibet’s Mangra County have released four Tibetan monks weeks ahead of their scheduled release from prison, reported the Voice of Tib

‘Global Peace March’ for free Tibet flagged off from Dharamsala

Dr Mahesh Yadav, a staunch Tibet supporter and a peace activist, organised a 'Global Peace March' campaign here on Sunday to support exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama's movement for world peace and Free Tibet movement

SPEAKING TREE: A generosity of spirit

In Tibetan Buddhist scriptures, human life is referred to as precious because it has special powers of accomplishment. One comes across three things in the context of human life: body, enjoyments and virtuous roots

Frank Bessac 1922-2010: A Fulbright’s Odyssey in Tibet

In 1949, as the Chinese revolution extended its gains to the steppes in the western part of the country, Frank Bessac escaped via a nearly 2,000-mile journey through deserts and mountains to Tibet. He became one of the last westerners to

India rises on global stage in 2010

The year 2010 saw India’s remarkable rise on the global stage. It was a year when the world’s top leaders—US President Barack Obama, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Frenc

Businesses max out during His Holiness’ visit to Gangtok

It is no exaggeration if the businessmen in the capital hill of Gangtok are laughing all the way to their banks! Visitors from across the world thronged Gangtok to

People and government of Sikkim offer Long Life Prayer to Dalai Lama

The state government of Sikkim and its people on Wednesday jointly organised a long life prayer ceremony in honour of the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama's eight-day visit of the northeastern Indian state

China’s War on Dissent and Activism

The ferocity of the Chinese party-state’s war on protesters, dissenters and activists will continue in the near future, and recent events demonstrate that it is increasingly determined to seek international support for its domestic actions

China has a lot of peacemaking to do

After the Nobel mess, a row with Japan and other diplomatic missteps, Beijing is trying to mend ties with its neighbors and the West

Korean showdown exposes China-US gap: analysts

The tense weekend showdown on the Korean peninsula exposes the deep US-China gap over how to resolve a long-simmering crisis that risks erupting anew, analysts said

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