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  • Has Hollywood sold out on Tibet? ON THE WEB, 17 May 2013 | Benjamin Carlson This post has no comments yet

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

  • The world’s third-largest area of ice is about to undergo a systematic investigation DEHRADUN, India, 10 May 2013 This post has no comments yet

    Tibet is known as Asia’s water tower, the source of ten of the continent’s biggest rivers. About 1.5 billion people, in 12 countries, live in the basins of those rivers. ...

  • Forgotten victims of Tibet ON THE WEB, 29 April 2013 | Rani Singh This post has no comments yet

    High in the Himalayan mountains in Nepal, five miles from the Tibetan border at 7,000ft, 88-year-old Pasang Lama sits outside a ramshackle hut. ...

  • Acclaimed Tibetan singer now calls Kingston home KINGSTON, US, 25 March 2013 | Jeremiah Horrigan This post has no comments yet

    Yungchen Lhamo has led — and continues to lead — an extraordinary life. But seated in her Kingston home, she worries about telling her story. Her life is easily misunderstood. ...

  • Polar bear hunting and migration ‘hit by warming climate’ ON THE WEB, 20 March 2013 This post has no comments yet

    One of the most southerly populations of polar bears now has only limited time to hunt on sea ice due to a warming climate, research suggests. ...

  • Beauty whose heart beats for Tibet ON THE WEB, 10 March 2013 | Anusha Vincent This post has no comments yet

    Growing up, Tenzing Lhamo always thought models in beauty pageants were 'such elegant creatures with beautiful long legs'. She wanted to become one, some day. ...

  • Millions for a mastiff at China Tibetan dog expo BAODING, China, 10 March 2013 | Tom Hancock This post has no comments yet

    A year-old Tibetan Mastiff was up for sale on Saturday for five million Chinese yuan ($800,000), at a dog show in Baoding, ...

  • Chinese painter portrays Tibet self-immolators BEIJING, China, 13 January 2013 | Gillian Wong This post has no comments yet

    Beijing-based artist Liu Yi is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. ...

  • Café Tibet, Berkeley: intriguing dishes ON THE WEB, 20 December 2012 | Simon FF Young This post has no comments yet

    Going to Café Tibet is like going back in time, with a spinning prayer wheel at the front door and walls filled with memories of lost Tibet. ...

  • Man on fire: Jamphel Yeshi’s story of protest ON THE WEB, 30 November 2012 | Jeffrey Bartholet This post has no comments yet

    The story of Jamphel Yeshi, who set himself aflame on March 26, along with 80 other Tibetans who have self-immolated in protest against Chinese policies in their homeland. ...