Dharamshala: The U.S. Department of State on Wednesday released the Tibetan translation of its annual report on the religious freedom in Tibet. (click here for full text in Tibetan).
The State Department has recently added 148 translations in order to increase the report’s accessibility. This the first time the State Department has published a portion of […]

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Dharamsala, Jan 29: The popular international social network, Twitter, is developing technology it hopes will prevent the Chinese and Iranian governments being able to censor its users, reported the Financial Times.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Evan Williams, the chief executive and co-founder of Twitter, which has been credited with helping anti-government protesters in Iran […]

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Dharamsala - China urged the European Union on Thursday to lift its arms embargo calling it “a political prejudice against China”. The weapons embargo is a form of political discrimination, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
“The discrimination does not go along with the current world trend and the development of a comprehensive strategic partnership between […]

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By Robert Saiget
BEIJING — A court in China’s Xinjiang region has sentenced four people to death over deadly riots in July, bringing to 26 the number of those condemned to die for the unrest, a government official said on Tuesday.
The verdicts were handed down on Monday by a court in the regional capital Urumqi — […]

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By CARA ANNA
BEIJING - Imitation Web sites of both Google and YouTube have emerged in China as the country faces off against the real Google over its local operations.
YouTubecn.com offers videos from the real YouTube, which is owned by Google and blocked in China. The Google imitation is called Goojje and includes a plea for […]

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Venkatesan Vembu
Friday, January 29, 2010 12:52 IST

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Representatives of the Dharamsala-based Tibetan government-in-exile are currently in Beijing for talks with Chinese officials on the restive region over which China claims historical sovereignty and which witnessed an uprising against Chinese rule as recently as two years ago. The current, ninth round of talks, like […]

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Dharamshala: Winning as “audience documentary favourite” at the prestigious 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival which was concluded in California on 18 January, Delhi-based filmmakers, Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam, announced the Mumbai and Delhi premières of their film, ‘The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet’s Struggle for Freedom’.
The film will screen in Mumbai on […]

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 29, 2010
Filed at 6:57 a.m. ET
BEIJING (AP) — Envoys of exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Beijing Friday for weekend talks amid subtle shifts in China’s approach to its restive, riot-scarred western regions of Tibet and Xinjiang.
As with past rounds of talks, the discussions with officials from […]

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Five more people, probably all Uyghurs, have been sentenced to death for their involvement in last July’s riots. The authorities also announce more investments in the province. Experts say the money will likely benefit ruling groups whilst ethnic Uyghurs will be further dispossessed of their …

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Panchkula (Haryana), Jan 29 (IANS) It was a proud moment for 209 new constables Friday as they became the first batch of women to be inducted into the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), which guards the border with China, at an impressive parade at the ITBP training centre near here.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram flew in […]

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