Saturday 31 January 2015

China offers up to $50000 in cash for terror tips in Tibet - Economic Times









China offers up to $50000 in cash for terror tips in Tibet

Economic Times

There has been little public knowledge of terrorism in recent years in Tibet, although more than 130 Tibetan Buddhist monks and laypeople have set themselves on fire since 2009 in protest of Beijing's strict controls over the region and their religion ...









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Tibet offers reward to anti-terror tip-off - Chinadaily USA









Tibet offers reward to anti-terror tip-off

Chinadaily USA

LHASA - Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region will offer up to 300,000 yuan (48,003.8 US dollars) to whistle blowers with clues concerning violent terror attacks in a move to promote stability in the region, local authorities said Saturday ...









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Cash Rewards for Tips on Terror Activities in Tibet: China - The New Indian Express









Cash Rewards for Tips on Terror Activities in Tibet: China

The New Indian Express

BEIJING: Chinese state media say authorities in Tibet are offering up to 300,000 yuan (USD 50,000) for tips on terrorism activities there, although there has been little public knowledge of terrorism recently in the Himalayan region where Tibetan ...









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China's first Tibetan language film released in Tibet - Zee News









China's first Tibetan language film released in Tibet

Zee News

Screenwriter Alai, a Chinese novelist of Tibetan descent, said the script was modified 17 times in order to more authentically reflect Tibetan culture. Tibetan actor Lawang Norbu said the film respects the history and reality of Tibet, which will help ...









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China's first all-Tibetan language film released - Global Times









China's first all-Tibetan language film released

Global Times

China's first film with dialogue purely in Tibetan opened in cinemas across Tibet Saturday. The two-hour "Tibet Sky"(or "Phurbu & Tenzin"), was filmed on the Tibetan plateau with an all-Tibetan cast. It narrates the life of Tenzin, child of a serf ...









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Friday 30 January 2015

China's first Tibetan language film released in Tibet - Business Standard









China's first Tibetan language film released in Tibet

Business Standard

The two-hour-long movie 'Tibet Sky'(or 'Phurbu & Tenzin'), was filmed on the Tibetan plateau with an all-Tibetan cast. It narrates the life of Tenzin, child of a serf-owner, and Phurbu, serf of Tenzin, from the liberation of Tibet in the 1950s until ...









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Thursday 29 January 2015

Party officials punished for having irresolute political stances on Tibet - Tibet Post International








Tibet Post International



Party officials punished for having irresolute political stances on Tibet

Tibet Post International

2013 Tibet china chenquanguo Dharamshala: - The Chinese investigators claims to have found 15 Communist Party officials in Tibet joined underground organizations, provided intelligence to the Tibetan spiritual leader and his supporters or participated ...









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15 officials punished for having irresolute political stances on Tibet - Tibet Post International








Tibet Post International



15 officials punished for having irresolute political stances on Tibet

Tibet Post International

2013 Tibet china chenquanguo Dharamshala: - The Chinese investigators claims to have found 15 Communist Party officials in Tibet joined underground organizations, provided intelligence to the Tibetan spiritual leader and his supporters or participated ...









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Tibetan Monk is Handed 10-Year Term on Unknown Charges - Radio Free Asia









Tibetan Monk is Handed 10-Year Term on Unknown Charges

Radio Free Asia

Their detention followed a roundup earlier in March of at least nine other area monks and residents suspected of involvement in activities challenging Chinese rule in Tibet, including the painting of independence slogans on boulders near an iron bridge ...









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China media vows punishment for dissenting Tibetan officials - Channel News Asia








Channel News Asia



China media vows punishment for dissenting Tibetan officials

Channel News Asia

BEIJING: China's state media on Thursday (Jan 29) called for officials who take an "ambiguous attitude" towards Tibetan independence to be prosecuted, after personnel in the region were reportedly punished for communicating with the Dalai Lama. A total ...









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Tibetan group releases documentary on China's alleged cyber attacks - Hindustan Times








Hindustan Times



Tibetan group releases documentary on China's alleged cyber attacks

Hindustan Times

Tibet Action Institute-a group working on digital security- organised screening of a new documentary film on China's unrelenting cyber attacks on the exile community. The film titled “Tibet: Frontline of the New Cyber War” was released by Nathan ...









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Communist cadres in Tibet punished for helping Dalai Lama - Deccan Chronicle








Deccan Chronicle



Communist cadres in Tibet punished for helping Dalai Lama

Deccan Chronicle

Beijing: A Chinese Communist Party agency says investigators have found that 15 officials in Tibet joined underground Tibetan independence organizations, provided intelligence to the Dalai Lama and his supporters or participated in activities harmful ...









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Wednesday 28 January 2015

Environmental Destruction in Tibet and Rest of Asia - Voice of America (blog)









Environmental Destruction in Tibet and Rest of Asia

Voice of America (blog)

Kunleng discusses the impact of rampant mining, dam building, and pollution induced glacier melt in Tibet on over a billion people in South and South East Asia. Guests: Michael Buckley, author of Meltdown in Tibet, and Zamlha Tempa Gyaltsen ...









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China punishes officials in Tibet for joining independence groups, supporting ... - Fox News









China punishes officials in Tibet for joining independence groups, supporting ...

Fox News

BEIJING – A Chinese Communist Party agency says investigators have found that 15 officials in Tibet joined underground Tibetan independence organizations, provided intelligence to the Dalai Lama and his supporters or participated in activities harmful ...









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Communist cadres in Tibet punished for helping Dalai - Jakarta Post









Communist cadres in Tibet punished for helping Dalai

Jakarta Post

Investigators have found that 15 Communist Party officials in Tibet joined underground Tibetan independence organizations, provided intelligence to the Dalai Lama and his supporters or participated in activities deemed harmful to China's security, a ...









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China Punishes Tibet Officials who 'Leaked Intelligence' to Dalai Lama 'Clique' - International Business Times, India Edition








International Business Times, India Edition



China Punishes Tibet Officials who 'Leaked Intelligence' to Dalai Lama 'Clique'

International Business Times, India Edition

The Dalai Lama is the spiritual head of Tibetans and is seeking autonomy for Tibet. The 15 officials were punished last year by the Communist Party of China for violating party and political discipline, Wang Gang, a party official and member of the ...









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Tuesday 27 January 2015

Tibet and a shifting India - Topeka Capital Journal (blog)









Tibet and a shifting India

Topeka Capital Journal (blog)

Their research, published online in Nature Geoscience, indicates it's the northward movement of India, moving under Tibet's surface like a shovel pushing snow, that's causing the largest and thickest mountains on Earth to stretch in an east-west ...









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Monday 26 January 2015

A glimpse of little Tibet in southern India - The Star Online








The Star Online



A glimpse of little Tibet in southern India

The Star Online

This settlement in Bylakuppe is far away from Tibet but is home-away-from home for some 20,000 exiled Tibetans. IT is the last prayer before lunch at the monastery and novice Buddhist monks are giggling and fidgeting with their bowls in a hall ...









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DIIR Mobile Photo Exhibition on Tibet Concludes in Delhi - VOA Tibetan








VOA Tibetan



DIIR Mobile Photo Exhibition on Tibet Concludes in Delhi

VOA Tibetan

A two-day mobile photo exhibition on Tibet organized by the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamsala concluded at the Tibet House, Cultural Center of the Dalai Lama, New Delhi ...









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Sunday 25 January 2015

China sentences monk to 10 years in Sog County of Tibet - Tibet Post International








Tibet Post International



China sentences monk to 10 years in Sog County of Tibet

Tibet Post International

Xiàn) county in the Nagchu Prefecture of the Tibet, was sentenced in this month by the Intermediate People's Court for allegedly inciting others to protest against Chinese rule," Rinchen, a Tibetan man living in Belgium told The Tibet Post ...









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Friday 23 January 2015

Tibet to make law on traditional 'sky burial' - Global Times









Tibet to make law on traditional 'sky burial'

Global Times

Tibet Autonomous Region will make a law to better protect sky burials, a traditional ritual that has drawn controversy after guides began leading tour groups to view the ceremony. Sky burial is a Tibetan and Mongolian tradition in which bodies are fed ...









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Tibetan Monks Are Lighting Themselves on Fire Again - RYOT








RYOT



Tibetan Monks Are Lighting Themselves on Fire Again

RYOT

A quick survey of the numbers reveals that most who have self-immolated are under the age of 30. Its popularity among Tibet's youth suggests that this new generation of activists is straying from the passive approach of their amiable Dalai Lama living ...









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Tibet: Plan to Increase Urban Population Entails 280000 New Chinese Immigrants - UNPO








UNPO



Tibet: Plan to Increase Urban Population Entails 280000 New Chinese Immigrants

UNPO

The Chinese administration of Tibet has announced a plan to increase the urban population of the region by a further 30 percent by 2020. The plan entails moving approximately 280,000 ethnic Chinese into Tibet. However, Tibetan activitists warn that ...









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Tibet to make law on traditional "sky burial" - Shanghai Daily (subscription)









Tibet to make law on traditional "sky burial"

Shanghai Daily (subscription)

The Regional People's Congress of Tibet, the local legislature that concluded its annual session on Friday, passed a bill to better regulate sky burials, covering issues like management of the site, environmental protection and qualification of ritual ...









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Geologists solve mystery of Tibetan mountains - Phys.Org








Phys.Org



Geologists solve mystery of Tibetan mountains

Phys.Org

In the most comprehensive study of its kind, University of Kansas geologists have unraveled one of the geologic mysteries of Tibet. The research, recently published online in Nature Geoscience, shows that it is the northward movement of India ...









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Tibet to protect celestial burials by law - ecns









Tibet to protect celestial burials by law

ecns

(ECNS) -- The Third Session of the Tenth People's Congress of Tibet, the autonomous region's top legislative body, has passed a bill to protect traditional celestial burials, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The rule would cover the ceremony ...









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Thursday 22 January 2015

Chinese mining threatens Tibetans' environment and life - AsiaNews.it









Chinese mining threatens Tibetans' environment and life

AsiaNews.it

Dharamsala (AsiaNews/RFA) - Chinese mining operations in a Tibetan-populated region of Qinghai province are wrecking the environment, with mountains stripped bare and waterways polluted by runoff from the mines, sources told Radio Free Asia (RFA).









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Wednesday 21 January 2015

Former Tibetan political prisoner overcomes odds in Tibet and the US - The Massachusetts Daily Collegian








The Massachusetts Daily Collegian



Former Tibetan political prisoner overcomes odds in Tibet and the US

The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Dolma was born in a small village in Eastern Tibet in 1968, not long after the Dalai Lama signed the 17-Point Plan for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet that granted China sovereignty over Tibet, according to the Council of Foreign Relations. Many ...









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Geologists solve mystery of Tibetan mountains - KU Today









Geologists solve mystery of Tibetan mountains

KU Today

LAWRENCE — In the most comprehensive study of its kind, University of Kansas geologists have unraveled one of the geologic mysteries of Tibet. The research, recently published online in Nature Geoscience, shows that it is the northward movement of ...









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Tuesday 20 January 2015

Author Explains Tibet's River Crisis - Voice of America (blog)









Author Explains Tibet's River Crisis

Voice of America (blog)

WASHINGTON, DC - Editor's note: Below is a transcription of an interview by Losang Gyatso, head of the Tibetan language service at the Voice of America, with author Michael Buckley, describing recent environmental issues on Tibet's rivers, some of ...









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Monday 19 January 2015

7th Brisbane Festival of Tibet kicks off - Phayul








Phayul



7th Brisbane Festival of Tibet kicks off

Phayul

The weeklong festival, running into its seventh year, is aimed at promoting the rich cultural heritage of Tibet among the Australians and also to help the Tibetan refugee children in India and Nepal through the income generated from the ticketed events ...









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Sunday 18 January 2015

Xinhua Insight: Tibet maintains ambitious growth target with strong investment - GlobalPost









Xinhua Insight: Tibet maintains ambitious growth target with strong investment

GlobalPost

LHASA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- While several Chinese provinces have lowered their growth targets amid an economic downturn, the plateau region of Tibet has maintained a 12-percent growth target for 2015 with strong investment from the central government.









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Saturday 17 January 2015

Tibetan community in India at variance over citizenship rights - Business Standard









Tibetan community in India at variance over citizenship rights

Business Standard

The Election Commission's recent directive allowing Tibetan refugees to register for voter identity card for Delhi Assembly elections, which will help them acquire Indian citizenship, has not been welcomed by all and created a deep chasm within the ...









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Friday 16 January 2015

Tibetan Youth is Freed After Being Held For 'Politically Sensitive' Photos - Radio Free Asia









Tibetan Youth is Freed After Being Held For 'Politically Sensitive' Photos

Radio Free Asia

Chinese authorities in Tibet have freed a Tibetan youth without explanation after detaining him for almost three weeks following the discovery of politically sensitive photos on his cell phone, sources said. Tobgyal, aged about 23, was taken into ...









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Wednesday 14 January 2015

Poisoning Tibet's rabbit relatives may be a bad move - New Scientist









Poisoning Tibet's rabbit relatives may be a bad move

New Scientist

The plateau pika doesn't have many friends. This small burrowing relative of the rabbit, weighing only around 140 grams, is the most abundant mammal on the vast grasslands of the Tibetan plateau, but it is widely condemned as a cause of soil erosion ...









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Tibet's economy to continue strong growth in 2015 - WantChinaTimes








WantChinaTimes



Tibet's economy to continue strong growth in 2015

WantChinaTimes

The economy of Tibet is set to brace itself for a new era in 2015, reports the Guangzhou-based 21st Century Business Herald. Tens of billions of yuan, a "small" investment by China's standards, will markedly boost Tibet's smaller economy, said Di ...









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