China increases military spending
China’s official military budget is to grow 14.9 per cent on last year to 480.6bn yuan ($70.24bn) in 2009. The additional spending was to maintain “sovereignty and integrity of Chinese territory and would not threaten any country
Dalai Lama to visit Gillette Stadium in Foxborough
In May, the Foxborough venue will add yet another name to the list: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Recognized by many as the rightful head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama will give two public talks on
50 years under Chinese rule, Tibetans still oppressed
It was difficult for the people of Tibet to celebrate the Losar, the Tibetan New Year, this year. March of last year was a bloody month in Tibet when pro-independence riots were quelled violently by Chinese forces. The Chinese