Tibetans celebrate the beginning of a new year with Losar festival
It was a joyous occasion for all Tibetans, as the people from Tibet are colloquially addressed, who conducted special prayers to mark “Losar” or, the beginning of a new year this Tuesday.
Chinese Advisors May Tackle Rural Unrest
Huge but largely powerless, the Chinese parliament’s main advisory body is a gaggle of businessmen, farmers, movie stars and Tibetan monks meant to keep Chinese leaders in touch with what’s going on in the nation’s far-flung regions.
Spanish court looks at Tibetan genocide claims
When Thubten Wangchen was 4 years old, his mother died in a Chinese work camp. She was pregnant at the time, and according to Mr. Wangchen, the Chinese were rounding up pregnant women and working them to death.
Trains a cheaper way to see Tibet
Sleeping on a train’s hard berth from Beijing to Tibet may cost you less than US$100 in the near future, only one-third of a one-way air ticket at present.
Bush will hold inter-faith meeting after PM lunch
US President George W Bush will hold a meeting with nine prominent persons representing five religions tomorrow including a Shia leader from Lucknow, a Tibetan monk and a Dalit scholar.