Dalai Lama Tweets to China
On Monday, the Dalai Lama took questions from Chinese netizens on the microblogging service Twitter—for the second time since holding a dialogue with Chinese users
“Tradition Transformed”: A Conversation About Tibetan Contemporary Art
Tibet is internationally known as a bastion of spirituality and a political flashpoint, but one thing this plateau region north of the Himalayas is not commonly associated with is contemporary art. Now, with the first museum
Tibetan lama deposed for consulting Dalai Lama, monks quit in Nagchu
Seventeen Tibetan monks of Shag Rongpo monastery in Nagchu county have been forced to leave their monastery after Chinese authorities turned down their
The Joy of Finding one’s Roots in a Foreign Country!
A year ago I went to meet the eminent Tibet historian Prof. Eliot Sperling, who teaches at the Indiana University in US, at a coffee shop in the streets of McleodGanj, Dharamsala. The meeting took place just a few days before I was to leave for the US
Nepal deports 2 Tibetan refugees: report
The Nepalese police have arrested two Tibetans from Nepal’s Humla district and handed them over to Chinese border guards, the Voice of Tibet radio
China tightens media law to curb criticism
New laws and restrictions are being enforced on China’s provincial and metropolitan news media which will monitor and limit information flow within China, said Reporters Without Bord
Chinese army to target cyber war threat
The People’s Liberation Army has unveiled its first department dedicated to tackling cyber war threats and protecting information security, Chinese media reported tod