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China has protested against the visit to Japan by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. China's Foreign Ministry says it has made serious representations to Japan regarding the Dalai Lama's visit.

Beijing has announced that it is going ahead with the development of a copper mine in Tibet which has the PRC's largest copper reserves and is the only known deposit in the region with world-class potential.

As always, Tibetan the world over, especially those inside Tibet are aggrieved with the fact that our repeated appeal to the UN on the tragic situation inside Tibet has failed to produce improvement in the human rights condition in Tibet.

China's plans to increase tourism to Tibet ninefold by 2020 will lead to the "Disneyfication" of the Himalayan region, say environmentalists and British tour operators.

A day ahead of the visit of Chinese premier Wen Jiabao, dozens of exiled Tibetans took to streets here on Friday to protest against his arrival.

Tibetan activists said Friday they will defy a police ban and protest during Chinese premier Wen Jiabao's visit to the southern technology hub of Bangalore this weekend.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is expected to bring up the sensitive issues of Tibet and a lingering border dispute during a four-day visit to India starting Saturday aimed at boosting political and economic ties.

While the eyes of the world were on Vatican City for the funeral of Pope John Paul II, another world-renowned religious leader quietly began a visit to Japan.

The Kalon Tripa of the Central Tibetan Administration said that he looks forward to the visit tomorrow of the Chinese premiere Wen Jia Bao to India.

Nine years ago, the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) affirmed women's rights as an inalienable part of all human rights and fundamental freedoms (para. 9).