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For years, the Chinese government has been proclaiming that Tourism is a "pillar" industry, which will sustain the economic takeoff of Tibet.

At least 5,000 migratory birds have died from avian influenza at Tso-Ngon (Lake Kokonor) in the Amdo region of Tibet since early May 2005, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Canadian companies involved in the controversial Gormo-Lhasa railway, the cornerstone of China's Great Leap West, which is now due for completion in 2006, have drawn fire from Tibet groups

In a new and important book entitled, "State Growth and Social Exclusion in Tibet: Challenges of Recent Economic Growth", development economist Andrew Martin Fischer debunks the myth that economic growth will automatically reduce poverty.

While most of us were celebrating the Dalai Lama's 70th birthday, the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao met with prime ministers from mainland southeast Asia in the city of Kunming for a summit meeting of the Greater Mekong Sub-region

On 6 July in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a brand new book, Mahatma Gandhi and His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Non-violence and Compassion, was launched to mark the 70th birthday of the Tibetan leader in Dharamsala.

We are like the gypsies, adapting easily to our constantly changing surroundings,” says Kamal Karma Lama with the serene smile of all mountain people.

The story is told about the first Tibetans who came to Mumbai. They went to the top of a BEST double decker. The engine roared to life, and the bus began to move.

Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche on Tuesday, 21 July, will set off on a week-long visit to Leh, Ladakh.

The foreign depiction of Tibet as a hideous place where religious freedom is ignored and culture and ecology ravaged is far from the truth, Tibet