Sun shines in Tawang

Despite Chinese protests, the Government of India cleared the Dalai Lama’s visit to Tawang, allowing him to travel to Arunachal Pradesh where he received a tumultuous

China executes two over tainted milk scandal

China executed two men on Tuesday for their roles in a contaminated milk powder scandal last year that led to the deaths of at least six infants and sickened up to 300,000, state media said

US lawmakers, Chinese exiles press Obama on rights

U.S. lawmakers and exiled Chinese dissidents urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday to intervene with China’s government on behalf of Jiang Tianyong, a rights activist who tried to see Obama while he was in China

China ‘sentences quake activist to three years’

The sentence came just days after US President Barack Obama paid his first visit to China, during which he raised the issue of human rights, saying the United States believed in fundamental rights for all

In Lhasa

Chinese security personnel patrol a street near a temple in Lhasa as Tibetan pilgrims carry out their ritual religious walk next to them November 23, 2009. Light Chinese security presence could be felt at the Tibetan capital of Lhasa as pilgrims’ practice their religious rituals and shops open for buyers. (REUTERS/Nir Elias)