source:Phayul, Monday, March 05, 2012

DHARAMSHALA, March 5: A teenaged Tibetan school girl torched her body in an apparent protest against the Chinese occupation of Tibet in a busy market in eastern Tibet.

Tsering Kyi, 19, studying at a local middle school set herself on fire at a vegetable market in Machu in the traditional Amdo region of Tibet on March 3. She passed away at the scene.

The Dharamshala based Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, in a release today said that Chinese security personnel arrived at the scene of the protest and locked down the market.

“All mobile phones were confiscated in an attempt the stop the news of the protest from spreading,” the release said. “People at the scene of the protest were issued strict orders against speaking about the self-immolation.”

Source:tibet.net, 5 March 2012

DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration is deeply concerned and saddened by the latest development in Tibet involving a 32-year-old mother and a student setting themselves on fire to protest against the continuing occupation of Tibet by the People’s Republic of China. Both of them have died.

Rinchen, a mother of four children, set herself on fire in front of the police station at the entrance of Kirti Monastery in Ngaba in northeastern Tibet on 4 March. She shouted slogans demanding freedom and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet. She died on the spot.

On 3 March, Tsering Kyi, a 20-year-old Tibetan student died after setting herself on fire at a vegetable market in Machu in eastern Tibet. Media reports state that the Tsering Kyi was a middle school student.

The current situation in Ngaba is tense following this latest self-immolation incident, as large number of security forces and police have been deployed in the region.

Source:tibet.net

DUBLIN, 1 March:  Kalon Tripa Dr. Lobsang Sangay, was awarded the Gold Medal of the College Historical Society of Trinity College Dublin for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse by the Auditor of the Society, Ms Ursula Ni Choill.

Addressing a packed audience in Ireland’s capital city university campus, Dr Sangay said: “It is an honour and a privilege for me to be here in Trinity College Dublin and to accept this award with deep humility on behalf of the Tibetan people, inside and outside Tibet. Thank you for giving this recognition to the Tibetan struggle. Any such recognition of support is very much appreciated and gives voice to the voiceless inside Tibet.”

After giving an amusing and well received account of his upbringing in India, his 16 years spent in the United States of America, and his election last year as the Kalon Tripa, he summarised it all with: “From my parents selling one of their three cows for 500 rupees to send me to school to my becoming Kalon Tripa has been my destiny, my karma, and I will do the best I can. Ultimately, it will be the Tibetan spirit, the Tibetan pride that will carry our struggle forward, and it is a privilege and honour to serve the Tibetan people.”

Milan, 28 February: There is a deep and strong friendship between our people, said President Luis Durnwalder of South Tyrol Autonomous Region in Italy to Kalon Tripa Dr. Lobsang Sangay this morning. “It is good to know that a young and dynamic leader will continue this friendship,” he said.

(In foto -Kalon Tripa with President Dellai of Trento, Mr. Roberto Pinto and Mr Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapa)

South Tyrol has three ethnic groups and the autonomy status had bought peace and security in the province. China can learn from the South Tyrol model of autonomy said President Durnwalder.

Kalon Tripa said that the unique autonomous status that South Tyrol enjoys is well known amongst the exile Tibetan Community.

The Tibetan political leader met with South Tyrol Provincial Council President Mauro Minniti. Council President Minniti said the visit of the Kalon Tripa is very important in highlighting the suffering of the Tibetan people. South Tyrol knows the suffering of the Tibetan people and democracy cannot be denied to anyone.

Milano 28 feb, Gephel ling, durante la sua breve visita in Italia il primo ministro del Governo tibetano Dott. Lobsang Sangay ha incontrato i tibetani residenti in Italia. Durante la serata Comunità tibetana in Italia ha organizzato una cena dove il ministro ha fatto un breve discorso, seguito da varie domande e risposte.

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Source: phayul.com, 28-02-2012

DHARAMSHALA, February 28: China must urgently implement sweeping economic and political reforms, including the reduction of the dominance of state companies and promotion of free market if it is to maintain growth of even half the level it managed over the past three decades, the World Bank said in a report released Monday.

"As China's leaders know, the country's current economic growth model is unsustainable," said World Bank president Robert Zoellick at a conference on Monday about the report, co-authored with a Chinese cabinet think tank, the Development Research Centre.

After growing an average annual 10 percent in the past 30 years China's economy may slow to grow just 5 percent a year by 2026-2030, from 8.5 percent in 2011-2015, the Bank said. The challenge for Beijing is to keep the slowdown smooth.

China has reached a "turning point" and needs to "redefine the role of the state", said Zoellick.