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Tibet Stands Out in China’s Entries at Shanghai International Film Festival
SHANGHAI — As the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival gets underway Saturday, much of the focus among participants is on the 14 contenders for the Golden Goblet, the top prize at the event that runs through June 19. From the Philippines to Denmark, Iran to Japan, the films’ origins cover read more →
Dalai Lama leads silent prayer for Orlando mass shooting victims
By Oren Dorell, USA Today, 13 June 2016 WASHINGTON – The Dalai Lama led a silent prayer for victims of the mass shooting in Orlando as he promoted non-violent conflict resolution here Monday. The answer to attacks like “this latest tragedy, in some cases in the name of religion,” is for young read more →
Dalai Lama: must not see all Muslims as terrorists after Orlando
By David Brunnstrom, Reuters, 13 June 2016 WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) – Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday called the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in which 50 people died, a “very serious tragedy,” but said it was wrong to see all Muslims as potential read more →
The Dalai Lama: Why I’m hopeful about the world’s future
The Washington Post, Opinions, 13 June 2016 The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of Tibet. Since 1959, he has lived in exile in Dharamsala in northern India. Almost six decades have passed since I left my homeland, Tibet, and became a refugee. Thanks to the kindness read more →
Lichu River Poisoned – Case of Minyak Lhagang Lithium Mine Protest
Dead fishes in the Lichu River, believed to be killed by theLithium mining site. By Tenzin Palden*- Tibetpolicy.net On 4 May 2016, a sudden mass death of fish in the Lichu River in Minyak Lhagang, Dartsedo County in Karze Prefecture brought hundreds of local Tibetans out on the street, protesting read more →
China’s Middle Class Is About to Demand Big Changes
Rising incomes bring rising expectations. One of the puzzles about China is why its burgeoning middle class has been acquiescent to one-party rule. According to basic theories of democracy, sustained economic development leads to democracy, not the survival of dictatorship. In the case of China, this rule does not seem read more →
Taiwan post-election look: Youth power dumps KMT rule
Ms Tsai Ing-Wen, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of Taiwan BY Shim Jae Hoon, Asia Times, 30 May 2016 TAIPEI–When Taiwan’s heavy metal rock star Freddy Lim ran for parliament last winter, few thought he had any chance. With his jet-black ponytail dropping to his waistline, and arms heavily tattooed, Lim read more →
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Begins Teaching the ‘Tree of Faith – a Self-Exhortation’ to Young Tibetan Students
dalailama.com Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, India, 1 June 2016 The Tsuglagkhang—the Main Tibetan Temple—and the surrounding yard were packed with 10,000 people today for the first of three days’ public teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. They included 2500 school students from Upper and Lower TCVs, as well as read more →
China’s Chengdu-Lhasa Railway: Tibet and ‘One Belt, One Road’
Image Credit: Tibet railroad image via Shutterstock.com By Justin Cheung, May 27, 2016, The Diplomat It is no secret that Tibetan independence movements have long drawn the ire of Chinese authorities. Alongside heightened rhetoric in recent years over Tibetan unrest and the growing publicity of riots and self-immolations, China has read more →
Dalai Lama warns of growing divide among Tibetans
Agence France-Presse, 27 May 2016 The Dalai Lama warned Friday of a growing divide among exiled Tibetans, saying that morals are “degenerating” in the community, as the leader of its government-in-exile was sworn in at a ceremony in India. Speaking in front of crowds in a packed temple courtyard in read more →
Sooner or later China will change: Tibetan PM-in-exile
Business Standard, 27 May 2016 Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay, who will take the oath of office for his second consecutive term here on Friday, is hopeful that sooner or later China will change for the better. He’s believes in Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s dictum: “Hope for the read more →
Re-elected Tibetan prime-minister-in-exile sworn in
The Dalai Lama is seated on the right as Lobsang Sangay signs his official papers. (ASHWINI BHATIA / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Toronto Star, 28 May 2016 Lobsang Sangay was sworn in for his second term as prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Friday and said he will make maximum read more →
Sangay sworn in as PM of Tibetan govt-in-exile
India Today, 27 May 2016 Dharamshala, May 27 (PTI) Lobsang Sangay was today sworn in for his consecutive second term as prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, in the presence of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama here. Sangay was re-elected last month, after he defeated his lone rival Penpa Tsering, read more →
Middle Path To Remain Official Policy For Exiled Tibetans – Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay
By Arvind Sharma, 27 May 2016, The Hill Post Dharamshala: Dr Sangay, who has led the 150,000-odd Exiled Tibetan since 2011 when the Dalai Lama relinquished his political power, was sworn in, on Friday as the exiled Tibetans’ Prime Minister for the second consecutive term of five years, in presence read more →
PM-in-exile vows to continue autonomy struggle
Times of India, 29 May 2016 SHIMLA: Immediately after taking oath of office for the second term, Sikyong (Prime Minister) of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Dr Lobsang Sangay proposed a strategy of five-fifty, calling for a renewal of efforts in the Tibetan people’s struggle for genuine autonomy in the next five read more →