Tag Archives: Tibet

  • Tibet’s climate, land use policy not China’s internal affair: Sangay

    CTA President Sangay on Sunday said at a time when climate change is gaining momentum, Tibet’s climate and land use policies should not be treated solely as ‘internal affairs’ of China. ...

  • Enigma of the Dalai Lama

    It is something of a pity that, despite having won the Nobel Prize for Peace, the Dalai Lama has hardly been seen as an agitator on the side of peace. ...

  • Tibet and Taiwan not invited to Modi’s oath ceremony

    The Government of India has not invited the chief of Tibetan Government in Exile, Lobsang Sangay, to witness Narendra Modi being sworn-in for his second term in office of Prime Minister. ...

  • Stop interfering in Tibet: China tells US

    China on Tuesday told the US to stop interfering in Tibet after the American envoy advised Beijing to hold talks with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama who is living in India. ...

  • US urges China to talk to the Dalai Lama

    The US ambassador to China urged Beijing to engage in substantive dialogue with exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama during a visit to the Himalayan region over the past week. ...

  • China asks US envoy to make ‘unbiased judgement’ during his Tibet visit

    China, which granted a rare permit for US Ambassador Terry Branstad to visit Tibet, on Monday hoped that the American envoy would make an "unbiased judgement" about the conditions in the Him ...

  • China hopes US ambassador will better understand Tibet through visit

    China hopes the US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad will have a deeper understanding of Tibet Autonomous Region through his visit, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lu Kang said Monday. ...

  • Dalai Lama counters book’s claim about Xi meeting in Delhi

    The Dalai Lama on Tuesday sought to defuse a diplomatic controversy caused by a new book which said the Tibetan spiritual leader and China's President Xi Jinping had agreed to meet in 2014. ...

  • US Ambassador to China visiting Tibet this week

    US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad was scheduled to visit Tibet this week, the first visit to the region by a US ambassador since 2015, amid escalating trade tensions. ...

  • Dalai Lama lets slip how India vetoed his meeting with China’s leader in 2014

    China’s President Xi Jinping agreed to meet the Dalai Lama during a state visit to India in 2014, but the plan was quashed by Delhi, the Buddhist spiritual leader has said. ...