China cracks down on TV station that showed Tibetan flag
Chinese authorities have launched a political re-education program at an official television station in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa after it broadcast shots containing the Tibetan national flag, which is banned under Chinese rule, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.
Talking about Tibet
Tsering Lhamo, half of the husband-wife team that runs Tibet Kitchen in Northwest Portland, practices traditional Tibetan healing. She says the food you eat every day is the most important medicine.
French municipality to observe 2004 as year of Tibet
A French municipality has decided to highlight the Tibetan cause by celebrating 2004 as the Year of Tibet. The municipality of Mouans-Sartoux, located near Cannes in southern France, hoists the Tibetan national flag every year on March 10, the Tibetan uprising day.
Tibetan Girl Becomes Australian under 10 Chess Champion
An 8-year old Tibetan girl was crowned the queen of chessboard in Australia. According to a report received from Australia based Office of the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Dammed and dying: The Mekong and its communities face a bleak future
One of the world’s greatest rivers has been reduced to a trickle in places by a series of giant Chinese dams and engineering works which are threatening the livelihoods of up to 100 million people in south-east Asia.
China makes breakthrough in oil exploration
China has discovered 40 billion tons of offshore oil and natural gas reserves, according to the Ministry of Land and Resources, which said oil and natural gas reserves are concentrated in 38 depository basins in the territorial seas.