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A New York Times journalist has been forced to leave mainland China after his visa was not renewed, in an apparent act of retaliation for reporting about the family wealth of Chinese premier Wen Jiabao. Chris Buckley, a 45-year-old Australian who has worked as a correspondent in China since 2000

The Tibetan Task Force on Negotiations began its 25th meeting today in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala, the first following the resignation of the two envoys of the Dalai Lama and the recent leadership change in the Chinese Communist Party.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said the recent incident of a brutal gang rape of a young girl in New Delhi is “very, very sad” and expressed his concern over the degeneration of moral values in the society.

China has announced new regulations which will further tighten restrictions over the use of internet for its 500 million plus netizens. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China’s rubber stamp parliament

The Malho region of eastern Tibet, which has been at the heart of the recent spike in self-immolation protests, continues to suffer further governmental restrictions. According to the state-run, web-based Qinghai News, in fresh measures

Former Kalon Tripa Sonam Topgyal passed away early today at his residence in Dharamshala after a prolonged illness. He was 77. Sikyong Lobsang Sangay and his cabinet colleagues visited the deceased’s home to pay their last respects.

A two-day peace march by a group of Tibetan school students to the exile headquarters of Dharamshala concluded Friday followed by a candle light vigil in front of the Tibetan Martyrs Pillar at Tsug-la Khang, the main temple.

Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people, today presided over the opening of an international conference on the implications of the leadership transition in China here in the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala. The conference organised by the Tibet Policy Institute

A Tibetan school student in south India has attempted to set himself on fire in solidarity with the wave of self-immolations inside Tibet and in protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet. On November 24, Lungrig Dorjee, a ninth grade student at the Tibetan Children’s Village School, Bylakuppe

In continuing crackdown on family members and relatives of Tibetan self-immolators, the father and grandfather of Tibetan self-immolator Gonpo Tsering have been arrested by Chinese authorities. Gonpo Tsering, 24, set himself on fire in front of the main prayer hall of the Ala Deu-go Monastery in Luchu