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amyang Norbu’s recent opinion piece "waiting for mangtso" served as, among other things, a timely reminder to our (or at least to me) collective political insen

According to Chhime Chhoekyapa, the Dalai Lama’s secretary, the Tibetan leader plans to visit Arunachal Pradesh during the second week of November. A visit to Tawang w

The Obama Administration may think its decision to cold shoulder the Dalai Lama on the Tibetan leader's upcoming trip to Washington is smart politics. But if the leader of the free world doesn't stand up for religious freedom, who will?

I started pecking out this piece over a month ago in the garden of Nalanda Koti, my old bungalow in McLeod Ganj. On this particular visit to India I was struck by

Incursions by the Chinese Army into Indian territory are making headlines in the media again. This is good. Not because the Chinese persist with trespassing into Ind

There is a quiet revolution taking place in the world of Chinese official media. In the beginning Xinhua (or whatever its first incarnation was known) was the w

The Dalai Lama arrived in Taiwan late last Sunday night on his third visit to Taiwan. This visit differed from past visits because the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)

At a time when the global power structure is qualitatively being transformed, the economic rise of China and India draws ever more attention. But the world has taken

The Dalai Lama is scheduled to leave today following a six-day visit comforting victims of Typhoon Morakot. The trip has provided a timely reminder of the increasing sway Beijing holds over many things, from the way the international

The Dalai Lama has arrived in Taiwan for a six-day visit, angering China. Claude Arpi looks at the significance of the Tibetan spiritual leader's attempt to reach out to