China closes Tibet to foreign tourists: agencies, hotel
China has closed Tibet to foreign tourists ahead of next month’s highly sensitive 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule, tour agencies and other industry
Dalai Lama admires move to forgo New Year celebrations
Exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama Tuesday said he admired the resolute decision made by Tibetans both in and outside Tibet to forgo “celebratory activities” during the Tibetan New Year or, Losar, which begins tomorrow
Dalai Lama’s New Year Message to Tibetan People
On the occasion of the Earth-Ox New Year of the 17th Rabjung cycle in the Tibetan Royal Year 2136, I would like to greet all Tibetans, both inside and outside of Tibet. I pray that there be peace and prosperity, and that our just cause may see gradual resolution
Demonstrations held at New York Chinese consulate
More than 500 strong crowds of Tibetans on Monday evening braved the freezing cold and gusting wind to hold an anti-China demonstration in front of the Chinese Consulate in New York to dumb ““Mao-Hu-Wen” gu-lu.
Ox Year could be tough
Chinese leaders have already warned of it being ‘possibly the toughest year’ of the decade. Apart from the global economic slowdown, political dissent in Tibet could shake China in 2009
HEATING UP IN TIBET
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is back from Beijing, and the state-run China Daily has hailed her visit as “a relief.” The Chinese Communist Party successfully steered the conversation towards the economy and climate change, eclipsing human rights and Tibet
Losar demonstration in Nepal
A Tibetan demonstrator sets off a demonized effigy of Chinese president Hu Jintao on fireworks during an anti-China demonstration in the Nepalese Capital Kathmandu on Monday, February 23, 2009. As part of a religious ritual performed by Tibetans to ward-off evils two days before the commencement of their lunar New Year or Losar, which begins Wednesday, demonized effigies of Chinese leaders were put on fire. Tibetan exiles around the world vowed to boycott their New Year celebrations as they want to remember those who died in last year’s anti-China unrests. Similar widespread boycott movement is also reportedly being observed by Tibetans in Tibet as a silent protest to register displeasure and anger against Chinese rule. (Photo: Lhuboom /Phayul)
Wary Tibetans set for muted New Year celebrations
With communications cut and banners warning residents to banish all thoughts of separatism, the people in ethnic Tibetan villages high in the grasslands of far-western China will pass a more tense New Years than usual
Czech towns to join Flag for Tibet campaign
A number of Central Bohemian towns will join the Flag for Tibet campaign recalling the 50th anniversary of Tibetans’ uprising against the Chinese Communist rule, the Kladno town hall told