June 4 (Phayul): Influential Tibetan writer Tashi Rabten (penname – Theurang) has been sentenced to a 4-year prison term by a Chinese court in eastern Tibet. Read More
China fails to win Kirti monks with money
June 3 (Radio Free Asia): Tibetan monks at the besieged Kirti monastery in Ngaba in northeastern Tibet have refused payments of money offered by Chinese authorities in an Read More
Root cause of China’s ethnic disharmony is political
June 5 (Financial Times/by Minxin Pei): The fundamental cause of ethnic disharmony, however, is not economic or cultural but political. Read More
US lawmakers urge Obama to meet Dalai Lama
June 3 (Washington Post): Some U.S. lawmakers are urging President Barack Obama to welcome the Dalai Lama at the White House when he visits Washington next month. Representatives Read More
