Hopes for change hung on ’08 Olympics
Only two years from Tuesday, China, one of the world’s oldest civilizations, hosts the Olympic Summer Games, one of the world’s most prestigious events – for the first time.
Raising Tibetan Women’s Voice at the International Level
As Dr. B. Tsering was on her way to New York to represent Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), at the UN Conference on Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Do You See What I See?
“Do you see what I see?” Flabbergasted at the sight before her, someone in Delhi confirmed from Tashi, a Tibetan civil servant here, late last night.
TWA president participates at U.N Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women meeting
TWA’s participation in international forums such as CEDAW is critical to safeguarding the rights of women in China, Tibet and in exile. One of the core objectives of TWA is to garner international support to the issue of Tibetan
China’s ‘Sky Train’ – fast-track to genocide?
July 1 marked the departure of the first train from Beijing to the roof of the world, with President Hu Jintao trumpeting an engineering feat that puts China’s interests within 48 hours of Tibet’s heartland
Dalai Lama wants successor from community in exile
The Dalai Lama is seriously thinking about his successor. The spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetan Buddhists says the candidate should ideally be from the Tibetan community in exile in India