Dalai Lama

CCTV blames Dalai Lama, foreign media for instigating self-immolations

17 May 2013

Chinese national television aired a lengthy prime time news feature blaming the Tibetan government-in-exile and foreign media for self-immolations in the country's Tibetan-populated areas.

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China news round-up: Kunming residents take to the streets, CCTV airs anti-Dalai Lama film

17 May 2013

Environmental protest in Kunming
Yunnan Daily website*
Hundreds protest, authorities provide guidance.
Kunming Times*

2:55PM

Tibetans 'don't want Dalai Lama back', Chinese official tells Indian, Nepalese delegation

14 May 2013

Tibetans don't want their exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to return to his homeland, a senior Chinese official has told visiting Nepalese and Indian journalists.

3:04PM

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Exiled Tibetans accept Beijing's rule, says PM-in-waiting

9 May 2013

The leader of Tibet's government-in-exile has said he accepts the Communist Party's rule in Tibet, assuring Beijing it faced no threat to its sovereignty if it eased its grip. Extending a rare...

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Britain does not support independent Tibet, says David Cameron

9 May 2013

Britain does not support a Tibetan state independent of China, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday amid reports of Chinese anger at his meeting with the Dalai Lama last year.

9:35AM

Dalai Lama urges Buddhists to halt attacks on Muslims

9 May 2013

The Dalai Lama has implored Buddhist monks in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to put an end to a series of recent attacks on Muslims in their countries. The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader spoke on...

3:03AM

Opinion

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

'Punished' for Dalai Lama meeting, British PM cancels Beijing visit

British Prime Minister David Cameron abandoned a trip to China planned for this month as Beijing punished him for meeting the Dalai Lama.

6:40AM

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China news round-up: Ta Kung Pao apologizes, Australian university denies ditching Dalai Lama

Xi Jinping didn't take a taxi
Tea Leaf Nation
Chinese press rushes to withdraw the botched story.

7:05AM

Tibetan envoy says China can end immolations

An envoy of the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that Tibetans would likely end a wave of self-immolation protests if China re-opened dialogue with the exiled spiritual leader to address grievances....

10:12AM

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Tibet deputy party chief urges crackdown on self-immolations

Tibet autonomous region officials yesterday called for a crackdown on the wave of self-immolations by ethnic Tibetans in protest against Chinese rule, saying there was "abundant" evidence that...

4:45AM

Tibetan protestors launch new anti-China push in Delhi

Thousands of Tibetans on Thursday staged a protest in the Indian capital as part of a renewed drive to bring global pressure on China and highlight a string of self-immolations in their homeland...

8:32PM

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China clamps down on Tibetan burning protests

Mainland authorities are responding to an intensified wave of Tibetan self-immolation protests against Chinese rule by criminalising suicides and arresting protesters’ friends.

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