Dalai Lama
China objects to US diplomat's meeting with Dalai Lama's representative in New Delhi
The US should quit "meddling" in Chinese internal matters under the cover of the Tibetan issue, said the spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy, Counsellor Wang Xiaojian.In a series of tweets, Wang Xiaojian slammed the US for holding the conversation, claiming that the Tibetan problem is a matter for China alone. Wang also asked the US to uphold its pledge.
Chinese President makes surprise visit to Tibet
Video clips shared on Chinese social media by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), a Washington-based advocacy group, show Xi addressing people in the city of Nyingtri, stepping out of a shop in the Barkhor area in Lhasa and giving remarks to the public, while facing the "Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" in front of the Potala Palace, the traditional winter residence of the Dalai Lama.
Tibetans hopeful of seeing Biden host the Dalai Lama
After a four-year unusual exception of President Donald Trump, they feel Biden will continue a decades-old practice of the deep and enduring affinity between Americans and Tibetans that has been followed religiously by American presidents by extending an invitation to the Buddhist monk in the Oval Office, generally reserved for visiting heads of state, as the pandemic subsides.
'No progress in talks between Dalai Lama's envoys, China'
The report, released this week and based on the events between July 1, 2019 and July 1, 2020, details its recommendations to Congress and the US President based on the human rights conditions and rule of law developments in China.
China upset over US Congress passing new Tibet law on the next Dalai Lama
“The TPSA makes it official United States policy that decisions regarding the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama are exclusively within the authority of the current Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist leaders and the Tibetan people"
Longing to see homeland still fresh in Dalai Lama's mind
The Dalai Lama, who along with many of his supporters fled the Himalayan homeland and took refuge in India when Chinese troops moved in and took control of Lhasa in 1959, believes in three commitments: the promotion of inner values as the source of real happiness, the fostering of inter-religious harmony, as exemplified in India, and the preservation of Tibet's language, culture and environment.
Dalai Lama to interact with climate activist Greta, scientists
The Dalai Lama will join in a conversation on The Crisis of Climate Feedback Loops. The special free livestream event is being organised by the Mind & Life Institute. From the destruction of forests to the thawing of permafrost, the effects of human-induced climate change have set into motion self-perpetuating feedback loops that are accelerating global warming, according to the institute.
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