Chinese delegate to face probe

China’sambassador to the UK will be quizzed on his country’s poor human rights record when he visits Glasgow later this month. Zha Peixin is due in the city in a fortnight for the launch of a major art exhibition – One Million Days In China – at the Burrell Collection.

69th Birthday of His Holiness Celebrated in Paris

Tibetans and Tibet supporters in Paris celebrated the 69th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday at the Pogoda, Bois de Vincenne, the vast city garden which is the usual venue of big Tibetan events.