China warns Glastonbury organizers after Dalai Lama’s invite
June 29, 2015Revellers use the lavatories during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, Britain, June 25, 2015. REUTERS/DYLAN MARTINEZ China on Friday warned organizers of the Glastonbury Festival that inviting exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit one of Europe’s largest music festivals was tantamount to giving him a read more →
Dalai Lama tells Glastonbury of the need to speak out on climate change
June 29, 2015The Dalai Lama arrives at Glastonbury’s Stone Circle area. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Josh Halliday, The Guardian, 28 June 2015 Tibetan spiritual leader endorses pope’s radical message on environment and calls for more pressure to be put on international governments The Dalai Lama has endorsed the pope’s read more →
Dalai Lama Releases Documentary on CM’s life
June 24, 2015TNN, 23 June 2015 DHARAMSHALA: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama released a documentary made by a production house based in Shimla. The film focuses on the life of Himachal’s “six-time chief minister and tallest politician of this state. The documentary was screened at Tibetan Children Village. Himachal Pradesh chief minister read more →
Beijing’s Master Plan for the South China Sea
June 24, 2015China has far greater ambitions for the region than just reclaiming some tiny islands. By Feng Zhang, Foreign Policy, 23 June 2015 In late 2013, Beijing started taking a very different approach to sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea — although few outside China noticed the change. Instead of read more →
Xinjiang Restricts Fasting In Ramadan
June 23, 2015OnIslam & News Agencies Tuesday, 16 June 2015 00:00 Raxit decried Chinese authorities’ calls on Uighur civil servants not to observe fasting in Ramadan, seeing it as aimed at controlling Islam. BEIJING – Adding to Uighur Muslims’ concerns, some parts of the far western Xinjiang district have banned Muslim party read more →
Nathula Pass opens after 50 years for Kailash Mansarovar Yaatra
June 20, 2015[bdnews24.com] TRIPURA, Jun 18: The first batch of pilgrims is undertaking the Kailash Mansarovar Yaatra through the Nathula Pass in 50 years. Sikkim Governor Shrinivas Patil and Chief Minister Pawan Chamling flagged off the journey on Thursday. The alternative route to Kailash Mansarovar, a Hindu pilgrimage site in the Himalayas, read more →
China tightens access to information in Tibetan monasteries
June 19, 2015UCA news, 19 June 2015 Multi-year plan sees crackdown on unauthorized satellite access and installation of government-approved TVs China has finished installing televisions in every one of Tibet’s nearly 1,800 Buddhist monasteries as Beijing steps up efforts to control information in the restive Himalayan region. The scheme required monks and read more →
Some Predictions and Thoughts on the 2016 Tibetan Election Season
June 19, 2015posted Jun 16, 2015, 5:47 PM by The Tibetan Political Review [ updated Jun 17, 2015, 5:56 PM ] By the editorial board of The Tibetan Political Review The 2015-2016 Tibetan election season for Sikyong (prime minister) and Chitue (members of parliament) has officially begun. With the appointment read more →
Sting, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush Set for Dalai Lama Birthday Tribute
June 18, 2015More artists for Rupert Hine’s ‘Songs for Tibet II’ to be announced in coming weeks By Jon Blistein, June 17, 2015, Rolling Stone Magazine Sting, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush and Elbow will contribute tracks to the Art of Peace Foundation‘s Songs for Tibet II, a tribute album celebrating the Dalai Lama’s read more →
A Federation for Hong Kong and China
June 16, 2015By CHIN WAN, The New York Times Opinion Pages, 14 June 2015 HONG KONG — The debate over how Hong Kong’s leader should be elected in 2017 has flared up again. Later this week the local legislature is expected to vote on a controversial plan by the Chinese government — read more →