Central Tibetan Administration mourns passing away of Minling Trichen
According to the office of the Mindrolling Monastery, the general public may offer respects to Kyabje Minling Trichen Rinpoche’s Kudung beginning from February 16
Spielberg walks out on Beijing games in protest over Darfur
Steven Spielberg has resigned as artistic adviser to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, in protest at China’s failure to distance itself from genocide and human rights abuses
Hire more Tibetans, group urges Canadian companies
A 2,000-kilometre Chinese railway to Tibet has generated millions of dollars in Canadian foreign investment, but also new concerns for the future of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, an activist group says.
Beijing’s Panchen Lama ‘to be minister’
A Tibetan youth, anointed by China’s atheist Communists as the 11th Panchen Lama, is tipped to become the country’s youngest official holding a rank equivalent to a cabinet minister.
China feels the heat of its Olympic ambitions
Spielberg withdraws as artistic advisor over Darfur. The move, and other expected demonstrations, is not how Beijing has scripted the Games.
Pelosi: ‘America Is More True to Its Founding Ideals Because Tom Lantos Chose to Call This Land His Home’
“He stood tall in the sometimes lonely fights for the people of China and Tibet. I was proud that we had the opportunity together, and with the President of the United States in a bipartisan way, to honor the people of Tibet
Congressman Tom Lantos and his “lasting legacy for Tibet”
Congressman Tom Lantos, the first Congressman to invite the Dalai Lama to speak in Washington, DC and one of the main architects of the United States government’s policy on Tibet passed away