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
For 20 years, I've wanted to visit Tibet. And after almost a decade of reporting from across mainland China, this was the moment I had been waiting for. Before me, a dozen canvas tents are staked near a large white stupa
I first met the Dalai Lama almost 20 years ago when I was a teenager studying at a college run by Roman Catholic monks. He had come to see a Christian monastery in action. Although the Dalai Lama was not a globally famous figure at that time
Tibet has a powerful allure for people from all over the world. Even though travelling in the country is restricted and visitors need permits to go anywhere, Tibet is a popular destination.
The Dalai Lama landed in America to the usual swirl of praise and protest. After receiving an honorary degree from UC San Francisco last Friday, he is scheduled to meet with George Bush, attend a reception on Capitol Hill and
China occupied Tibet and East Turkestan by force with no right as soon as the communists had taken over the leadership in Beijing in 1949. As a result of this enforced occupation, Tibet not only lost one fifth (more than 1,200,000) of all Tibetans by violence
