China denies military exercise aimed at U.S.
China denied on Tuesday media reports that an artillery drill in the East China Sea was in response to a planned military exercise between South Korea and the United States
Death of Robert Byrd
The Dalai Lama of Tibet receives a Congressional Medal from then President George W. Bush (R), US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and US Senator Robert C. Byrd during a ceremony in Washington, DC in 2007. Byrd, the longest-serving member of the US Congress, has died at the age of 92 after almost six decades in office. He served 51 years in the United States Senate, longer than anyone else in history, and six years in the House of Representatives. Senator Byrd died around 3 a.m. Monday in a hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. “America has lost a voice of principle and reason,” President Obama said in a statement of tribute on Monday, hours after Byrd died. (Read More) (Photo: AFP/File/Tim Sloan)
Taiwan Presidential Office reacts to Dalai Lama’s comments
The Presidential Office yesterday dismissed comments by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who said the Chinese Nationalist (KMT) administration appeared to be “aimless.”
Ties And Troubled Waters
Accepting Tibet and the developments there as China’s “internal” affairs has proven a huge misstep that will continue to exact increasing costs. A bold, forward-looking leadership, though, can rectify any past mistake before it becomes too late
Philadelphia to DC “March for Tibet’s Independence”
The International Tibet Independence Movement (ITIM) will lead a 150 mile “March for Tibet’s Independence” beginning July 4 with a demonstration at Independence Hall
India-China Relations: An Indian Perspective
There is a growing perception now that the global economic gravity has shifted to Asia and that India and China, the emerging economic powerhouses in the region, will shape
Remembering the First Time I met Karma Samdrup – By Woeser
A number of days ago, Human Rights Watch submitted a report to the Chinese government requesting to rescind the accusations against the philanthropist and environmentalist of
China’s push to develop its west hasn’t closed income gap with east, critics say
Ten years ago, China’s leadership launched its “Go West” campaign, an ambitious plan to develop and modernize the country’s poor western hinterlands. The aim was