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The issue was covered widely by the Indian media which also showed its solidarity with the six victims. But for the Tibetans it is a matter of joy since the man in question is the same man who once carried a thirty six page cover story filled with blatant lies and unethical reporting of his short visit to Tibet

It takes guts for foreign dignitaries on state visits to China to depart from their hosts' strictly choreographed script and raise the issue of human rights. When German President Johannes Rau paid a visit to China in mid-September, however, he did not bend to pressure.

The status of the Tibetans refugees in Nepal is a long standing issue that is often raised in Katmandu. Tibetans in Nepal are virtually stateless. The fact is that the Tibetans residing in Nepal have no legal status.

There have been several rounds of talk with the Chinese government authorities in order to solve the Tibetan issue. Yet, no results have emerged out of them. The main reason behind the failure of the talk

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In September 1995 I accompanied Australia's ambassador to China, Michael Lightowler, and Australia's minister for women, Carmen Lawrence, around a site near Beijing hosting women from around the world gathered for the United Nations World Conference on Women.

I don't know about you, but it isn't every week that I get an opportunity to spend three days in the company of the Dalai Lama. Yes, that Dalai Lama. So I jumped at the chance to attend a conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Prime Minister Vajpayee went to China in June. Everyone applauded; Nehru's dream, true Hindi-Chini Bhai-Bhai would finally manifest itself they felt.

To the average Western-trained mind, death is one unfathomable mystery whose coming is much dreaded and must be avoided as much as possible. In fact, Western medicine is premised on the avoidance of death and the prolongation of life.

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee went to China in June. Everyone clapped. Pandit Nehru's old dream, a true prevalence of Hindi-Chini Bhai-Bhai days, could finally begin to manifest. The ancient ideologues of the Long March were dead and gone