Dalai Lama China

Dalai Lama India Visit Angers China (VIDEO)

Posted 11.10.2009 | World


The Dalai Lama has visited a quiet frontier town in northeast India called Tawang, despite Chinese opposition. BBC explains how the region is hotly-c...

A Missed Opportunity: Human Rights in Asia

Jack Healey | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact


Jack Healey

Our president is afraid of being seen in public shaking the hand of the Dalai Lama. Publicly acknowledging the Dalai Lama's cause would be type of change I hoped to see when I gave money to Obama's campaign.

The Dalai Lama Proclaims Himself a Feminist: Day Two of Peace and Music in Memphis

Tamara Conniff | Posted 09.24.2009 | World


Tamara Conniff

The Dalai Lama's powerful message is common sense. He does not preach religion. He preaches self-awareness and compassion.

Dalai Lama Pushes For Democracy In Typhoon-Hit Taiwan

AP | PETER ENAV | Posted 10.16.2009 | World


SHIAO LIN, Taiwan — The Dalai Lama exhorted Taiwan on Monday to safeguard its democracy, interspersing prayers for the victims of Typhoon Morako...

Tibet Riots Due To Failed Chinese Government Policies: Report

Time | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


A new report from a group of Chinese scholars has for the first time challenged China's official explanation that the deadly riots that broke out acro...

Talking with the Enemy

Matthew Weiner | Posted 06.07.2009 | World


Matthew Weiner

While governments negotiate about negotiations and debate who they can talk to the world's preeminent Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, does things differently.

Dalai Lama 'Part Of Solution' For China: US

AFP | Posted 06.01.2009 | World


China should see the Dalai Lama as "part of the solution" on Tibet instead of trying to isolate him, US President Barack Obama's top Asia adviser said...

Political Football

Jonathan Richards | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


Jonathan Richards

"Pressure from the Red Queen?" said Alice. "I'm sure I don't know what you mean. This is all about football!" ...

Letter From Paris: Heads Up, China

Beth Arnold | Posted 04.04.2009 | World


Beth Arnold

So it looks like Pierre Bergé will get to keep his stunning Chinese bronze fountainheads that turned into the show stealers of his and Yves Saint Laurent's breathtaking collection auctioned off in Paris last week.

China Orders Tibetans To Celebrate New Year And Drop Boycott

Telegraph | Posted 03.27.2009 | World


Losar, or Tibetan New Year, falls on Wednesday and is usually an occasion for feasting and communal celebration. This year, however, a growing number ...

China Arrests Tibetan Protesters Supporting Dalai Lama

The Guardian | Tania Branigan | Posted 03.21.2009 | World


Chinese authorities have detained up to 24 Tibetans who shouted support for the Dalai Lama in a restive area of Sichuan province, an overseas campaign...

Dalai Lama: Europe Should Not Appease China

Reuters | Posted 01.03.2009 | World


BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday urged Europe not to appease China, saying that frank dealings and treating B...

Aboard the Highest Train in the World: China's Railroad to Tibet

Alex Pasternack | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green


Alex Pasternack

Indeed, amidst the many self-congratulatory environmental precautions of the train, it is the people of Tibet who are being railroaded fastest by the train's promise of modernity.

A Celebration of Tibetan Culture

Susan Sawyers | Posted 08.02.2008 | Living


Susan Sawyers

At the Aspen Institute's Celebration of Tibetan Culture, scholars, practitioners and tradition-bearers shared their wisdom on the significance of Tibet and its impact on current and future global issues.

Dalai Lama's Aides Are Talking To China

New York Times | William Yardley | Posted 04.21.2008 | Home


The Dalai Lama said Sunday that "some efforts" at diplomacy were under way between his representatives and those of the Chinese government even as off...

China Blasts Dalai Lama, Pelosi on Tibet

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics


CHENGDU, China — China accused the Dalai Lama on Sunday of stoking Tibetan unrest to sabotage the Beijing Olympics and also berated House Speake...