The Dalai Lama, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, is scheduled to visit Massachusetts for the first time in five years this September. The Dalai Lama is scheduled to bless a new Buddhist temple in Medford that has become a center for the
An early resolution of Sino-Indian differences on Sikkim could lend the much-needed political substance for the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's long-awaited visit to China, sources here say.
An international coalition of Human Rights and environment groups today called on Australian mining company, Sino Gold Ltd, to cease all exploration in Tibet until Tibetans are in a position to freely express their wishes about the use of their resources.
Three Australian climbers were rescued by helicopter Monday from a mountain in Tibet, but the body of their leader, who died of altitude sickness, was left behind, Australian officials said.
Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama has declined an invitation from the Taiwanese President to visit the island to avoid damaging relations with China, an official said on Monday.
One woman's extraordinary Himalayan quest inspired an Australian documentary, writes Rebecca Urban. Many Westerners would consider living alone inside a remote Himalayan cave for 12 years to be a kind of cruel punishment.
Reports from Lhasa indicate that while Chinese and foreign tourist groups are successfully being prevented from entering the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), large numbers of individual Chinese from SARS-affected areas including Guangzhou and Beijing are arriving in the TAR
China announced that Lekchog (Ch: Legqog), head of the Tibet Autonomous Region Government, has succeeded Ragdi (Ch: Raidi) as the Chairman of the TAR People's Congress and that Jampa Phuntsok (Ch: Qiangba Puncog) has replaced Lekchog as the TAR head.
Ngawang Sangdrol does not look old enough to be China's longest-serving female political prisoner, who has spent almost half her life behind bars. But she is only 26.
