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The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in southwest China, which is dotted with 1,091 big lakes, holds probably the country's biggest amount of fresh water, the state media reported today.

While the world has been riveted to the anti-Japan protests in China in recent weeks, no one should forget that China has not been an angel for decades and has colonized and committed horrors against its own people

Impermanence, the documentary on the Dalai Lama by eminent filmmaker Gautam Ghose, is ready for its US premier this month.

The Dalai Lama is known far beyond his religious community, especially in the United States, thanks partly to Richard Gere and other Hollywood celebrities who've taken up the cause of Tibet.

The 12th Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup football tournament will begin from 2 June 2005 at the Tibetan Children's Village School football ground.

The Department of Home of the Central Tibetan Administration began its five-day conference today at Gangchen Kyishong staff mess. The Kalon Tripa and Kalon for department of home Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche was accompanied by his colleagues in the Kashag.

India Tibet Friendship Society, Kullu headed by Shri Shiv Chand Thakur, President for the first time organized a seminar on Tibet called 'China's occupation on Tibet and its effect on Himalayan region' at Shobla Hotel in Kullu.

Never walk around a prayer wheel counterclockwise. Don't climb statues of Buddha, even for pictures. And bow to Tibetan monks, unless they extend their hands first.

Beijing will be able to tighten its grip on the often troublesome distant territory, writes Erling Ho.

A Tibetan monk whose dying wish was to return to his homeland died instead in Salt Lake City this week — a reflection of broader unresolved problems between Tibet and China, his friends said.