Opinions

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

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