Monthly Archives: December 2018

• India says ready to offer visa, but Karmapa Ogyen yet to respond 29 December 2018 | Rahul Tripathi3 comments -

  India has informed Tibetan religious leader Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje that it is ready to give him a visa on his newly acquired Commonwealth of Dominica passport but he is yet to respond. ...

• Ties Between India And China “Back On Normal Track”: Report 29 December 2018no comments -

  Ties between India and China have returned to a "normal track" and there have been positive developments like Beijing giving market access to Indian products, but much is yet to be done. ...

• High expectations for Bhutan Premier’s India visit 28 December 2018 | Nava Thakuriano comments -

  As a reciprocal gesture, Bhutan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering is visiting India with a three-day official visit schedule from 27 December. ...

• India does not recognise Ogyen Trinley Dorje as the 17th Karmapa Lama, say sources 27 December 2018 | Geeta Mohanno comments -

  India is upset about the fact that Dorje did not bother to inform authorities about his newly-obtained passport. ...

• Tenzin Yonten crowned new Miss Tibet in New York 23 December 2018 | Tibet Sun Online News2 comments -

  Tenzin Yonten, 23, a film and business student from New York, was crowned the new Miss Tibet 2018 in a glittering ceremony in New York City late last night. ...

• Tibet Act a gargantuan bluff by US 21 December 2018one comment -

  The US is the first choice of many Chinese students who want to study abroad, but they need to be more cautious from now on. ...

• China says ‘resolutely opposes’ new US law on Tibet 21 December 2018 | Philip Wen14 comments -

  China denounced the United States on Thursday for passing a new law on restive Tibet, saying it was “resolutely opposed” to the US legislation on what China considers an internal affair. ...

• US President signs Tibet Reciprocal Access bill into law 20 December 2018 | Tibet Sun Online News5 comments -

  US Pres Donald Trump signed into law the "Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act", promoting the same free access for US citizens to travel in Tibet as Chinese citizens receive to travel in the US. ...

• Tibetans seeking justice for man beaten by local Indians 19 December 2018 | Tibet Sun Online News13 comments -

  Tibetans are petitioning to get justice for an elderly Tibetan man allegedly beaten by 12 local Indians within the premises of the Central Tibetan Administration on the night of 14 December. ...

• China marks 40-year economic rise as clouds gather 18 December 2018 | Laurent Thomet2 comments -

  China celebrates Tuesday the 40th anniversary of its transformative "reform and opening up" policy, which turned the world's most populous country into an economic juggernaut. ...