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France 24 | Tibetans torn between spiritual authority and political necessity | France 24Dharamsala in northern India is home to the Tibetan government-in-exile and its head, the 14th Dalai Lama. It’s a place where Buddhism is the main religion. According to Tibetan tradition, the Dalai Lama makes no political or spiritual decisions without first consulting his state oracles, ...
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Tibetans refuse to sow spring crops in protest against Beijing - Times OnlineTibetan discontent at Chinese rule has taken a new twist, with farmers refusing to till their fields in a show of passive resistance against Beijing. So anxious are officials at the latest action that they have sent in troops from the People's Liberation Army to work with farmers - or in ...
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Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries - NYTimes.comVast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries TORONTO — A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama , Canadian researchers have concluded. In a ...
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New video of torture exposes Chinese brutality in Tibet - TelegraphBy Malcolm Moore, Shanghai Correspondent Last Updated: 7:31PM GMT 20 Mar 2009 Video footage from Tibet is extremely rare. The film, which shows violent scenes from the March 2008 riots, is the clearest evidence yet that Tibetans were subject to police brutality as China struggled for ...
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Diverting the Brahmaputra - start of the Water Wars? - On Line Opinion - 2/5/2008The reason for China's intransigence on Tibet is simple - it intends to divert the Brahmaputra River, devastating flows to India and Bangladesh.
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Tibet - Cry of the Snow LionTen years in the making, this award-winning documentary was filmed during a remarkable nine journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal. CRY OF THE SNOW LION brings audiences to the long-forbidden "rooftop of the world" with an unprecedented richness of imagery… from rarely-seen rituals in ...
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Tibet Custom - Tibetan News & Culture - Further Reports on Kirti Monastery - Monks made to stand with weapons and stage attacks at gun pointOne of the monks managed to make a secret phone call to the Kirti monks in Dharamsala, India. The monk in Tibet said: "I am worried that the CCP is creating false evidence to try to show that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the mastermind behind the protests in Tibet. The security forces ...
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Tibet: A road to nowhereClaude Arpi is an expert on the history of Tibet, China and the subcontinent. He was born in Angoulême, France. After graduating from Bordeaux University in 1974, he moved to India and settled in Auroville, Pondicherry, where he now lives with his Indian wife and young
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CommentI was not just asking whether China should support this, but what the world should support, and obviously who and how the support should be administered. China understands (rightly or wrongly) that Tibet is an integral part of itself, a critical buffer and military high ground separating India, ...Daniel Feldman added to Tibet 21 months ago
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CommentNo, yes, autonomy (let it really act like an autonomous region), no clue. In the grand scheme of things, this isn't appearing high on China's long(er)-range radar. Check China's policy journals; don't see much about Tibet, do you? India, yes. America, of course. Taiwan, yes. Hong Kong, ...David Scott "Lightman" Lewis added to Tibet 21 months ago