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The head of China's nominal lower house of parliament, Jia Qinglin, met Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for talks on a host of bilateral issues, an official said.

A senior Swiss diplomat insists China is open to criticism of its human rights record and its treatment of minorities. Peter Maurer’s comments came on the same day that President Pascal Couchepin was accused of giving the Chinese an easy ride on the same issues

After their arrival in France for the first time, the junior Tibetan football team has been invited to play with their equivalent team in Monaco on 15th November. The result was 3 to 2 in favour of Monaco.

The ethical values of South African mining major Gold Fields have been called into question after its tie-up with an Australian mining junior that plans to build and operate the first foreign-owned gold mine in Chinese-occupied Tibet.

A one-day seminar on the Use of Tibet’s Water Resources and Its impacts on the Indian sub-continent was held in New Delhi today. It was attended by about 90 people. Speakers include water activists, researchers, analysts and journalists.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who is beginning his first state visit to the United States in the first half of December, has told the Washington Post, " The door to communication between the central government and the Dalai Lama is wide open."

After the successful completion of the First Phase of Bharat Jagran Yatra, Tibet awareness programs covering more than 1500 Indian villages and major Indian cities in March 2003. Tibetan Youth Congress is now launching the Second Phase of Tibet Awareness Program targeting at different

Tibetan monks from the Namgyal Monastery of Ithaca, Tenzin Lobsang, left, Tenzin Thutop and Tenzin Choenden chant prayers for world peace and for the freedom of Tibet at the beginning of the 11th annual Tibet Day Celebration Saturday at the Women's Community Building. The event was hosted by the Tibetan Community of Ithaca. (BILL WARREN/Journal Staff)

The Women's Community Building was packed Saturday with people trying to gain a greater understanding of what it means to be Tibetan. During the lunch break at the 11th annual Tibet Day Celebration, some waited in line for Tibetan food

XIAOJIANG HU, left, a lecturer in sociology, and LOBSANG SANGAY, a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Law School discuss Tibet at a panel hosted by Radio Free Asia Friday. (CRIMSON/ RAVI P. RAMCHANDANI)