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A new air route connecting Guangzhou,capital of south China's Guangdong Province, to Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region will be launched on Saturday.

The Pithorgarh administration said Indian traders can start to trade with China via the Lipu-Lekh pass. The Lipu-Lekh pass is situated at an altitude of 17,500 feet in the Pithorgarh district, on the border with Tibet.

Anticipation of the Dalai Lama of Tibet's Sept. 7 visit to Bloomington increased Wednesday when it was announced that Muhammad Ali also will attend the events planned for that day.

The wait for the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinlay Dorjee , who heads the Kagyu Karma sect of Tibetan Buddhists to visit the Rumtek monastery in Sikkim may soon be over as there is a hint from the Centre that he may be allowed to visit the monastery.

A group of six Tibetan Buddhist monks will construct a sand mandala, an art work representing a house of the Buddha of compassion, at Morningside College.

As requested by Bliss and Wisdom Monastery Corp. Tapei, Taiwan His Holiness the Dalai Lama will continue his teaching at Thekchen Choeling Monastery (Tibetan Temple courtyard) on Je Tsongakhapa's Ngagrim Chenmo

A panel discussion organised by the Bharat-Thibet Sahyog Manch, Himachal Pradesh at Dauladhar hotel yesterday drew in a large audience from the locality. The discussion, on the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister and its impact on Tibet

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali will meet the Dalai Lama when the exiled Tibetan leader visits Bloomington in September. "It will be the first time the two have met," said the Dalai Lama's nephew, Jigme Norbu of Bloomington.

China has relaxed the procedures for Taiwanese tourists to visit the Himalayan region of Tibet. Under the new rules announced by the Tourism Bureau of the Tibet autonomous region, Taiwanese tourists could visit Tibet more easily

A three-member delegation from the Communist Party of India (Marxist), currently on a visit to China, is reportedly visiting Tibet. The delegation led by CPI(M) Politburo member Sitaram Yechury arrived in Beijing on July 22, 2003 according to The Hindu newspaper.