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There is a growing perception now that the global economic gravity has shifted to Asia and that India and China, the emerging economic powerhouses in the region, will shape

Green Party co-leader Russel Norman gave a personal explanation of the incident with Chinese government staff on the steps of Parliament last week to Parliament today

If one were to go by the recent barrage of official Chinese rhetoric, the elections held by the Central Tibetan Administration are anything but democr

The bosses of the People’s Republic of China have recently decided to invest in propaganda (sorry, publicity) to highlight the ‘Chinese Model’ of governance. And Beij

Next week’s G8 summit in Huntsville, Ontario, is a unique opportunity for world leaders to speak with a single, resolute voice in support of the Dalai Lama’s effort to seek a negotiated settlement with the Chinese government

While Tibet raises a number of controversial questions, one dimension will assume increasing political significance: its water resources. The Tibetan Plateau, known to many as the "Third Pole," is an enormous storehouse of freshwater

Nineteen ninety-one was a landmark for the Tibetan diaspora. That year 1000 Tibetans left for the US as a part of the Washington's resettlement project for Tibe

When an email circular came through my inbox last week, I became quite eager to meet and hear from the man himself – many regard him as a serious and popular candidate to the office of Kalon Tripa. The Election of the 3rd Kalon Tripa is due

Time and again in our nation’s history, Americans have risen to meet — and to shape — moments of transition. This must be one of those moments

Startling news often goes unnoticed amidst the daily diet of glamorous cricket. As happened on 13 May when Novosti, the Russian state-owned news agency, quoted the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov: “Russia is ready to help settle the conflict between China and the Tibetan