Tag Archives: Tibet

  • NS Venkataraman World should give recognition to Taiwan and Tibet 21 May 2020 | NS Venkataraman This post has 2 comments

    The starting point to initiate world-wide resistance to China’s territorial expansion plans is to recognize Taiwan and Tibet as independent and sovereign countries. This will show China its place. ...

  • US presses China on Panchen Lama 25 years after disappearance 15 May 2020 This post has 3 comments

    The United States on Thursday renewed calls on China to free the Tibetan identified 25 years earlier as the Panchen Lama and warned Beijing not to see the episode as a model for handling the Dalai Lama's succession. ...

  • Obituary: Pioneer of orphanages in Tibet dies from COVID-19 in Switzerland 10 May 2020 | Morris Tennyson This post has no comments yet

    Tendol Gyalzur, orphaned when fleeing with her family after the 1959 uprising in Tibet, who later went back to Tibet to establish the first orphanages for abandoned children, has died this week of COVID-19 in Switzerland. ...

  • Tibetans forced to display portraits of Chinese leaders 25 April 2020 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has one comment

    Chinese authorities are forcing Tibetans to display portraits of Chinese leaders at their homes, replacing portraits of the Dalai Lama. Authorities are then inspecting each household. ...

  • Obituary: Jamyang Choegyal Kashopa in three different worlds 29 March 2020 | Thierry Dodin This post has 4 comments

    Our dear friend Jamyang Choegyal Kashopa was taken from us in the night on Tuesday, becoming the second Tibetan elder to succumb to the Coronavirus. Jamchoe la's destiny had unfolded in three different worlds. ...

  • Tibetans call on China to change its hardline policy in Tibet 10 March 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 3 comments

    Despite the coronavirus scare, Tibetans gathered together in McLeod Ganj for the most important annual Tibetan event, marking the Tibetan uprising of 10 March 1959 against the invading Chinese. ...

  • Exiled Dalai Lama marks 80 years as Tibet’s spiritual leader 22 February 2020 This post has one comment

    The Dalai Lama on Saturday marked the 80th anniversary of his enthronement as the spiritual leader of Tibet, a position held almost entirely in exile and as a target of constant vilification by the Chinese state. ...

  • Protesters for a Free Tibet call on Queens Public Library to shut down Elmhurst exhibit 21 February 2020 | Michael Dorgan This post has no comments yet

    More than 150 people took part in a demonstration outside the Elmhurst library Saturday to protest an exhibition on display about the life and customs of Tibet. ...

  • US House votes to warn China against meddling in Dalai Lama succession 29 January 2020 This post has 2 comments

    The US House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to authorize sanctions against Chinese officials who interfere in the process of determining the Dalai Lama's successor, raising pressure as the Tibetan leader approaches 85. ...

  • The 97 kms between China and mastery of the Mekong 10 January 2020 | Aidan Jones and Sippachai Kunnuwong This post has no comments yet

    Ninety-seven km of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and dominance over the Mekong, a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from Tibet through five countries before emptying into the South China Sea. ...