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On the Great Significance of the Dalai Lama’s latest visit to Mongolia
Bhuchung K. Tsering, International Campaign for Tibet, 23 November 2016 Mongolian Buddhists waiting to welcome the Dalai Lama in the capital UlaanBaatar on November 19, 2016. (Photo: Tenzin Taklha, OHHDL) One of the outcomes regarding the Dalai Lama in the post-1959 period is the clarity that has emerged about the read more →
Dalai Lama says will visit Trump in move bound to anger China
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama addresses those gathered at Buyant Ukhaa sport palace in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, November 20, 2016. REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj Reuters, 23 November 2016 – Wednesday Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that he would visit U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, a meeting read more →
The Dalai Lama’s Visit to Mongolia Indicate Shape of Things to Happen
The bold action of Mongolia in receiving the Dalai Lama is bound to become a trend setter in the coming days, with more countries emboldened to encourage the visit of the Dalai Lama. by N.S.Venkataraman ( November 20, 2016, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Dalai Lama’s recent visit to Mongolia read more →
Canada should be ready to press China over Tibet, says exiled PM
Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, speaks during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie Reuters, 22 November 2016 OTTAWA: The Canadian government can show China how to treat a region seeking autonomy and should use its experience in dealing read more →
Dalai Lama: “I have no worries’ about Trump’s election
Associated Press, 23 November 2016 ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says he has “no worries” about Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president and expects the businessman will align his policies with global realities. Commenting at the conclusion of a four-day visit to Mongolia, the read more →
The empire strikes back? China’s new racial sovereignty
By Vicente Gonzalez, Guest Editorial – Political Geography, Elsevier .com “In the best of Chinese traditions, generations of overseas Chinese never forget their home country, their origins, or the blood of the Chinese nation flowing in their veins” (Xi, 2014, p. 69). It is often argued that the territoriality of read more →
Exiled Tibetan prime minister urges Canada to support human rights
The Globe and Mail, 21 November 2016 The prime minister of Tibet’s exiled administration says Canada could be a strong supporter of his people’s pursuit of human rights amid a global rise in nationalism, such as the election of Donald Trump. Lobsang Sangay says Tibet sees Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s read more →
The Dalai Lama’s Visit to Mongolia Indicate Shape of Things to Happen
by N.S.Venkataraman, Sri Lanka Guardian – 20 November 2016 The bold action of Mongolia in receiving the Dalai Lama is bound to become a trend setter in the coming days, with more countries emboldened to encourage the visit of the Dalai Lama. ( November 20, 2016, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) read more →
Mongolia hosts Dalai Lama, defying stern opposition from China
International Business Times, 19 November 2016 Mongolia scoffed at China’s stern opposition and welcomed a visit by the Dalai Lama to the county at the invitation of one of the top monasteries. The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived in Mongolia for a four-day visit after China warned Mongolia against a visit read more →
Dalai Lama visits Mongolia over China’s objections
The Dalai Lama met with Buddhist worshippers Saturday during a four-day visit to Mongolia, despite Beijing’s strident demand that he be barred from entering the country. China is “firmly opposed to the anti-China separatist activities by the Dalai Lama in any country, in any name, and in any capacity”, foreign read more →
Dalai Lama paying visit to Mongolia this week
AKI Press Bishkek (AKIpress) – The Dalai Lama is paying a visit to Mongolia by the end of week, according to the Gandantegchinlen Monastery, the Mongolian Buddhist center. The Gandantegchinlen Monastery (Tibetan name translates to the “Great Place of Complete Joy”) said the Dalai Lama’s visit will be a religious read more →
China demands Mongolia scrap visit by Dalai Lama
BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday demanded its northern neighbor, Mongolia, scrap a visit by the Dalai Lama, labeling the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader a separatist who seeks to alienate Chinese-controlled Tibet from Beijing. The 81-year-old monk is starting a four-day visit to predominantly Buddhist Mongolia on Friday evening. His read more →
China tells Mongolia to bar Dalai Lama visit
Reuters, 18 November 2016 China told Mongolia to forbid the Dalai Lama’s planned arrival there on Friday, suggesting the Tibetan spiritual leader’s trip could harm Beijing’s relations with its northern neighbor. China regards the Dalai Lama as a separatist, though he says he merely seeks genuine autonomy for his Himalayan read more →
China doubles down on internet control after tough new law
Associated Press, 17 November 2016 BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders and official media are pushing for greater control of the internet and technology products as tensions surrounding a far-reaching Chinese cybersecurity law loom over a gathering this week of the world’s leading tech firms and Chinese officials. The Communist Party’s read more →
Nepal is Said to Detain 41 Tibetans Traveling to India
The New York Times, 17 November 2016 The Nepali police have detained 41 Tibetans who were trying to cross the border into India, according to a police officer who spoke to the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The police officer, Rajendra Bista, works in Dhangadi, an area 270 miles southwest of Kathmandu read more →