Tag Archives: Tibet

  • US support for Tibet will always be bipartisan 27 November 2020 | Namrata Biji Ahuja This post has no comments yet

    For the past 60 years, the Tibet issue has enjoyed bipartisan support in the US Congress and also in the administration. Support for Tibet will always remain bipartisan. ...

  • Lobsang Wangyal Sangay’s desperate act for legacy 23 November 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 41 comments

    A recent announcement by Lobsang Sangay saying he is the first Tibetan leader to enter the White House seems to have created confusion amongst Tibetan people. It deserves to be analysed in depth, if not outright debunked. ...

  • Tibetan political leader visits White House for first time in six decades 21 November 2020 | Reuters Staff This post has 10 comments

    The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the US White House for the first time in six decades, a move that could further infuriate Beijing, which has accused the United States of trying to destabilise the region. ...

  • US House of Representatives passes bipartisan resolution on Tibet 19 November 2020 This post has one comment

    A bipartisan resolution recognising the cultural and religious significance of an autonomous Tibet and seeking peaceful solutions to the conflict was passed by the US House of Representatives. ...

  • In Tibet, China preaches the material over the spiritual 3 November 2020 | Yew Lun Tian This post has 2 comments

    China is pushing to transform the mindsets and values of Tibetans to bring them into the country’s modern mainstream, which includes urging the region’s devout Buddhists to focus less on religion and more on material prosperity. ...

  • US to pursue autonomy for Tibet: Special Coordinator Destro 2 November 2020 | Tribune News Service This post has 13 comments

    The US is committed to advocating autonomy for Tibet within China and to foster the middle way approach for a dialogue with Beijing proposed by the Dalai Lama, American Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Robert Destro, has said. ...

  • China committing crimes against humanity in Tibet, say exile Tibetans 30 October 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 6 comments

    The sentencing of a Tibetan singer to six years in prison by the Chinese authorities for criticising repressive government policies, and the custodial death of a Tibetan mother of three, have exposed China's crimes against humanity in Tibet ...

  • China says US should stop meddling after exiled Tibetan leader visits State Dept 20 October 2020 | Reuters Staff This post has one comment

    China’s foreign ministry said the United States should immediately stop interfering in its internal affairs, after the leader of the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile met a US State Department official in Washington. ...

  • Head of Tibetan government-in-exile meets US special coordinator 16 October 2020 | Elizabeth Roche This post has 2 comments

    In a move that is expected to exacerbate frictions between the US and China, the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, Lobsang Sangay, on Thursday met the newly appointed US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Robert Destro. ...

  • China angered as US names Special Coordinator for Tibet 15 October 2020 | Reuters Staff This post has one comment

    China accused the United States on Thursday of seeking to destabilise Tibet, after the Trump administration appointed a senior human rights official as special coordinator for Tibetan issues. ...