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Chinese troops have staged a day of counter-terrorism exercises in Tibet to practise fighting "terrorists" aligned with exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, officials and a Tibetan newspaper said.

According to a UN press release of 14 November, New Zealand has again urged the Chinese authorities to open dialogue on Tibet. Speaking at a debate on “Human Rights Questions” of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly Friday, Don Mackay

China is working to end the unauthorized movement of Tibetans to Nepal, the usual transit route for Tibetans heading to their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's base in India, the Chinese ambassador here said Friday.

Tibetans in Kandze (Ch: Garzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP) continue to openly resist measures against freedom of expression and religious freedom imposed by Chinese authorities there. According to reports from Kandze residents incidents of protest, including the pasting of wall posters

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Leading Chinese human rights activist Harry Wu has supported the call for the European Union to appoint a special representative on Tibet saying such a position will reflect EU's sincerety in defending the right of the downtrodden.

The European Union should get serious about Tibet and push China to start talks with the Dalai Lama, the territory's spiritual leader, without preconditions, European MPs said Thursday.

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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.