カテゴリー: Tibet
The visit by Lobsang Sangay, president of the Central Tibetan administration, could further infuriate BeijingThe head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the White House for the first time in six decades, a move that could further infuriate…
Exclusive: The Dalai Lama warns of terrible consequences of climate inactionThe Dalai Lama has appealed to world leaders to take urgent action against climate change, warning of ecological destruction affecting the lives of billions and ruining the pla…
An NYPD officer is accused of monitoring fellow Tibetan exiles on behalf of China in a case highlighted by Mike PompeoFor staff of the Tibetan community centre in the New York neighbourhood of Woodside, the alarm bells started ringing when a local poli…
Researcher says 500,000 rural workers trained for factories this year in programme likened to Xinjiang operationsChinese authorities are dramatically expanding a mass labour programme in Tibet, which analysts have compared to alleged forced labour oper…
From Tibet to Taiwan, China’s leader is intent on wielding absolute power. Instead he is fanning the flames of dissentIt’s often said that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely – but does it also induce leaders to act in foolhardy, hea…
Author of Plain Tales from the Raj, and historian concerned with ’relearning’ the role of orientalists in south AsiaCharles Allen, who has died of cancer aged 80, interviewed the last generation of British administrators of India in 1974 for the BBC ra…
‘Music has the potential to reach many more people,’ says the Tibetan spiritual leaderThe Dalai Lama, whose message of humanity, harmony and peace delivered with a smile has won millions of global followers, is releasing an album of mantras set to musi…
Animal’s unique adaptation to low-oxygen life can be basis for protection, say researchersWolves living in the Himalayas are to be recognised as a subspecies of the grey wolf, with researchers predicting that the animals will soon be declared a unique …
An IPCC report says two-thirds of glaciers on the largest ice sheet after the Arctic and Antarctic are set to disappear in 80 yearsMany moons ago in Tibet, the Second Buddha transformed a fierce nyen (a malevolent mountain demon) into a neri (the holie…
Permit will depend on climbers having ascended at least one 6,500-metre Nepalese peakAll climbers seeking a permit for Everest must have prior high altitude mountaineering experience and demonstrable training, a high-level commission for the Nepalese g…