DHARAMSHALA, India,
6 January 2009
(Tibet Sun)
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The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) rejected the Chinese accusations calling it a terrorist group, releasing a book clarifying its stand. "The Communist Party of China, being incapable of facing reality, made a scapegoat of TYC to inflict unwarranted damage to TYC's standing in the international community."
BEIJING, China,
6 January 2009
(Reuters)
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China faces surging protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent, a state-run magazine said in a blunt warning of the hazards to Communist Party control from a sharp economic downturn.
BEIJING, China,
5 January 2009
(AFP)
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China has launched a campaign to attract three million tourists to Tibet this year, after deadly unrest saw a huge drop-off in visitors in 2008, state media reported.
Senator who made Tibet a part of US foreign policy dies
DHARAMSHALA, India,
3 January 2009
(Tibet Sun)
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Claiborne de Borda Pell, a United States Senator from Rhode Island, died on 1 January. He served six terms from 1961 to 1997, and was known for making Tibet a part of US foreign policy. ...
Former president Kalam calls on Dalai Lama
DHARAMSHALA, India,
2 January 2009
(Tibet Sun)
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Former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam called on the Dalai Lama today. The Dalai Lama received Kalam at Gaggal Airport near Dharamshala, and brought Kalam to his residence in Mcleod Ganj. ...
Tibet's economy grew 10 percent in 2008
BEIJING, China,
1 January 2009
(Reuters)
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Tibet's economy grew by 10 percent in 2008, China's top economic planner said, driven by 14-percent growth in fixed-asset investment that offset a sharp drop in tourism after demonstrations in March.
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Seven key dates for China in 2009
By Malcolm Moore
2008 was a difficult year for China, and 2009 is looking little better.
The economy is slowing down and there are dark mutterings that as many as 24 million could be jobless by the year's end. ...
Why has Beijing taken such a tough line on Tibet?
By Dr. Xiaoxiong Yi
China's angry outburst over French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Dec. 6 Gdansk, Poland meeting with the Dalai Lama, the 73-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader in exile, was unprecedented. ...
Dalai Lama leads a better protest
By Lisa Van Dusen
The carnage in Mumbai, no matter which group was responsible, was a bloody, unnecessary reminder of the lengths to which some non-state actors will go to try to force new political realities or destabilize existing ones. ...
MUNDGOD, India,
23 December 2008
(Deccan Herald)
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Momos, thukpas and tea? Don't travel too far. Tibet is right in Mundgod, a small town in Uttara Kannada district. ...
ON THE WEB,
21 December 2008
(Deccan Herald)
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Novelist Pico Iyer's latest book The Open Road explores the life, philosophies and status of spiritual leader Dalai Lama. ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan,
23 October 2008
(Taipei Times)
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Chinese democracy activist turned economist Chen Pokong says the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will try to gain a propaganda advantage from the planned visit to Taiwan by Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairman Chen Yunlin. ...
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA,
16 December 2008
(AP)
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More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what scientists say is global warming. ...
TIBET,
30 September 2008
(Epoch Times)
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The fourth part of an interview The Epoch Times conducted with Chinese writer Ms. Zhu Rui about her views on Tibet, the Tibetan people, and their culture. ...
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