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Demonstrators are planning to picket the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in protest at a performance by the People's Liberation Army of China.

The Chinese government brought its top Tibetan official to Ottawa yesterday, launching efforts to counter the Dalai Lama's recent visit to Canada.

Reporters Without Borders today deplored the "irresponsible" policies of major US Internet firms Yahoo ! and Google in bowing directly and indirectly to Chinese government demands for censorship and called for a code of conduct to be imposed.

Tibet's Beijing-appointed Governor invited Canadian members of parliament to his China-occupied region, but a top MP immediately questioned whether such a team would ever be allowed to visit.

A public relations tour to put a positive face on China's role in Tibet was met by demonstrators and tough questions from Tibetan expatriates during a stop in Ottawa Monday.

The government of Tibet says that if the Dalai Lama accepts the preconditions set by the Chinese government and returns to Tibet, it will make “good arrangements” for him but he should not expect any special privileges because he has done “no good” for his country during the 45 years that he has been away from it.

Three months after the Dalai Lama's visit to Canada, China's representative in Tibet seems to be having a hard time getting any attention from politicians.

Tibetan surgeons knew surgical procedures as complicated as craniotomy as early as the eighth century, about 10 centuries before their western counterparts. According to China View, a book called Four Volumes of Medicine

India's government will have its first top-level contact with China since taking office in May, when a new round of talks on their dragging border dispute starts Monday, but experts warn against high expectations.

India and China have begun a new round of talks in Delhi on their long running border dispute. The two-days talks are being held between the Indian National Security Adviser, JN Dixit, and his Chinese counterpart, Dai Bingguo.