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A diary of Ekai Kawaguchi (1866-1945), a monk who in 1900 became the first Japanese visitor to Tibet and left a travelogue in English, has been found at the home of his niece Mie Miyata in Tokyo.

The RTYC, Baroda has once again organized the project called "Glimpse of Tibet" in Ahmedabad for two days, i.e., 20th and 21st of Dec. 2004. The project was started with a speech from the president giving the introduction of the project and the Tibetan culture.

With the downfall of Chiang Kiashek's government and the rise of communist regime in China, there had been a major transformation in China. The regime, in the name of liberation, began to repress not only the Chinese but also the Tibetan people

Speaking to the TYC members on the occasion of the XII General Body Meeting of TYC, H.H. The Dalai Lama remarked, "Future holds more challenges for the young generation, therefore, they should be well prepared for those challenges".

In What Remains of Us, Kalsang Doma returns to her native country Tibet for the first time. With her, she carries a very important message of hope from the Dalai Lama to his people.

Chinese journalist Lin Gu has just spent a month in Tibet, an intoxicating and spiritual place, where Buddhism remains a dominant force, despite Chinese Communist control.

Serious human rights abuses continue in China. At a congressional hearing on human rights and China's one-child-per-family policy, Michael Kozak, U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights

Human Rights in China (HRIC) called today for the urgent release of prominent Inner-Mongolian prisoner of conscience Hada. Deemed to be "resisting reform," Hada is reported to be routinely subjected to torture and ill-treatment, and held under a particularly harsh disciplinary regimen at Chifeng Prison, Inner Mongolia.

The BJP has demanded identification and deportation of illegal immigrants, who are allegedly "causing population explosion" in the region.

On 24 October 2004, the 71 year-old Tibetan writer Yidam Tsering passed away in Lanzhou city, Gansu Province. Yidam Tsering only wrote in Chinese but his work was translated into Tibetan and was widely read.