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Ubuntu rocks with Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks to the media during a press conference at the Hitlon Hotel South Wharf in Melbourne, Australia. By ANTON FERREIRA, Sunday Times – 3 July 2017 Vusi Mahlasela is the only actual musician taking part, but when the Dalai Lama takes the stage at a read more →
In Good Faith: A secular ethics for our times
Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, 1 July 2017, Indian Express Time is always moving forward and no force can stop it. At every moment, we have the option of using our time constructively or negatively. The choice we make will determine whether our world becomes a peaceful read more →
China does not accept the McMahon line agreed on by Britain & Tibet
Times of India, The Mcmahon line (marked with white stones) was drawn by Sir Henry McMahon, who was acting as the chief negotiator in the Shimla conference between Britain, Tibet and China With how many countries does China have border disputes? With 14 nations spread along their borders, China and read more →
Tibetans urge Chinese govt to allow Liu Xiaobo to seek treatment aboard
Read the original story here. The Statesman, Shimla Tibetan government-in-exile president Dr Lobsang Sangay on Saturday called on the Chinese government to allow Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo who has been diagnosed with late-stage cancer to travel aboard for medical treatment. Sangay expresses concern over Chinese Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo’s tragic cancer read more →
Eyeball-to-eyeball in the Himalayas
By Manoj Joshi, Indian express, The Bhutanese believe the tri-junction is at a place called Dhoka La, where the so-called intrusion is believed to have taken place. Re-establishing Tibet’s geopolitical centrality in the trans-Himalayan region and breaking the special Bhutan-India bond is an important geopolitical goal for China in its read more →
It’s Cruel to Silence the Murmurs of the Suffering
Read original story here. Dr Ming Xia, Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs, The City University of New York the Graduate Center & The College of Staten Island Staten Island, NY 10314 In response to Haitong Du’s “Opinion: The Dalai Lama’s Commencement Speech Is Problematic for UC San Diego” read more →
I’m sad for my friend Liu Xiaobo, and for a China that can’t cherish its finest
Read original story here. Illaria M Sala, The Quartz, 27 June 2017 Liu Xiaobo, winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize and one of China’s greatest thinkers and pro-democracy activists, is in dire health, diagnosed with terminal liver cancer after serving nine years out of an 11-year sentence for “inciting read more →
China ‘asks India to withdraw troops’ from Nathu La pass
BBC news, The Himalayan Nathu La pass was the site of clashes in the 1960s China has accused India of incursion into its territory between Sikkim and Tibet, in a dispute which has raised tensions between the countries. Officials said Indian border guards had obstructed “normal activities” on the Chinese read more →
How to develop your self-confidence, according to the Dalai Lama
Photo by Bill WechterThe Dalai Lama delivers the commencement address to the University of California-San Diego CNBC – 23 June 2017 Believing in yourself is the fire starter for success of almost any measure. But how do you develop that self-confidence? According to the Dalai Lama, it’s simple: “Love brings read more →
In Boston, Dalai Lama Preaches Compassion
The Dalai Lama during his address to a crowd at the Sheraton Boston. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff By Kiana Cole, Boston Globe – June 25, 2017 People of all ages, many clothed in traditional Tibetan dress, some with babies in strollers and others accompanying elders, came to a Boston hotel early read more →
Is a Buddhist Group Changing China? Or Is China Changing It?
Pilgrims and nuns during a National Day procession last fall. Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times By Ian Johnson, The New York Times – 24 June 2017 YIXING, China — For most of her life, Shen Ying was disappointed by the world she saw around her. She watched China’s economic read more →
Recreating Tibet Outside: Early Years of the Refugee Community
The Dalai Lama at the official reception in Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh. He is flanked by PN Menon (former Consul-General of India in Lhasa from 1954-1956) and Sonam Topgay Kazi (who served as the Interpreter for the Indian Mission in Tibet from 1949 to 1955), who were sent by the government read more →
US senator slams Chinese paper for ‘threatening’ Indian-origin
By PTI, DNA, A top US senator has slammed a Chinese newspaper for “threatening” a University in California and its Indian-origin chancellor for hosting the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader delivered the commencement address at University California, San Diego on June 17. “I find it unconscionable that a reporter read more →
Trump urged to appoint special coordinator for Tibet
By PTI, DNA, More than 35 US Congressmen have urged President Donald Trump to appoint a special coordinator for Tibet, a post that has been laying vacant for long. “As members of the United States Congress, we write to urge you to appoint the position of Special Coordinator for Tibetan read more →
In China’s far west the ‘perfect police state’ is emerging
Read the original story here. The Guardian, 23 June 2017 It was Friday, the Islamic day of assembly, but outside Kashgar’s Id Kah mosque on Liberation Avenue it was the growl of diesel engines that filled the air not a muezzin’s wistful cry. One by one armoured personnel carriers, some read more →