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As I write this, the Tibetan community in exile is preparing for yet another cycle of legislative elections (for the Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies), and for the post of the Kalon Tripa

It is late night, and eyelids grow heavier by the minute. But a small group of Tibetans and Supporters in New York are up and restless. They are preparing for battle. A small battle, but an important battle nevertheless.

Lhasa has a new Chinese section with neon signs, stores and discos; beside it is one of ancient temples and devout pilgrims

China's government-controlled media has recently been trying to downplay what is described as an attempt by other countries, primarily the United States, to create a theory of China's threat to the world.

Tibetan filmmaker Pema Dhondup's first feature film, "We're No Monks, " opens with a young Tibetan protagonist speaking to the audience, after he has jokingly straightened his shirt collar and asked his camcorder-wielding mute friend if the film is rolling

Along with the Tibetan community in Paris, the Bureau du Tibet, Paris, organised a grand ceremony on 10 July in celebration of the 70th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Paris. The Kalon for Departments of Finance and

In the wake of Jiang Zemin's abortive talks, the momentum to reconsider China's Tibet policies increased. In the summer of 1998, one of China's most trusted and highest-ranking Tibetan Buddhist leaders quietly defected to the US.

In September 2002, an official envoy of the Dalai Lama arrived in Beijing to take part in what has become the most serious round of Sino-Tibetan talks since the early 1980s.

Tibetans seem to have had a remarkable facility, not just intellectual or creative, but even organizational, when it came to dealing with issues of language.

Soon after the Chinese occupation army entered Lhasa, the "reform" of the Tibetan language become a priority program of the new administration.