Chinese court sentences Tibetan man to death, 5 others to long jail terms
A Chinese court in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Tuesday issued a suspended death sentence with a two-year reprieve for his alleged involvement in the “14 March riot” in 2008, a Dharamsala based Tibetan rights group said
Suicides expose stresses of China factory life
A spate of nine employee deaths at global contract electronics manufacturer Foxconn, Apple’s main supplier of iPhones, has cast a spotlight on some of the harsher aspects of blue-collar life on the Chinese factory floor
Indian president embarks on China visit
During the visit, the first by an Indian president to China in a decade, Patil, who is accompanied by senior politicians and 60 business executives, will also meet
Vancouver board of education official appointed CEO of Dalai Lama centre
An associate superintendent of the Vancouver board of education is quitting her job next month to become president and chief executive officer of the Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education in Vancouver