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The reopening of a Sino-Indian trade route through Nathu-La Pass in Sikkim has been deferred by the new Indian government, apparently over security concerns. The excitement that was building up among traders in Sikkim after India and China agreed to reopen the trade route last year has subsided.

A five-member Tibetan exile delegation has cancelled a planned visit to the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) after Chinese authorities denied a request for them to visit their hometowns, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

It might have opened the window of holding a dialogue with him, but Beijing refuses to budge from its often stated position that the Dalai Lama is not welcome here unless he accepts that Tibet and Taiwan are inalienable parts of China.

As India and China prepare to hold their crucial, third round of talks between the two politically-appointed Special Representatives on the border issue on July 26-27 in New Delhi, Beijing has admitted that ‘‘the process of settling the border will not be smooth’’

A reported meeting of Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has not gone well with China, which today urged New Delhi to refrain from doing things that would hurt the "good momentum" witnessed in bilateral ties recently.

The Dharamsala-based Tibetan Election Commission today announced the result of the bye-election for the legislative body in exile, declaring Mr. Karma Yeshi winner from the U-Tsang constituency, and Mr. Chabdak Lhamo Kyab and Mr. Tenzin Gonpo from the Amdo constituency.

Floods are threatening wide tracts of the remote Tibetan plateau after rainfall in some areas hit record highs, China's Xinhua news agency says.

Chinese hackers have been blamed for a wave of attacks on South Korean government computers, the latest in a series of internet security breaches in which China is alleged to have been involved.

China's southwest Tibet Autonomous Region is undergoing one of the best periods of development in its history. This is according to Chairman of the region's government Jampa Phuntsok, who talked with Canadian experts in Vancouver on Friday.

The 2004 International Half Marathon Championship will be held in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, in mid-September, which is the first time for China to host a marathon in this high-altitude region.