China: Tibetan Prisoners’ Health in Jeopardy
The Chinese government should immediately release two Tibetan prisoners whose medical conditions are deteriorating sharply, Human Rights Watch urged today. The New York-based monitoring organization also called on the Chinese government
President Bush Reports to Congress on Tibet Negotiations, Details U.S. Efforts to Encourage Dialogue between the Chinese Government and the Dalai Lama or His Representatives
In the first-ever presidential report to Congress on the status of Tibet negotiations, President Bush has affirmed that encouraging substantive dialogue between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese leadership is a key objective of his
New TAR Party Chief in Leadership Reshuffle
The Tibet Autonomous Region’s Party Secretary Guo Jinlong is being replaced by another Chinese leader, Yang Chuantang, formerly his deputy, according to Radio Free Asia -a move that has been rumoured for several months.
New TAR Party Chief in Leadership Reshuffle
TAR Party secretary Guo Jinlong (second left) and TAR deputy Party secretary Yang Chuantang (on right), presenting a commemorative banner to ground and air units from Chengdu military district and ground units stationed in Lhasa, who had carried out relief flights to disaster areas in Nyingtri prefecture. 24/11/00 (Courtesy: Tibet Daily)
Tibet misses out on peak season
China has taken drastic action to keep the poverty-stricken Tibet Autonomous Region (Tar), free of the deadly Sars flu virus. Foreign travellers are banned, international flights have been halted and internal Chinese flights cut back.
Tibet misses out on peak season
Tibet’s mountains and monuments appeal to tourists
China arrests nine people for poaching of Tibetan antelopes
Forest rangers in northwest China’s Qinghai province have arrested nine people suspected of slaughtering 1,000 state-protected Tibetan antelopes, state media said Sunday.