Lhasa (Tibet)

Tibetan envoys end visit to China

Senior envoys of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetans worldwide, announced on Thursday that they had presented Chinese officials in Beijing with a memorandum on "genuine autonomy" for Tibetans living under Chinese...

China reveals fresh sentences for Tibet unrest

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese official has revealed fresh sentences for Tibetans accused of rioting in Lhasa in March, state media reported, while talks continue between Beijing and envoys of the Dalai Lama. The vice chairman...

Jigme, the Tibetan Monk Who Spoke Against Chinese Police, Is Arrested

The political fallout from the March anti-Chinese Tibetan unrest continues. Jigme, a Tibetan monk who was taken into police custody on suspicion of involvement in the Lhasa riots, has been in hiding since speaking out on the...

Tibetan Demands: Minimal Conditions for a Sustainable Agreement

By Tsering Topgyal Tibetan officials are in Beijing for another round of talks. They rely on the work of the Tibetologist Melvyn Goldstein who cast the Dalai Lama's demands as the "greatest stumbling blocks" in his 1997 book,...

'A Choked Silence' Shows Images of Tibet Crackdown

By International Campaign for Tibet New images and footage from Tibet depict the continuing crackdown in Tibet and convey an atmosphere of fear and intimidation across the plateau. Although Beijing has sought to impose an...

Tibetan economic growth hit hard in wake of March riot but recovered in Q3

LHASA, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Tibet's economic growth was hit hard in the wake of the March 14 riot, with the rate of increase reduced but showed improvement in the third quarter. Tibet recorded a 7.4 percent year-on-year economy...

Snowstorm death toll rises to nine in Tibet

LHASA, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Nine people have died in the worst snowstorm in Tibet Autonomous Region and the majority of the stranded herdsmen have been evacuated, local governments said on Friday. As of Friday afternoon, nine in...

Six dead in worst Tibet snowstorm on record, 1,700 others stranded

LHASA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Three more people are dead as a result of a record-breaking snowstorm in Tibet, bringing the total death toll to six as of Thursday. Another 1,700 people and 174,500 heads of livestock remain stranded...

Death toll rises to 7 in worst Tibet snowstorm on record

LHASA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- The death toll has risen to seven, and one person remains missing, as a result of the worst snowstormon record in Tibet, the local authority said on Thursday. About 144,400 heads of livestock died in...

Six dead in Tibet snowstorm

Lhasa, Oct 30 (Xinhua) At least six people have died in Tibet's worst snowfall in recent memory, the government said Thursday. Some 1,700 people are stranded in Lhunze, Cuona and Comai counties, an official said.