By MARY KISSEL THE WALL STREET JOURNAL | POLITICAL DIARY October 18, 2012 The State Department has rightly taken a beating for its mishandling of the Benghazi terrorist attack last month that killed four Americans. But as the media scrambles to cover that mess, another important—and positive—diplomatic story that’s …

By Bhavna Singh September 7, 2012 In a most unabashed mockery of the abysmal state of people in Tibet, China Central Television (CCTV) recently announced in its ‘Economic Survey list of China’s happiest cities’ that Lhasa bags this honour with highest claims. More surprisingly, this is not the first time …

  Syracuse, NY 9th October 2012 This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama received a group of spiritual leaders, local and other dignitaries for breakfast, among them Andrew Brown, Martin Luther King III and A.R. Rahman. In response to keen questions he spoke about the importance of what he calls …

  Syracuse, NY 8th October 2012 After a very long flight from New Delhi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived yesterday in Syracuse, New York, where he was met at the airport by Syracuse University Chancellor, Nancy Cantor, Vice President Tom Walsh and Oren Lyons, Native American Faithkeeper of Onondaga …

  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 …

  by T.P. | BEIJING THE ECONOMIST | Sep 13th 2012 CONTRARY to popular myth, the Great Wall of China is not visible from space to the naked eye. But on a large wall in a small American town, there is a politically charged painting that has somehow come into …