Widespread resentment from local Tibetans resulted in the cancellation of a long-planned trip by Gyaltsen (Ch. Gyaincain) Norbu, the China appointed 11th Panchen Lama to the Amdo region of Tibet this month, reports confirm.
In a bold assertion against China’s growing political and economical clout, the Nepali government Thursday rejected plans by a Chinese government backed NGO to revamp Lumbini, Lord Buddha’s birth place
A study by a leading digital marketing firm in the world, Pinstorm, has ranked His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the most influential person for online Indians ahead of movie star Amitabh Bachchan
The US Senate confirmed former Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as Ambassador to China on 27 July 2011. Excerpts from response given by the Ambassador to questions posed to him by Senators in connection with the confirmation
Over 5000 Tibetans from all over Tibet took part in the annual religious congregation 'Jang Gunchoe Chenmo' and enthroned a portrait of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Defying Chinese government orders, monks and nuns representing all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and Yungdrung Bon took part in the 10-day Gunchoe Chenmo held at Kham Lithang Gonchen in July 2011.
A religious gathering of over 5000 people in eastern Tibet violated Chinese government orders and publicly enthroned a portrait of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama with full religious ceremonial gaiety.
Chinese owned Tibet Airlines Co Ltd (TAC) operated its maiden flight from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Ngari Ali Khunsa Airport yesterday. Earlier reports had suggested that TAC, the only carrier based in Lhasa
As a kid growing up in Tibet under China, the first song that I learned was The East Is Red. It was one of the most popular ‘red songs’ praising Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party (the CCP).
Days after Xi Jinping exhorted monks in Tibet to “fight against separatist activities”, latest information coming out of Kirti Monastery in Ngaba, eastern Tibet, confirm that monks at the monastery are being forced to denunciate the Dalai Lama
In an ultimatum of sorts, the US House Foreign Affairs Committee in an Act July 20 has directed the Secretary of State to forbid additional Chinese consulates in the United States until China allows a US consulate in Lhasa, Tibet
