China’s largest mining project in “TAR” starts operation
Chinese authorities in the so-called “Tibet Autonomous Region” (TAR) on Monday formally put into operation a metal ore mining project in the Gyama (Ch: Jiama) village of Lhasa, capital of Tibet.
US Library of Congress recieves special gifts from the Dalai Lama
The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. received three special gifts for its collection from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. At an event on Saturday (July 17) the Librarian,
China blocks Buddha rally for fear of fresh protests
China has blocked a car rally from Lumbini, the Buddha’s birthplace, to Shanghai Trade Expo for fear that the rally routed through Tibet may trigger fresh anti China protests in
Water Levels Near Record at Three Gorges Dam in China
urging waters in the Yangtze River tested the strength of the Three Gorges Dam early Tuesday, as some of the fastest flowing floodwaters in more than a decade slammed again