The Dalai Lama and Tibetan Religious Freedom
February 28, 2014By Bhuchung K Tsering On this day, February 27, in 2009, Tapey, a Tibetan monk, committed self-immolation in Tibet and since then 127 Tibetans have self-immolated in different parts of Tibet and China, with the common message of yearning for the return of their revered leader, His Holiness the Dalai read more →
Dalai Lama’s representative to raise Tibetan flag at the Guildhall in Northampton
February 28, 2014[Northampton Newspaper] Written by NICHOLAS BIEBER The Dalai Lama’s representative will be in Northampton next week to raise the Tibetan flag. Thubten Samdup will join Mayor Les Marriott and Mayoress Lisa Marriott for the event at the Guildhall on Tuesday at midday. Caroline Scattergood, a Free Tibet campaigner, said there read more →
Beijing’s less ‘fire-breathing’ response to Obama-Dalai Lama meet reveals shift in US-China ties
February 26, 2014[AFP] US boldness in challenging Beijing coupled with China’s less tough reaction mark how much the two powers value their relationship President Barack Obama meets with the Dalai Lama in the Map Room of the White House, Feb. 21, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) When the read more →
Spanish court demands answers from Hu Jintao on Tibetan genocide allegations
February 25, 2014[South China Morning Post] By Patrick Boehler Spanish court serves arrest warrant and barrage of questions to former Chinese president Former Chinese president Hu Jintao. Photo: AFP A Spanish judge has submitted 48 questions to former Chinese president Hu Jintao, giving him the chance to respond to charges of genocide read more →
Obama-Dalai Lama meet ‘powerful message’: Tibet PM in exile
February 22, 2014[AFP] Washington — President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama sent a “powerful message” with the two leaders discussing human rights, Tibet’s prime minister-in-exile said Friday after the White House talks. “It sends a very powerful message to Tibetans inside Tibet because it gives them a sense of hope read more →
Dalai Lama translates true happiness during visit to American Enterprise Institute
February 21, 2014Charles Dharapak/AP – The Dalai Lama, posing for a selfie with blogger and activist Alek Boyd, discussed how to advance a “happy life’’ for people worldwide at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington on Thursday. [The Washington Post] By Melinda Henneberger As the Dalai Lama entered the room at the read more →
Exclusive: The Dalai Lama Talks Pot, Facebook and the Pope With TIME
February 20, 2014Elizabeth Dias, TIME Magazine His Holiness the Dalai Lama Ahead of a lengthy two-week tour of the U.S. west coast, the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, spoke with TIME religion reporter Elizabeth Dias during a wide-ranging, 40-minute interview in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. He weighed in on the moral read more →
China faces UN Criticism in North Korea’s Crime Against Humanity Probe
February 18, 2014[VOA] China Rejects UN Criticism in North Korea Rights Probe China is rejecting the charge of a U.N. human rights inquiry that suggested Beijing was aiding and abetting crimes against humanity by returning defectors to its ally, North Korea. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Tuesday that China cannot accept read more →
Former Taiwan VP meets China’s president
February 18, 2014[Sky News] A former vice-president of Taiwan has met China’s top leader in the latest high-level encounter between the two sides amid steadily closer relations. Lien Chan, also an honorary chairman of Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party, met President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, the read more →
China media: Modernising the system
February 18, 2014Wang Yu-chi, (left), head of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, and Zhang Zhijun, head of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, greeted each other before their meeting on Tuesday in Nanjing, China/Photo by Alexander F. Yuan/Associated Press [BBC] Modernising the system of governance, a potential meeting between the leaders of China and read more →