‘Bigfoot’ spotted in central China: Report
An ‘ape-like’ beast nearly 1.65 metres tall has been sighted in the forests of central China, a media report on Monday said. The grayish ‘mythical ape-like animal’, suspected by locals to be a ‘bigfoot’, was reported to have shoulder-length black hair, it said.
RSS conclave to discuss ‘dilution’ of stand on Tibet
The RSS leadership is now unhappy with the outcome of Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee’s visit to China, particularly with what it sees as a major change in New Delhi’s position on Tibet, which has now been described as “part of China.”
US Report Says China Suppressing Political Groups
The United States has, in a new report titled Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2002-2003, charged China with suppressing political, religious, and social groups. A Chinese spokesman responded saying the report was unfounded.
US Report Says China Suppressing Political Groups
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A nun’s mission for Tony Blair
Prime Minister Tony Blair is going to Beijing in July. Ngawang Sangdrol, a tiny Tibetan nun now in London, wants Blair to press China’s leaders to negotiate with the Dalai Lama.
‘Change’ in stand upsets Tibetans
Tibetans residing in Uttaranchal are resentful of India’s ‘‘changed’’ stance on Tibet. They plan to express their unhappiness on the issue to the Union government through their government-in-exile at Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh.
China begins construction of world’s highest railway station
China has started construction of the world’s highest railway station at a height of 5,068 metres above sea level on the southern face of the Dangla mountain range in Tibet autonomous region, a report said today.
Sand art destroyed by monks
A sand painting made painstakingly grain by grain by Tibetan monks in Manchester has been destroyed – by those who built it. The intricate art work has been put together with coloured sand on a flat platform by monks at the city’s town hall, over five days.
Sand art destroyed by monks
The monks meditate while working on the sand art
China blamed for ‘twisted’ version
Leaders of the Dalai Lama’s Tibetan government-in-exile spent an anxious 48 hours in the wake of reports from Beijing that India had recognised Tibet as a part of China.