China Southern Starts Sars-Delayed Service to Lhasa, Tibet

China Southern Airlines (HKSE: 1055) has launched a SARS-delayed service from Guangzhou to Lhasa, Tibet. The new Monday, Wednesday and Saturday service originates from Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou in Southern China to Shangri-La

Chinese and Australian officials hold human rights talks

Australian and Chinese officials are meeting in the Chinese capital, Beijing, for annual human rights talks known as The Dialogue. Our China correspondent John Taylor reports the talks were first held in 1997 as a way of addressing human rights issues of mutual concern.

Dalai Lama visits Nubra valley, talks of religious tolerance

Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, concluded a three-day long sermon on Saturday at Nubra valley in Leh town. Nearly 15,000 devotees attended the sermon that stressed on religious tolerance among people of different faiths.

Beijing’s Arunachal card

Indians are basically good people. That is the main problem! Recently, during Prime Minister Vajpayee’s trip to China, I happened to be in France. Far away from India, I tried to analyze the reasons why India is not doing better in international circles.

Lessons to learn from incursion

While Vajpayee’s Lahore visit was followed by Pakistani aggression, his latest China tour, like in 1979, came gift-wrapped with a Chinese military surprise.

A Tibetan history lesson for China

With India’s recognition of the Tibet Autonomous Region as a part of China — a corollary result of the recent talks in Beijing between Chinese and Indian leaders — the region has ceased to be viewed as a historical buffer state between two Asian giants.