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News Source: United Press International
| 8 months ago
March 20 (UPI) -- China says it is "seriously concerned" about British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plans to meet Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in London. "China is seriously concerned about (Brown's comments)," Chinese Foreign Ministry...
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News Source: Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
Activists will demonstrate in Beijing during the Olympics to press China to help end bloodshed in Darfur, a group said Thursday, adding to the government's public relations headaches as it tries to quell protests in Tibet. The announcement came as...
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News Source: United Press International
| 8 months ago
March 20 (UPI) -- A Tibetan official has characterized the protests in Tibet against Chinese rule as "cutthroat combat" between his people and supporters of the Dalai Lama. "The cutthroat combat between us and the Dalai clique with its antagonistic...
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News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
There is confusion among the young rank and file of the Tibetan protest movement. And its leadership is yet to take the final call whether to break with the Dalai Lama and carve out an independent movement or fall in line and continue his moderate...
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News Source: Pak Tribune
| 8 months ago
Beijing Olympic organisers Wednesday said that the Games were not the place for politics as they battled calls to boycott the August competition or its opening ceremony over China’s handling of the worst protests in Tibet in 20 years. "To link the..
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News Source: BBC South Asia
| 8 months ago
The Nepalese government has said in response that it has no choice but to prevent what it calls anti-Chinese protests in the capital, Kathmandu. The protestors have regularly held rallies against Chinese rule in Tibet. Police have often beaten them...
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News Source: United Press International
| 8 months ago
March 20 (UPI) -- Despite China's claims of calm in Tibet, various reports indicate Tibetan protests against Chinese rule are spreading. The Times of India said as Chinese authorities tried to get more protesters in Lhasa to surrender, there were...
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News Source: Phayul
| 8 months ago
DPA [Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:39] Beijing on Thursday protested British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plans to meet the Dalai Lama in May as it faces criticism for its handling of protests in the Himalayan region. "China is seriously concerned"...
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News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| 8 months ago
China ramped up security on Thursday to quell a Tibetan uprising as it expressed concern over British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's planned meeting with the Dalai Lama. Huge military convoys were seen heading towards Tibet, while a build-up of...
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News Source: Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
Responding to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's recent statement that China hopes to resume peace talks across the Taiwan Strait as soon as possible under the one China principle, Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian on Thursday said that the worst-case...