Tibetan exiles threaten sit-in

Tibetan refugees yesterday threatened to stage another sit-in if the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission (MTAC) refused to grant them residency permits as promised

Tensions as China’s annual parliament season begins

Aside from the 1959 Tibetan uprising, other sensitive anniversaries include the quelling of the Tiananmen democracy protests 20 years ago in June 1989 and 10 years since a crackdown on the Falungong spiritual group, he said