Wen Jiobao agreed today, after pressure from the world community, to hold talks with the Dalai Lama. His position, however, is that the Dalai Lama needs to drop the idea of an independent Tibet. He linked it with Taiwan’s situation.
It’s been a long time since the Dalai Lama has made independence one of his demands. [...]
Archive for March, 2008
China agrees to talks
Posted in Tibet on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reflecting on what’s happening in Tibet
Posted in Buddhism, Tibet, spirituality on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently returned from another trip to Kham, the eastern Tibetan plateau – now Gansi Prefecture in Sichuan Province, China. I’ve been taking groups of high school students up there each March since 2004. Our trip this year was 2 weeks earlier than usual and we were back in Hong Kong on March 8, 2 days before [...]
