China rejects calls for fact-finding missions to Tibet
In a letter sent to a news website based in Brussels, the Dalai Lama has urged European Union (EU) foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton to press China on allowing a visit by EU diplomats to Tibet.
Chinese premiere “unilaterally postpones” Nepal visit
hinese Premier Wen Jaibao has postponed his much anticipated visit to Nepal sine die at the eleventh according to latest reports coming out of Nepal. Nepali Deputy Prime Minister Narayankaji Shrestha was told of the postponement
Bird flu outbreak in Tibet
The World Organisation for Animal Health issued an alert on a reported outbreak of bird flu in a village in Tibet Monday. The Paris-based organisation cited a notification from China’s Ministry of Agriculture