Discontent with Chinese rule hits 21-month high in Hong Kong
Discontent with Beijing rule has hit a 21-month high in Hong Kong just two days before China celebrates the 60th anniversary of Communist rule, according to a poll Tuesday
Hong Kong journalists condemn China’s curb on press freedom
More than 1,300 journalists in Hong Kong joined a signature campaign Wednesday to condemn police brutality towards their colleagues reporting in China and urged authorities to respect media freedom
Taiwan likely to upset China with Tibet, Uighur films
Taiwan will screen films about Tibetans and Uighurs, China’s most restive ethnic groups, on Thursday, the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, sponsors said, likely to anger its diplomatic rival
Dalai Lama in Vancouver
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama talks to the audience while attending the “Free The Children – We Day” at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia September 29, 2009. Some 16,000 children gathered from schools in the city to attend the annual celebration of the power of young people to change the world. The Dalai Lama attended the event as part of his visit to Canada.(REUTERS/Andy Clark)
Mayor will ‘white hat’ Dalai Lama
Calgary Mayor Dave Bronconnier will give the Dalai Lama the city’s iconic white cowboy hat Wednesday, a move the city’s Tibetan community said will right a nearly 30-year-old wrong
Tibetan community excited for Dalai Lama’s visit
Alberta’s Tibetan community is looking forward to Wednesday’s visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The spiritual leader is set to speak at the Saddledome as part of the University of Calgary’s NOW conference.
Dalai Lama calls for a ‘century of peace’ at Vancouver’s We Day
With their lit-up cellphones thrust high in the air, 16,000 young people rocked GM Place Tuesday – but they weren’t there for a standard music concert. The enthusiastic crowd was chanting and cheering for a group of singers, speakers
Dalai Lama gives $50,000 to Emory University-Tibet Science Initiative
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in his role as Presidential Distinguished Professor of Emory Univeristy, has announced a gift of $50,000 to the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative (ETSI), an historic and ambitious undertaking to develop
‘Chinese intellectuals have gained better understanding about Tibet’
In an interview to Television de Radio-Canada and CBC Television in Vancouver on Monday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said the Chinese intellectuals have gained better understanding about Tibet, and underlined that some negative feeling