China announces new ‘bilingual’ policy for Tibet pre-schools
Amid reports of protest by Tibetan students against the compulsory Chinese language course, Beijing has come up with a new plan offering two years of free, “bilingual” pre-school education in rural areas of
Planning Commission releases report on Tibetan demographic survey
The Planning Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration has officially released a report on the latest population census of Tibetans in the exile community
China role in PoK, its J-K policies worrisome: India
Ahead of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has said the relationship with China will grow stronger as Beijing shows more sensitivity on core issues related to India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity
China stops prominent artist leaving country
Chinese police have prevented artist Ai Weiwei from travelling to South Korea, he said on Friday, linking it to a crackdown on dissidents ahead of the formal awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a prominent rights activist
The happiness business
“The Pursuit of Happiness Conference,” organized by Emory’s Center for the Study of Law and Religion, also included the Dalai Lama, Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a noted Muslim scholar
Exiled Buddhist finds leadership role in U.S.
He was born to a Mongolian nomadic family, then elevated as a young boy to be heir apparent to the leadership of a vast Tibetan Buddhist monastery of thousands of monks. He was then exposed to horror after horror as the