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Switzerland’s Tibetans protest amid China premier’s visit

Demotix/Erik Tham

BERNE, Switzerland, 25 May 2013 Tibetan exiles today urged Swiss authorities to take China to task for its human rights record, amid a landmark visit by Premier Li Keqiang focused squarely on a trade deal.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is welcomed by Swiss Vice President

Chinese PM arrives in Switzerland for talks

ON THE WEB, 24 May 2013 New Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has arrived in Switzerland, his first European destination on a multi-country tour. The two nations recently agreed on a free trade pact.

Suspected Chinese spy arrested from Dharamshala

DHARAMSHALA, India, 24 May 2013 Police today claimed to have arrested a 33-year-old man of Tibetan origin from McLeod Ganj here on the suspicion of being a Chinese spy.

Other top news

Tibetan writer jailed for writing book on self-immolations
MCLEOD GANJ, India, 24 May 2013 A Tibetan writer in Tibet has been sentenced to five years in prison for writing a book on Tibetan issues and the wave of self-immolation protests since 2009.
Office of Tibet in New York to get new representative
MCLEOD GANJ, India, 23 May 2013 The Central Tibetan Administration announced on Wednesday that Kelsang Dorjee Aukatsang has been appointed the new Representative of the Office of Tibet in New York following the resignation of Lobsang Nyandak.
Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears
LONDON, UK, 23 May 2013 Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime — shouting political statements.

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PANNAJI, India, 22 May 2013
Tibet could emerge as trade route for Sino-India commerce
BEIJING, China, 22 May 2013
India, China have far more common interests than differences: Li Keqiang
NEW DELHI, India, 21 May 2013
Twenty children among 91 dead in US tornado
WASHINGTON, US, 21 May 2013

Opinion

Dalai Lama meets interfaith groups
By Senge Sering
I requested His Holiness the Dalai Lama to pray for the freedom of Gilgit-Baltistan. I was hardly able to look at his face while trying to control my tears.

Interviews

Politically, India could have done more: Lobsang Sangay
Tibetan prime minister (in exile) Lobsang Sangay, in an exclusive interview to DNA, speaks candidly on how changes in India and China's stances on the Tibet issue can contribute to peace in the region.

Features

Has Hollywood sold out on Tibet?
The absurd has become real: DreamWorks Animation will team up with the China Film Group, a state-owned company, to make “The Tibet Code.”