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China and India conducted their first ever joint naval exercises off the coast of Shanghai as part of a drive to warm frosty ties between the two nuclear-armed Asian powers.

Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso spent 33 years in and out of prisons and labor camps for peacefully protesting the invasion and occupation of his homeland by the Chinese government. All 39 members of his family have been killed since the Chinese takeover in 1959.

TCHRD received confirmed information through reliable sources that the authorities in Kardze County, and Lithang County in Kardze Tibet Autonomous Prefecture (“TAP”), Sichuan Province, have threatened the local populace with

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama would like to return to his homeland within the next three years, the president of the Russian republic of Kalmykia told reporters Tuesday.

Parliamentarians from across Europe today called on China to drop all preconditions to negotiations with the Dalai Lama and reiterated their call for the immediate appointment of a EU Special Representative for Tibet to facilitate meaningful dialogue between Beijing and

The under thirteen - national football team arrived here yesterday. The eighteen member squad left for Marseille, southern France, yesterday evening. The team will play against schools in Monaco, Marseille and Dijon.

European Parliament: trying to raise the profile of the thorny issue (Photo: EUobserver.com)

The European Parliament once again tried to put Tibet on the EU's political agenda after a meeting of the Forum on Tibet on Wednesday.

China insisted on Thursday the Dalai Lama publicly accept that Taiwan is a part of China and drop his call for Tibetan independence if he ever wants to set foot in Tibet again.

Tibetan monks play instruments as they bless the Creative Arts Center in Pontiac (above) during the "Mystical Arts of Tibet" opening ceremony. Daily Oakland Press photos/CHARLIE CORTEZ