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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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). |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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. |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
Lunch Pick: a hearty, veg-heavy noodle soup from Tibet Kitchen Post City Parkdale is home to a cluster of Tibetan eateries, however Tibet Kitchen remains the object of our affection. Patrons will always be warmly greeted when entering the homey space and you'll usually find regulars seated there for hours, sipping on bhod ... |
Tibet Post International | His Holiness praises Tibetan Muslims for keeping their language alive Tibet Post International Tibet-India-2015-01-12-Kolkata Dharamshala: - The spiritual leader of Tibet His Holiness the Dalai Lama has praised for the way the Tibetan Muslims in Kashmir have kept the Tibetan language alive in their community even after nearly six decades in exile. |
Brooklyn Vegan (blog) | 25th annual Tibet House US benefit lineup includes Flaming Lips, Laurie ... Brooklyn Vegan (blog) The annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert is now in its 25th year, and happens at its usual location of Carnegie Hall on March 5. Artistic director Philip Glass is once again curating the lineup, which includes The Flaming Lips, Laurie Anderson ... |
Tibet Hogs Limelight as 15 Million Tourists Flock to the Country in 2014 The New Indian Express The June-September period is high season for Tibet. Traditional Tibetan festivities, such as the Horse-racing Festival and the Shoton Festival, the highlight of which is the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony in the 600-year-old Drepung Monastery, have ... |
VOA Tibetan | Indian Human Right's Group Discusses China's Tibet Policy VOA Tibetan International conference of human rights held at the India Law Institute in New Delhi, India devoted one session on the China's Tibet policy. Mr. Tenzin Lekshay, Joint Secretary, Bureau of the Dalai Lama in New Delhi presented a paper on the situation ... |
Han cadres required to learn Tibetan language Shanghai Daily (subscription) In the past 20 years, close to 6,000 cadres and technical professionals from various Chinese provinces and municipalities have been sent to help develop the southwestern autonomous region of Tibet. Cadres usually stay in the region for three years. |
China's ruthless ruin of Tibet The Denver Post It has mined and carted away Tibet's mineral wealth, dammed and diverted waters from its bountiful rivers, herded innumerable Tibetans into what it calls "New Socialist Villages," suppressed the expression of Tibetan identity, and annihilated whole ... |
Censorship by Facebook "shameful": US based Tibet advocacy group Phayul DHARAMSHALA, January 7: A leading Tibetan advocacy group based in Washington DC has petitioned the social networking giant Facebook to account after it deleted a post by a Beijing based Tibetan writer, allegedly under Chinese pressure. |
China Focus: China to publish encyclopedic dictionary of Tibetan language Xinhua LHASA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- China plans to publish its first encyclopedic dictionary of the Tibetan language beginning in late 2015, according to the China Ethnic Publishing House Thursday. The dictionary includes 13 volumes, covering technology ... |
Pollstar | Tibet House Benefit Concert Unveils 2015 Acts Pollstar In addition to raising funds for the NYC non-profit education instruction and cultural embassy, the show celebrates the Tibetan New Year. 2015 is the year of the wood sheep. Philip Glass. Budapest Spring Festival, Millenaris Centre, Budapest, Hungary |
Tibet receives 3.15 million air passengers in 2014 Newsx Tibet opened nine new air routes last year, bringing its total to 48 and the number of cities linked with Tibet to 33. The five airports in Tibet handled more than 30,000 flight landing and take-offs as well as cargo throughput of 25,000 tons. "In the ... |
MP: Away from Tibet, refugees hope every day for a free homeland Hindustan Times Away from their country and living as refugees in several states, mainly Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, these Tibetans cling to the hope that some miracle will help them get back “their Tibet” some day. Several of the older refugees say they want to ... |
CRIENGLISH.com | Tibet Digitalizes Ancient Books for Better Protection CRIENGLISH.com The photo shows a lot of ancient medical books kept at Tibetan Traditional Medical College. [Photo: tibet.cn]. Many of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region's ancient texts are being digitalized, in a bid to better protect them while making them ... |
Report: Tibet's glaciers at their warmest CCTV The Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountains represent one of the largest ice masses on earth. But the glaciers are retreating rapidly, according to a report published by the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. |
A fortress in the sky, the last forbidden kingdom of Tibetan culture Washington Post Sheltered by some of the highest mountains in the world — Annapurna and Dhaulagiri — and bordering China on the Tibetan plateau, hides an ancient kingdom called Mustang, or Land of Lo. The kingdom is often confused with the mythical Shangri-La. |
Governor of Golok, Dhargye, and his Petition to Xi Jinping on the Causes of ... VOA Tibetan Kunleng discusses the book Factors of Instability in Tibet, written by Dhargye, former Governor of Golog Prefecture in Qinghai, which includes his 2008 petition to Xi Jinping disclaiming the prevailing view in China that the Dalai Lama was the cause ... |
Report: Tibet's glaciers at their warmest Xinhua BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Recent decades have likely been the warmest and wettest on record in the Tibetan Plateau, known as the 'Third Pole' for its ice fields. A report on the region's ecosystem published today shows climate change has been ... |
December 21, 2014: Reviving the Mammoth, Traveling From Canada to Tibet ... Voices Bruce Kirkby and his wife traveled by canoe, cargo ship, train and horseback from British Columbia to a Himalayan Buddhist monastery. He said his kids took well to the break from the distractions of everyday life. (photo by Bruce Kirkby). Every week ... |
December 21, 2014: Reviving the Mammoth, Traveling From Canada to Tibet ... Voices Bruce Kirkby and his wife traveled by canoe, cargo ship, train and horseback from British Columbia to a Himalayan Buddhist monastery. He said his kids took well to the break from the distractions of everyday life. (photo by Bruce Kirkby). Every week ... |
Trip Tips: A glimpse of little Tibet in southern India - Khaleej Times Khaleej Times Trip Tips: A glimpse of little Tibet in southern India. 2 January 2015. Bylakuppe is an unlikely Tibetan nook in a countryside brimming with coffee plantations and dense jungles, a region British colonialists nicknamed the “Scotland of India”. Tibetan ... |
Book review: 'Meltdown in Tibet,' on China's eco-destruction, by Michael Buckley Washington Post Buckley, a Canadian journalist and photographer, has been traveling to Tibet for more than 30 years. Here, he documents the calamitous consequences of China's unsparing usurpation of Tibet's natural resources. Since its violent annexation of Tibet in ... |
Times of India | China builds lighter tanks for Tibet border Times of India BEIJING: China is touting a new light tank designed specifically for operations in the high-altitude rugged terrain in Tibet region which borders India. Pictures of the new lighter tank which has officially not been named yet have been displayed in the ... |
