By Peter Foster | Telegraph London |September 29th, 2011 http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/peterfoster/ When it comes to Chinese diplomacy, the idea of “non-interference in internal affairs” is an article of faith. A White Paper on the China’s “peaceful rise”, published by Beijing last month, professed the following:  The Chinese people… will never allow …

  Inside Toronto dot com | Sep 29, 2011 Living in Canada is a dream come true for Kalsang Wangchuk and his wife, Tsamla. Born in Tibet, Wangchuk escaped the country in 1959 following the Chinese invasion. Wangchuk, along with thousands of other Tibetans and the Dalai Lama, fled to …

October 13, 2011 – 6:30pm – 8:30pm Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, New York City Asia Society link http://asiasociety.org/calendars/yangzom-brauen-across-many-mountains A powerful, emotional memoir, Across Many Mountains is an extraordinary portrait of three generations of Tibetan women, whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Mao’s Red Army crushes …

  Closing Ceremony of the exhibition, ‘Tibet and its Colors’ in Mexico City A grand art and cultural exhibit, ‘Tibet and its Colors’, which opened on August 20 as a curtain raiser for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Mexico at Plaza Loreto, closes tomorrow, September 29, 2011. The …

24  September 2011 Introduction My fellow Tibetans, both in and outside Tibet, all those who follow the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and everyone who has a connection to Tibet and Tibetans: due to the foresight of our ancient kings, ministers and scholar-adepts, the complete teaching of the Buddha, comprising the scriptural …

  Sao Paulo, September 17, 2011—On the final day of his ten-day visit to Latin America, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a public talk on ‘Harmony through Universal Responsibility’ to 6,500 people at West Pavillion of the Parque das Convencoes do Anhembi in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  This event was …