Tag Archives: Tibet

  • Tibetan artist barred from Macau after Chinese pressure 27 February 2017 | Catherine Lai This post has no comments yet

    Tibetan-born artist Tashi Norbu was scheduled to do a live-painting performance at Lilau Square in Macau on Sunday evening as part of the opening of iAOHiN Amber Gallery. ...

  • Ugyen Gyalpo The sour holes in the Swiss cheese 24 February 2017 | Ugyen Gyalpo This post has one comment

    By changing their policy towards Tibetan as nationality, Switzerland is now poked with just as many holes as their famed Swiss cheese -- black holes of immorality. ...

  • Tibetan religious ritual: The water offering 21 February 2017 | Laden Tshering Samdup This post has no comments yet

    The water offering or Yongchap is conducted in the early morning as a token of our selfless devotion to the deities and our gurus. ...

  • Niece of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche meets German human rights commissioner, parliamentary Tibet group 14 February 2017 | TID handout This post has one comment

    Nyima Lhamo urged her listeners to press the Chinese authorities to reveal the circumstances that led to the death of her uncle in prison. ...

  • Exiled Tibetan leader hopes Trump will support China dialogue 13 February 2017 | Mari Yamaguchi This post has one comment

    Lobsang Sangay, in Tokyo for meetings with Japanese officials, also urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to share his insights about how to establish good relations with Trump. ...

  • Tibet meddlers must face consequences 10 February 2017 | Xu Liang This post has one comment

    Khosla is imposing his views of the Dalai Lama on the student population and using the important commencement occasion to promote someone who has nothing to do with education. ...

  • Actor Richard Gere talks with Angela Merkel about Tibet 9 February 2017 This post has one comment

    Before the premiere of his new movie at the Berlinale, actor Richard Gere met with Angela Merkel. They discussed the situation in Tibet -- and perhaps mentioned a certain US president, too. ...

  • Elliot Sperling, scholar of Tibet and China history, dead at 66 4 February 2017 | Rod Meade Sperry This post has 2 comments

    Sperling was Director of Indiana University's Tibetan Studies program, and a well-published commentator who could sometimes be critical of Tibet and the Dalai Lama. ...

  • China appoints new Tibet governor 15 January 2017 | Nicholas Heath and Lusha Zhang This post has no comments yet

    A thirty-five-year veteran of the Communist Party, Qi Zhala, 58, has also served as the region's Communist Party vice-secretary and the party boss of regional capital Lhasa. ...

  • Gyalpo Tsering Donald Trump for Tibet: Between the lines 4 January 2017 | Gyalpo Tsering This post has 7 comments

    President Donald Trump would indirectly benefit us more than all the goody-two-shoe US presidents so far -- none have helped us get back home to our country. ...