Hunger Strike in Mumbai against China’s Tibet railway

As the members of the Tibetan Youth Congress from its regional chapters in northern India announed an indefinite hunger strike from Tihar Jail in Delhi, another 50 members launched a one-day hunger strike in Mumbai city against the railway line

Flattening the Himalayas

In July, China would accomplish three major strategic objectives, which will have profound implications in the trans-Himalayan zone. The opening of the Gulmud—Lhasa railroad, the new Nyingchi Airport near the tri-junction of Tibet, India and Myanmar and a land route access to Bay of Bengal

Tibetan activist addresses MPs in Westminster

Tibetan activist and writer Tenzin Tsundue yesterday addressed MPs and Tibet supporters in the House of Commons, Westminster at a forum on Tibet organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet (APPGT) and the Tibet Society

China’s Tibet Railway is permanent threat to India

The Gormo-Lhasa railway that links Tibet to China’s capital Beijing is being promoted vigorously by the Chinese government as benefiting the Tibetan people but former president of People’s Republic of China, Jiang Zemin had made it clear that the railway project – touted as an economic project – was

Bombardier, Nortel under fire

In a test run tomorrow, Bombardier Transportation will see its new train cars roll on the 1,956-km Qinghai-Tibet Railway, a project that netted the Montreal-based firm $78 million (U.S.). But to some Tibetan activists