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Twice this year, delegations representing the Dalai Lama have gone to Beijing to hold talks with officials of the Chinese government. Many have interpreted these discussions as a sign that tensions between Beijing and the Tibetan religious leader are easing

Last year, there were separate eyewitness reports by Western mountain climbers of Chinese border police firing upon Tibetan refugees as well as pursuing refugees across Nangpa la into Nepal territory.

A clarification for English scholars preceded the Dalai Lama’s sermons at St Joseph’s College ground today. Lamas, he said, were not “living Buddhas” as many westerners described them.

The Boycott Made in China Campaign is a loose worldwide coalition of Tibetan organizations, Tibet support groups, Chinese dissident groups, human rights and other activist and advocacy groups, and of course, many individuals of conscience.

China on Thursday denied as "misleading" reports that it had entered into formal "negotiations" with the envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama to resolve the 'Tibet issue.'

The doors of communication between China's Central government and the Dalai Lama are wide open, a senior Chinese official was quoted as saying on Thursday by Xinhua news agency.

On the eve of his first official visit to Washington, D.C., Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has made a statement on Tibet that calls into question China's sincerity in moving forward with the process of dialogue and negotiations with the Dalai Lama's representatives.

Nepal has recently banned traders from Tibet from entering its territory in the Solu Khumbu region to conduct commerce and trade, in contravention to a decade-old agreement of free cross-border movement, according to some Nepalese and Tibetan businessmen from the region.

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Kalimpong and Darjeeling are close to my heart and I feel honoured to be in the town: with these words, the Dalai Lama’s took his seat on the shudi (a throne specially built for him) at St Joseph’s College (North Point) ground.