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Reminiscent of the Mao era, a senior Chinese Communist Party member has revived the hard line rhetoric against religion by reaffirming that the party’s “principled stance regarding forbidding members from believing in religion has not changed one iota."

The ongoing standoff between villagers and Chinese security personnel in Wukan has sparked similar protests in a neighbouring village. Over a thousand villagers in Longtou village protested against local government authorities, charging them of corruption and illegal land grabs

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama began his three-day teaching at the request of Russian devotees earlier today in his exile residence of Dharamshala, north India. Thousands of devotees, including 1300 Russians, around one thousand Tibetans from Tibet,

Vaclav Havel, a close friend of the Dalai Lama and a longtime supporter of the Tibetan people, died earlier today at his home in the northern Czech Republic after a prolonged illness. He was 75. Born in 1936, Vaclav Havel rose to prominence as a dissident playwright in the 1970s

Vaclav Havel, the Czech Republic's first president after the Velvet Revolution against communist rule, has died at the age of 75. The former dissident playwright, who suffered from prolonged ill-health, died on Sunday morning, his secretary Sabina Tancecova said

It was an evening filled with the energy of free-spirited Tibetans who came from all over the country in solidarity to celebrate culture, discuss politics, elevate concerns, and shares their vision for the future of Tibet at Harvard University on Friday, December 2, 2011. It was an evening when the flame of passion for their nation was transferred from the hearts of Tibetans

It was an evening filled with the energy of free-spirited Tibetans who came from all over the country in solidarity to celebrate culture, discuss politics, elevate concerns, and shares their vision for the future of Tibet at Harvard University on Friday, December 2, 2011. It was an evening when the flame of passion for their nation was transferred from the hearts of Tibetans

In a ruling that will further stifle the use of social media and dramatically increase government censorship over Chinese microbloging sites, Beijing on Friday announced new rules that require users to register their real names for verification by government authorities.

The Consulate of the United States of America in Chengdu earlier this month announced the launch a new website for the Virtual Presence Post (VPP) Lhasa. With an “improved design” and added features, the new website can be viewed in Tibetan, English, and Mandarin.

China has once again featured amongst the top countries – along with Iran, Eriteria, and Syria – on an unimpressive list of the world’s worst jailors of journalists. The list drawn by the Committee to Protect Journalists