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A few rungs lower on the literary ladder we have Tom Grunfeld, author of The Making of Modern Tibet, who also insists that Tibet was not Hilton’s model for Shangri

They were turned away because they were Tibetan, because of their race. Are these isolated cases that happen because of personal prejudice (never mind that Tashi Tsering went

The world is currently in one of its worst recession in the last 50 years. International trade is forecasted to fall by more than 13% in 2009 and the world’s economy

Though coming from markedly different backgrounds, Mr Wu and I have come to the same unwavering conclusion that Tibet was a sovereign kingdom for many years before the Chinese military takeover of 1950s

A more accurate description would be "Chinese-occupied Tibet." We would not, I believe expect to see an article describing a trip to Baghdad referring to the "Iraq region of the United States," would we?

The Chinese government has convinced itself that it has “liberated” Tibet. To drive home this conviction to the rest of the world it has bought advertisements in newspapers from Malawi to India to declare

On April 8, two Tibetans, Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak, were sentenced to death by the Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Lhasa. Both men were convicted of committing

With yesterday’s news that China has vetoed plans for an Asian Development Bank loan to India for development of the Arunachal Pradesh region, we take a look at why the region is disputed, where it is, and

Everyone seems to agree on five facts: - Tibet’s cause is just; - Tibetans have given no cause for offence; - China has already reduced Tibetans to a minority, even in Lhasa. It is systematically obliterating the Tibetan culture and the identity

We, the undersigned organizations and individuals support the call by Health Minister Barbara Hogan for government to apologise for the decision to prohibit the Dalai Lama from entering South Africa. We also call on government to reverse the decision