Tradition and change blend in Litang. A man in a fox-fur hat rides a motorcycle bearing a photo of the late Panchen Lama, a spiritual leader. (Erik Eckholm/The New York Times)
It is dawn at the Litang Monastery, and Tibetan spirituality seems to be alive and well, if slightly disheveled. As a brilliant Venus fades in the rising sun, the 300 monks straggle to their prayer stations, chants mingling with trumpet calls in the thin crisp air.
A business dispute between ethnic Tibetans and Chinese Moslems in China's western Qinghai Province flared into large-scale communal violence, resulting in hundreds of injuries and massive property damage, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.
A business dispute sparked clashes between ethnic Tibetans and Chinese Muslims in western China, resulting in hundreds of injuries and widespread property damage, a U.S.-financed broadcaster reported Sunday.
A Tibetan doctor is in Durban this week to promote an ancient holistic and alternative approach to medicinal treatment - particularly with regard to the treatment of HIV and Aids symptoms.
The sun has shied away to welcome the first winter rainfalls which was immediately followed by a much awaited but untimely snowfall in this crowded hilltown of Himachal Pradesh.
Firefighting teams of soldiers and Tibetan villagers put out a forest fire late Friday that burned for two days in the Himalayan region, an official said.
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is making a brief trip to Asia including a stopover in China, where he is expected to seek cooperation on North Korea and Iraq and raise human rights issues.
A six-day international conference will be held at the University of Calgary in a bid to inspire the public to take action on the plight of Tibet's people.
