China tightening media control, says US
China has increased its media censorship and its harassment and abuse of journalists and democracy activists, despite criticism and efforts by the United States to increase democratic freedoms there
Trade market on Sino-India border to open in June
A trade market on the Sino-Indian border is under construction and scheduled to open in June, following a plan made in 2004 that the two countries would set up their first direct trade link since 1962.
China’s largest copper mine to start construction in May
China is to start the construction of Tibet’s Yulong copper mine, the country’s largest with 6.5 million tons of reserves, next month.
Angels of Tibet: Salt Lake group helps cut death rate of infants
The little medical kit is deceptively, heartbreakingly simple: a sterile razor blade, three baby blankets, some pills, a fingernail brush, a tiny hat. It’s not much – but it’s helping reduce the mother and infant death
Chinese leader acknowledges human rights’ shortcomings
Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has acknowledged that his country has shortcomings in the area of human rights. Premier Wen and his New Zealand counterpart, Prime Minister Helen Clark
Taking up the Tibetan cause
An audience of the Dalai Lama drove home the need to defend not only our rights but also the rights of others, writes Tony Leon
April 6, 2006
Tibetan Women Launch Campaign to Save Fish at Sacred Nepal Pond
A group of Tibetan women has saved hundreds of fish from perishing in a drying 17th century pond built by a Nepalese king to help his queen ease the pain of their son’s death, a newspaper reported Sunday.
121 human skulls of murdered people found in forest in China
China’s police today said the 121 skulls found in the western Gansu Province were human and had been hacked from their bodies after death.
‘Spring Teaching’ of His Holiness – Conserve wildlife
About thirty thousand Tibetans who had gathered for the ‘spring teaching’ of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala were also made aware of the need to conserve wildlife.