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German legislator denied visa by China for pro-Tibet remarks
PTI, Indian Express, 13 May 2016 Beijing, May 13, 2016:German legislator Michael Brand, who reportedly criticised China’s human rights record, sought a clear response from the German Foreign Ministry about the denial of visa to him. China has denied visa to a German legislator heading the human rights panel for his remarks backing read more →
Eye on India, China raises Tibet military command rank
Ananth Krishnan, India Today, 13 May 2016 Beijing, May 13, 2016: The move to raise the Tibet Military Command’s authority level would put it directly under the command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) ground forces. China has raised the rank and status of its western Tibet Military Command to widen read more →
Third Day of ‘Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’ in Osaka
His Holiness the Dalai Lama with a group from Korea attending his teachings in Osaka, Japan on May 12, 2016. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL dalailama.com Osaka, Japan, 12 May 2016 After several days of cloud and rain, Osaka awoke today to bright sunlight streaming through the windows and bright blue skies overhead. read more →
The Most Successful Female Everest Climber of All Time Is a Housekeeper in Hartford, Connecticut
Lhakpa Sherpa has climbed Everest more than any other woman— and now she’s on the mountain trying for her seventh summit . So why doesn’t anyone know her name? By: Grayson Schaffer May 10, 2016 Lhakpa Sherpa awoke before dawn on a cold Connecticut morning in January 2015 and read more →
Asia’s next major conflict will be over fresh water
Brahma Challaney, Opinion, The National, 10 May 2016 Nothing illustrates the emergence of fresh water as a key determinant of Asia’s future better than the drought that has parched lands from South East Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It has withered vast parcels of rice paddies and affected economic activity, read more →
Second Day of ‘Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’ in Osaka
His Holiness the Dalai Lama reading from the text during the second day of his four day teaching in Osaka, Japan on May 11, 2016. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL dalailama.com Osaka, Japan, 11 May 2016 Arriving in the hall of the Osaka International Conference Center this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama read more →
Water Clouds on the Tibetan Plateau
Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder Ten of Asia’s major rivers flow from the Tibetan Plateau and fill river basins that provide water to more than 1.35 billion people, a fifth of the world’s population. Demand for this water, propelled by population growth and rapid urbanization, is soaring while supply is read more →
Beginning to Teach ‘Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’ in Osaka
His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking during the afternoon session of the first day of his four day teaching in Osaka, Japan on May 10, 2016. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL dalailama.com Osaka, Japan, 10 May 2016 As His Holiness the Dalai Lama walked to the hall of the Osaka International Conference Center read more →
NHK Interviews His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Osaka
His Holiness the Dalai Lama being interviewed by NHK television in Osaka, Japan on May 9, 2016. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL dalailama.com This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove from Narita to Haneda Airport in Tokyo under grey skies to take the hour long flight to Osaka. Descending through thick cloud read more →
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Arrives in Japan
dalailama.com Narita, Japan, 8 May 2016 After a comfortable flight from Delhi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at Narita International Airport around lunchtime today. He was received at the door of the plane by a representative from the Indian Embassy in Tokyo and Japanese officials. Tibetan Representative Lungtok was read more →
Inner Peace? The Dalai Lama Made a Website for That
The Dalai Lama spoke about the Atlas of Emotions study at the Wilson House on the Sisters of St. Francis’ Assisi Heights campus in Rochester, Minn. Credit Tim Gruber for The New York Times The New York Times, 6 May 2016 ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Dalai Lama, who tirelessly preaches read more →
The Dalai Lama’s practical path to peace
Michael Gerson, The Washington Post, Opinions DHARAMSALA, India – When posed a policy question, the Dalai Lama is surprisingly (for a religious leader) un-prone to moralism. What, I asked him, does he think of the European backlash against migration? “In the name of sympathy, for the few who are desperate, read more →
Open up or break up, dissident Yang Jianli tells China
Yang Jianli Bharat Bhushan, Catch News, 4 May 2016 Chinese dissident leader Yang Jianli, the moving force behind the Interfaith Conference of China’s ethnic and religious minorities in Dharamsala recently, is not unduly disturbed by the cancellation of visas of some dissident leaders by India. He pointed out that despite read more →
Q. and A.: Tomas Plänkers on the Psychic Legacy of the Cultural Revolution
The Sinosphere, The New York Times Fifty years after the start of the Cultural Revolution in 1966, when Mao Zedong and the Communist Party called on young people to “beat, smash, loot and burn” in a rebellion against authority and tradition that left millions dead, Chinese today are living with read more →
China’s war on groups that help the powerless
Editorial board, The Washington Post, 1 May 2016 IN CHINA’s drive to modernize over the past few decades — a period in which it became an economic superpower — civil society groups took root, helping fight poverty and environmental damage, offering legal services, aiding migrants, and improving health care and read more →