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NEWS ABOUT: Tibet

Tibet stories: 131 news summaries

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 Obama Tells Lama to Stay Away 

Move seen as an effort to avoid annoying the Chinese

Oct 5, 09 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a move seemingly designed to appease China, US officials have asked the Dalai Lama not to meet with President Obama when he visits Washington this week. Typically, the Lama “drops in” on the White House whenever he’s in the capital, but Obama doesn’t want to meet... More »

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China • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Hu Jintao • Tibet • Dalai Lama • foreign policy

(Newser) - The Dalai Lama has told Tibetans his successor should not bear the burden of being both spiritual and political leader to their community, the Independent reports. "When we put the whole responsibility in the person of the Dalai Lama, it is dangerous," he said in a video address... More »

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democracy • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Tibetan independence • Tibetans in exile • Tibetan monks

Boy Chosen by Dalai Lama Abandons Buddhism

Spanish-born Lama says order 'was like living a lie'

Jun 1, 09 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - When he was still a toddler, Osel Hita Torres was brought from Spain to an Indian monastery, where the Dalai Lama proclaimed him the reincarnation of one of Tibetan Buddhism's spiritual leaders. But Torres, now 24, has abandoned the order and returned to Spain, where he studies film and says... More »

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Spain • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Buddhism • Buddhist • Tibetan monks

Pelosi Won't Slap China on Human Rights

Long critical of Beijing, speaker will focus on environment in visit

May 24, 09 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like Hillary Clinton before her, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will sidestep Beijing's human rights record on her weeklong trip to China that began today, reports the Washington Post. Pelosi, who has been a vocal critic of the Tiananmen Square massacre and Chinese policies on Tibet, says the focus of her... More »

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China • climate change • Nancy Pelosi • human rights • Beijing • Tiananmen Square • Tibet • human rights abuse

China Dials Down Earth Hour for Tibet 'Holiday'

Happy Serf Liberation Day

Mar 27, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Chinese government has had a sudden change of heart about Earth Hour because the eco-conscious event falls during a new holiday celebrating the Dalai Lama’s flight from Tibet. Cities going dark won't create quite the festive atmosphere Beijing envisioned for the first Serf Liberation Day, so the government... More »

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China • Tibet • Earth Hour

China Reportedly Blocks YouTube

Tibet-related videos bring Great Firewall down on video site

Mar 24, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube is suddenly inaccessible for most of China, the BBC reports. Chinese censors have reportedly blocked the site after finding videos of soldiers beating Tibetans, including monks. China wouldn’t confirm whether or not the site was blocked, saying only that it “is not afraid of the internet.”... More »

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China • YouTube • censorship • Tibet • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China

Peace Meeting Called Off Over Dalai Lama Ban

South Africa stands
firm as Nobel winner Tutu, others protest

Mar 24, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Africa’s decision to bar the Dalai Lama from entering the country has scuttled this week’s scheduled conference for Nobel laureates, the BBC reports. Laureates were to discuss how next year’s soccer World Cup could fight racism and xenophobia, but homegrown winners Desmond Tutu and FW de... More »

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China • Desmond Tutu • South Africa • Tibet • Dalai Lama • peace conference • 2010 World Cup • FW de Klerk

South Africa Bars Dalai Lama From Peace Conference

Move outrages fellow Nobel laureates

Mar 23, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - One notable Nobel laureate won’t be at this week’s peace conference in South Africa: The Dalai Lama. South Africa has denied the Tibetan spiritual leader entry, bowing to pressure from trading partner China, the Times of London reports. The Nobel laureates organizing the event are outraged, with Archbishop... More »

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China • Desmond Tutu • South Africa • Tibet • Dalai Lama • peace conference • 2010 World Cup

 China Busts 100 Monks 
 After Attack on Police 

Protest sparked by alleged suicide of police escapee

Mar 22, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - China arrested almost 100 monks after hundreds of Tibetans attacked a Chinese police station, the AP reports. Police nabbed six while 89 others, almost all monks, turned themselves in, said the state news agency. The uproar appeared to be over a Tibetan who disappeared after he escaped from police, the... More »

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China • arrest • Tibet • police department • Tibetan monks

 Tibet's Long 
 History of Isolation 

Since 1800s, governments have secluded region from world

Mar 15, 09 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Isolation has long defined Tibet and fueled the region's exotic history, Edward Wong writes in the New York Times. While China's recent clampdown is purely political—this is the 50th anniversary of an attempted uprising—natural remoteness and anti-imperialist struggles have also sealed its borders. “A large element of... More »

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China • tourism • colonialism • Tibet • isolation • Tibetan protesters • mountain

 Dalai Lama Marks 50 Years: 
 China Made Tibet 'Hell on Earth' 

Spiritual leader throws down gloves in anniversary speech

Mar 10, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an unusually stark speech, the Dalai Lama slammed China today, saying it had made Tibet “a hell on Earth,” the New York Times reports. Chinese officials see Tibetans as “criminals deserving to be put to death,” he said in an address marking the 50th anniversary... More »

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China • Tibet • Dalai Lama • anniversary • speech

 Tibet Under Martial Law 
 as Revolt Anniversary Nears 

Protests are simmering under curfew and heavy police presence

Mar 5, 09 9:07 AM CST
(Newser) - China is quietly clamping down on Tibet ahead of twin anniversaries this month—the 50th of the Dalai Lama's failed revolt and the first of the violent riots that shook the region last year. Sandbag outposts, army convoys, and high police presence in Lhasa, Tibet's capital, indicate Beijing is readying... More »

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China • protests • Tibet • Dalai Lama • anniversary • Tibetan independence • Tibetan monks • Tibetan protesters • revolt

China Detains
59 in Tibet for 'Spreading Hate'

Activists accused of targeting ethnic Han migrants via music

Dec 25, 08 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Chinese police have arrested 59 people in Tibet for downloading and selling banned “reactionary songs” they say fuel ethnic hatred against migrant Han Chinese, the New York Times reports. The detainees are accused of collaborating with the exiled Dalai Lama to fuel unrest in the troubled region. State media... More »

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China • Internet • censorship • Tibet • Dalai Lama • riots • Lhasa • Tibetan monks • detainees • civil unrest

China Warns of Sanctions for Sarkozy-Dalai Lama Meeting

Dalai Lama criticism of China's lack of 'moral authority' sparks Beijing fury

Dec 5, 08 4:23 AM CST
(Newser) - China is making noises about possible trade sanctions against France to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to meet tomorrow with the Dalai Lama in Poland, reports the Times of London. Such a meeting threatens the "long-term development of ties" with France, warned a Chinese official. China has already pulled... More »

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China • Poland • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Beijing • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Nobel laureates

China Scraps Summit Over EU Meetings With Dalai Lama

Relations between Brussels and Beijing hit a new low

Nov 26, 08 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The Chinese government canceled a summit with leaders of the EU in response to the plans of several European countries to host the Dalai Lama next month, the Financial Times reports. The summit was to address the global financial crisis, and an EU statement expressed regret that China pulled out.... More »

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China • European Union • Tibet • Dalai Lama • summit • eurozone • financial crisis

OPINION

As Crisis Bites, UK Changes Stance on Tibet

After a century of hedging, Britain says region is part of China

Nov 25, 08 8:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Last month Gordon Brown called on China to pump more money into the International Monetary Fund, whose coffers are nearly bare as more nations succumb to the global financial crisis. Only a few days later, writes Robert Barnett in the New York Times, the British government quietly announced a change... More »

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China • Gordon Brown • David Miliband • sovereignty • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Tibetan independence

Tibetans Push Lama Toward Harder Stance on China

Even leader sees that time's running out on non-confrontational 'middle way'

Nov 24, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Tibetans still support the Dalai Lama’s “middle way” policy of negotiating for greater autonomy under Chinese rule, the Christian Science Monitor reports, but a conference of Tibetan exiles that ended today in India revealed many are growing impatient with Beijing’s endless foot-dragging. Members of the conference said... More »

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China • human rights • India • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Buddhism • dissidents • Dharamsala

Tibet Strategy 'Failed': Lama

Leader to meet 600 exiles on Monday; he may relinquish power
or take harder stance

Nov 15, 08 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Nearly five decades since the Dalai Lama fled Tibet, he and his followers are growing restless. Last month, the Lama announced that the “middle way” strategy he pursued for 30 years—an attempt to negotiate autonomy for Tibet rather than pure independence—had failed. “As far as I’... More »

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China • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Tibetan independence • Tibetans in exile

China Offers to Restart Talks With Dalai Lama

Tibetan leader should 'treasure this opportunity': Beijing

Oct 29, 08 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - China has offered a fresh round of negotiations with the Dalai Lama on Tibet’s political status, the BBC reports. The religious leader should “treasure this opportunity,” according to an announcement in Chinese state media, which added that Beijing was willing to overlook the violent Tibetan protests that... More »

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China • Beijing • Tibet • Dalai Lama • negotiations • Tibetan independence

 Himalaya Adventurers 
 Find 'Yeti Tracks' 

Traces aren't animal, experts say, 'look human'

Oct 20, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The legendary abominable snowman of the Himalayas remains camera-shy, but a Japanese team has made a breakthrough, discovering what the lead researcher says are yeti footprints. "Myself and other team members have been coming to the Himalayas for years and we can recognize bear, deer, wolf and snow leopard... More »

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Japan • Nepal • Tibet • Himalayas • yeti • abominable snowman • Yoshiteru Takahashi

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