China Cancels Mongolia Talks Indefinitely After Dalai Lama Visit
November 25, 2016Bloomberg, 25 November 2016 China postponed bilateral meetings with Mongolia indefinitely after its North Asian neighbor allowed a four-day visit by Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. The two sets of talks originally scheduled for next week were seen as crucial for Mongolia to access badly-needed Chinese loans and development read more →
On the Great Significance of the Dalai Lama’s latest visit to Mongolia
November 24, 2016Bhuchung K. Tsering, International Campaign for Tibet, 23 November 2016 Mongolian Buddhists waiting to welcome the Dalai Lama in the capital UlaanBaatar on November 19, 2016. (Photo: Tenzin Taklha, OHHDL) One of the outcomes regarding the Dalai Lama in the post-1959 period is the clarity that has emerged about the read more →
Dalai Lama says will visit Trump in move bound to anger China
November 23, 2016Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama addresses those gathered at Buyant Ukhaa sport palace in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, November 20, 2016. REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj Reuters, 23 November 2016 – Wednesday Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that he would visit U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, a meeting read more →
The Dalai Lama’s Visit to Mongolia Indicate Shape of Things to Happen
November 23, 2016The bold action of Mongolia in receiving the Dalai Lama is bound to become a trend setter in the coming days, with more countries emboldened to encourage the visit of the Dalai Lama. by N.S.Venkataraman ( November 20, 2016, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Dalai Lama’s recent visit to Mongolia read more →
Canada should be ready to press China over Tibet, says exiled PM
November 23, 2016Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, speaks during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie Reuters, 22 November 2016 OTTAWA: The Canadian government can show China how to treat a region seeking autonomy and should use its experience in dealing read more →
Dalai Lama: “I have no worries’ about Trump’s election
November 23, 2016Associated Press, 23 November 2016 ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says he has “no worries” about Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president and expects the businessman will align his policies with global realities. Commenting at the conclusion of a four-day visit to Mongolia, the read more →
The empire strikes back? China’s new racial sovereignty
November 22, 2016By Vicente Gonzalez, Guest Editorial – Political Geography, Elsevier .com “In the best of Chinese traditions, generations of overseas Chinese never forget their home country, their origins, or the blood of the Chinese nation flowing in their veins” (Xi, 2014, p. 69). It is often argued that the territoriality of read more →
Exiled Tibetan prime minister urges Canada to support human rights
November 22, 2016The Globe and Mail, 21 November 2016 The prime minister of Tibet’s exiled administration says Canada could be a strong supporter of his people’s pursuit of human rights amid a global rise in nationalism, such as the election of Donald Trump. Lobsang Sangay says Tibet sees Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s read more →
The Dalai Lama’s Visit to Mongolia Indicate Shape of Things to Happen
November 21, 2016by N.S.Venkataraman, Sri Lanka Guardian – 20 November 2016 The bold action of Mongolia in receiving the Dalai Lama is bound to become a trend setter in the coming days, with more countries emboldened to encourage the visit of the Dalai Lama. ( November 20, 2016, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) read more →
Mongolia hosts Dalai Lama, defying stern opposition from China
November 19, 2016International Business Times, 19 November 2016 Mongolia scoffed at China’s stern opposition and welcomed a visit by the Dalai Lama to the county at the invitation of one of the top monasteries. The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived in Mongolia for a four-day visit after China warned Mongolia against a visit read more →