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House committee says no new Chinese consulates in the U.S. until the U.S. gets one in Lhasa, Tibet
http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/ict-news-reports/house-committee-says-no-new-chinese-consulates-us-until-us-gets-one-lhasa-tibet Thousands enthrone the Dalai Lama’s portrait in Tibet Phayul Thursday, July 28, 2011 14:31By Sherab Woeser
A religious gathering of over 5000 people in eastern Tibet violated Chinese government orders and publicly enthroned a portrait of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama with full religious ceremonial gaiety. The enthronement of the portraits of the Dalai Lama and the 10th Panchen Lama took place at the Kham Lithang Gonchen during the 10-day Jang Gonchoe Chenmo religious congregation which began July 15. http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=29809&article=Thousands+enthrone+the+Dalai+Lama%E2%80%99s+portrait+in+Tibet On His Holiness’ 76th Birthday, A New Tibetan Community Formed in Newcastle, Australia Jul 26, 2011Newcastle, Australia: Around 100 people gathered for the first time in Newcastle, Australia to celebrate the 76th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on 9 July. The celebrations were held within the Ethnic Communities Council Hall at Waratah.
The day was significant for another reason – it was also the official launch of the Tibetan Community of Newcastle, Australia’s newest Tibetan Community. The community began around 2 months ago when 4 families decided to move from Sydney to establish a new home for in Newcastle. They then met Tenzin Lodue – a fellow Tibetan who had been living in Newcastle with his Australian wife and 3 children for the past seven years. Together the 5 families decided to form the Tibetan Community of Newcastle so that they can work together to preserve their culture and teach their traditions to their children. The community also exists so that they can offer support and assistance to each other and to any other families or individuals who choose to move to the area in future.... http://tibetoffice.com.au/on-his-holiness-76th-birthday-a-new-tibetan-community-formed-in-newcastle-australia/ Special Envoy of the Dalai Lama August 23, 2011“The way forward on Tibet - Prospects for autonomy under the Chinese government and the dialogue between China and Tibetan exiles”
As the Special Envoy of the Dalai Lama, Mr Lodi Gyari led the Tibetan delegation in talks between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama for the last nine rounds of dialogue from 2002-2010. The last round of dialogue collapsed in January 2010 when China rejected the Tibetan proposal – a Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People. Mr Gyari is also the Executive Chairman of the Board of International Campaign for Tibet, a human right advocacy groups headquartered in Washington DC. He advocated for the Tibetan people with the US Congress and the White House for close to 20 years. He was a key figure in working for the US Congress’ passage of the Tibet Policy Act in 2002 and awarding of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama in 2007. He has formerly been the chairman of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, cabinet minister in Central Tibetan Administration, co-founder of Tibetan Youth Congress and co-founder of Tibetan Review, the first English-language journal of the Tibetan exiles. He has spoken at Brookings Institute in Washington, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Asia Centre in Paris, and most recently at Institute of South Asian Studies in Singapore. In September 2010, he wrote an op-ed titled ‘The Tibetan Impasse’ in the South China Morning Post. http://www.npc.org.au/speakers/lodi-giyari.html |
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