China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Monday criticised the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader Dalai Lama’s first Grammy win. He described the music industry award for an audiobook, narration and storytelling as “a tool for anti-China political manipulation.” Dalai Lama won in the category of Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording, at the 68th…
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing on Monday criticized the Dalai Lama ’s first Grammy win, describing the music industry award for an audiobook, narration and storytelling as “a tool for anti-China political manipulation.” The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, who lives in exile in India, took the award on Sunday for his book, “Meditations: The Reflections of…
BEIJING (AP) — Canada, under Pierre Trudeau in the early 1970s, was among the first Western nations to recognize the communist government in China, nearly a decade ahead of the United States. A half-century later, relations soured under Trudeau’s son, Justin. His successor, Prime Minister Mark Carney, is in Beijing this week in an attempt…
China has objected to India’s efforts to celebrate a 17th-century Dalai Lama well known for his love of poetry, seeing it as an attempt to challenge Beijing’s territorial claims in the region and its control over Tibetan Buddhism, according to experts. India hosted an international symposium on the 6th Dalai Lama in Tawang, his birthplace,…
Lucknow, The health of the Dalai Lama, who turned 90 this July, continues to be “very good”, Penpa Tsering, the leader of the Central Tibetan Administration, said on Sunday, adding that the spiritual leader’s longevity was making China “restless”. Dalai Lama in ‘very good’ health, making China ‘restless’: Tibetan leader “They are waiting for the…
The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on Monday reiterated its call on the Chinese government to resolve the Sino-Tibetan conflict during the lifetime of the 14th Dalai Lama, who has been living in exile for over 66 years now. The last round of dialogue between Chinese officials and envoys of the Dalai Lama took place in China in…
Washington, D.C. — Tibetan government-in-exile leader Penpa Tsering appealed to the global community last week to support the region, asserting that the Chinese government is orchestrating a calculated obliteration of Tibetan identity through pervasive suppression and cultural dismantlement. “They are trying to eliminate Tibetan identity altogether,” Tsering said during a National Press Club Headliners event on Oct. 29….
There was a catch. To collect, villagers had to renounce Buddhism, give up their prayer beads, and swear to oppose the Dalai Lama. For Tibetans, the religious leader is the embodiment of their faith. To Beijing, he is a dangerous separatist, an enemy of the state. Some took the handouts, feigning party loyalty—but not Phurba…
The visit by Xi Jinping to Lhasa for the 60th anniversary of the Tibet autonomous region’s founding, making him the first Chinese president to attend the once-in-a-decade celebration, marks a new stage of national development that presents unprecedented challenges and opportunities. To face and grasp them, Xi told local authorities to focus on four key…
Chinese President Xi Jinping made only his second visit to Tibet, praising local authorities for resisting separatism and urging political stability, ethnic unity and religious harmony. His arrival was marked by a mass rally of nearly 20,000 people, including military personnel, schoolchildren, and Tibetans in traditional dress beneath a towering portrait of Xi. The visit…