French president to invite Chinese leader to Paris
China had frozen contacts after Sarkozy met the Dalai Lama in Poland in December. Trade ties between the two countries suffered as a result
Fear of arrest and torture drives Tibetan monk to suicide
For fear of arrest and torture by Chinese police, a Tibetan monk named Shedup is said to have committed suicide at a monastery in Rebgong, in Qinghai Province, earlier this month
Jackie Chan’s endorsement of Chinese censorship sparks anger
Action star Jackie Chan told a conference of business leaders on Saturday that ‘Chinese need to be controlled’. Jackie Chan’s endorsement of China’s strict censorship policy and media controls at a
Yangtze River
Asia’s longest river, the Yangtze, or Drichu in Tibetan, seen from the remote mountains in Deqen (Tib: Dechen) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China’s Yunnan province. China will build at least 20 more reservoirs or hydroelectric projects on the Yangtze river system by 2020, the government has said, despite growing concerns over dam construction there.
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Chinese court issues suspended death sentence to another Tibetan – updated
A Chinese court in Tibet has sentenced a Tibetan to death with a two-year reprieve and two others to long jail terms for setting fires that killed six people in