The Sunshine Coast Daily | Delegate dreams of free Tibet The Sunshine Coast Daily ONE day Tsering Wangchuk dreams of taking his seven-month-old daughter to the land of his parents' birth. The 37-year-old from Buderim has never seen Tibet - the country his parents were forced to flee in 1959 to escape life under the Chinese ... |
New York Times | The Price of Damming Tibet's Rivers New York Times Rivers gushing through deep canyons at the edges of the Tibetan plateau hold the highest hydropower potential in the world. The headwaters of seven major rivers are located in Tibet: They flow into the world's largest deltas and spread in an arc across ... |
New lives of emancipated Tibetan serfs CCTV As part of the 'Three Guarantees' policy, the central government of the Tibet Autonomous Region has provided free food, free tuition and free accommodations for students, whether from farmer or nomad families. It also provides free preschool education ... |
Yibada (English Edition) | More Than $34 Million Spent to Preserve Historic Tibet Palace Yibada (English Edition) The Chinese central government and authorities in the Tibet Autonomous Region have undertaken a long-term restoration program aimed at preserving the paintings, frescos, cultural relics, scriptures and buildings at Tibet's historic Potala Palace, one ... |
Fashion Times | Designers Participate In Auction To Benefit Healthcare And Education In Tibet Fashion Times As part of the first annual Fashion for Tibet initiative, Tory Burch, Suno, Nicola Formichetti for Diesel, Giambattista Valli for Moncler, Etro, Giulietta and Antonio Marras will auction their exclusive designs to raise money for healthcare and ... |
Across China: Archives reflect pain of old Tibet Shanghai Daily (subscription) Other lowlights include a directive issued by the Gaxag government (the former Tibetan local government) ordering that the feet of a low-ranking monk, who was accused of leading a riot against authorities, should be cut off. Another dictated that ... |
The Emory Wheel | STUDLIFE_MARCUS(TIBET_WEEK)_03/27/15 The Emory Wheel The Emory-Tibet Partnership will be hosting Tibet Week 2015, “Exploring Compassion,” from March 23 through March 28. Each day will offer a variety of activities, including daily, guided compassion meditation and mandala sand painting, primarily located ... |
Style.com | Suno, Tory Burch, and More Kick Off First Annual Fashion for Tibet Initiative Style.com The culture of Tibet has long served as an inspiration for designers, and thanks to a new initiative from the Trace Foundation, the industry has found a way to give back. Partnering with Sotheby's and Paddle8, the foundation launched an auction that ... |
Tibet Post International | PM Modi called upon to save Tibet's rivers on World Water Day Tibet Post International Tibet-Water-world-2015 Dharamshala - Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) India have launched a petition to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leaders of the other 9 downstream nations reliant on Tibetan sourced water to "stand up to China's ... |
Tibet Post International | China detains Tibetan artist over alleged Tibet political activism Tibet Post International Dharamshala — Chinese authorities in Nagchu County of Central Tibet have detained a Tibetan artist over alleged charges of political activism challenging China's repressive rule. "The monk, identified as Ngawang Gyaltsen, a 21-year-old Tibetan artist ... |
Huffington Post | Tibetan Art In The 21st Century Explores Religion, Pop Culture And Technology Huffington Post In the 21st century, Tibetan art extends far beyond the religious. An exhibition entitled "Transcending Tibet" aims to convey the polychromatic spirit of contemporary Tibetan art, through the lens of 26 contemporary Tibetan artists, as well as four ... |
AsiaNews.it | Tibet, Buddhist monk freed after 15 years, risks death AsiaNews.it Lhasa (AsiaNews) - The Tibetan communist government has released a Buddhist monk, Ngawang Gyurmey (photo) after 15 years in prison. He was arrested in 2000 for distributing leaflets in favor of the Dalai Lama and against the Chinese occupation. |
The Emory Wheel | Dalai Lama's Envoy, Experts Talk Tibet's Future The Emory Wheel “The Tibet struggle is much more than slogans,” the keynote speaker Lodi Gyari Rinpoche — his holiness the Dalai Lama's special envoy to the United States — said. “[It's about the] preservation of the distinctive personality, of who we are.” At the ... |
Tibet Post International | PM Modi called upon to save Tibet's rivers on World Water Day Tibet Post International Tibet-Water-world-2015 Dharamshala - Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) India have launched a petition to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leaders of the other 9 downstream nations reliant on Tibetan sourced water to "stand up to China's ... |
Kunleng News Mar 20, 2015 VOA Tibetan Cyber Tibet looks at global netizen reactions and satirical cartoons after Chinese Officials claimed control over the Dalai Lama's reincarnation, introduces a new Listen and Learn Tibetan Alphabet app, the website tbstory.weebly.com/ which features ... |
Tibet: Report Underlines Use of Torture against Prisoners UNPO In a report submitted to the United Nations Committee against Torture, Tibet Watch has reported testimonies of Tibetan former prisoners. Torture is being used regularly by Chinese authorities to obtain information from political prisoners, which in ... |
New Jersey Hills | Tibetan King shows documentary, answers questions at college New Jersey Hills Born in India in exile, the last descendent of the Dharma Kings of Tibet does speaking engagements with his documentary film, “My Country is Tibet”, when he isn't studying political science at Gettysburg (Pa.) College in the hopes to help the plight of ... |
STLtoday.com | Today I'd go ... to Tibet and Mongolia STLtoday.com Highlights include visits to Mongolia's premier ger camp in the Gobi; Flaming Cliffs where the first nest of dinosaur eggs was discovered; UNESCO-listed Potala Palace and its thousands of altars and statues; Tibet's first monastery built in the 8th ... |
Tibet Post International | Report submitted to UN highlights shocking use of torture in Tibet Tibet Post International London - A report has been submitted to the United Nations Committee Against Torture that documents the repression, state violence, and torture in Tibet that followed the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in March and April 2008 and continues into ... |
Tibet Post International | Thousands across the world march in solidarity with Tibet Tibet Post International Tibet-Uprising-Day-US-Canada-New-Zealand-2015 Dharamshala –Thousands of people across the world joined together in solidarity for Tibet over the past week to honour the 56th Tibetan National Uprising Day and the Europe Stands with Tibet rally. |
Dharamsala: Exile-Tibetan Parliament may get more MPs in future Hindustan Times If the House approves the amendment in Tibetan Charter in majority, the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile, which is currently in session, will be having increased number of seats in future. The amendments to increase the number of seats were proposed during ... |
TheaterJones Performing Arts News | Review: Tibet Fantasia | Voices of Change | Dallas City Performance Hall TheaterJones Performing Arts News Tibet Fantasia doesn't have dancers or projections, but adds vocalists. The lead singer, so magnificently performed by Vinnie Mahal, is almost an opera characterization. This is quite fascinating because he does not sing real words but conveys real ... |
Tibet Post International | Tibet and the global economy: is today's China poisoning the West? Tibet Post International In reality, the world must know that China forcefully occupied the defenceless and peaceful Tibet in 1949 using military power. Despite the opposition of Tibetans, Chinese suppressed the voices of Tibetan people and claimed to the world that Tibet was ... |
Los Angeles Times | Foreign reporters 'welcome' to visit Tibet soon, China says Los Angeles Times After years of promises to open access to Tibet, Chinese officials suggested Monday that overseas reporters might be allowed to visit the highly restricted region as authorities plan events to mark the 50th anniversary of the Tibet Autonomous Region ... |
Tibetan PM thanks Tibet Support groups Phayul The Tibetan PM who has travelled to Paris to preside over the march in Paris also said that the Tibetans and support groups will send a strong signal to Lhasa and Beijing. "Let us work together until our dream is reached and liberty is achieved,” said ... |
Delegation seeks funds for Tibet rail project India Gazette The construction of the Sichuan-Tibet railway should be incorporated into the country's next five-year plan, according to the Sichuan delegation at the annual session of the National People's Congress. The delegation said on Tuesday that the central ... |
Yibada (English Edition) | Archaeologists Find Ancient Beads in Tibet Yibada (English Edition) Li Linhui, vice director of the Cultural Relics Protection and Research Institute in Tibet, said on Tuesday that the dzi bead, which is also known as the "heaven's bead" in Chinese, was unearthed in a cemetery that was constructed approximately 1,800 ... |
Tibetan PM seeks global support for non-violent struggle Daijiworld.com Dharamsala, March 13 (IANS): The international community should support Tibet because of the non-violent struggle of its people, Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay has said. "It's not an extremist or violent struggle as we see in many parts ... |
Chinadaily USA | Presenting tibet Chinadaily USA Zeng, who is also a director of documentary films, is based in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China, which is a doorway to the Tibet autonomous region. Zeng first got involved with the region through a nonprofit project, helping ... |
