China closes Tibetan sites to silence US award to Dalai Lama
China has stepped up curbs in Tibet, closing down websites and blogs after it failed to stop US President George W. Bush from meeting Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama and awarding of the US Congressional Gold Medal to him
Specifics, not slogans, are what China needs
Hu Jintao can’t be happy. Just as 2,200 Communist Party delegates gathered in Beijing to grant him another five years as Chinese president, the Dalai Lama grabbed the global spotlight
China unlikely to retaliate over Dalai Lama, senator says
Federal politicians of all stripes dismiss the possibility that China will retaliate economically for Canada’s public welcome of the exiled Dalai Lama when he arrives here next week to celebrate
Canadian Prime Minister to meet Dalai Lama in public
When the Dalai Lama meets Stephen Harper in Ottawa next week, it will be the first time a Canadian prime minister has agreed to meet the exiled Tibetan leader in public.
Concern at Tibet monk ‘arrests’
Human rights groups have expressed concerns about reports of clashes in Tibet last week between Chinese police and Buddhist monks. Thousands of police were deployed at monasteries in Lhasa
Will vet all reincarnations, says China, Lamas say no way
Lamas in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region are up in arms against the Chinese authorities for having issued a regulation that requires all reincarnations, including that of Dalai Lama