i Weekly Tibet News Digest 31 August 2015 | Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Weekly Tibet News Digest 31 August 2015

WEEKLY DIGEST 31 August 15 (Click Here)

INSIDE TIBET:
1. Tibetan woman burns self in protest in China’s ‘New Socialist Village”
2. China’s Tianjin blasts prompt raids in provinces, including in Tibet
3. Tibetans in Nangchen Hold Protest March, Several Arrested
4. Lithang Teenager Arrested for Staging Peaceful Protest
5. Tibetan Prisoner in Failing Health Three Years Into 10-Year Term
6. Chinese Authorities Force Tibetan Literary Website Offline
7. Young Tibetan Woman Detained Following Solo Protest in Ngaba

IN EXILE:
1. Dalai Lama meets sadhus at Trimbakeshwar
2. Karnataka Orders Concerned Departments to Begin Work on Rehabilitation Policy
3. Maiden Tibet film festival to open in Singapore
4. Tibet – Not a Problem for China but a Solution for Asia: Sikyong
5. Exile Tibet’s Sikyong election now has five would-be candidates

COLUMNS:
1. 50 Years of Chinese Rule has Pushed Tibet into Ecological Disaster
2. Major policy meeting on Tibet in buildup to sensitive anniversary
3. Witnessing Development
4. China’s Tibet Work Forum: Important Policy Guidelines Given By Xi Jinping
5. Tibet: cherish unity with China as if it is your own eyes, says Xi
6. PLA: new radars on the Roof of the World

PRESS RELEASE:
1. Kalachakra Initiation Postponed for One Year

6TH TIBET WORK FORUM:
1. Vows to Keep Tibet
2. China vows to continue grip on Tibet
3. Xi for infusing “socialist values” in Tibetan schools to wean away kids from Dalai Lama
4. China Will Never Accept Dala Lama’s “Middle Way”
5. China’s fight against Dalai Lama, separatism will continue: Prez Xi
6. Xi unveils his vision to make Tibetans more Chinese