Tag Archives : Tibet

If you have always dreamt of scaling the Himalayan heights, here is some good news for you. The epic hike which is more than 2800 miles in length and takes as much as 150 days to hike from end to end. The great trail has its length wound around the mountainous regions of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan. It is expected to be open in early [...]

Tibet is touted to be a land of peace and quiet. Its reputation is that of timeless tranquility. Its people are of heightened consciousness, at peace with the world. Amid blue skies and cinematic vistas, its image is bliss. Tibet conjures up the exact concept of ethereal purity. It may not necessarily be this dreamscape, though. In Foreign Policy, Christina [...]

High up in the Himalayas is found one of the world’s potentially combustible hotspots, with the gigantic nations of India and China in heated contention. Conn Hallinan in counterpunch stresses what some Indian analysts have been claiming ‘that China has now replaced Pakistan as India’s greatest threat, while Beijing has been uncharacteristically [...]

As it did in Tibet, the Chinese leadership is repressing the disturbances hardly in Xinjiang. The Muslims Uigures of the area are feeling degraded and stolen of their culture while they suffer in their birthplace under the domain of Han Chinese ethnicity. Xinjiang (“new border”, in Chinese) is an enormous area that links China to Central [...]

You Tube video-sharing site has been blocked in China because of the videos posted on the sites. Apparently a footage showing Chinese soldiers beating up monks and Tibetans was posted by a Tibetan exile group. In the present information age such blockage can hardly suppress news. Though it is yet to be confirmed officially but it seems Chinese authorities [...]

The Tibetan leader says that persistent ‘repression’ has been ongoing for the past 50 years since the revolt. The government in Beijing described the allegation as pure humbug. Half a century after his escape from Tibet and exile in India, the Dalai Lama lashed against the government in Beijing and reported that the campaigns and violent repression [...]

In Tibet, the real situation is not idyllic and allegations of repression occur almost daily. Its economy grew by 13.4% in 2006, the highest figure since 1995. In 2007, over 4 million people visited the country, and its revenues grew by 73.3% to reach 451 million euros. However, the government in exile claims that these resources have been monopolized [...]

In Dharamsala, a small town at the foot of the great Himalayas, some 7,000 Tibetans await better times. They await the day when they can return to their homeland. More than 100,000 compatriots live scattered throughout India. Many were exiled while others were born there. In 1950, Mao’s Communist China invaded Tibet, a region of 2.5 million square [...]

China is ready to talk with the Dalai Lama if Tibet waives its call for independence. The Chinese premier assesses that “the situation in the region is peaceful and stable and China is ready to resume talks.” During a press conference, the Chinese Premier attributes the ‘peaceful and stable’ situation to the correctness of China’s policy in [...]

China has closed all access to Tibet for all foreign tourists ahead of the 50 th anniversary of failed Tibetan uprising. The Chinese government has advised all the tour agencies and the related industries to stop organizing trips to Tibet until April 1. The uprising has been a failed attempt of the Tibetans to break free from the Chinese rule and is [...]