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Dalai Lama arrives in Bodh Gaya after 4 years
His His Holiness the Dalai Lama along with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and monks from the Pali and Sanskrit traditions chanting prayers at Buddha Smriti Park in Patna, Bihar, India on December 28, 2016. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL Times of India, 29 December 2016 GAYA: Buddhist spiritual leader and Nobel Peace read more →
Dalai Lama, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar plant Anand Bodhi tree sapling
Tibetan Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during a visit at Buddha Smriti Park in Patna on Wednesday (Rahul Sharma) Vithika Salomi, DNA – 29 December 2016 Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who was in Patna on Wednesday, called Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar an old read more →
China says party control over religion in Tibet will only increase
Reuters, 28 December 2016 The Communist Party’s control over religion in Tibet can only increase, the region’s top official was quoted as saying on Thursday, vowing to step up efforts to expose the “sinister intentions” of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Chinese troops marched in and took control of read more →
The road to Tibet will soon be a freeway to a tourists’ playground
Tourists to Tibet mill around the front of the country’s iconic Potala Palase in Lhasa in this picture taken in September, 2011. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES The Globe and Mail – 28 December 2016 More than one price is being paid to change villages without paved roads, electricity or tap water to read more →
China pushes plans to bottle and ship Tibet’s clean water
26 December 2016, The Globe and The Mail – Nathan Vanderklippe Every spring, devout families in eastern Tibet gather at Benri Mountain for a meditative ritual walk. It takes a day and a night to complete the 35-kilometre circuit of the 4,500-metre peak, which Tibetans consider one of their most read more →
China wages cyber war via dharamsala
24 December 2016 – The Indian Express NEW DELHI: With a view to malign the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), China is remotely accessing the computer servers in Dharamsala, planting spywares and malwares and disguising the IP address to target computer systems across the globe, said Prime Minister of Central Tibetan Administration read more →
Tibetans in anguish as Chinese mines pollute their sacred grasslands
Washington Post, 26 December, 2016 by Simon Denyer JIAJIKA, CHINA — High in western China’s Sichuan province, in the shadow of holy mountains, the Liqi River flows through a lush, grassy valley dotted with grazing yaks, small Tibetan villages and a Buddhist temple. But there’s poison here. A large lithium read more →
Dalai Lama, Beijing and The Tibet Cause
The Daily Pioneer, 23 December 2016 Over the years, Beijing has tried to shrink the space available to the Dalai Lama in world capitals, to lobby the Tibet cause. Notwithstanding these efforts, the Dalai Lama retains immense popular goodwill and support The Dalai Lama’s unrivalled religious authority and influence over read more →
Taiwan’s president to visit US despite objections from China
The Guardian – 22 December 2016 Planned trip causes speculation in Washington and Taiwan that Tsai Ing-wen may meet Donald Trump in person Taiwan’s president is planning to meet members of Congress next month during a stopover visit to the US that will go ahead despite strong Chinese government objections, read more →
After Mongolian incident, Chinese daily warns India on Dalai Lama
By Atul Aneja, The Hindu – 22 December 2016 The Global Times, a newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party of China (CPC), has counseled India not to leverage the Dalai Lama issue to undermine Beijing’s core interests. This in tune with an assurance that China has apparently received from Mongolia read more →
Raja Mandala: The odd triangle
The highest Buddhist spiritual, Dalai Lama. (Source: Reuters) The argument over the Dalai Lama is not new. But its gathering intensity could add to the turbulence in Sino-Indian relations. Written by C. Raja Mohan | Published:December 20, 2016 It was no surprise that China strongly objected to the presence of read more →
India should make Tibet a core issue with China: Sangay
Times of India, 20 December 2016 NEW DELHI: India must raise Tibet with China as this is vital not only to its security but also environment and economic interests as China is furiously building dams in a region that feeds major Indian rivers, Lobsanga Sangay, PM of Tibet’s government in read more →
Is China Scared of the Dalai Lama?
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets an audience before his religious speech in Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. The Dalai Lama is in Japan for a 12-day visit to deliver speeches.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) by N.S.Venkataraman – Sri Lanka Guardian, 19 December 2016 ( December 19, 2016, Chennai, Sri Lanka read more →
Tibetan from across border, chaiwala bag gold at MSU
Tsering Norbu and Vijay Nariyani Times of India, 18 December 2016 VADODARA: Stories of grit and struggle surfaced during the 65th annual convocation ceremony of MS University on Saturday as a Tibetan student who had crossed Indo-Nepal border in disguise and a Sindhi youth who had worked at a tea read more →
Hopeful of an early meeting between Trump, Dalai Lama: Lobsang Sangay
Lobsang Sangay (left), the Prime Minister of Tibet’s government in exile with Tibet’s spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama. Photo: PTI By Elizabeth Roche – Live Mint, 19 December 2016 Tibet’s PM-in-exile Lobsang Sangay says encouraged by Donald Trump’s stance on One China policy, remains hopeful of support to resolve Tibet read more →