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The Yangtze River, with its long and storied place in the epic history of China, is host to a domestic controversy unlike any other in the nation – a mammoth water project that will fully submerge over 150 towns.

The only movement in the blueberry-colored room is the smoke wafting up from a single stick of incense. The only sound is the soft motorized hum of a prayer wheel spinning, sending out thousands of invocations for peace and good wishes with each turn.

Lobsang Samten works on the third layer of this sand painting he constructed recently at the Holter Museum. At the center of the painting is a pig, rooster, and a snake representing the three afflictive emotions, which are lack of understanding reality, greed, and anger. (By Jon Ebelt IR Staff Photographer)

They warned Lobsang Samten that America was like a paper tiger: It may shimmer and shake, but in the end it will do nothing for you. They said it was China that made Tibet great, building roads and schools to align the ancient seat of Buddhism with the modern world.

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Lobsang Sangay first took to the streets to demonstrate against Chinese occupation of his family's native Tibet at the age of 14. In a conversation with some older Tibetans, Sangay heard one of them say, "Look at the way that the Chinese are treating us.

A Chinese court rejected the appeal of Tibetan monk Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche against a suspended death sentence on charges of setting off bombs and inciting separatism, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

A Chinese court on Sunday upheld the death sentence of a Tibetan convicted of a fatal bombing in a case that prompted the U.S. government to express concern about the fairness of his trial and the severity of his sentence.

Representatives of seven German-speaking Tibet Support Groups (TSGs) met from January 10–12 in the Bavarian capital of Munich, South Germany. This was the first time German-speaking TSGs have met in nearly 10 years. They met twice in the early 90s, first in Switzerland and then in Germany.

Dozens of Tibetan activists carried out a protest march on Thursday in Varanasi town urging the Chinese government to grant autonomy to Tibet. The protestors shouted slogans carrying placards which said, "Chinese stop human rights violation in Tibet."