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Noted Indian strategic affairs expert, Brahma Chellaney on Saturday cautioned policy-makers of China's neighbourhood countries over taking China's claim of peaceful rise on its face

The number of Internet users in China, already the largest in the world, has surpassed 400 million and accounts for almost a third of the country's population, state media reported

His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Center) presents a traditional Thangka painting to Shri. Virbhadra Singh (2nd R), India’s Union Minister of Steel and former five times chief minister of Himachal Pradesh state, on the second day of a two-day event named “Thank You Himachal” at the courtyard of the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, India, Saturday, May 1, 2010. The two-day event beginning Friday was organized by the Central Tibetan Administration to mark the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's arrival in the hill state. The Dalai Lama arrived in Dharamsala on April 30, 1960, a year after entering India, to shift from his temporary base in Mussoorie in the present-day Uttarakhand state. Since then Dharmsala has served as the base for the Tibetan Government-in-Exile. Also seen in the picture are former state ministers and lawmakers Mr G.S. Bali (1st R) and Mrs Chandresh Kumari (1st L). Several local senior citizens associated with the Tibetan community during the last 50 years were also honoured during the function. (Photo: Phayul)

Tibet’s exiled leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama Friday said he and a sizeable Tibetan population had lived in the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh in north India for so long that he felt it had become their “second homeland”.

Chinese government has denied media accreditation to Hong Kong based newspaper Apple Daily for the Shanghai Expo which begins tomorrow in Shanghai. The Chinese police also raided the home of a well-known government critic in

The erstwhile lesser known sect of the Tibetan Buddhism, known as the Jonang tradition inaugurated its first office here in Dharamasla as ‘Jonang Well Being Association in In

The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) today paid tribute to Tibetan martyrs who have laid down their lives for the cause of the nation. A religious function including a incense burning offering was organized at the Lhagyal Ri

That is the goal of the congressional act that founded the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in 1998. The commission investigates conditions in what it calls

China is poised to strengthen a law to require telecommunications and Internet companies to inform on customers who discuss state secrets, potentially forcing businesses to collaborate with the country's vast security apparatus that

Taiwan's military Tuesday lifted the veil on how it would respond to a massive Chinese air attack, showing that the island still takes the risk of war very seriously despite improving ties