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  • Archive for May, 2008

    Time lists His Holiness among the 100 most influential people

    Thursday, May 1st, 2008

    Thursday, 1 May 2008, 3:05 p.m.
    Dharamshala: Time magazine has listed His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, among the world’s 100 most influential people, under the category of influential leaders and revolutionaries.

    CCP the Obstacle to ‘One World One Dream’

    Thursday, May 1st, 2008

    May 01, 2008 By Samuel Spencer, Epoch Times Staff
    Even as the drama of the Olympics Torch Relay plays out, several interesting side acts have taken place that display the ruthlessness as well as the buffoonery of the Communist Party in China.

    Roses for China from Tibetans: A different way to protest

    Thursday, May 1st, 2008

    April 30, 2008 Kathmandu Nepal
    Concerned over China’s increasingly erratic and violent behavior, Tibetans in Nepal delivered masses of flowers to the Chinese Consulate in Khatmandu, along with stacks of “Get Well Soon” cards. One hundred and eighteen people were arrested including the President of Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Nepal.

    Toelung Dechen (Ch: Duilongdeqing) County, Lhasa Municipality-Evidences being destroyed by the Chinese army

    Thursday, May 1st, 2008

    Thursday May 1, 2008 Lhasa: The Chinese armed forces in their attempt to wipe out any kind of evidence related to the recent protests in Tibet are burning all the dead bodies of people who have been killed since the March 14 protest in Tibet.

    Bush: China must have ’substantive’ dialogue with Dalai Lama

    Thursday, May 1st, 2008

    May 1, 2008 AFP
    US President George W. Bush on Thursday urged China to address “the deep and legitimate concerns” of Tibet’s people in what he said must be “substantive” talks with the Dalai Lama’s representatives.”I welcome the recent statements by the Chinese government expressing its willingness to meet with representatives […]

    Tibet government slams China for jail sentences

    Thursday, May 1st, 2008

    Thursday, 1 May 2008
    New Delhi - The Tibetan government-in-exile on Friday lashed out against a Chinese court’s jail sentences on 30 Tibetans for their roles in anti-China protests in March. The sentences that were handed down by a court in Lhasa on April 29 range from three years to life imprisonment.

    The protest-plagued Olympic flame arrives in Hong Kong

    Thursday, May 1st, 2008

    HONG KONG, China (CNN) — The protest-plagued Olympic torch relay arrived in Hong Kong Wednesday, its first stop on Chinese soil.
    Authorities in Hong Kong deported at least seven activists before the flame’s arrival and braced for possible protests and the arrival of more activists prior to the official torch run on Friday.

    Nurturing the Embers of Rangzen

    Thursday, May 1st, 2008

    April 30th, 2008
    Last Sunday I was in New York City for the TYC Independence Torch Rally. I am not going to go into details about it as Phayul has already come out with a full report on the event. But it would be absolutely remiss of me if I did not mention the impressive efficiency […]