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"Laogai," which means "reform through labor" in Chinese and is used to describe a system of labor camps in China that largely house political dissidents, has been included in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), according to the Laogai Research Foundation.

A senior State Department official has said that they are encouraged by the visits of the envoys of the Dalai Lama to China and hopes that such contacts will lead to a negotiated settlement on the Tibetan issue.

Chinese authorities have released eight of 18 Tibetan asylum-seekers forcibly repatriated from Nepal in May, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. Sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said the remaining 10 would-be refugees are expected to be released soon.

Foreign secretary Madhu Raman Acharya was closeted with Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Congressman James Walsh of New York on Wednesday discussing possible quota and duty-free status for Nepali garment export to the United States.

A senior Tibetan official has welcomed Indian tourists and businessmen to visit the Himalayan region amid rejuvenation of Sino-Indian relations. This was stated by the Deputy Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional

The Sakya Trizin, an eminent Tibetan Buddhist master and head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism, is visiting Washington, D.C. from July 29 to 30, 2003 to give a series of Buddhist teachings.

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My dinner at Shambala started off with an appetizer of hot sheep’s blood soup followed by fried sheep lung and a zesty ox-tongue chaser. Just kidding, but these are the sorts of food one might expect to be served at local restaurants in Tibet.

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.