Candlelit vigil planned for Tibetan New Year

The Taiwan-based civic group Taiwan Friends of Tibet announced Monday plans to hold a candlelit vigil on Wednesday, the start of the Tibetan New Year. The event is intended to show solidarity with the victims of the Chinese government’s crackdown

Tibetans forgo celebration

For Tibetans in the homeland and elsewhere, the new year — known as Losar — is the biggest holiday of all. Not this year.

China expects Tibet to celebrate, or else

Instead of planning festivities to mark their beloved New Year’s, Tibetans want to remember those who died in last year’s protests against Chinese rule. But Beijing has other ideas.