In the very early history of Tibet the dead may have been buried in the ground, but with soil at a premium and firewood equally scarce, Tibetans have spent the last few centuries coming up with alternative ways to get rid of remains.
On Oct. 15, 2003, Students for a Free Tibet enacted a mock execution of Tibetan political prisoners on the UCSB campus. Thankfully, the Nexus was able to send out a reporter to cover this action.
In Sino-Indian relations, the more things change, the more they remain the same. One day after Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal beamed with joy on the eve of Atal Bihari Vajpayee-Wen Jiabao prime ministerial talks in Bali while waving a computer printout to the Indian media showing
This last week I was privileged to travel to New York and assist with the visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This “simple Tibetan monk” is the spiritual leader of the Buddhist faith; a Noble Prize winner; and, the exiled leader of the Tibetan people.
Last month I attended a talk given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual and temporal leader in exile, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and in my opinion one of the finest (and wisest) human beings on the planet.
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual and temporal leader in exile and the man believed by Buddhists to be the 14th incarnation of the Buddha of Compassion, does not see himself as a miracle worker.
There’s more than an ocean that separates New York from New Delhi and some of it shows up in the crowds that come to hear the Dalai Lama. Barely a fortnight ago, a lecture in Central Park by Tibetan Buddhism’s holiest leader was swarming with human bodies sitting cheek by jowl
The National Review recently published an editorial by Daniel Griswold entitled, "To the Benefit of Both: Why trade with the PRC?" in which the author defended a vigorously open policy of trade between the United States and China.
In his commentary, ("Urbano’s commentary offensive to Chinese," The Triangle, Sept. 18, p. 12) Xianmin Zhu made many statements that didn’t exactly tell the whole truth. Zhu took offense to the fact that Leonardo Urbano called the
