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A nephew of the Dalai Lama and former member of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, Khedroob Thondup, 52, yesterday expressed appreciation for Ross Terrill's new book, The New Chinese Empire, at a question-and-answer seminar the author held with academics and officials at the Taiwan Research Institute.

The Dalai Lama arrived in Ottawa with a jam-packed itinerary Wednesday but much of what was on the exiled Tibetan leader's larger agenda has already been met.

Many Tibetans who fled their homeland following the 1950 invasion by Chinese troops have struggled to keep an in-depth knowledge of their language and culture alive, an exiled Tibetan medical doctor told RFA’s Tibetan service.

Authorities in the Tibetan Kham region of China’s Sichuan Province detained four Tibetan nuns for nearly three weeks following their return to the area from India, RFA’s Tibetan service reports.

China is trying to blackmail Canada by hinting at economic retaliation for welcoming the Dalai Lama, says Liberal Senator Jim Munson, an eyewitness to Chinese mistreatment of the Buddhist holy man's followers in Tibet 15 years ago.

Exiled Tibetan Leader the Dalai Lama spoke at a conference in Vancouver, Tesday, along with fellow Nobel Peace Prize Winners Shirin Ebadi and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. They agree that more freedom for journalists and increased education will create a more stable global climate.

The Dalai Lama begins a two-week Ontario visit today in Ottawa, where his spiritual trip will take a decidedly political tone. But before leaving British Columbia yesterday, the smiling

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is the youngest political prisoner in the world – that is, if he is still alive. Assuming that he has not been murdered, for nine lonely years, a young Tibetan boy has been held prisoner and indoctrinated at the hands of the Chinese government.

As Tibetan hunger strikers moved into their sixteenth day in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York, a small group of Bay Area residents turned out Saturday in downtown Berkeley to show their support by staging their own one-day strike.

Some 30 minutes into John Halpern's documentary film Refuge, one can't help but feel drawn toward Tibetan Buddhism amid the numerous images of westerners embracing the faith in spiritually adrift North America.