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The Tibetans practiced a culture at least 1,200 years old centered on their version of Buddhist beliefs. Their land was the size of Western Europe today. An essential element of their belief is reincarnation of all human souls

Sometimes you can find yourself in the right place by accident and having a camera in your hand can be a great tool to get you there. On June the 3rd, one day before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Consulate General of

The last twenty years have witnessed a sea of changes in the world; the emerging of new power centres in Asia, the global threat of climate change and the planetary economic crisis

Tsering is a Tibetan-American living in Boston. Every Wednesday, he joins the other Tibetans for a Candle Light Vigil commemorating those who died in the March uprising last

Over the past 100 years, there have been all sorts of autocracies which have ruthlessly suppressed human rights. They brought tremendous tragedy to human society, and created

Electing the next Kalon Tripa will properly be one of the most important decisions we Tibetans will make in our life. A question one often hears from within our

On November 1st 1728, in a meadow on the banks of the Bamari canal, a short distance south-west of the Potala, seventeen Tibetans were put to death by executioners of the Manchu expeditionary force. Thirteen were decapitated and two high lamas were slowly strangled t

While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) administration seems preoccupied with the twofold task of baoba and baowen—maintaining an 8 percent growth rate and upholding social

When Americans discovered that the Bush Administration used torture techniques detailed in a Chinese Communist military manual from the 1950’s, citizens and legislators across the

Even as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership pulls out all the stops to resuscitate the economy, it is grappling with the even more daunting task of maintaini