Thursday, November 21 2024

UK defends Prime Minister Cameron and His Holiness the Dalai Lama meeting

AFP London–Britain said on Tuesday that Prime Minister David Cameron is free to meet with anyone he chooses, afterChinasaid the premier’s meeting with the Dalai Lama was an “affront to the Chinese people”. China said it had launched “solemn representations” with London after Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader held a private …

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Austrian chancellors to meet with Dalai Lama on Austria visit

  (AFP)  |May 11, 20123:40 pm VIENNA—Austria’s Chancellor Werner Faymann and Vice-Chancellor Michael Spindelegger are expected to meet with the Dalai Lama during his visit to Austria from May 17-27, their offices said Thursday. Faymann was scheduled to meet with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader alongside Vienna Archbishop Christoph Schoenborn, …

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Tibet, cynical Sinicism and the tragedy of self-immolations

  By Robert D. Sloane East Asia Forum | May 9th, 2012 In a recent article, Barry Sautman ascribes recent self-immolations in Tibet to a few disgruntled monks at a single monastery. Their complaints, he says, reflect general social and economic issues rather than a genuine concern for the Tibetan …

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WPCT Urges China To Resume Dialogue For Tibetan Autonomy

  May 1, 2012 OTTAWA: Parliamentarians from around the world today adopted the Ottawa Declaration. They had gathered in Ottawa for three days of intensive deliberations on the worsening situation in Tibet at the invitation of the Parliamentary Friends of Tibet, Canada. Legislators from Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and …

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