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14 May, 2008
China quake toll close to 15,000
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Nearly 15,000 people died in the devastating earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province, the official Xinhua news agency has reported.
More than 25,000 are still trapped in the rubble two days after the 7.9 quake struck, causing landslides and razing homes, schools and whole villages.
China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has flown to the epicentre to see [...]
12 May, 2008
Thousands dead in Chinese quake
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A powerful earthquake has killed at least 10,000 people in China's south-western Sichuan province, up to 5,000 of them in just one county.
Many more have been killed and injured in other parts of the country after the 7.8-magnitude quake struck at 1428 local time (0628 GMT).
At least 50 bodies have been recovered from the rubble [...]
9 May, 2008
Olympic Torch Reaches Everest Peak - Tibet/XiZang Qomolangma
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A team of climbers trudged through snow and ice to carry the Olympic torch to the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, fulfilling a long-held goal of the Chinese government to have the Olympic flame lit on top of the world's highest mountain - Tibet/XiZang Qomolangma.
Overseas groups opposed to Chinese rule in Tibet quickly denounced [...]
5 May, 2008
US journalist commends China's efforts to develop Tibet/XiZang, preserve its culture
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The Chinese government has made impressive efforts to bring Tibet to the modern world of the 21st century and preserve its traditional culture, a U.S. journalist said on Sunday.
David Jones, the interim managing editor of the Washington Times, said in an email interview with Xinhua that he saw during his trip to Tibet last September [...]
29 Apr, 2008
Policeman killed in pursuit of riot leader in NW China
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A policeman was shot dead during the pursuit of an alleged riot leader in northwest China's Qinghai Province, local authorities said on Tuesday.
Lama Cedain, a Tibetan officer in charge of criminal investigations in the Public Security Bureau of Dari County, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Golog, was wounded six times and died at about 6:30 a.m. [...]
27 Apr, 2008
Tibet/XiZang will receive foreign tourists soon
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Tibet will receive foreign tourists as soon as possible as all the conditions become mature, the Tourism Bureau of the Tibet Autonomous Region informed on April 27.
According to the Deputy Director of the Tourism Bureau of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the normal reception work of the tourism industry in Tibet was greatly disturbed by the [...]
25 Apr, 2008
China's central gov't department to meet with Dalai's private representative
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BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- China's central government department will meet with Dalai's private representative in the coming days, Xinhua learned from official sources on Friday.
"In view of the requests repeatedly made by the Dalai side for resuming talks, the relevant department of the central government will have contact and consultation with Dalai's private representative [...]
8 Jan, 2008
Tibet/XiZang from dynasty to republic
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BEIJING, April 9 -- Tibet is located in Southwest China. The people who lived there struck up links with the Han in the Central Plains long before the Christian era. Throughout centuries, the numerous tribes scattered across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau gradually developed into the Tibetan ethnic group.
By the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), the Tibetans and [...]
7 Jan, 2008
Video - Tibet: The Truth
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Credits:
Chris D. Nebe
JJ Osbun
Mark Grabianowski
The West is trying to demonize China. Why? To ensure an upper-handed position economically, politically, and socially.
Too many harbor strong opinions about Tibet, yet know nothing more than the few slogans offered by the mass-media outlets.
The media screams:
"They killed innocent monks!" - but those "innocent" monks and other young hooligans killed [...]
