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China berates Dalai Lama visit to area near Tibet

AP News 12 days ago

China berates Dalai Lama visit to disputed India border area near Tibet China lashed out at the Dalai Lama's visit to a disputed border region in India on Tuesday, saying his trip to the area revealed the exiled Tibetan leader's separatist agenda. ...

China again protests Dalai Lama visit to India state

AFP South Asian Edition 12 days ago

China on Tuesday again condemned the visit of the Dalai Lama to an Indian border state near Tibet, saying it was evidence of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's "anti-Chinese stance". Copyright 2009 AFP South Asian Edition

Remote India town sustains last vestiges of old Tibet

Reuters Life! Online Report 12 days ago

TAWANG, India (Reuters) - Perched in the icy folds of the Himalayas near India's border with China, Tawang Buddhist, monastery, where the Dalai Lama made a controversial trip at the weekend, is at the heart of efforts to preserve old Tibet. To ...

Obama to raise human rights with China's Hu: official

AFP American Edition 12 days ago

President Barack Obama will directly raise human rights with Chinese President Hu Jintao next week, after being criticized for not meeting Tibet's spiritual leader Dalai Lama before visiting Beijing. Obama, who leaves the United States for his debut Asian tour as president ...

Dalai Lama visits Indian state disputed by China

Reuters US Online Report World News 14 days ago

TAWANG, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters welcomed Tibet's exiled spiritual leader on Sunday to a remote Indian region also claimed by China, a trip that has renewed tensions between the Asian giants. The Dalai Lama arrived by helicopter ...

Dalai Lama trip strains India-China ties

AFP South Asian Edition 17 days ago

Twin thorns in the side of India-China relations will get a simultaneous tweak this weekend when the Dalai Lama visits a Buddhist region at the heart of a border row between the Asian giants. Sandwiched between Myanmar, the kingdom of Bhutan and ...

Dalai Lama relative joins Communist Party: state media

AFP Asian Edition 18 days ago

A relative of the Dalai Lama has joined China's ruling Communist Party, state media reported on Wednesday. "I'm proud to join the CPC (Communist Party of China)," Xinhua news agency quoted Deying Drolma, the grand niece of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, ...

China protest halts Bangladesh Tibet exhibition

AFP South Asian Edition 20 days ago

Bangladeshi police in the capital Dhaka closed a photography exhibition on Tibet following complaints from Chinese diplomats, the government and organisers said Monday. Shahidul Alam, who set up the exhibition "Into Exile, Tibet 1949-2009," said the gallery doors had been locked by ...

China rejects EU criticism of Tibet executions

AFP Global Edition 22 days ago

China has hit back at European Union criticism of the execution of two Tibetans over unrest in the Himalayan region last year and warned Europe not to interfere in the issue. The response came after the 27-nation European bloc on Thursday issued ...

2 Tibetans executed in China over riots last year

AP News 26 days ago

2 Tibetans executed in China over last year's deadly riots in Lhasa Two people have been put to death for their roles in deadly protests last year in the Chinese-controlled region of Tibet, the first known executions for the violence, an overseas ...

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