6.5 million enter Lhasa via train in 2011
More than 6.5 million people used the Gormo-Lhasa rail line to travel to Tibet in 2011 according to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company — an organisation managed by China’s Ministry of Railway.
“We are ready for negotiations,” says Kalon Tripa
The Chinese government’s continued refusal to grant autonomy to the Tibetan people, in itself shows, that the Tibetans are different from the Chinese people said Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay at a press conference
SELF-IMMOLATION AND BUDDHISM – by Jamyang Norbu
The Yiddish word “chutzpah”, pronounced “huspa”, has the exact same meaning as the Tibetan word “hamba”, and even shares a passing tonal quality to it. Leo Rosten, the humorist, defined chutzpah as “that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan.”
Tibetan writer gets four years for video message
A well known Tibetan writer has been sentenced to four years in jail by a Chinese court in eastern Tibet. Kalsang Tsultim, also known as Gyitsang Takmik was given the sentence on December 30, 2011 by the Kanlho Intermediate People’s Court