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Jamyang Norbu genuine democratic government that can unite all Tibetans to face and overcome such attacks on their religion and sacred institutions and ensure that the 15th Dalai Lama returns safely to his own people

by Jamyang Norbu since I met Gedun Chophel la, so I don’t remember very much. I just meet him a few times and only had some polite conversation with him. He was my brother Sonam Tomjor’s close friend

When the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the 2008 Summer Games in July 2001, the announcement ignited wild celebrations across the country. The Chinese Communist Party hoped to use

The fact that most discussions about China focus on its astounding economic and industrial success rather than on its continued autocracy and suppression of human rights again highlights

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Dalai Lama exchange Kata scarves before their meeting on Parliament Hill on Monday, Ocotber 29, 2007. Harper joins a growing group of western leaders who have deliberately chosen to greet the revered Tibetan leader in official venues, ignoring the objections of the Chinese government.(Photo by Tom Hanson/Canadian Press)

China's strident and arrogant protests over the United States' granting the Dalai Lama its prestigious Congressional Gold Medal dramatises the dangers it poses to liberty as

In Burma, the situation seems to be settling down. Is it for the good of the people? That is another question. Anyhow, the brutal generals and Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, have agreed to talk.

Last week, the former secretary of Mao Zedong, Li Rui, demanded that China should become a democracy to “check instability and corruption”. Imagine a scenario: one fine day, thousands of monks come out of their monasteries in Tibet

As one commentator noted, Tibet and Burma are linked in many ways. Our peoples and languages are related, and we share a deep faith in Buddhism and the misfortune of brutal dictatorship. Our revered

More than two months have passed since the conclusion of the much-anticipated sixth round of talks between representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government. The only clue as to the outcome of these talks