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By elevating the issue to a core interest, the Chinese raised it to the level of Taiwan and Tibet, over which China has said it would go to war. This alarmed Southeast Asian nations

David Cameron is travelling to China tonight, amid fears that human rights concerns will be overshadowed by trade negotiations. An ICM poll commissioned by the Free Tibet campaign found most people believed trade and Tibetan human rights were equally

Attacking China over the "atrocities" committed in Tibet in the name of Cultural Revolution, veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former deputy prime minister of India LK Advani hoped that Tibetan people living in exile, including

As David Cameron arrives here, he should understand that China is a nation that still has very limited freedom of speech and access to information, and which does not have public elections

The latest is Liu Xiaobo, a literary critic and political writer, who was awarded this year's Nobel prize for peace while serving a prison sentence for "subversion" of the Communist regime. Since the Dalai Lama is not a Chin

The largest pro-independence group of the Tibetan diaspora have said "a just and stable solution" for the Tibet issue will come about only with the restoration

A phalanx of Beijing police officers confined the prominent artist and activist Ai Weiwei to his north Beijing home on Friday, a move he suggested came at the behest of un

Three Tibetan writers detained earlier this year by Chinese authorities have been tried on charges of “inciting activities to split the nation,” a media report said, citing sources in Tibet

China is pressuring European Governments to avoid the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for imprisoned democracy activist Liu Xiaobo and not make any statements in support of him, several diplomats said yesterday

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, in Japan for a visit that will likely overlap with Chinese leader Hu Jintao's attendance at a regional summit, repeated on Saturday his support for