Reports: Hong Kong authorities may shorten Olympic torch route
Hong Kong authorities may shorten the city’s leg of the Olympic torch relay because of chaotic protests at earlier stops in Paris and London, local newspapers said Tuesday
Olympic Games torch rushed into hiding
San Francisco officials were playing hide-and-seek with the Olympic torch on Tuesday to keep it safe from protesters for Wednesday’s 6-mile trek through the city’s hilly streets
Tibetan task force seeks talks with Beijing
A Tibetan exile group set up by the Dalai Lama to push for greater autonomy for the Himalayan region on Wednesday offered to travel to Beijing to resume a dialogue about their homeland’s
Flame attendants revealed as Chinese ‘paramilitaries’
The mysterious Chinese guards who provoked an outcry as they aggressively protected the Olympic torch this week have been revealed as a paramilitary spin-off from the country’s army
China Limiting Visas in Hong Kong
Chinese authorities have stopped issuing multiple-entry visas and slowed visa processing in Hong Kong, a major gateway for travel to the mainland, until after the Beijing
Tibetan monks protest in front of foreign reporters: witness
A small group of monks at a major Tibetan Buddhist monastery in northwest China defied authorities and staged a protest in front of foreign reporters on Wednesday, a witness and state media said
Australian PM says significant rights problems in Tibet
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Wednesday there were significant human rights problems in Tibet, in a speech delivered to university students here at the start of a
Protests in San Francisco before Olympic torch run
Several hundred supporters of Tibet marched through the streets of San Francisco on Tuesday to criticize China
The world should stand beside Tibet
As a Tibetan, it is bittersweet to see Tibet on the front pages. The world is finally seeing Beijing’s repressive rule there,
Bigger role for Karmapa with US visit?
After waiting eight years at the Gyuto Tantric Monastery in Dharamsala, the Karmapa Lama is finally getting ready for his first trip abroad.