Tag Archives: United States

  • China, US divided over Syria, sea dispute, but vow goodwill 5 September 2012 | Andrew Quinn This post has no comments yet

    China and the United States were divided on Wednesday over how to end the bloodshed in Syria and defuse tension in the South China Sea and other global troublespots. ...

  • Act meaningfully against China policies: Tibet to US 1 September 2012 | Lalit K Jha This post has one comment

    A member of Tibetan Parliament-in-exile has asked the US to take meaningful action against the oppressive Chinese policies in Tibet. ...

  • Lobsang Wangyal The crime of Julian Assange: Speaking the truth 24 August 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

    If something happens to Assange's life, the US and UK governments will be accountable. And I will be among those seeking answers. ...

  • Trapwire surveillance system exposed in document leak 13 August 2012 | Charles Arthur This post has no comments yet

    Papers released by WikiLeaks show US department of homeland security paid $832,000 to deploy the Trapwire system in two cities. ...

  • Immigrants chasing their business dreams 15 June 2012 | Allie Shah This post has no comments yet

    More than one in six small-business owners in the United States is an immigrant, according to a report released Thursday by the New York-based Fiscal Policy Institute's Immigration Research Initiative. ...

  • Elizabeth C Economy Beijing mixes business and politics? 27 May 2012 | Elizabeth C Economy This post has no comments yet

    China has long mixed business with politics in a most unattractive fashion; it just hasn't been willing to admit it. Will it make a difference if Beijing finally fesses up? ...

  • Joshua Keating Does the West still want to free Tibet? 9 May 2012 | Joshua Keating This post has no comments yet

    Pro-Tibet activists are still there, but many may prefer to attach themselves to global movements that don't risk alienating a billion potential customers. ...

  • Musician, filmmaker, Tibet activist Adam Yauch dies 5 May 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

    Adam Yauch, a founding member of pioneering American hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, and an advocate of the Tibetan freedom struggle, has died at age 47 after a three-year battle with cancer. ...

  • The union between Adam Yauch and Dechen Wangdu: a look back This post has no comments yet

    Dechen Wangdu, an American-born activist, has devoted her life to the cause of Tibetan liberation from China. When she met Yauch, the two joined forces to fight against injustice together. ...

  • Tibetan students share ethnic food in Montville 25 February 2012 | Kala Kachmar This post has one comment

    Tibetan students at Montville, Connecticut, prepared momos, a Tibetan meal, that was served at lunch Thursday in honour of Losar, the Tibetan new year. ...