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In a remarkable precedent-setting meeting of Chinese leaders last month in Wuhan, provincial governors and key ministers from different sectors such as water, environment, forest, and agriculture gathered to develop a common strategy

China's official news agencies do not always generate a lot of factual news, but they do give insight into the issues important to the government.

As an overseas free Tibetan, I wish to express my views on the negative developments in the guise of economic progress that is sweeping my fatherland, Tibet.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama thanked the union government of India and the Himachal Pradesh government for facilitating the Tibetans in preserving their religion and culture.

The art of freedom fighting comes naturally to some people; Palden Gyatso, Ngawang Sangdrol, Takna Jigme Sangpo and Jampa Tenzin are shining examples of natural born freedom fighters.

Months after it was announced the Dalai Lama would visit the Wood River Valley in September, it has become apparent that bringing one of the world's most recognized spiritual leaders to the rural West is no easy feat.

On May 9, 2005 People's Daily, (Xinhua) published an article in which a Tibetan "foreign affairs official" of the PRC, "Pa Sang", claims to have guided Mr. David Dorman Chairman of the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China

The Dalai Lama inaugurated the Dhagpo Shedrup Ling Monastery constructed at a cost of Rs 7.5 crore at Kais village near here today. Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh, also joined him in the ceremony.

Austria's federal post office has abandoned a plan to produce a line of postage stamps honoring the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, a human rights activist who had campaigned for the stamps said Wednesday.

Chinese scientists warn the fragile environment of the Tibet-Qinghai plateau, known as the roof of the world, is under serious threat from global warming and pollution, state media said Wednesday.