30th GCM Gold cup football tournament kicks off in Dharamshala

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, June 2: The Tibetan exile community’s most prestigious sporting event, the Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup’s 30th edition kicked off on Sunday at the Dharamshala Tibetan Children’s Village playground. The tournament honours Diki Tsering, the beloved mother of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader. This year’s tournament carries special significance […]

Tibetan voices for independence will be “muted”, says China defender Victor Gao

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, June 2: Victor Gao, the former translator for Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and current Vice President of the Center for China and Globalization, reiterated China’s uncompromising stance on Tibetan independence, stating that voices advocating for it both within and outside China will be “muted.” Speaking during UNAPOLOGETIC, a Middle East Eye program hosted […]