Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche Re-Elected Kalon Tripa
Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche has won the final round of election again for the second time with a landslide majority of 90.72% of the total votes cast.
Protest against the railway rocks Dharamsala
Exile Tibetans and their supporters today held a protest rally against the launch of China’s railway line to Tibet in the northern Indian hilltown of Dharamsala. Tibetan protestors wore black armbands to show their resistance to the railway and
China Opens 1st Train Service to Tibet
China on Saturday opened the first train service to Tibet across what it called the world’s highest railway, a controversial engineering feat meant to bind the restive Himalayan region to China. President Hu Jintao cut a giant
China Opens 1st Train Service to Tibet
China on Saturday opened the first train service to Tibet across what it called the world’s highest railway, a controversial engineering feat meant to bind the restive Himalayan region to China. President Hu Jintao cut a giant
Tibetan exiles protest China’s new rail link to Tibet
Hundreds of Tibetan exiles and supporters rallied in a northern Indian hill town against the opening of a railway linking politically sensitive Tibet with the rest of China. Saffron-robed Buddhist monks
A sad day for the ‘roof of the world’
Tomorrow marks a sad day in the modern history of the world’s most isolated region as the 1,142km China-Tibet railway opens for trial operations. The line, which connects the city of Golmud in China’s Qinghai Province to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, will mean
China opens Tibet railway line
China opened the world’s highest railway on Saturday, celebrating the link into Tibet as a symbol of strength and ethnic harmony while critics denounced it as a threat to the Tibetan people’s culture and
A Rail Through the Roof of the World
The inaugural journey for the world’s highest railway began today, a technological feat improving China’s access to one of the most forbidding corners of the Earth. The quest to link China to the snow-covered plateaus of Tibet, known
Ex-soccer player in team to tackle Tibetan plateau
A WATERFORD-born former Irish international soccer player is to lead a team of six cyclists across the rugged Tibetan plateau next month in a bid to raise vital money for child nutrition in Tibet. Martin Dunphy, who is now managing director of a company called Marlin
Chinese president opens controversial railway to Tibet
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday opened a controversial railway to Tibet, saying the line was a ‘great achievement’ that would bring prosperity to the remote region. Hu spoke at a ceremony attended by hundreds of railway engineers, workers,