Chief Tibetan Election Commissioner Namgyal Dorjee Teykhang from Dharamsala is visiting Washington, D.C. from August 17 to 19, 2003 to meet members of the Tibetan community as well as exchange views with American election experts.
Kalsang Dhondup says his players are like "crumbs gathered after wiping the table cover". Selecting and managing a football team from amongst the exiled can be an interesting and challenging experience, the Executive Secretary of the Tibetan National Sports Association points out.
Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, was the dream destination for Western explorers during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Only the lucky few managed to reach Tibet, inspired by the remoteness of its location on the "roof of the world" and the romance of Shangri-La.
The recent Chinese intrusions into the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh underscore the need for Delhi to afford more urgency to the delineation of its disputed frontier with Beijing.
Nepal and China are hoping to boost trade and tourism through the possible opening up of two ancient Himalayan crossings and allowing helicopters to travel from the kingdom to a major Hindu pilgrimage site in Tibet.
Former speaker of the Lok Sabha, Shri Rabi Rai has come out strongly against the stand of Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee on Tibet on Joint Sino India declaration in Beijing and then his clarification on the floor of the Parliament.
China has expressed regret over the cancellation of a visit by the US government's religious rights monitor, which said it was protesting what it called "unacceptable" restrictions imposed by Beijing.
Four Tibetans detained in Nepal were returned to Chinese authorities despite Nepal’s promise to no longer forcefully return Tibetan refugees to China, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.
Tibet is eyeing India, Nepal and Bhutan to export garlic to the three major South Asian markets, a report said today. Already, Gyangze county in the Tibet autonomous region of Southwest China has contracted to export 150 tonnes of garlic to Nepal.
