China bans mining on sacred Buddhist mountains
China has banned mining on mountains sacred to Buddhists after protests from monks that the exploitation was damaging ancient temples and violating holy sites, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
Week-long seminars in 2 states highlight Tibet issue
The Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh chapters of India-Tibet Friendship Society (ITFS), in coordination with the New Delhi-based India Tibet Coordination Office (ITCO), organized a series of
China still bans Dalai Lama images in Tibet
Many people don’t realise that images of the Dalai Lama have been banned in Tibet by the Chinese Government since 1959 when the Dalai Lama was forced to seek exile in India. Recently, independent Australian filmmaker