FIFTY YEARS ago today the Dalai Lama, dressed as a layman, slipped out of the Summer Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, escaping the gaze of Chinese soldiers. In a nearby house, Luting Namgyal
The Dalai Lama is a man of peace and forbearance. So it is a measure of Tibet’s suffering and growing desperation that he accused China’s government on Tuesday of turning Tibet into a “hell on earth.” We only hope Beijing heeds his warnings before
Imagine the Obama administration directing all the governors of the New England states to restrict the movement and rights of all the Catholics by sending in massive military
China recently appeared keen on averting a replay of last year's Tibetan unrest that nearly wrecked the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Ahead of the 50th
anniversary of the
Three years ago I wrote an article which in large part was a commemoration of this year’s 50th anniversary of the March 10th Uprising. Some might feel I jumped the commemoration gun here, but I have, for a long time now
In a meeting with a visiting Chinese delegation led by Assistant Chinese Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi in his office last week, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said he wanted to
Losar, the ongoing Tibetan New Year, is likely to herald a silent spring. There will be none of the festivities that greet the arrival of spring that marks the most important holiday in the Tibetan calendar
Inside Tibet people have made the decision not to celebrate Losar this year. It appears to be not just an expression of sorrow for those Tibetan shot, tortured and imprisoned in last years uprising, but also an act of defiance against
Chinese leaders have already warned of it being ‘possibly the toughest year’ of the decade. Apart from the global economic slowdown, political dissent in Tibet could shake China in 2009
