For the first time, China has sentenced a dissident on charges of terrorism. Wang Bingzhang, a longtime resident of the United States, was jailed for life for allegedly plotting to blow up the Chinese embassy in Thailand as well as roads and bridges in China itself.
As an active supporter of the Tibetan people and their fight for freedom, I often have to work with pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli, liberal, activists. My fellow Tibet supporters are baffled by my support for Israel: "How can you support Tibetan freedom (as my bumper sticker declares) and also support Israel who continues its occupation of Palestine."
The rise of China as an important player in the global economy and political structure has far-reaching ramifications for various regions of the world, and the Middle East is no exception.
They could have been unobtrusive about it. After all, tea parties marking the launch of non-governmental organizations are not generally presided over by heads of state.
America is all set to point the gun on Iraq's head. Colin Powell's address to the U.N Security Council was so well prepared, presented and deserved to convince not only the house to which he was addressing but also the international community at large.
A guide's traditional gift of a long white scarf, symbolic of hope for good relations, welcomes in the land isolated from the rest of the planet by the Himalayan mountains.
Lobsang Dhundup, aged 28, was executed Sunday (26 January, 2003) evening in Ganzi, a city near the Tibetan border in Sichuan province. The execution took place after a secret trial at the Sichuan Provincial Higher People’s Court.
The Dragon does it again. The US Assistant Secretary of State, Lorne Craner has been taken for a ride by his Chinese counterparts in the mid-December human rights talks in Beijing. Craner took up the case of death sentences passed on two Tibetans during the talks.
The countdown to the 28th Kalachakra ritual ceremony presently underway in Bodh Gaya started with a barrage of verbal threats and allegations of the lowliest kind, utterly baseless, stupidly brash and downright unimaginable against His Holiness the Dalai Lama by
