Forty five years ago I came in direct contact with Tibetan culture for the first time. Prior to that I had seen Tibetan caravans traveling through Tansen, Palpa, Nepal. I was well aware of the situation on the other side of the Himalayan mountains and I had even been in the audience when the Dalai [...]
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Forty five years
Posted in China, Tibet, spirituality, tagged China, Dalai Lama, Kham, Nepal, Tibet on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lhasa Leaders Sacked
Posted in China, Tibet, tagged Lhasa, Tibet on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An article in the Guardian today reported that two of the top people in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) have been sacked – Wang Binyi, police chief and Qin Yizhi, deputy governor of the region. Qin made the world media last summer when the Olympic torch relay went through Lhasa for saying the Communist party [...]
