Thursday, April 24 2025

Tibet again off-limits to foreign tourists

  By Michelle Baran www.travelweekly.com September 13, 2012 China has once again stopped issuing travel permits for foreign visitors to Tibet, according to several tour operators. “Right now, China is not allowing anybody in,” said Will Weber, co-founder and co-director of Journeys International, which has been bringing travelers to Tibet …

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Geopolitical Importance of Tibet

  By Thubten Samphel September 13, 2012 Among scholars and strategic thinkers in Asia and elsewhere, there is a new recognition of the enormous geopolitical and environmental importance of Tibet to the continent which is home to nearly half of the Earth’s population.  This recognition is driven home by China’s …

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Speaks at Jamia Millia Islamia University

  September 12th 2012 New Delhi, India, 12 September 2012 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s first engagement today was to give an extensive television interview to Andrew North, South Asia correspondent of BBC News. He asked from various angles whether His Holiness was optimistic about positive change in relation …

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