Global Geopolitics Net Sites B.RAMAN According to reliable source reports from Tibet and Xinjiang, October 1, 2009, which marked the 60the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, was observed as a day of mourning by the Uighurs and the Tibetans in Xinjiang and Tibet. 2. Despite the strong security measures taken [...]
INDIA/CHINA: Dalai’s Planned Visit to Border State Sparks Rows
September 17, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Ranjit Devraj NEW DELHI, Sep 17 (IPS) – The Dalai Lama’s planned visit to Arunachal Pradesh appears to be a simple, pastoral response to Buddhist flocks in that north-eastern Indian state. But then nothing has been simple between Asia’s giants ever since the Dalai Lama fled his palace in [...]
OBAMA DUCKS DALAI LAMA
September 16, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites B.RAMAN Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser and assistant to US President Barack Obama, accompanied by Maria Otero, the Undersecretary for Democracy and Global Affairs in the US State Department, visited Dharamshala on September 14,2009, and met His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Samdhong Rinpoche, the Prime Minister of the Tibetan-Government-in-exile. 2. [...]
