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China's rapid development has changed the lives of its many minority tribes forever. Many, living in tourist showcase villages, no longer really know where home is. Singing at the Yunnan Nationalities Village, a Kunming cultural exhibition centre

The bones of Buddha will go on public display in Patna from Friday, the anniversary of his birth 2,600 years ago, officials said. Visitors to the Patna Museum will pay Rs. 100 rupees for the privilege of being able to view the priceless Buddhist relic in a specially designed room

There are numerous theories on the origin of the art of Thangka painting. One theory states that the art of Thangka painting originated from Indian Buddhist cloth paintings called Pata of which no sample exists. The art travelled to Tibet through Pakistan.

Traffic is gradually returning to the roads of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) with certain restrictions and security measures still in place. Twenty-two security checkpoints are reported to have been installed along the Qinghai-Tibet highway

Dr. Tsewang Tamdin, a personal physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and pharmaceutical director at the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute (TMAI) in Dharamsala will give a public talk at Tibet Foundation Culture Centre, 2 St. James's Market

A spokesman of the State Department said on May 13, 2003 that the issue of Tibet is brought up in the United States diplomatic contacts and dialogue with China.

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Tibet's government-in-exile, which is allowed refuge by India, has welcomed Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's decision to visit China next month. "Good relations between India and China will provide better prospects for the Tibetan issue to be resolved,"

Forest rangers in northwest China's Qinghai province have arrested nine people suspected of slaughtering 1,000 state-protected Tibetan antelopes, state media said Sunday.

Tibet's mountains and monuments appeal to tourists