Tag: Tibet
White House won't allow Dalai Lama to visit for first time since 1991
In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama's summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month...
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Dalai Lama says Tibet 'hell on earth' under China
Tibet has become "hell on earth" under Chinese oppression that has driven Tibetan culture to the verge of extinction, the Dalai Lama said Tuesday, in harsh comments marking the 50th anniversary of the failed uprising that sent him into exile.
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Tibetans, China spar over reincarnation of leaders
China's government and its officially atheist Communist Party are working to boost control over Tibetan religious and political life by taking on a mystical phenomenon at the heart of both: reincarnation.
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50 years after revolt, clampdown on Tibetans
Enraged nomads stormed through this windswept town on the Tibetan plateau a year ago this month, raiding a police compound, setting fire to squad cars and forcing police officers to flee. To the north, Tibetans on horseback galloped into a schoolyard, ripped down a Chinese flag and hoisted a Tibetan one, shouting “Free Tibet!”
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China carries out 'strike hard' campaign against Tibetans
Chinese authorities carrying out a "strike hard" campaign in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa have raided thousands of homes and businesses, run checks on 5,766 suspects, and detained at least 81 people, including two for having reactionary songs and music on their cellphones, according to official reports and news accounts.
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Did Britain just sell Tibet?
Britain’s concession could be China’s most significant achievement on Tibet since American support for Tibetan guerillas was ended before Nixon’s visit to Beijing. Including China in global decision-making is welcome, but Western powers should not rewrite history to get support in the financial crisis.
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Dalai Lama says Tibet is "dying" under Chinese rule
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said Monday that talks with Beijing to win greater autonomy for his Himalayan homeland had been a failure and that Tibet was "now dying" under China's firm grip.
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Dalai Lama wants to join Greens
At a 2008 University of Michigan appearance, the Dalai Lama tells the audience: "If you have a Green Party, I want to join."
Green Nobel laureate Maathai pulls out of Olympic torch relay
Green Wangari Maathai said that she would not run as planned in the Olympic torch relay in Tanzania this weekend, to protest abuses of human rights and destruction of the environment in China.
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Olympics sponsors scrutinized after crackdown in China
Chinese officials' harsh response to protests in Tibet has brought a fresh wave of accusations that corporate sponsors of the Beijing Olympics are partners with a government that ignores basic human rights.
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Tibetan youth challenge Beijing -- and Dalai Lama
A new generation of impatient activists is vying to seize control of the Tibetan freedom movement from the Dalai Lama.
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Tibet protests spread worldwide as Beijing Games near
Worldwide protests over China's crackdown in Tibet are spreading, putting pressure on Beijing's Communist leaders just months ahead of their showpiece Olympic Games in August.
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Far-flung Tibetans find unity in protest
In provinces outside China's Tibet Autonomous Region, protests have started to percolate.
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Tibet protests spread in China, Dalai Lama condemns 'rule of terror'
Police opened fire on Tibetan protesters as anti-Chinese rallies spread outside of Lhasa on Sunday, a witness and activists said, amid warnings from the Dalai Lama of a "rule of terror" in his homeland.
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Exile group says 30 killed in Tibet
China kept government workers confined to their offices Saturday and ordered tourists out of Tibet's capital while lines of soldiers sealed off streets where riots had erupted, witnesses said. A Tibetan exile group said at least 30 people were killed in protests Friday.
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Chaos in Tibet as protests spread
Protesters in Tibet's capital Lhasa burnt shops and vehicles and yelled for independence on Friday as the region was hit by its biggest protests for nearly two decades, testing China's grip months before the Olympics.
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Chinese police teargas protesting monks in Tibet
Chinese police fired teargas into crowds of monks who took to the streets of Lhasa yesterday for a second day of protests in the Tibetan capital.
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Tibet's language, customs fading away: Dalai Lama
Tibet's language, customs and traditions are fading away and Tibetans live in fear as they become an insignificant minority in their Himalayan homeland, the Dalai Lama will say in a speech on Monday.
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