American climber dies on descent from summit of Mount Everest
An American climber died on the descent from the summit of Mount Everest on Monday, a Nepalese official said, taking the number of dead or missing mountaineers on the world's highest mountain to nine on the Nepali side during the current climbing season. Christopher John ...
U.S. ambassador urges China to talk to the Dalai Lama during Tibet trip
China should hold talks with Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad told Chinese officials during a trip to the Himalayan region where he criticized Beijing for interfering in religious freedom. Branstad visited Tibet last week, the first such trip ...
After rare Tibet visit, U.S. ambassador urges China to have talks with Dalai Lama
Terry Branstad, the U.S. ambassador to China, urged Beijing to engage in substantive dialogue with exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama during a visit to the Himalayan region over the past week. An embassy news release Saturday said Branstad also expressed concerns about ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to meet the Dalai Lama during a 2014 visit to India but a "cautious" New Delhi did not allow it to happen, a new book has claimed. The 83-year-old Buddhist monk has made India his home since fleeing the Tibetan ...
Strong, shallow M6.1 earthquake rocks northeast India and is felt in Tibet
A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh early Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the shallow quake was about 40 km (25 miles) southeast of Along, and 180 km southwest of the state capital Itanagar. It struck at 1:45 ...
China using U.S.-made satellites for internal security, WSJ reports
A fleet of U.S.-made satellites helps China's government police its people and supports its military despite growing wariness in Washington over Beijing's power, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. While the United States will not let China buy U.S.-made satellites for national security reasons, it ...
Dalai Lama released from New Delhi hospital, says he feels 'almost normal' after treatment
The Dalai Lama was released from an Indian hospital on Friday, saying he felt "normal, almost normal" after being treated for a chest infection. The 83-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader looked pale but strong and spoke cheerfully as he walked out of the New Delhi hospital ...
Chinese youth 'volunteers' to be sent back to villages in Mao-style move
China is planning to send millions of youth "volunteers" back to the villages, raising fears of a return to the methods of Chairman Mao's brutal Cultural Revolution of 50 years ago. The Communist Youth League (CYL) has promised to despatch more than 10 million students ...
Dalai Lama, 83, taken to New Delhi hospital for chest pain, said to be OK
The Dalai Lama has undergone a checkup at a New Delhi hospital following chest pains, according to an aide who said the octogenarian Tibetan spiritual leader was in stable condition. Ngodup Tsering, the 83-year-old Buddhist monk's representative in the United States, told AFP the Dalai ...
A look back at the Dalai Lama's dramatic 1959 escape from China-ruled Tibet
In March 1959, Tibet's ruler and spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fled his homeland amid a deadly Chinese crackdown, escaping to India in a grueling two-week trek. There he formed a government-in-exile and demand autonomy for Tibet, going on to earn international renown and respect ...
It has been six decades since the Dalai Lama fled into exile, but in the isolated mountain hamlet where he was born, he remains very much on the minds of devotees and Chinese authorities alike. Lying on the northeastern edge of the Tibetan plateau in ...
U.S. Congress threatens to ban Chinese officials unless Tibet is opened
The U.S. Congress has voted to demand access for U.S. diplomats, journalists and tourists to Tibet, threatening to bar the Chinese officials responsible for the policy from the United States if the region remained walled off to foreigners. The bill, which passed with bipartisan support, ...
