Special Envoy Kasur Lodi Gyari (L) meeting Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Minister of the Central United Front Work Department Du Qinglin on November 4, 2008 in Beijing. Envoys of the Dalai Lama ended two days of talks Wednesday with Chinese officials on the future of Tibet. The envoys say they have been advised not to make statements on the outcome of the talks before the ‘Special Meeting’ to be held later this month. (Phayul/Photo - CTA)
Although the absorption of Tibet into China since 1950 has been copiously discussed from different angles, there is a dearth of understanding about the regional politics surrounding the "roof of the world". Since time immemorial
India should have learnt from the way China said one thing and did exactly the other in relation to Tibet. Nehru had convinced himself that China won’t enter Tibet. He and K. M Panikkar, his ambassador in Peking, continued to maintain that an invasion of Tibet was highly unlikely
Taktser Rinpoche, also known as Thupten Jigme Norbu, the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama breathed his last yesterday (September 5, 2008 after prolonged illness at his home in Indiana in the United States
Tomorrow, the 7th of August, is the day before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing. The Norwegian Tibet Committee joins a grassroot campaign called ‘Candle for Tibet’ and urges
On the opening day of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, August 8, at least 500 Tibetans and their supporters from the Midwest will stage a massive protest in front of China's Consulate in Chicago
A dozen Tibetan protesters trekked along Highway 50 Saturday afternoon, part of an 185-mile march from Madison to Chicago that they hope will spread awareness of Tibet's fight for
The spiritual leader considers the Tibetan cause as his third objective in life; the first two being the fate of humanity as a whole and inter-religious harmony, writes Claude Arpi
