Unexpectedly, the President of Germany Johannes Rau has openly reproved the Chinese government to respect human rights. In a speech in front of 1000 students of the University of Nanjing, Rau said that criticism of violations of human rights
"What shape are a cat's ears?" That's hardly the kind of question His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is accustomed to being asked. The leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the best-selling author and one of the world's best-known spokesmen for moral causes
Tibetan parliament-in-exile has passed a resolution paving the way for transfer of some powers from the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to the assembly.
For 20 years, I've wanted to visit Tibet. And after almost a decade of reporting from across mainland China, this was the moment I had been waiting for. Before me, a dozen canvas tents are staked near a large white stupa
A Japanese mountaineer is attempting to settle once and for all the decades-long debate over the existence of the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, claiming that his years of study have shown that the legendary apelike monster is in fact a brown bear.
Upon arriving in Tibet, Sabriye Tenberken decided to tour the countryside, not from the comfort of a car, but atop the hard saddle of a horse. It was a chancy decision, not only because the rugged Tibetan landscape can be unforgiving and treacherous
The 14th Dalai Lama, who has been addressing sold-out crowds from coast to coast, will give a free public talk at noon Sunday in Central Park's East Meadow, an event expected to draw tens of thousands of people.
China could release a number of long-serving political prisoners before the end of the year, a leading human rights lobbyist said after holding meetings with senior Beijing officials.
