In response to an appeal made by the Office of Tibet on April, 27, 2015 to all Tibetan associations across North America, just mere two days after the devastating earthquake in Nepal, we are pleased to announce that to date the Office of Tibet has received $73,025.99, from Tibetan community …
Read More »14th North American Tibetan Association held in Portland, Oregon
Washington, DC, June 9, 2015: 14th North American Tibetan Association Conference Held in Portland, Oregon. The 14th North American Tibetan Association Conference was organized in Portland, Oregon by the Office of Tibet from June 5-7, 2015. 33 participants from 19 Tibetan Associations have passed 13 major resolutions and discussed several …
Read More »Diplomacy Training for Staff of Offices of Tibet Concludes
VIRGINIA: May 14, 2015. The 11 days of Diplomatic Training for the Representative and the Staff of the Offices of Tibet concluded today in Virginia, US. In her concluding remarks, Kalon Dicki Chhoyang said that the participants had an in-depth insight from different experienced resource persons, and that will certainly …
Read More »Year of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
2014 Essay contest to honor His Holiness the Dalai Lama The Office of Tibet, Washington, DC is pleased to announce an essay contest to mark 2014 as a Year of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay in his March 10th statement announced that the Central Tibetan Administration …
Read More »Confronting China’s Iron Fist During My Visit to Tibet
July 14th, 2014 Posted in Tibet in Exile By Gavin Kilty* Having never been to Tibet before, I had built up a multitude of impressions of what it would be like. Some of those impressions were reinforced during my visit this summer while others were challenged by the actual …
Read More »The Communist Party Deepens Tibet’s Integration With the Rest of the Country
The Economist (Print Edition) June 21, 2014 http://www.economist.com/news/china/21604594-communist-party-deepens-tibets-integration-rest-country-taming-west WHEN it opened eight years ago, the railway from Golmud to Lhasa was one of the most ambitious rail ventures ever attempted. At a cost of $4 billion, tracks were built across 550km (340 miles) of permafrost, reaching an altitude of …
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