RANEY ARONSON-RATH: This year marks 75 years of the Chinese Communist Party’s rule of Tibet. VICTOR GAO: For the Chinese government, for the Chinese nation, the thing is very simple. There is only one ...

LHASA, China (Reuters) - Buddhist monasteries have reopened to the devout in Tibet's regional capital, but nearly a year after monks' protests sparked deadly riots, officials keep a tight grip on ...

Lhamo La-tso, revered in Tibetan tradition older than Buddhism, is believed to be the sacred home of the 'life-spirit' that embodies the soul of individuals and families. This lake, guarded by the ...

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Tibetan National Uprising Day, observed annually on March 10, honors the 1959 Lhasa Uprising against Chinese rule. The uprising, sparked by fears for the Dalai Lama’s safety, escalated into a ...

Nearly seven decades since the 1959 uprising in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, the Chinese government still treats March 10 ...

His films captured contemporary Tibetan life as Tibetans saw it, devoid of the stereotypes long associated with their homeland. By Tiffany May Pema Tseden, a filmmaker and author who presented an ...

WILLIAMSVILLE -- The Monadnock Friends of Tibet will host Lobsang Wangchuk, a Tibetan immigrant and a former monk now living in Brattleboro, on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. at The Thosum Gephelling ...

Being a monk with a mandala might seem challenging to a non-monk. After days of painstaking work, placing colored grains in an intricate geometric pattern on a large mat, the sand painting is ...

Despite Moscow’s grim new repression in Eastern Europe, Communism’s Asian face still wears the harsher visage. Distracted by the rush of events in the West, the world has all but forgotten the ...