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China, which controls Tibet for strategic and nationalistic reasons, now has yet another motive to hold on to the Himalayan region, as it has more water than any other part of the country.

The decision by India and China to step up border trade is likely to have spin-off benefits for Nepal, home to several historic routes taken by yak caravans while travelling between India and Tibet in past decades.

El Mercurio, a Spanish language daily from Santiago in Chile, has carried a report on the Tibet-China contact with analytical comments by Tibet and China scholars as well as officials of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and the Chinese Government.

Cover of Dangerous Crossing 2002, ICT's second annual report on Tibetan refugees.

In its second annual report on Tibetan refugees, Dangerous Crossing 2002, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) finds that the increased border presence of Chinese police and China’s political influence were significant obstacles

A Taiwanese citizen who has been recognized as the reincarnation of a Tibetan Buddhist lama is free from fulfilling his military service obligations because he qualifies as an oversea Chinese, the government departments said yesterday.

Nepal and Tibet, autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China, have signed an eight-point memorandum of understanding here to promote of tourism between the two neighbours.

The National Democratic Party of Tibet has organised a series of Tibet awareness programmes in Himachal and nearby areas beginning July 7, 2003. It has held various public meetings and seminars on Tibet from the Tibetan communities of Manali to Tashi Jong.

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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has announced that he is visiting China from August 17 to 19, 2003, but Tibet does not seem to be among the issues he will be raising with the Chinese leaders.