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China bans book on CCP by Australian journalist (Jul 30)
Although no definitive lists of forbidden tomes are published, readers in China are blocked when they go online in an attempt to buy The Party: The Secret World of China's


Nepal's repatriation of 3 Tibetans leaves UN ‘concerned’ (Jul 28)
Nepal has forcibly handed over three fleeing Tibetan refugees to Chinese authorities in early June, the United Nations said on Wednesday, adding it was "extremely concerned" by the move


A Tibetan appointed to the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (Jul 28)
The Washington State Governor has appointed a Tibetan American and resident of Seattle, Tashi Namgyal Khamshitsang, to the State Commission on Asian Pacific America


China tells Nepal to further intensify curbs on Tibetan activities (Jul 28)
China has announced new financial assistance to Nepal to toughen its measures on curbing Tibetan refugees from engaging in anti China activities on its soil, Nepalese media reported


China Warns U.S. to Stay Out of Islands Dispute (Jul 28)
The Chinese government reacted angrily on Monday to an announcement by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that Washington might step into a long-simmering territorial dispute between China and its smaller neighbors in the South China


Religious oppression forces senior monk to commit suicide (Jul 27)
Tibetan Government-in-Exile Tuesday said it received reliable information confirming the suicide of a 70-year old monk of Shag Rongpo monastery in the Nagchu County of the so-called “Tibet Autonomous Region” (TAR)


China Three Gorges flooding set to peak (Jul 27)
China says flood waters at the Three Gorges Dam will peak within the next 24 hours, after torrential rain further up the Yangtze river over the weekend


Canada’s first traditional Tibetan Buddhist monastery opens (Jul 27)
Thrangu Monastery, the first traditional-style Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Canada, joins the 20 temples, mosques and churches that line No. 5 Road in Richmond, earning that stretch of pavement its lofty nickname


Dalai Lama consecrates Matreiya statue at Disket monastery (Jul 27)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama blessed a newly constructed statue of Matreiya Buddha at a ceremony at Ladakh's oldest and largest Disket Monastery (Dekyi Gonpa in


Clash Over Mandarin’s Ascent in Guangdong (Jul 26)
It seems unlikely that the advances of Mandarin in Guangdong is related to similar efforts in Xinjiang or Tibet. Guandong still thrives economically, and with the exception of labor protests in recent years, the region remains