Chinese internet giant Alibaba buys South China Morning Post for $266m
December 14, 2015Agence France-Presse, The Guardian, 14 December 2015 Hong Kong – Chinese internet giant Alibaba will pay $266m for Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, the newspaper said on Monday, in an acquisition that has sparked fears the paper will lose its independent voice. The deal comes at a time when read more →
Use social media for promoting unity: Tibetan PM-in-exile Lobsang Sangay
December 11, 2015Tibetan PM-in-exile Lobsang Sangay hoisting the Tibetan National Flag at a function organisation to celebrate 26th anniversary of conferment of Nobel Peace Prize to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, at Tsuglakhang Temple in McleodGanj on Thursday. Shyam Sharma/HT (Shyam Sharma/HT) By Naresh K Thakur, Hindustan Times, 10 December 2015 read more →
Tibet is the canary in the coal mine
December 11, 2015By Richard Gere, 10 December 2015, AL Jazeera – America It was Dec. 10, 1989, and the Dalai Lama had just emerged from his Oslo hotel in the winter dusk after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I was among supporters from all over the world waiting there to celebrate read more →
‘Roof of the world’ cries for climate action
December 11, 2015Tibet plateau’s 46,000 glaciers, supplying water to more than one billion people, at risk from rising temperatures. By Saif Khalid, Al Jazeera | 10 Dec 2015 As world leaders push for a climate change deal in Paris, Tibet, commonly known as “the roof of the world”, is facing a severe read more →
Former senior Chinese provincial official jailed for graft
December 9, 2015By Ben Blanchard, Reuters, 9 December 2015 BEIJING – A former senior Chinese provincial official has been jailed for 15 years for corruption, state television said on Wednesday, the latest person to fall in President Xi Jinping’s sweeping campaign against deep-seated graft. Guo Youming, who was a deputy governor of read more →
China’s Tibet party boss urges senior monk to shun Dalai Lama
December 8, 2015BEIJING | Tue Dec 8, 2015 | Reuters China’s Communist Party boss in Tibet has urged the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, to reject the Himalayan region’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, state media said on Tuesday. Controversy surrounds the position of the Panchen Lama since read more →
‘Dialogue’ Necessary With ISIS, Says Dalai Lama
December 8, 2015NDTV, 7 December 2015. Rome: The ISIS harms Islam through its intolerance, but “dialogue” with the terrorists is vital, the Dalai Lama said in an interview reported today by the Italian daily La Stampa. “Islam is a religion of peace. Those who are intolerant harm their own faith and their read more →
Bias Towards One’s Own Faith Reason for Religious Intolerance: Dalai Lama
December 7, 2015Outlook, 6 December 2015. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today said bias towards one’s faith is the reason behind atrocities in the name of religion. “….We follow different traditions of faith, mixed with attachment, so if there is too much attachment to one’s own faith – then we become read more →
India is the best example of religious tolerance: Dalai Lama
December 7, 2015The Hindu, 7 December 2015. Reacting to the increasing dialogue on “intolerance” in the country, the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said the Indian Constitution stressed on secularism and religious freedom. Speaking at the launch of Tawazun India, a city-based thinktank that focuses on “counter extremism”, here on Sunday, he read more →
Dalai Lama gives suggestions for Dharamshala smart city project
December 5, 2015H.H. The Dalai Lama discussing ideas on Smart City Dharamshala with Mohit Angrish and Rijul Shergill (Global Shapers – Dharamshala hub) By Deepti Sahi, 4 December 2015, Himvani The Dharamshala Smart City project was blessed by the valuable suggestions of His Holiness The Dalai Lama. The team working on the Smart read more →