State Democrats Sideline Tibet Resolution
After lobbying by Democratic leaders, the state Assembly agreed Monday to sidetrack a resolution on Tibet that had drawn strong opposition from the Chinese
Calm tense in Lhasa
Most stores and stalls near Jokhang Temple are closed in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital city, Saturday, March 14, 2009. Paramilitary and plainclothes police blanketed the Tibetan capital with patrols and checkpoints Saturday, imposing what witnesses called a tense calm on the first anniversary of a violent anti-Chinese riot. (Photo: AP/Kyodo News)
Bomb lobbed at police station in Bathang: Report
Assailants threw a bomb into a newly built police station in Batang (Tib: Bathang) County in Sichuan Province, AP reported a Chinese police official as saying Tuesday
China approves “modern redesign” of Tibetan capital
Lhasa is divided between an older, more traditional, Tibetan section, and a newer section where Han Chinese migrants dominate, complete with shopping malls and night clubs
Dalai Lama and a man’s passion for Tibet: Lobsang Sangay
FIFTY YEARS ago today the Dalai Lama, dressed as a layman, slipped out of the Summer Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, escaping the gaze of Chinese soldiers. In a nearby house, Luting Namgyal