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China To Obama: Dalai Lama Was A Slave Master In Tibet

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home


BEIJING — The conviction was clear but the message befuddling: China's Foreign Ministry spokesman was equating serfdom in Tibet to slavery in th...

China's Anniversary: The View From Tibet

GlobalPost | Posted 12.01.2009 | World


LHASA, Tibet �" As I rode in a truck peeling around the curves of a narrow mountain road in southwestern Tibet, wheels squealed as the driver tried ...

Nepal Tibetan Refugee Crackdown Strengthened At China's Behest

Reuters | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


Nepal, under increasing pressure from China, was cracking down on Tibetan refugees despite centuries of shared culture with Tibet, the International C...

Fair and Balanced? Lhasa Vs. Urumqi

Alexander Davenport | Posted 07.20.2009 | World


Alexander Davenport

Why do rioting Tibetans generate more interest than rioting Uighurs?

World In Photos, June 24, 2009

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.25.2009 | World


Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

Two Tibetans Sentenced To Death By China For Arson

BBC | Posted 05.09.2009 | World


China has sentenced two men to death for deadly arson attacks during an uprising in Tibet a year ago....

China Repoens Tibet For Tourists After Fears Of Riots Ease

Times Online | Jane Macartney | Posted 04.30.2009 | World


Signalling that the risk of anti-Chinese unrest has subsided in Tibet, Beijing has decided to reopen the Himalayan region's soaring mountains and gild...

Chinese Police Bombed Amid Tibetan Crackdown

The Guardian | Tania Branigan | Posted 04.09.2009 | World


Angry crowds lobbed home-made explosives in a Tibetan area of western China early this morning, damaging a police car and fire engine, state media rep...

Tibet: Tensions High As Uprising Anniversary Approaches

AP | ANITA CHANG and DIKKY SINN | Posted 04.06.2009 | World


BEIJING — Tensions are high in Tibet's capital and paramilitary police are out in force, Hong Kong tourists reported Friday, while Chinese autho...

China Clamps Down On Tibetans 50 Years After Revolt

nytimes.com | EDWARD WONG | Posted 04.05.2009 | World


MAQU, China -- Enraged nomads stormed through this windswept town on the Tibetan plateau a year ago this month, raiding a police compound, setting fir...

Tibetans Mark New Year With Remorse

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 03.29.2009 | World


The usually joyful celebration of the Tibetan New Year was met with sadness and resentment yesterday in Varanasi, an age-old city home to Tibetan refu...

In Tibet, China Launches "Strike Hard" Campaign, Detains 81

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 02.28.2009 | World


As the 50th Anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising approaches, Chinese police have begun a "strike hard" campaign in Lhasa, Tibet's capital. China has d...

China Creates Holiday To Mark Defeat Of Tibetan Rebellion

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 02.19.2009 | World


BEIJING — Tibet's Communist Party-controlled legislature has voted to create a holiday to mark China's defeat of a pro-independence uprising 50 ...

Next President Needs More Substantive Tibet Policy

Frances Katz | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home


Frances Katz

The question remains if the next administration will help formulate a substantive plan for religious and political autonomy for Tibet.

Activists Unfurl Gigantic "Free Tibet" Banner On Beijing Building

AP | HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics


BEIJING — Foreign activists scaled a landmark building in Beijing on Friday to unfurl a "Free Tibet" banner over the top of an Olympic Games bil...

First Pro-Tibet Protest At Olympic Site

AP | Audra Ang | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics


BEIJING- Activists from the U.S. and U.K. unfurled pro-Tibet banners and spoke out against China's rights record in Tiananmen Square on Wednesday in t...

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...