The Tibetan spiritual leader also offers surprising praise for China’s new leader
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World’s Largest Tibetan Buddhist Institute Ravaged by Fire
A dozen structures destroyed
China to Defend Human-Rights Record to U.N.
Human Rights Watch calls recent years “one of China’s major crackdowns on activists and free expression”
Four Die in Mount Everest Avalanche
Three Tibetans and an Australian tourist
Former Chinese President Charged with Genocide in Spanish Court
Tibetan exiles accuse Hu Jintao of committing genocide in Chinese-claimed region
Signs of the Dalai Lama: Is China’s Tibet Policy Changing?
Can he be seen or not? Last week, different organizations that follow Tibet, including Radio Free Asia, reported that in certain Tibetan regions, local authorities appeared to be allowing images of the Dalai Lama, the exiled …
Tibetans Turn to Alternative Protest as Self-Immolations Prove Futile
Last year, Norbu Jorden ran away to New Delhi to set himself on fire. Driven by accounts of other self-immolations by Tibetans — there have been 112 deaths since 2009 — the 20-year-old student concluded that this was the only …
Must-Reads from Around the World
China appoints a new governor for Tibet, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is in exile but wields influence from afar and Israel boycotts the U.N. Human Rights Council review
As Tibetans Burn Themselves to Protest Chinese Rule, Communists in Beijing Stress Happiness in Tibet
On Nov. 9, thousands of Tibetan students gathered in the historic monastery town of Rebkong to protest Chinese rule over the restive Tibetan plateau, where nearly 70 Tibetans have lighted themselves on fire since March 2011 in …
As China Readies for Transition, 7 Tibetan Self-Immolations in 7 Days
Last week, seven Tibetans set themselves on fire in as many days, bringing the total of self-immolations on the troubled high plateau to more than 60 people since March 2011.
China and India’s Clash on the Roof of the World
October marks the 50th anniversary of the Sino-Indian War, when Chinese troops overwhelmed unsuspecting Indian forces, seizing the Aksai China plateau in Kashmir. The border between the two Asian giants remains disputed and still …
As China Squeezes Nepal, Tibetan Escape Route Narrows
Tibetans seeking to flee Chinese rule are finding their traditional passage of escape — via the Himalayan nation of Nepal — far more fraught and difficult than before
Must-Reads from Around the World, June 21, 2012
Stories of note today: Western intervention in Syria, Pakistan’s political dramas and more deadly protests by Tibetans in China.