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Tibet

Tibet gov't consoles quake victims with money, free treatment

LHASA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region government is giving 5,000 yuan (733 U.S. dollars) each to the relatives of 10 victims killed in the magnitude-6.6 quake on Monday. In addition, the injured...

Q&A: 'The mighty Indus is no more'

Alice Albinia travelled along the river Indus, tracking it through Pakistan, Ladakh and Tibet for her first book, 'Empires of the Indus'. An extraordinary journey, perhaps undertaken by a westerner for the first time, it...

Nonpublic economy accounts for 40% of Tibet's economic aggregate

The economic aggregate of nonpublic economy accounted for 40 percent of Tibet's economic aggregate in 2007, making nonpublic economy the biggest "taxpayers" in Tibet, according to official of the Tibet Autonomous Region....

Tibetan AIDS Activist Missing:TCHRD

Wangdue, a Tibetan HIV AIDS activist, is missing since he was arbitrarily detained by the Lhasa City Public Security Bureau (PSB) from his home on 14 March 2008, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said in a...

Indo-Tibet barter trade in rough weather

Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun October 10, 2008, 0:08 IST Annual Indo-Tibet barter trade has literally run into rough weather this season in the wake of no permission from China. The trade, which was to begin in June...

Dalai Lama gives away UK profits

The Dalai Lama's five talks in Nottingham were a sell-out The Dalai Lama has donated tens of thousands of pounds to charity after unexpectedly making a huge profit from his recent visit to Nottingham. The exiled Tibetan...

The China-Tibet Conflict: Need for Historic Decisions

By Tsering Passang Both Beijing and Dharamsala frequently reiterate their 'sincerity' in the search for a resolution of the China-Tibet conflict. Since the Chinese and Tibetan officials in Beijing, Lhasa and Dharamsala all...

Magnetic Hill draws visitors to Ladakh

You may not believe that a vehicle with its ignition off can move, but in Ladakh seeing is believing. Not only do vehicles move without the engine being turned on, they even defy gravity by climbing uphill.

Official Notice is Evidence of Discrimination Against Tibetans After Protests

After six months of protests across Tibetan plateau, evidence of discrimination due in part to misinformation, propaganda by Chinese authorities resulted in upsurge of Chinese nationalism and hostility against Tibetans.

Tibet suffering 'worst period of repression' by China since the Cultural Revoloution

Tibet's people are enduring the worst period of repression at the hands of China's regime since the Cultural Revolution more than three decades ago, according to the Dalai Lama's envoy in Europe. By David Blair, Diplomatic...

               

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