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A news wrap-up concerning Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, Tibet, India, etc.

China says missing Panchen Lama is living in Tibet
China shed a glimmer of light yesterday on the life of a young Tibetan man who vanished 15 years ago after the Dalai Lama declared him to be the reincarnation of the second-highest monk in Tibetan Buddhism. (March 8)

Heavy security is the new normal in China's Tibet
The troops with automatic rifles patrolling the Tibetan quarter of the capital of Chinese-controlled Tibet are as ever-present as Buddhist pilgrims. (March 7)

China says only socialism can "save" Tibet
The new Chinese-appointed governor of Tibet said only socialism can "save" the remote region and guarantee its development, and blamed the Dalai Lama for Tibet's problems. (March 7)

Nepal arrests HHDL's representative ahead of March anniversary
Ahead of the 51st anniversary of a failed uprising by Tibetans against the invasion and annexation of their Himalayan country by the Communist regime of China, Nepal police have arrested the representative of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader in Kathmandu. (March 6)

A look back: HHDL escapes to India
The story as it appeared in the April 20, 1959 edition of TIME. (Feb 27)

Dharamsala says "Welcome Home" to HHDL
Hundreds of Tibetans and well-wishers holding traditional ceremonial scarves and burning incense welcomed the Dalai Lama as he returned to his exile hometown, following a high-profile 10-day visit to the United States. (Feb 27)

Karmapa to visit Europe
As head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, the Karmapa ranks third in the list of eminent Tibetan Buddhists, but with number two - the Panchen Lama - having disappeared (captured by the Chinese) and replaced by a Beijing-sponsored appointee, it is the Karmapa who carries the hopes of many Tibetans for a future figurehead. (Feb 26)

Dalai Lama officially joins Twitter
Now receive tweets from the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Click on the headline to sign-up. (Feb 25)

Delhi police crack agency involved in trafficking Tibetans to Europe: report
Authorities claim to have smashed a module allegedly involved in human trafficking by sending Tibetan refugees to Europe via Russia and Hungary. (Feb 25)

HHDL to students: Don't be lazy like me!
In South Florida, tales of growing up and meeting with world leaders (Mao chewed with his mouth open, spit food on my plate). (Feb 24)

The Chinese are in my laptop!
It is now almost routine for China to launch cyber attacks on journalists and news agencies: they have recently attacked the computer systems of Reuters, Dow Jones and Agence Presse. (Feb 22)

Nepal deploys additional armed force on Tibet border
The additional deployment of armed police comes two weeks before the sensitive Tibetan National Uprising Day to be marked on March 10. (Feb 22)

Google will pave way to freedom in China: HHDL
"Do I look like a demon?" the winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize joked, holding his fingers beside his head to make horns. (Feb 21)

Why does the West love the Dalai Lama?
Why is this Tibetan spiritual and political leader such a popular figure in the West? (Feb 18)

Why Tibet matters so much
It would be humorous if it were not so tragic. All Tibet -- not only the Tibet Autonomous Region [TAR] but also the eleven Tibet Autonomous Prefectures [TAP] of other Chinese provinces that are twice as large and are home to twice as many Tibetans as the TAR -- is under military lock-down, with thousands of Tibetans dead in the last two years, imprisoned for peaceful protests and tortured to break their spirit. (Feb 17)

China Intensifies Tug of War With India on Nepal
Last week a Nepalese government delegation visited Beijing on a trip that underscored how China's newfound weight in the world is altering old geopolitical equations. (Feb 17)

Obama to meet with HHDL
Despite Chinese howls, Thursday's White House meeting is on. (Feb 15)

The Dalai Lama's principled pursuit of democracy
Now that the White House has announced that President Obama will receive the Dalai Lama, it is important that he be welcomed not only as a moral and religious leader respected throughout the world but also as a fellow democrat who shares America's deepest values. (Feb 15)

Secret of the world's 'most successful' refugees, the Tibetan community
"What the Central Tibetan Authority (CTA) has done in the last 50 years is noteworthy. While Tibet's culture is continuously destroyed in China, it is being preserved in a foreign land." (Feb 14)

"Smile" says renowed Tibetan doctor
"The most important thing in life is to smile three times a day, sincerely from the heart," is the advice from renowned Tibetan physician Dr. Pema Dorjee. (Feb 10)

Destination Romance: Lhasa, Tibet
Author Pico Iyer is enchanted by a mountain-top city on the cusp of great change. (Feb 11)

Chinese police admit enormous number of internal spies
Numbers suggest that China has at least 39 million informants, around three per cent of its population. (Feb 10)

Opinion: Tibetans would make Gandhi proud
They might not be out marching on the streets, but Tibetans are quietly - and steadily - exercising their rights. (Feb 10)

Ladakh -- Chasing the Snow Leopard
She wasn't visible at first. Then she moved, rippling silently down a gully of rocks . . . this was Uncia uncia, the snow leopard, one of the most endangered species on Earth and one of the most beautiful. (Feb 9)

Beijing cuts off Canadian university after Dalai Lama honor
The Chinese regime's vehement opposition to any form of recognition of the Dalai Lama has had repercussions for the University of Calgary, which awarded the exiled Tibetan leader an honorary degree during his visit to Calgary last September. (Feb 9)

Nepal's home minister visits China to discuss security against Tibetans
The high-ranking Nepali official led an eight-member delegation to Lhasa and Beijing to discuss border control and preventing so-called "anti-China" activities by Tibetans on Nepal's soil. (Feb 7)

Tibetans to mark traditional New Year with symbolic protests
Tibetans are marking their traditional New Year, Losar, which falls on Feb. 14 (this Sunday), with symbolic protests and other forms of campaign actions designed to highlight the repression in their country under Chinese occupation rule. (Feb 6)

Special: An unpublished interview with Howard Zinn
The late historian reveals much about his coming-of-age as an original thinker -- specifically his experience as a soldier and its influence on his politics -- and his quest to not only study democracy, but to experience it. (Feb 5)

Obama budgets $7.4M to preserve Tibet culture
The President has proposed a $7.4 million allocation in his annual budget for preservation of the tradition and culture of Tibet in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and other parts of China. He has also instructed Treasury Secretary Geithner to support any funding projects for Tibet at international financial institutions. (Feb 2)

China warns Obama not to meet with Dalai Lama
China yesterday said that a possible meeting between Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama would hurt trust between the two countries, already at odds over Washington's arms sales to Taiwan. (Feb 2)

China may become developed, democratic by 2040
China will likely become a middle-ranked developed country and establish a "democratic political civilization" by around 2040, 10 years earlier than anticipated in the plan drawn up by former leader Deng Xiaoping, reported a publication of the Communist Party of China's mouthpiece People's Daily. (Feb 1)

Wisdom out of the box
An intrepid Tibetologist from Utah has dedicated his life to resurrecting ancient Tibetan Buddhist texts by digitizing them and uploading them to the Internet. (Feb 1)

China tells Tibet envoys no compromise on sovereignty
Chinese officials told envoys of the Dalai Lama there would be no compromise on China's control of Tibet and Communist rule was a boon to the mountain region. (Jan 31)

India researchers squeeze more life out of tomatoes
Researchers in India have managed to extend the shelf life of tomatoes by an extra 30 days by suppressing enzymes that promote ripening, helping the fruit stay fresher for longer. (Jan 29)

HHDL's envoys to resume talks with China
Envoys of the Dalai Lama arrived in China yesterday to resume a long-running series of negotiations over Tibet that have so far been fruitless. (Jan 26)

Beijing boasts of "leapfrog development" in Tibet
Despite $45.4 billion in investments since 2001 and more than a decade of double-digit economic growth, some observers question whether Tibetans have benefited as much as Han Chinese. (Jan 25)

China worried Dalai Lama might seek Indian citizenship
The provincial government of Tibetan autonomous region has come out with a statement that reveals a hidden worry among Chinese officials that the Dalai Lama might actually seek Indian citizenship. (Jan 25)

A chicken and egg dilemna in Tibet
Tales from a bus ride along the "Chinese Gulag." (Jan 24)

Is it China and India, or China vs. India?
India and China's historic tensions have been masked by dialog between the two countries but they still ripple underneath. A good overview of the issues. (Dec 8)

Jail terms for Tibetans who posted Dalai Lama photos: report
A Chinese court has sentenced two Tibetans to three years (each) in jail after the pair posted pictures of the Dalai Lama on the Internet. (Dec. 8)

HHDL discusses Science of Mind with top scientists in Sydney
His Holiness joined three of the world's foremost psychologists and neuroscientists for a forum on 'Science of Mind' at Sydney's Mind and its Potential Conference; topics included Buddhist science and modern psychology, depression, positive psychology and the evolutionary basis of emotions. (Dec 7)

Nepalese cabinet meets in the clouds
Nepal's top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks and held a Cabinet meeting in the frigid, thin air of Mount Everest to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers ahead of the international climate-change talks. (Dec 5)

The last of the Dalai Lamas?
Even His Holiness questions the institution's future relevance. (Dec 4)

The tragedy of the Himalayas
Scientists call it the third pole -- but when it comes to clear and present threats from climate change, it may rank first. And the problem is water. (Dec 4)

A revival of Maoism in China?
As the Chinese Communist Party leadership tries to convince the world that China is eagerly integrating itself with the global marketplace, the ultra-conservative norms and worldview of Chairman Mao Zedong are making a big comeback in public life. (Dec 2)

China building 27 airstrips in Tibet: Report
China is building or repairing as many as 27 airstrips in Tibet for potential use against India in case of a conflict, according to India's chief intelligence agency. (Dec 1)

HHDL urges world to act on climate change
In Australia, His Holiness said the world's leaders must prioritize the issue of global warming above all else. (Nov. 30)

The older India that endures
Tracking the spiritual quests that make up daily life in a modernizing country. A Wall Street Journal book review. (Nov. 27)

SECRET: Canada's Tibet File; 1944-1969
"The problem of Tibet is a most interesting one . . . " See the original documents. (Nov. 26)

China pledges Rs100 million military assistance to Nepal
In a move that may raise concerns in India, China has pledged a slew of financial assistance to Nepal, including military aid and training the Nepalese Army. (Nov. 26)

Nepal to build on ties with China
Four months after his first official visit to India, Nepal's embattled Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal now heads to China in a bid to enhance ties with his country's northern neighbor. (Nov. 25)

"Shangri-La" caves yield treasures, skeletons
A treasure trove of Tibetan art and manuscripts uncovered in "sky high" Himalayan caves could be linked to the storybook paradise of Shangri-La, says the team that made the discovery. (Nov. 24)

US thanks "valaue based" India for hosting the Dalai Lama
The US has thanked India for extending hospitality to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a statement that is likely to anger China. (Nov. 24)

Indian youth urged to adopt Gandhian principles
The Dalai Lama has urged Indian youths to adopt Gandhian principles of non-violence and truth, describing the principles as a treasure of Indian culture and tradition. (Nov. 23)

Dispelling myths about India and climate change
Barack Obama and Manmohan Singh need to overcome the mistrust that has characterised recent US-India relations on climate change and energy. (Nov. 23)

China tries dissident from U.S. after Obama leaves
A student leader of China's 1989 pro-democracy movement who has long lived in the United States went on trial in China a day after U.S. President Barack Obama finished a visit that raised human rights. (Nov. 20)

Dalai Lama appeals to China on drying Tibet rivers
HHDL appealed to China to take action to stop Tibet's glaciers melting, saying the environmental crisis was more urgent than a political solution over Tibet's future. (Nov. 19)

Why does China have such a short-sighted Tibet policy?
For a country which can boast of the invention of silk and which has given to the world Confucian wisdom, China's stand on certain issues is, to say the least, incomprehensible. (Nov. 19)

My death will be setback to cause: HHDL
In Italy, His Holiness said there will be a setback in the Tibetan cause when he dies, but that he has faith in the next generation of Tibetans. (Nov. 19)

Presidents Obama and Hu discuss Tibet at their first summit
At the US-China summit in Beijing, Presidents Obama and Hu have released a joint statement that indicates they discussed a resolution for Tibet, human rights and religious freedom. (Nov. 17)

A tale of two train stations
There are hardly any new major railway stations constructed these days with the exception of two new train stations that have come up in the last few years: the Srinagar Railway Station and the Lhasa Railway Station. (Nov. 17)

Five things the U.S. can learn from China
Can the world's lone but weary superpower actually learn something from China? (Nov. 16)

Dalai Lama was a slave master, China tells Obama
The conviction was clear but the message befuddling: China's Foreign Ministry spokesman was equating serfdom in Tibet to slavery in the U.S. - just ahead of President Obama's first trip to China. (Nov. 14)

HHDL: I'm messenger of India's ancient thoughts
His Holiness said he considered India as a master and Tibet its disciple as great scholars like Nagarjuna went from Nalanda to Tibet to preach Buddhism in the eighth century. (Nov. 14)

Obama may raise Tibet, rights issues directly with Hu
President Barack Obama intends to discuss freedom of expression, rule of law and Tibet with Chinese President Hu Jintao during their meeting in Beijing next week, a senior White House official said. (Nov. 10)

HHDL: Be Buddhists of 21st century, bring reform
Asking his followers to be "Buddhists of the 21st century," the Dalai Lama asked the community to work for removing evils like superstition and bring "positive change" in the society. (Nov. 10)

Frontier town venerates Dalai Lama
Perched high up in a remote corner of north-east India, Tawang, the town into which the Dalai Lama entered India in 1959, is every bit the frontier town. (Nov. 10)

Five political risks to watch in India
Tensions between India and China are in focus this month, with the Dalai Lama visiting the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, and another round of talks on a disputed border area set to begin. (Nov. 3)

Economy spurs syphilis boom in China
While China in the 1960's nearly eradicated syphilis "through a powerful campaign of propaganda, mass screening, closing brothels and providing free treatment for sex workers," the epidemic has re-emerged since the recent economic boom. (Nov. 3)

U.N. urges Nepal Maoists to respect human rights
The United Nations called on Nepal's government and other parties in the Asian country to ensure that the human rights of all people are protected and respected as protests organized by the former Maoist rebels are held throughout the State. (Nov. 3)

The burden of being Dalai Lama
In the past months the infectious smile -- which has become his trademark -- has left the Dalai Lama's face many times. (Nov. 2)

HHDL in Japan: "We can bring smiles"
"I think we can do it. We can bring smiles all around us," said His Holiness to over 3,000 people in Tokyo. (Nov. 1)

Beijing gets first snow after meteorologists seed clouds
Beijingers woke up this past Sunday morning to a city turned white with snow that came far ahead of the winter. (Nov. 1)

Norbulingka Institute launches biography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
A six-volume biography chronicling the spiritual and temporal achievements of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was recently aunched during a ceremony attended by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Norbulingka Institute in Dharamsala. His Eminence the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje unveiled the new biography. (Oct. 27)

Nothing is off the table with China: India
India's external affairs minister served up an ace a day before he plays host at the ninth trilateral Russia-India-China summit by restating India's position on the status of Tibet as an integral part of China. (Oct. 26)

China's 'new front' on Indo-Nepal border
The Chinese are making their presence in Nepal felt by opening language centers in Nepali cities on the Indo-Nepal border. These centres are teaching Chinese language. But, what raises suspicions on Chinese intentions is the fact that these centers are open only for Nepali citizens. (Oct. 25)

HHDL sees Tibet's future in education
"What I tell Tibet is education, modern education is very essential," he says. "We are carrying our struggle strictly through non-violence. So, in order to carry on a non-violent struggle effectively: education." (Oct. 26)

Why China is scared
It's all about the simple monk. (Oct. 25)

Watch/listen to HHDL's teachings of the Four Noble Truths
Today and tomorrow His Holiness gives teachings on The Four Noble Truths in Dharamsala. Live video and audio streaming in English is available. Very precious! (Oct. 21)

China shows Kasmir as separate from India
China has gone a step further in its bid to internationalize its border disputes with India. Besides issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir (Indian States) China is now projecting Kashmir as an independent country on maps, media kits and tourist information brochures. (Oct. 20)

Helping orphans, Tibetan and Chinese alike
Tendol Gyalzur returned from exile to provide homes for children in her native Tibet. (Oct. 20)

Rivals China, India in escalating war of words
China offered to help India's archrival, Pakistan, develop a territory claimed by India. India invited the Dalai Lama, a top irritant to China, to visit a state claimed by China. (Oct. 19)

UN's caste declaration riles India
The United Nations' recent decision to declare discrimination based on the caste system a "human-rights abuse" -- thereby acknowledging centuries of bias against the world's estimated 200 million Dalits (untouchables) -- has evoked a sharp reaction from India. (Oct. 19)

Swarms of rats plague rural Myanmar
A spreading plague of rats has devoured crops in western Myanmar, giving rise to a famine that threatens hundreds of thousands in the country's remote Chin State. (Oct. 18)

Home safe and sound
His Holiness has arrived in Dharamsala, his exile hometown in Northern India, after successfully concluding his visit to the United States and Canada. (Oct. 13)

"Arunachal is an integral part of India"
India has reacted strongly to Chinese objection to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, saying the comments were disappointing as the state is an inalienable part of the country and such remarks do "not help" the process of talks on boundary issue. (Oct. 13)

Future face of the Dalai Lama
The face of the Dalai Lama will be watching over Sydney for the next month as nine billboards are erected before his Australian visit in December. (Oct. 11)

India's floods reveal climate change specter
Indian farmers had been praying for rain after the weakest monsoon season in 40 years had left their crops stricken by drought. But when the rains finally came, forceful and incessant at six times their normal levels, they left behind the worst floods southern India had seen in more than a century. (Oct. 11)

An elite, if eclectic, entourage
In Washington, D.C., His Holiness rolls with operatives, actors and world's happiest man. (Oct. 10)

Why India fears China
Ever since the anti-Chinese unrest in Tibet last year, progress toward settling long-lasting border disputes has stalled, and the situation has taken a dangerous turn. (Oct. 10)

Obama state dinner: First one honors India
And the first state dinner of President Barack Obama's administration goes to . . . India. (Oct. 10)

Politicians in India turn against one another
It is an all-too-familiar political story. (Oct. 6)

New U.S. Tibet coordinator meets and greets Dalai Lama
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, who has met every sitting U.S. president since George H.W. Bush in 1991, met with Maria Otero, the US government's new pointperson on Tibet upon his arrival in Washington, D.C. (Oct. 5)

Obama's delayed meeting with HHDL is a nod to the Chinese
In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama's summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month, according to diplomats, government officials and other sources familiar with the talks. (Oct. 5)

A cure for India's driving mess
Anyone who's travelled India's roads knows the frustrations and chaos, here's some ideas that may hold value for driving experiences way beyond the subcontinent. (Oct. 4)

Tibetan Buddhists prepare for post-Dalai Lama era
The world may never know another Dalai Lama. In a recent interview, HHDL again stated that he isn't too concerned about whether there will ever be a successor. (Oct. 3)

Nepal to tighten Tibet border area to please China
Nepal will for the first time in its history form a Border Security Force to patrol its northernmost tip of the border it shares with Tibet in a bid to prevent anti-China activities by Tibetan dissidents. (Oct. 2)

HHDL proclaims himself a feminist
In Memphis: "I call myself a feminist. Isn't that what you call someone who fights for women's rights?" He then went on to add with his infamous sense of humor that "some feminists have too much emotion, that I don't like." (Sept. 30)

India's army is capable of countering Chinese military threat: Army Chief
Rubbishing the chances of a repeat of the 1962 Sino-Indian war which China won, the Indian Army Chief General said the Army was "capable of defending" Indian territory and warding off any aggression. (Sept. 29)

HHDL: Chinese intellectuals have gained better understanding about Tibet
In an interview in Vancouver, the Dalai Lama said the Chinese intellectuals have gained better understanding about Tibet, and underlined that some negative feeling amongst many ordinary Chinese against Tibetans was caused by Chinese government propanganda and wrong information. (Sept. 29)

The thaw at the roof of the world
After surveying the Himalayas for many years, a respected Chinese glaciologist recently warned that, given present trends, almost two-thirds of the plateau's glaciers could well disappear within the next 40 years. (Sept. 29)

Exploring the nature of reality
A first glance at Buddhism -- and most Westerners have had at most a quick glance at this ancient religion -- suggests that it has little in common with science. Not so. (Sept. 28)

U.S. takes a radical turn on Myanmar
The Obama administration has broken ranks with its recent predecessors in announcing its intention to engage Myanmar's ruling generals while also maintaining economic and financial sanctions against the military regime. (Sept. 28)

Obama appears to be taking the 'middle way' on Tibet
While he wants to be sympathetic and friendly to the Dalai Lama and his cause, President Obama seems not to want to offend the Chinese government by getting too close to the Tibetan spiritual leader in exile. (Sept. 25)

HHDL begins U.S. visit with a Memphis fist-bump
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader began a more than two-week visit to North America yesterday by learning a contemporary gesture -- the fist-bump. (Sept. 23)

A preview of the Dalai Lama edition of The Vancouver Sun
His Holiness will sit as guest editor of the Sept. 26th edition of The Vancouver Sun. (Sept. 21)

13-year-old Indian to address UN climate change summit
A 13-year-old Indian girl has won the honor to address President Obama, President Hu Jintao of China and other world leaders on behalf of the world's three billion youth and children. (Sept. 19)

HHDL hopes to meet Obama in Nov.
The Dalai Lama hopes to meet Barack Obama after the U.S. president's maiden presidential trip to China in November. (Sept. 17)

This time, India won't stop Dalai Lama
India is not likely to stop the Dalai Lama from visiting Arunachal Pradesh in November, even after China's public whinge. (Sept. 15)

President Obama sends delegation to meet Dalai Lama in Dharamsala
The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama confirmed that discussions between the Dalai Lama and a senior U.S. Government delegation took place in Dharamsala earlier this week. (Sept. 14)

First complete image created of Himalayan fault
An international team of researchers has created the most complete seismic image of the Earth's crust and upper mantle beneath the rugged Himalaya Mountains, in the process discovering some unusual geologic features that may explain how the region has evolved. (Sept. 12)

China launches the "Strike Hard" campaign in Tibet ahead of major anniversary
Chinese authorities in the "Tibet Autonomous Regions"(TAR) have launched a new "Strike Hard" campaign ahead of the 60th anniversary of the National Day Celebration (starting 1 October). (Sept. 10)

In India, national mission for female literacy launched
The National Mission for Female Literacy, a renewed effort to make 70 million people - 60 million of them women - functionally literate by 2012 was launched by Prime Minister Singh. (Sept. 8)

The new Chinese media vs. the Dalai Lama of Tibet
There is a quiet revolution taking place in the world of Chinese official media. (A blog report) (Sept. 7)

China Google boss departure reignites debate over censorship
They were never going to be the easiest of bedfellows. When Google, the modern face of Western freedom, first decided to launch a censored version of its search engine inside communist China, civil liberties campaigners were appalled. (Sept. 5)

China and India dispute enclave on edge of Tibet
Though little known to the outside world, this is the biggest tinderbox in relations between the world's two most populous nations. It is the focus of China's most delicate land-border dispute, a conflict rooted in Chinese claims of sovereignty over all of historical Tibet. (Sept. 3)

The Buddha's steppes
The recent discovery of rare Buddhist relics in Mongolia's Gobi Desert has brought under the spotlight that country's religious heritage. (August 30)

Sudden death for India's moon mission
India's moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, has come to an abrupt end after a communication link with the spacecraft snapped. (August 30)

China intensifies resettlement of Tibetan nomads
The Chinese government announced it has moved about 50,000 Tibetan nomads out of a nature reserve in the west of the country as part of a resettlement program that began in 2005. (August 29)

Is Russia's president a White Tara?
President Medvedev of Russia was hailed as a goddess during a recent official visit to a Buddhist monastery in eastern Siberia. (August 28)

Life has new meaning in the Himalayas
An intrepid tribe of scientific Indiana Joneses has unearthed a remarkable treasure trove of unknown species in the eastern Himalayas, marking one of the biggest-ever series of discoveries of new life forms on Earth. (August 16)

China quietly reshapes Asia
It's all about oil, and Beijing has gained serious geopolitical advantages over Moscow because of the effect the global economic crisis is having on the Russian economy. (August 16)

Turning Buddhist temples into rescue shelters for Taiwan's typhoon victims
108 people were killed, 45 injured and 62 are still missing in Taiwan's worst typhoon in 50 years. (August 16)

The India-China rivalry
"There cannot be two suns in the sky. China and India cannot really deal with each other harmoniously," said a recent article. An Asia Sentinel report. (August 15)

HHDL urges release of Suu Kyi
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, currently on a religious tour of Ladakh, called for the release of fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. (August 14)

India wary as China conducts biggest "long-range" war games
Less than a week after India and China held what they described as fruitful talks on a long-standing border dispute, China embarked on a massive war-game designed to improve its ability to dispatch troops over long distances. (August 13)

Nepal deploying security along Tibet border
With support from China, the Government of Nepal is deploying 12,000 armed police personnel patrolling Nepal's border with Tibet. (August 13)

India threatens Nepal sovereignty
Thousands of Indian security personnel freshly deployed along the Nepal-India open border have threatened the Nepali nationalism, a secret report prepared by the Nepali governemnt says. (August 12)

Escape from Tibet: Crossing the Himalayas with refugees
It's been 50 years since the Dalai Lama fled the Chinese occupation to find refuge in India, and the steady flow of refugees leaving Tibet has never stopped. Swiss photographer Manuel Bauer followed a father and his daughter in 1995 on their dangerous 22-day trek from Lhasa to Dharamsala in India. Here are his photos. (August 11)

The way to resolve the Tibet issue
A very insightful assessment of the Tibet situation by Zhang Boshu of the CASS Philosophy Institute in Beijing. (August 11)

Educating the next generation of Indians
The more educated a nation, the more its chances of being prosperous. An opinion piece from the Asia News Network. (August 4)

Eyewitness accounts of first generation Tibetan exiles made public
Following the guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to document personal stories of Tibetan elders the Tibet Oral History Project (TOHP) has posted 25 oral records of the last generation Tibetans to live in a free, unoccupied Tibet on its website. (August 4)

New dangers for Tibetans in Nepal
The wave of protests against Chinese rule that began in Tibet in March 2008 and the resulting crackdown transformed the political landscape -- and made a dramatic impact on the situation for Tibetans across the border in Nepal. (August 3)

One man's harrowing escape from Tibet
A story that is the stuff of legend, and might well end up woven into local lore and marveled at by Tibetan youth for generations to come. (August 1)

Lenders find ex-monks are very bankable
What does it take to win a small business loan in today's economy? Monk-like discipline doesn't hurt. (July 31)

Breastfeeding around the world
Babies and toddlers are the most vulnerable to serious bacterial infections leading to diarrhea, dehydration and in some cases, even death when the water supply is compromised. (July 30)

An interview with the Karmapa Lama: Tibet's young voice
Karmapa means "the one who carries out Buddha activity" or "the embodiment of all the activities of the Buddhas". (July 27)

Sitting quietly, doing something
Can science explain the good cheer of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the "world's happiest man"? (July 25)

The doctor is within
The first words the Dalai Lama said when he came into exile, were "Now we are free." (July 24)

Mountain Peril
Tibet is becoming a popular holiday destination, but are travellers equipped to handle ailments that can occur at high altitudes? (July 22)

The poem that touched Hillary
While speaking in Delhi, to drive home her point on women's emancipation across the world, Ms. Clinton quoted a verse from a poem penned by young Anasuya Sengupta. (July 20)

Countering riots, China rounds up hundreds
In the two weeks since ethnic riots tore through Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang, killing more than 190 people and injuring more than 1,700, security forces have been combing the city and detaining hundreds of people, many of them Uighur men whom the authorities blame for much of the slaughter. (July 20)

Film review: Unmistaken Child
To accept what happens in 'Unmistaken Child,' you don't have to believe in reincarnation. But you do have to believe that the people in this movie believe in it -- that the idea of a mind passing from a dying Buddhist lama to a newborn boy is part of everyday life. (July 19)

HHDL moves with the times
"The Dalai Lama held temporal and spiritual leadership over the last 400 or 500 years. It may have been quite useful, but that period is over," he says to the Tibetan people in a video. (July 18)

A home for the Tibetan mind: The legacy of Gyatsho Tshering
When the young Gyatsho Tshering approached the Tibetan government in 1967 with the idea to build a library he was told that he was crazy. "They said, 'This is impossible. You're just dreaming.'" Tshering could see their point. "But I am a dreamer. I just go on trying and trying." (July 16)

Why the West is silent on rioting in Xinjiang
When China slapped Tibet, the world shouted. But things change. (July 15)

India hopes for movement forward
On the eve of India and Pakistan's first substantial official interaction since last November's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Indian side accepts that Islamabad has taken "some steps" to address its concerns even as doubts persist about how deep the Pakistani establishment is prepared to go in putting the various terrorist groups operating on its territory permanently out of business. (July 14)

U.S. advances legislation to fund programs for Tibetans inside Tibet and in exile
Legislation that provides millions of dollars for Tibet programs is advancing through the Congress, having passed both the House and Senate. (July 14)

China Crucible
China has taken a strikingly different path towards a prosperous future than the West. But has the world's last great one-party state reached the limits of its formula for success? (July 13)

Looking at China unrest from a Mongolian perch
As events unfold in Xinjiang Province, there has been a resurgence of ethnic Chinese nationalist sentiment mixed with fear and mistrust of not just the Uighur people but also the outside world. (July 12)

India's top court favors death by hanging
India's top court has refused to replace hanging with lethal injection as the country's sole method of execution, saying there is no evidence it is less painful than other ways. (July 7)

China's latest Tibet?
There are sinister echos of China's treatment of Tibet in their response to the unrest in the capital of its northwestern region of Xinjiang. (July 6)

The obscenity of Tibet tourism
The equation is simple, visiting Tibet as a tourist does not in any meaningful way benefit the Tibetan people. (July 5)

HHDL interviewed: Companies need hearts and brains
Buddhism, economics and management are all interconnected; the Dalai Lama believes the financial crisis is a moral crisis. (July 4)

Tibetan monks and nuns turn their minds toward science
At the Dalai Lama's urging, exiled monastics seek more physical knowledge. (June 30)

Karmapa appeals for wildlife preservation
"Animals are not our enemies. We are all interdependent; every animal has a role to play in the ecology. If you remove one layer, everything is affected. Even in the interest of human beings, by saving wildlife, you are ultimately helping yourself." (June 29)

Journey of Discovery
A group of adventurous volunteers in Tibet took the route less travelled, and was greatly enriched by the experience. (June 28)

Obituary: Gyatsho Tshering, eminent scholar of Tibetan studies
His work enabled the spread of Tibetan dharma texts worldwide. (June 28)

Buddhist bedside manner
At New York's Beth Israel Medical Center, Buddhist chaplains offer prayers, meditation, massage and other assistance to the sick. 'We focus on listening,' one says. (June 23)

HHDL: My job is too big for one man
In a speech that underscored the pressures he has had to bear during his life serving as both a spiritual and political leader, the Dalai Lama says there is no need for his successor to perform the two roles. (June 22)

Tibetan monks tell tale of escape from China
The monks left a monastery after participating in a protest in front of journalists in 2008. (June 21)

Quitting the Chinese Communist Party
Here are two stories about how eagerly some Chinese are seeking ways to break away from the CCP. (June 20)

Burma's Suu Kyi turns 64 amid outrage over trial
Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent her 64th birthday in detention as supporters worldwide condemned her trial and called for tougher sanctions against the military regime. (June 19)

India, Pakistan start talks ball rolling
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh broke the dialogue logjam, meeting President Asif Ali Zardari in Russia. Their talk topic: terrorism. (June 16)

China presumes power struggle in Tibetan PM's resignation move
China has interpreted the recent move by the prime minister of the Tibet's government in exile to resign from the top post as an indication of "troubles within the Dalai Lama's circle." (June 15)

The Tibet question: a Chinese think-tank dares to ask
A group of legal scholars from a Chinese think tank have put their careers and reputations on the line by daring to try to shed some reasoned light on the "Tibet question" and the causes of last year's unrest in the region. (June 13)

China Communist Party newspaper to expand coverage
The ruling Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, the People's Daily, is expanding its coverage as part of a reported multi-billion-dollar drive to expand China's international media influence. (June 12)

China creates specter of dueling Dalai Lamas
The current Dalai Lama and his followers are competing with the Chinese government for control of how the 15th Dalai Lama will be chosen. (June 9)

Monk suicides on the rise in Buddhist Tibet
This pattern is alarming and clearly indicating to the level of religious repression in Tibet. (June 8)

Alarm over China's web-filtering plan
Personal computers sold in China after July 1 must carry a software that filters online content. (June 6)

HHDL's statement on 20th anniversary of Tiananimen Square uprising
A call for courage and far-sightedness on behalf of the Chinese leaders. (June 4)

New images of burning of wild animal pelts in dramatic act of dissent
Images received from Tibet depict thousands of dollars worth of wild animal pelts being burned in a dramatic assertion of Tibetan identity at the height of the current crackdown on dissent. (June 1)

Autonomy is solution for Tibet, Dalai Lama says
The influx of Han Chinese and the growing restrictions on religious practice have become the biggest threats to Tibet, which faces "something like a death sentence" under Chinese rule, said His Holiness. (May 30)

Launching the endgame
After decades of patient manoeuvring, China has initiated the "endgame" to finally resolve the Tibet issue and eliminate opposition by a Dalai Lama to its hold over Tibet. A Times of India editorial. (May 28)

BBC to help sell China's Lhasa for tourism
The BBC is to make a short film and broadcast it free to help China promote tourism to Tibet's capital Lhasa. (May 25)

Six Tibetans seriously wounded in protests
At least six Tibetan women have sustained serious gunshot wounds after Chinese security forces opened fire at a group who were protesting against China's forceful relocation of tens of thousands of local Tibetans. (May 24)

The Karmapa interviewed
Ogyen Trinley Dorje hopes to get a university education, but will the government allow it? (May 23)

HHDL pins hopes on exiled Chinese
Years of fruitless negotiations with Beijing and the undying hope of returning to Tibet one day appear to have prompted the Dalai Lama to change his strategy (May 20)

Peace laureates publish declaration against nuclear weapons
Seventeen winners of the Nobel Peace Prize are calling for a world free of nuclear weapons in a joint declaration that was published in a Hiroshima newspaper. (May 19)

Veteran Communist Nepal wins Nepal's PM seat
The protracted and tricky race for a new prime minister in Nepal came to a virtual end with veteran communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal getting the backing of 22 of the 24 parliamentary parties. (May 17)

HHDL: Himalayan communities better placed to preserve Buddhism
His Holiness said Buddhist nuns from Himalayan regions have an important responsibility in preserving Tibetan Buddhist traditions, which he said are facing an uncertain future in their homeland. (May 16)

China's future leaders
China has its leaders planned far, far off into the future. A Forbes report. (May 15)

Rural Tibetans Are Being Forced to Relocate on Massive Scale
Recalling the socialist engineering of an earlier era, the Chinese government has so far relocated some 250,000 Tibetans -- nearly one-tenth of the population -- from scattered rural hamlets to new "socialist villages." (May 7)

HHDL Says He May Live Out His Days in Exile in India
In a Taiwanese magazine interview, His Holiness, calling himself "semi-retired" from Tibet government affairs, says he may never see his homeland again. (May 6)

MySpace "China Style": Report Thy Neighbor
MySpace has launched in China, the world's most populous nation, but this is definitely NOT the MySpace you're used to. (April 28)

On the Road: the Little Lama Who Loves Being Nemo
He's four years old, and his arrival in Singapore from Nepal brought more than 500 people to the airport to greet him. (April 7)

Tibetan Catholics Defy Atheist China on Faith
A small group of villagers, converted by Swiss missionaries generations ago, hangs on in Yunan province. (April 3)

New Delhi Court to Drivers: "Butts Out"
The city's High Court imposes a "first on the world" ban on smoking while driving, claiming it makes the already dangerous city streets more so. (March 28)

China Firm on Tibet, Taiwan Issues, Premier Says
Rejecting talks with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and warning the island against a break-away, Premier Wen Jiabao talks tough. (March 18)

Look Who's Praising Hu . . .
The Dalai Lama sought to bridge a very difficult emotional gap for Tibetans when he praised Chinese President Hu Jintao on the anniversary of Uprising Day. (March 11)

China Says: "We are Tibet's Real Buddha"
The People's Party has a pretty high impression of itself regarding its role in the lives of the Tibetan people. (March 5)

Much at Stake for Tibet at Remote Monastery
The monastery, located in Tibet, is in what was one of His Holiness' favorite spots. It is no secret to the Chinese that one day it may play a pivotal role in determining his successor. (March 4)