Heavy monsoon rains have damaged roads in Dharamsala town in hilly Himachal Pradesh, causing hardships to the tourists. Nestled in the Dhauladhar Himalayan ranges, Dharamsala, the home of Tibetan spiritual head the Dalai Lama
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF) has called upon the United States to focus serious attention on the plight of Tibetan Buddhists and to make religious freedom a priority in U.S. foreign policy.
An Australian governmental delegation, led by Dr. Geoff Raby, deputy secretary of the Australian Foreign Ministry, is expected to visit Tibet this week following the seventh China-Australia Human Rights dialogue held in Beijing on July 28, 2003.
The Kalon Tripa of the Central Tibetan Administration has returned to Dharamsala after a successful tour of two of the Tibetan settlements in Central India. In what seem to have been a follow up his earlier visits to the Tibetan
With India's recognition of the Tibet Autonomous Region as a part of China -- a corollary result of the recent talks in Beijing between Chinese and Indian leaders -- the region has ceased to be viewed as a historical buffer state between two Asian giants.
While Vajpayee's Lahore visit was followed by Pakistani aggression, his latest China tour, like in 1979, came gift-wrapped with a Chinese military surprise.
Indians are basically good people. That is the main problem! Recently, during Prime Minister Vajpayee's trip to China, I happened to be in France. Far away from India, I tried to analyze the reasons why India is not doing better in international circles.
Australian and Chinese officials are meeting in the Chinese capital, Beijing, for annual human rights talks known as The Dialogue. Our China correspondent John Taylor reports the talks were first held in 1997 as a way of addressing human rights issues of mutual concern.
China Southern Airlines (HKSE: 1055) has launched a SARS-delayed service from Guangzhou to Lhasa, Tibet. The new Monday, Wednesday and Saturday service originates from Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou in Southern China to Shangri-La
