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Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Joseph Biden (D-DE) have introduced a resolution welcoming His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Washington, D.C., in September and recognizing him for his lifelong commitment to non-violence and human rights.

Four Tibetans detained in Nepal were returned to Chinese authorities despite Nepal’s promise to no longer forcefully return Tibetan refugees to China, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

Nepali Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa reiterated Thursday in Kathmandu that Nepal will stick to its principled stand of One-China Policy and will not allow any anti-China activities in Nepal's territory.

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.

Australia's annual human rights talk with China, just completed, is an "absurdity" which not only fails to deliver results but helps China avoid international criticism of its human rights record, according to a leading Australian academic.

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.