Tibetan government-in-exile has unique economic model
November 27, 2014Tibetan political leader Dr. Lobsang Sangay [Montreal Gazette] By Peter Hadekel Most political leaders would say that running the economy ranks as one of their biggest tasks. But what if the people they govern are displaced in another country? How do you have an economy at all? That’s the challenge read more →
China welcomes National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s appointment as Special Representative for boundary talks
November 27, 2014PM Modi’s Special Envoy NSA MR. Ajit Doval Meets President Xi Jinping [PTI] BEIJING: Welcoming National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s appointment as Special Representative for Sino- India boundary negotiations, China on Tuesday refuted reports that it had sought a higher level official for the talks which have reached a “critical stage” read more →
Not a Degree of Freedom for Tibetans Within China: US Diplomat
November 26, 2014By Lalit K Jha [PTI] WASHINGTON: Tibetans within China do not enjoy freedom within the Communist nation, a top US diplomat has said after meeting Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal.The US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Sarah Sewall, who is also Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, read more →
The impact of China’s search for wealth on Tibet’s environment and its people
By Denise Thompson, Tibet Nature / November 25, 2014The natural Tibetan landscape of rolling plains, towering mountains, forests, lakes and rivers is being dramatically changed through a combination of factors which are mostly man made. The changes are nearly all detrimental to the country’s ecosystem and will ultimately impact, not only the Tibetan people, but those living in read more →
China builds hydroelectric dam on Brahmaputra in Tibet, India fears flash floods
November 24, 2014By Saibal Dasgupta, The Economic Times BEIJING: China has announced that it has completed a major hydropower dam on the Brahmaputra, called Yarlung Zangbo, in Tibet. The dam is bound to enhance fears in India and Bangladesh about flash floods and related risks like landslides involving lives of millions of read more →
It took barley for humans to climb the mountains of Tibet
November 23, 2014[Washington Post] By Rachel Feltman When the first humans made their homes at high altitude, they may have had barley to thank. According to research published Thursday in Science, it was probably the introduction of frost-resistant western crops that allowed early Tibetans to survive at about 8,200 feet. There’s evidence of read more →
‘Incursions will hurt ties’: Rajnath Singh hits out at China for ‘illegal occupation’
November 23, 2014[Daily Mail] Home Minister Rajnath Singh was in Leh to address a public rally when he touched on the sensitive issue of China’s occupation of Indian territory Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday that Beijing has illegally occupied the Aksai Chin region in Ladakh, and blamed the Congress for read more →
His Holiness the Dalai Lama graces World Hindu Congress
November 23, 2014His Holiness the Dalai Lama delivering the inaugural address at the 1st World Hindu Congress in New Delhi, India on November 21, 2014. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL [dalailama.com] New Delhi, India, 21 November 2014: Before setting out for his other engagements this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with a representative of read more →
Call for NZ Govt to raise Tibetan issues with China’s president
November 18, 2014NZPA, Fuseworks As president Xi Jinping of China pays short visit to New Zealand, of Friends of Tibet (NZ) has called upon Foreign Minister Hon Murray McCully and the Prime Minister Rt Hon John Key to raise the issue of Human Rights violations in Tibet by the Chinese Government. The read more →
PHOTOS: The young Tibetan exiles who can’t remember their homeland
November 17, 2014By Nick Kirkpatrick November 13 A car moves on a serpentine road past snow-capped peaks near Zoji La in India. (Tsering Topgyal/AP) When Tsering Topgyal was 8, his parents paid a smuggler to take him from his family home in Tibet to India. For weeks, he walked through the Himalayas read more →