For Offering To Defend Tibetans, Chinese Lawyers Get Licenses Revoked
Region: ChinaThe Beijing Judicial Bureau has taken away the legal licenses of Jiang Tianyoung and Teng Biao. They were no longer allowed to renew their legal licenses. Why? Both activist lawyers had offered to represent the Tibetans th... more
Views: 610'Bad Karma' Comment Causes Stone To Not Be Invited To Shanghai Film Festival
Region: ChinaSeveral weeks ago, China was struck by an earthquake with the magnitude of 7.9. Many people were killed as a result of the earthquake and many structures were damaged in the process. Before the earthquake took place, China... more
Views: 784Stone's Remark On The China Quake May Have 'Cost' Her
Region: ChinaThe remark recently made by Sharon Stone on the earthquake that has hit China in the recent weeks may have well put a damper on her international success as a Hollywood actress. Recently, Sharon Stone had made a remark on ... more
Views: 571India's Tibetan Exiles Create Alternative To Olympic Games
Region: IndiaWithin the recent weeks, the international criticism towards China in regards to handling Tibet along with the pro-Chinese demonstrations across the world has been overshadowed by another event. The issue of Tibet-China re... more
Views: 61717th Karmpa Makes His First Visit To The United States
Region: United StatesFor the first time, His Holiness, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinely Dorje, would take a trip to the United States for the first time. Like His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa is also one of ... more
Views: 22987.9 Earthquake Could Add To List Of China's Possible Olympic Woes
Region: ChinaThe lives of at least 8,500 people have been killed after China was hit by a 7.9 earthquake on Monday, May 12. So far, it is expected that the death toll will be increased. A school building had also collapsed burying at l... more
Views: 1319Dalai Lama, A 'Criminal' To China
Region: ChinaBefore China and the representatives of Tibet would hold their meeting, China’s government had called Tibet’s spiritual leader, His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama as a “criminal.” This gives off the ... more
Views: 2833Burma Is Urged To Hold A Fair And Credible Poll On May 10
Region: MyanmarAs Burma’s military junta is set to hold voting for a referendum on May 10 in regards to a new constitution, it has been urged by the United Nations Security Council to allow all political players to participate. In ... more
Views: 909Nepal's Maoists And The US Engage In Talks For The First Time
Region: NepalIn the elections back in April, Nepal’s Maoists had come into power. Before then, the Maoists were considered a rebel group on the United States’ terrorist watch group list. As the Maoists have taken power of N... more
Views: 743Nepal Bans Trekkers from Everest Base Camp
Region: Nepal
NEPAL, Namche Bazaar - After banning journalists from reporting on the Chinese Olympic Torch relay to the summit of Mount Everest from the Nepalese side of the border, the Nepalese authorities have now also banned tr... more
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