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China can’t pick the new Dalai Lama, say Tibetans
The Asian Age. Read the article here The Tibetan government-in-exile has sought India’s support on this issue of the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation. New Delhi: The Tibetan government-in-exile based in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, has rejected the suggestion that the next Dalai Lama … Continued The post China can’t pick the new Dalai read more →
India has to stand up to China on Dalai Lama’s succession
DNA. Read the article here. Chinese authorities have warned that Dalai Lama’s successor has to be decided within China and any ‘interference’ by India will impact bilateral ties. India, in its attempt to strike a rapport with China, should not … Continued The post India has to stand up to read more →
UMass Alumnus Awarded Thargay Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
Source: www.umass.edu Tenzin Dawa Thargay, a 2018 UMass Amherst graduate, has been awarded a Fellowship worth $8,500 by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi—the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Thargay is one of 58 recipients nationwide to … Continued The post UMass Alumnus Awarded Thargay Phi Kappa read more →
China’s conspiracy to instal its puppet as Tibet’s next Dalai Lama
By Vijay Kranti, News Intervention. Read the article here. Communist games can be sometimes funnier than what Karl Marx or his dialectical materialism theories could have ever imagined. China’s communist leaders’ latest craze is to appoint a team of Buddhist … Continued The post China’s conspiracy to instal its puppet read more →
What’s happening in Xinjiang is also happening in Tibet
By Letters to the Editor. The Washington Post. Read the article here. 22 July 2019 Regarding the July 14 editorial “China’s concentration camps for children”: I recently returned from China and Tibet. What was written about Xinjiang is also happening in … Continued The post What’s happening in Xinjiang is also read more →
The Dalai Lama and Social Media, Lost in Mistranslation
Kaveri Gill, The Wire, 22 July 2019 Read article here. As someone who lived in the UK for over a decade, the BBC has been a staple, hallowed institution for me. It is also a channel the Dalai Lama says … Continued The post The Dalai Lama and Social Media, read more →
A turbulent rising China!
By Youdon Aukatsang, Read the original article here. I have witnessed with dismay China’s aggressive and strategic investment in intellectuals and opinion makers around the world to doctor its global image. The wooing process starts with lavish receptions and orchestrated … Continued The post A turbulent rising China! appeared first read more →
1984: China Edition
By Doug Bandow, Read the original article here. Closing the Chinese mind would be tragic at any time. But especially now, since the end of Maoism had offered hope of a new and better future. The Chinese people deserve the … Continued The post 1984: China Edition appeared first on read more →
Tibetans not to recognise China appointed Dalai Lama
Statesman News Service | Shimla | July 21, 2019 Read the original article here. In a statement, Dalai Lama remarked on the irony of Chinese attempts to seek to recognise his reincarnation and said it ‘is particularly inappropriate for Chinese communists, who … Continued The post Tibetans not to recognise China appointed read more →
Tibetan Leader: Chinese Government Can’t Choose Next Dalai Lama
By Lobsang Sangay. Read the article here. MARCH 30, 2015 Dr. Lobsang Sangay is the Sikyong (President) of the Tibetan government in exile. Since 1959, when the current Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet, his tireless efforts for freedom for Tibetans … Continued The post Tibetan Leader: Chinese Government Can’t Choose read more →
US Senate Backs Tibet in Battle over the Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation
A bipartisan resolution refuses to acknowledge China’s decisions on spiritual leadership. By Matthew Gindin, MAY 11, 2018. Read the article here. In a strong gesture of support for religious freedoms in Tibet, the US Senate has stepped in to affirm the right … Continued The post US Senate Backs Tibet in Battle read more →
Dalai Lama says possible his incarnation could be found in India
Updated: Mar 18, 2019 22:00 IST -Reuters. Read the article here. The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, said on Monday it was possible that once he dies his incarnation could be found in India, where he has … Continued The post Dalai Lama says possible his incarnation read more →
I will decide on my successor: Dalai Lama
The issue of reincarnation is his personal right, an aide in the Dalai Lama’s office told IANS. -The Economic Times. Read the article here DHARAMSALA: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, respected by millions as a living god, who has … Continued The post I will decide on my successor: read more →
Climate emergency in Tibet
The Tibetan Plateau, or ‘third pole’, is the forgotten part of the climate crisis conversation. By some calculations, the planet has twelve years left. By other calculations, just seven years left. And according to Prince Charles, we have just eighteen months left. What’s … Continued The post Climate emergency in Tibet appeared first read more →
Remarks by Vice President Pence at the 2nd Annual Religious Freedom Ministerial
U.S. State Department Washington, D.C. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, Ambassador Brownback, Your Excellencies, and to all of those who have struggled under religious persecution: You honor us by your presence, all. Welcome. Welcome to the second Ministerial to Advance Religious … Continued The post Remarks by Vice President Pence at read more →