MPs’ trip to see the Dalai Lama angers Chinese
TENSIONS between China and Australia will increase with the visit next month by federal parliamentarians to Dharamsala in India, where the Tibetan community in exile is based, to meet the Dalai Lama
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The Dalai Lama, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, right, greets Chinese students and members of the China Democracy Party during a meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday June 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Miss Tibet 2009 kicks off with swimsuit round
First phase of a three-day Miss Tibet beauty pageant competition kickstarted with a swimsuit round at a resort here this afternoon
China arrests two in monastery raid
Tsundue Gyatso 35, and Sonam Gyatso 38, both from Labrang County, were rearrested for the fourth time in connection with the last year’s multiple protests in Labrang.
And the tanks rolled down the Square…
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