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Tibetans have always valued education. When Tibet was free, education was imparted mainly in the three great monasteries of Tibet, Sera, Drepung and Ganden. Only when one joined a monastery or a nunnery, could he or she hope to become a person of letters. Scholars and intellectuals were mostly confined to the monasteries, and

In the end, China was right. It is all about the Dalai Lama. Following a week-long "special meeting" to discuss the future of the Tibetan movement, delegates from various points in the Tibetan exile world agreed, more or less, to

The attention of the world turned to Dharamsala last week when nearly 600 Tibetan delegates, as representatives of the six million Tibetans in Tibet and in exile, converged in this hill town to discuss the future of our struggle. This meeting was

When His Holiness recently declared that he was losing faith in the Chinese government, almost every one went crazy. Our exile-government offices rolled out press releases

My father spent his entire life, serving the Tibetan nation, first as a common soldier guarding the borders of eastern Tibet, and then later in exile as a soldier of the Tibetan regiment in

My argument on the other side is that the very seed of this seemingly practical and realistic approach of Middle way policy was based on somewhat unrealistic basis; therefore it has got

The Chinese Communist Party has a fondness for colourful and sometimes bizarre labels for their campaigns and policies. In the past we had "The Great Leap Forward", "The Hundred Flowers", "Three-Anti/Five-Anti", and the "Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius"..

As a non-Tibetan, I know for a fact that I will not be present at the upcoming meetings in Dharamsala to discuss the future of the Tibet movement. Nor should I be. The future

Development of strategies and goals requires an in depth insight into one’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT). SWOT Analysis is a proven technique often used in the business world to understand these issues and craft successful strate

A few years ago, a well-known liberal Chinese intellectual told me that the Communist Party of China is so shrewd that even if an official smiles at you, he was told to do so a month prior to your meeting. Everything is calculated and nothing is left to