Opinions

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

Dalai Lama has achieved monumental publicity, government has been caught lying. THE latest twist in the Dalai Lama saga has exposed the government’s shocking dissembling on the matter. Court papers submitted by IFP leader

As a schoolboy in Class vii, my first serious Tibetan history lesson was one of provocation. I used to listen to Professor Samdhong Rinpoche’s Tibetan history lectures on audio tapes

JEREMY Cronin’s attempt at “Debunking the Dalai Lama” (March 30) makes use of the tools of classic Chinese propaganda. For one thing, his scant and skewed relation of the historical facts will not stand up under scrutiny

On the 50th anniversary of his escape to India, the exiled Dalai Lama stands as a bigger challenge for China than ever, as underscored by Beijing's stepped-up vilification campaign against him and its admission that it is now locked in a

On March 28, a strange celebration was observed in Tibet, one billed as "Serf Emancipation Day." Coming a year after Chinese military forces bloodily clamped

You can see something of how the Tibetan leader works in the world by simply noticing how he allocates his time on such a trip: he delivered two major talks to the general public, on his favored theme of "secular ethics"—the logical basis for thinking

Tales of resistance of common Tibetans have become legendary. One man throws open a Chinese stage and proclaims ‘Free Tibet’ to a gathering of willing thousands. The