French President to meet Dalai Lama next month
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country holds the EU presidency, said he would hold a long-awaited meeting with the Dalai Lama next month during a visit to Poland, according to media reports.
Permit Rescinded for Tibetan Sweater Merchants in Rohtak
In a major setback to the Tibetan winter merchants in Rohtak in north Indian state of Harayana, the local authorities annulled a permission earlier granted to the Tibetans to sell winter garments in the city.
They had already leased land and sought
China says meeting of Tibetan exiles will “Get Nowhere”
China said Thursday a meeting of Tibetan exiles in India next week would “get nowhere”, saying the participants did not represent the views of most Tibetans. China also warned India from allowing such separatist activities on its soil
Continental Minerals awaiting China’s OK on Tibet mine
Continental Minerals is awaiting central government approval for a planned $520 million copper and gold mine in Tibet, which will utilize a new railway to ship ores to a smelter in inland China
Agenda for the Special Meeting in Dharamsala: By Dr. Lobsang Sangay
A few years ago, a well-known liberal Chinese intellectual told me that the Communist Party of China is so shrewd that even if an official smiles at you, he was told to do so a month prior to your meeting. Everything is calculated and nothing is left to