Chinese activists

Geng He (L), the wife of missing Chinese dissident Gao Zhisheng, participates in a press conference to discuss Chinese human rights records on the eve of President Hu Jintao’s White House arrival on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (AFP/Tim Sloan)

Minnesota Tibetans take to the streets of Chicago

Before the sun rises Thursday in St. Paul, Jigme Ugen and other Minnesota Tibetans will board buses for the streets of Chicago, where they will join other Tibetans protesting the Chinese government and visiting Chinese President Hu

Obama presses Hu on human rights

On Tibet, Obama said the United States supports dialogue between China and representatives of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, and wants Beijing to respect the religious rights of the Tibe