More arrests in Tibet, Five Bora monk ‘disappeared’
In continuing crackdown and arbitrary detention of Tibetans, Chinese authorities have arrested five monks from the Bora Monastery in Sangchu region of Kanlho, eastern Tibet. The arrested monks have been identified as Gedun Gyatso, Lobsang Phagpa, Jamyang Soepa, Jamyang Lodoe, and Jamyang Gyatso
Overhaul China’s aid policy in Tibet, says Chinese scholar
A senior Chinese academician has called for policy overhaul in China’s aid programmes in Tibet blaming them for causing “disappointing effect” on the local economy. Jin Wei, director of ethnic religious studies at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China