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Sikyong Penpa Tsering congratulates India on 75 years of independence

Tibet Sun/Lobsang Wangyal

McLEOD GANJ, India, 15 August 2021 The political leader of the Tibetans-in-exile Sikyong Penpa Tsering hoisted the Indian flag as the national anthem was played at the Tibetan Secretariat (Kashag) courtyard, with top officials of the exile administration in attendance.

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Haiti hit by 7.2-magnitude earthquake; at least 29 killed
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 14 August 2021 At least 29 people were killed when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, just days before a tropical storm is expected to make landfall, and Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he was mobilizing all available government resource
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BEIJING, China, 13 August 2021 Flooding in central China continued to cause havoc in both cities and rural areas, with authorities saying Friday that another 21 people had been killed and another four were missing.
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BEIJING, China, 12 August 2021 Officers from the US and Taiwanese coast guards have met to discuss improving cooperation and communication despite efforts by China to isolate the self-governing island democracy.

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Opinions

Ending the stalemate at CTA
By Tsering Wangyal
I am hopeful that everyone involved in this will do everything in their capacity to move past this stalemate. The stakes are way too high for us not to tackle this issue with utmost urgency.

Interviews

Will start Tibet Advocacy Group around the world: Penpa Tsering
The former Speaker of Tibetan Parliament in Exile, Penpa Tsering is all set to become the next Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration. Here’s a brief conversation with Penpa Tsering who will be taking charge from Lobsang Sangay.

Features

For US teen Buddhist lama, it’s faith, school, football
In most ways, Jalue Dorje is a typical American teen — he grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis, loving football, Pokémon and rap music. Yet a few years from now, he’s expecting to say goodbye to his family and homeland and join a monastery.

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Week in Photos

Sikyong Penpa Tsering and the senior staff members of the Central Tibetan Administration having a tea party on the occasion of India's 75th independence day, at the Kashag building in Dharamshala, India, on 15 August 2021.

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Letters to the Editor

Opportunism and an oracle: A scurrilous note on/to Jamyang Norbu

VANCOUVER, Canada, 14 August 2021

Since Jamyang Norbu is the ideological lodestone of the Rangzen camp, he felt like the right target for challenging their intellectual legitimacy. Read more ...

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