Dalai Lama to visit Madison in May

At the invitation of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will inaugurate the public opening of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at

Heavy security is the new normal in China’s Tibet

The troops with automatic rifles patrolling the Tibetan quarter of the capital of Chinese-controlled Tibet are as ever-present as Buddhist pilgrims. Two years after Lhasa erupted in a riot that set off anti-government protests across

Truck crash in Tibet kills 26

A truck loaded with people heading for an ancient Tibetan monastery crashed on a hill when its brakes failed, killing 26 people, China’s state media reported. Nine other people riding in the truck were hurt and were taken to a hospital

China says missing Panchen Lama is living in Tibet

A boy who disappeared after being named Tibetan Buddhism’s second-highest figure by the Dalai Lama is living with his family somewhere in Tibet, the Himalayan region’s Chinese-appointed governor said Sunday