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Chinese activist in N.Y. says Beijing officials ‘abducted’ his parents and brother
Jonathan Kaiman, Los Angeles Times, 25 March 2016 BEIJING – A Chinese freedom of speech activist in New York said Friday that Chinese authorities have “abducted” his family on the mainland, highlighting Beijing’s growing determination to silence critical voices overseas. Wen Yunchao, an influential Communist Party critic with more than read more →
China-Nepal rail link can be extended to India: Chinese experts
Press Trust of India, 24 March 2016 Beijing, Mar 23 (PTI) – As China plans to extend its Tibet railway network to Nepal, Chinese experts say the USD four billion project passing through seismic zones in the Himalayas could be extended to India to improve Tibet’s connectivity with South Asia. read more →
Struggle in the city for Tibetan nomads
Benjamin Haa, The Citizen, 22 March 2016 Aba (China) (AFP) – By mid-morning, Lobsang’s leather cowboy hat is askew, his black robes dishevelled, and his breath stinks of booze. Once a nomad herder roaming the high Tibetan plateau, instead he stumbles around his sparse new concrete house. For decades he read more →
India’s monopoly to end as Nepal gets trade point in China
Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli The Indian Express, 22 March 2016 Oli’s high-profile visit comes as Nepal seeks to open more supply routes from China amid fears of a repeat of when the Madhesis blocked Nepal’s trade-routes with India. China on Monday agreed to Nepal Prime Minister K read more →
Tibetans vote to elect prime minister of govt-in-exile
Tibetan refugees in India vote to elect the Prime Minister of Tibet’s Government in Exile in Dharamshala on March 20, 2016.hi The Hindu, 21 March 2016 Tibetan refugees in India are voting today to elect the next Prime Minister or ‘Sikyong’ of the Tibetan government-in-exile and other members of the read more →
Tibetans vote to elect PM of govt-in-exile
Asian Age, 21 March 2016 Tibetans here voted on Sunday to elect the next Prime Minister, or “Sikyong”, of the Tibetan government-in-exile and other members of the 16th Tibetan Parliament. As many as 94 candidates are in the fray for 45 seats in these elections, the results of which will read more →
Mock Parliament
by Harley Rustad, The Walrus, 20 March 2016 Voting from afar for Tibet’s unrecognized government Norbu Tsering can’t decide what to order for lunch. Chicken curry from India, the country where he was born, or vegetable dumplings from Tibet, his ancestral homeland? It’s a metaphor for this man’s identity and read more →
Tibet issue can be resolved through dialogue: Lobsang Sangay
Economic Times, 20 March 2016 DHARAMSALA: Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay has said the long-standing issue of Tibet can be resolved through dialogue with the Chinese government and sought “genuine” autonomy for Tibetan people within China. “We remain fully committed to the Middle Way Approach, which clearly read more →
1st elected head boycotts exiled Tibet govt election
Mar 21 2016 : The Times of India (Chandigarh) S Gopal Puri Dharamshala TNN There are signs of resentment against the way elections are being fought for the top democratic post of the Tibetan government in exile. On a day when nearly 90,000 exiled Tibetans voted to elect their read more →
Tibetan exiles vote to elect PM
The Statesman, 20 March 2016 Tibetan exiles across the world on Sunday voted to elect their nominees for the post of ‘Sikyong’ or prime minister and members of Parliament-in-exile based here. Long queues of men and women flashing their green colour voter identity cards were witnessed in the morning at read more →
Exiled Tibetans vote for new leader as Dalai Lama steps back
The Dalai Lama (C) raised concern among his millions of followers last year when he scrapped a tour of the US for health reasons Daily Mail (AFP) – 20 March 2016 Tens of thousands of exiled Tibetans began voting Sunday to elect a new leader tasked with sustaining their struggle read more →
Tibetans vote today to elect Prime Minister of government-in-exile
Economic Times, 20 March 2016 Tibetans here are voting today to elect the next PM or ‘Sikyong’ of the Tibetan government-in-exile and other members of the 16th Tibetan Parliament. DHARAMSALA: Tibetans here are voting today to elect the next Prime Minister or ‘Sikyong’ of the Tibetan government-in-exile and other members read more →
Pride and mixed emotions as Tibetans elect government in exile
ACT Tibetan Community president Sonam Choedon with members Tsering Deki of Hughes, Tenzin Rigchok of Wright, Tenzin Dagpo of Hughes, Tenzin Norzom of Wanniassa, Esho Metok, 9, of Hughes (not voting), Palmo Tenzin of Kingston and Tsering Dolma of Wanniassa will be voting in the general worldwide election for the read more →
Exiled Tibetans vote to elect PM
DHARAMSALA: Tibetan exiles across the world on Sunday voted to elect their nominees for the post of ‘Sikyong’ or prime minister and the members of the parliament-in-exile. Long queues of men and women flashing their green colour voter identity cards were witnessed in the morning at nine polling centres in read more →
The most unique election: Tibetans around the world vote for new Parliament
Exile Tibetans pray as they mark the 57th anniversary of the 1959 uprising against Chinese rule in McLeod Ganj on 10 March 2016. Soumya Shankar, 19 March 2016 Catch News On 20 March, around 1.5 lakh Tibetan refugees scattered across 30 countries will cast their votes to elect the Sikyong read more →