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Tibetan leader expects more back-channel talks with China, but not hopeful on results
The Tibetan government-in-exile could hold more back-channel talks with China this year on greater autonomy for Tibet, ...
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‘US Congress is united on the Tibet issue’: Nancy Pelosi
When Tiananmen Square survivor Wu’er Kaixi met his longtime friend and former speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan three years ago, he brought her chocolates, knowing of ...
Dalai Lama, god-king for Tibetan Buddhists, will have a successor. That decision is consequential
The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for ...
'Many lifetimes of commitment': Richard Gere vows to keep fighting for Tibetan cause
As the chair of the International Campaign for Tibet, Richard Gere is the best-known supporter of the Dalai Lama and his ...
The Dalai Lama marks his 90th birthday with celebrations and an answer on Tibetan Buddhism's future
The 14th Dalai Lama has celebrated his 90th birthday and marked the occasion with a long-awaited announcement about the ...
EXPLAINED INTERVIEW: ‘If there’s one thing that China cannot handle, it is unpredictability… His Holiness’ decision is very wise’
Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the elected head of the Central Tibetan Administration, explains why he believes that the Dalai Lama’s ...
China rolls out record-setting turbine for Tibet hydropower plant
With two of the turbines, Datang Zala Hydropower Station will generate as much power as burning 1.3 million tonnes of coal ...
The Dalai Lama vs China battle heats up: Beijing says choosing his successor ‘by no means’ an internal religious matter
The Dalai Lama has declared that his reincarnation will be determined without Chinese Communist Party involvement, ...