Chinese PM for greater global democracy
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today marked the 50th anniversary of his nation’s “foreign policy of peace” with a call for greater democracy on the world stage and less “hegemony and power politics” in international diplomacy.
Envoy visit puts spotlight on Tibet policy
Australia’s ambassador to China this week begins a visit to one of its most disputed territories. Hamish McDonald reports from Lhasa, Tibet.
His Holiness Blesses Lhagyari Namgyal Wangchuk
Lhagyari Namgyal Wangchuk, descendant of Tibet’s 33rd King Songtsen Gampo, was today enthroned at a coronation ceremony in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
An account of a young Chinese woman’s 34 years life in Tibet
A renowned international Chinese writer Xinran Xue’s latest book Sky burial is an account based on a life of a Chinese woman who spent 34 years in Tibet and became a Tibetan.
Comment on white paper publised by Chinese Government
“The Dalai Lama and his clique can no longer decide the destiny and future of Tibet.” This was the ominous warning issued by the government of the People’s Republic of China in a White Paper released during May this year.
Tibetans urge Chinese authorities to prevent "<em>blasphemous act of ‘swimming across the</em> [holy] <em>Namtso</em> [lake]’"
A group of urban Tibetans scattered across the People’s Republic of China (PRC) published on 22 June 2004 an open letter to the Chinese authorities urging them to prevent the famous Chinese athlete, Zhang Jian, from swimming across the holy Namtso lake on 31 July.
Kathmandu asks Chinese help in fighting Maoist unsurgency
Returning from a week-long tour of China last week, Nepal’s top military official announced that his Chinese interlocutors had promised military support to Kathmandu’s on-going campaign against the armed insurgency