Sensitive issues remain for 2008 Olympics

Liu Qi sees the 22,000 media representatives expected in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games as ‘ambassadors’ who will be ‘strengthening the understanding between China and the rest of the world.’

First season of trade through Nathula to end

The first season of Sino-Indian border trade through Nathula in East Sikkim will come to a close this afternoon with traders from both the countries assembling at the Renquinggang Trading

Tibet Awareness Program in Meerut

The Antarashtrya Bharat Tibbat Sahyog Samiti headed by Shri Kulbhushan Bakshi, has organised a Tibet Awareness program at Meerut by screening a series of documentary movies on Tibet to the

Organ sales ‘thriving’ in China

Organs from death row inmates are sold to foreigners who need transplants.One hospital said it could provide a liver at a cost of £50,000 ($94,400), with the chief surgeon confirming an

Bush signs bill to honour Dalai Lama

President George W Bush signed into law a bill to present the Dalai Lama a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honour bestowed by the US Congress.The decision to honour the leader of Tibetan