Seminar on “Crossing the Line: China’s Railways to Lhasa, Tibet”
India Tibet Coordination Office (ITCO) in collaboration with the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), Washington D.C. organized a seminar on China’s railway line to Tibet, one of China’s most premeditated strategies with regard to Tibet.
Save Hamalaya, Save Tibet
Himalaya Parivar organised a two days’ workshop at Nishkasan Sewa Trust in Haridwar from January 1-2, 2005. More than 100 participants from various regions of India including executive members of Tibetan Youth Congress and India Tibet Coordination office participated in the workshop.
Death toll from road accident in Qinghai rises to 55
The death toll froma severe road accident that happened Monday in northwest China’s Qinghai Province rose to 55, local sources told Xinhua Thursday noon.
Fleeing Tibetans get help from Indian embassy
Tibetans fleeing their homeland to begin a new life abroad are finding their flight getting a little easier thanks to the Indian government. Since February 2002, the Indian mission here has been issuing them special entry permits to travel to India from Nepal.
Tsunami: Tibetans Support Victims
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has spearheaded a fund-raising drive in aid of tsunami victims, some of whom came from Tibetan communities in southern India.
Cry Mother Nature, Mammon Wins the Day Again
Official Chinese news agencies have reported that Beijing has decided to revive the stalled project to build 13 dams on Salween River (known as Gyalmo Nyulchu in Tibetan and Nu Juiang in Chinese).
Tibet has warmer winters since 1990s, meteorologists
Meteorologists in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region have found that the region has experienced more warm winters since the 1990s, indicating a trend of temperature rise in the region.