Category Archives: Interviews

• Beyond Beijing: 1989 in Changsha 6 June 2019 no comments

  Thirty years ago, the CCP’s army massacred peaceful demonstrators on Tian’anmen square, putting an end to a nationwide protest movement. Andréa Worden remembers 1989 in Changsha and Beijing. ...

• Visiting McLeod Ganj to show support for Tibet: Estonian Parliamentarian Yoko Alender 28 April 2018 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  The question of Tibet is more than that: It is a question of human rights and democratic values for all of us, and actually something we all can relate to. ...

• The Tibet Question 22 April 2018 | Sapna Singh no comments

  Despite six decades of Chinese rule, maintaining domestic stability in Tibet is a challenge for Beijing, JNU professor Swaran Singh tells Sapna Singh in an interview. ...

• Traditional truths in new language: Interview with Tibetan artist Tashi Norbu 31 July 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  The image of the Buddha is in almost every art piece by Tashi. Tibet is not necessarily seen as a part of his works, but being a Tibetan artist it resonates in them. ...

• How CTA plans to spend US$23 million: An interview with Kaydor Aukatsang 13 April 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  The five-year Tibetan Self-Reliance and Resilience (TSRR) programme funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was launched in October 2016. ...

• Challenges and opportunities for Tibet in US: Interview with Representative Penpa Tsering 22 December 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal 3 comments

  As Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to North America, Penpa Tsering's priorities are to bring US support to the Tibetan cause, and oversee issues of Tibetans in North America. ...

• I faced a storm, I surfed it through: Dhardon Sharling 6 October 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal 29 comments

  I think we can far supersede the propaganda war that China is waging against us. So strengthening the technology capacity of this department is definitely on my mind. ...

• John Whalen-Bridge speaks on his book “Tibet on Fire” 30 September 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  What can you do, how can you make the message, defeat the Chinese money-power-cultural-censorship? Write about these things, make movies, make music, with the highest quality, so it endures. ...

• Sino-Tibet dialogue: Interview with ex-envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen 15 September 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal 7 comments

  In these meetings, there has never been a time where I thought that on the other side of the table are people with real, sound views and sound positions, and who I felt any respect from. ...

• Samdhong Rinpoche speaks on elections and citizenship 23 August 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal 15 comments

  Former Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche speaks candidly about the Tibetan election process, involvement of oracles and religious sects in the political process, and Tibetans getting Indian citizenship. ...