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• Weak Sauce

  
  Hold Fast — Authority: 468
  New York Times columnist and frequent Chinese government apologist Nick Kristof has only mustered this Tweet in response to the jailing of Liu Xiaobo for advocating democracy in China. @NickKristof The great Liu Xiaobo sentenced to 11 yrs by Chinese govt. For shame, Beijing. Kristof’s column ran today. It was ...
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• Kathmandu, a vulnerable city

  
  Carbon-Based — Authority: 144
  Ramesh Prasad Bhushal in the Himalayan : Kathmandu has been listed among the 15 most vulnerable cities of the world due to the impact of climate change. The International Institute for Environment and Development based in London, recently published a report — Climate Change and the Urban Poor — listing the capital ...
  10 hours ago

• Havel on Obama, China & Tibet

  
  Hold Fast — Authority: 468
  The Wall Street Journal has an interview of former Czech president and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Vaclav Havel. In it Havel speaks about Obama’s handling of China and the Dalai Lama and the elemental mistakes he is making in his policy towards Tibet and appeasement of China. After comparing Obama’s early dealings ...
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• Nepal seeks strong economic ties with China (Second Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Lhasa, Dec 26 (IANS) With bilateral trade topping $304 million in the first 10 months of this year, the visiting Nepali prime minister will push for stronger economic cooperation with China when he meets his Chinese counterpart in Beijing.China-Nepal trade was worth $304 million in the first 10 months of 2009, with ...
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• Scientists complete sequencing Tibetan antelope genome

  
  American Buddhist Net - Buddhist News & Forum — Authority: 161
  Xining (China), Dec 25 : Chinese scientists said Friday they have completed sequencing the genome of the Tibetan antelope which will hopefully explain the pathogenesis of chronic plateau sickness. LINK TO ORIGINAL
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• Nepal PM arrives in China, seeks to boost economic ties (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Lhasa, Dec 26 (IANS) Nepal’s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal arrived here Saturday as part of a six-day visit to China to boost bilateral cooperation.This was his first official visit to China since he became prime minister of the Himalayan nation in May this year, Xinhua reported. Agreements for economic ...
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• Nepal PM arrives in China

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Lhasa, Dec 26 (IANS) Nepal’s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal arrived here Saturday afternoon, kicking off a six-day visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.This was his first official visit to China since he became prime minister of the Himalayan nation in May this year.Besides Lhasa, ...
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• annapurna Base camp Trekking (Lhasa, Tibet)

  
  Travel & Vacation Listings @ RealAdventures — Authority: 153
  annapurna Base camp Trekking Lhasa, Tibet Travel Club - High Spirit Treks &ampamp; Expedition Nepal We Specialize the trekking all over the major parts of Nepal and China (Tibet),peak climbing of the major peaks of Nepal, Mountaineering ,Expedition, wildlife jungle safari, cultural tour, sight seei ...
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• China: Liu Xiabo Sentenced to 11 Years for Thought Crimes

  
  Hold Fast — Authority: 468
  Leading Chinese political dissident Liu Xiaobo was sentenced by the Chinese government to 11 years in jail for “inciting subversion of state power”; additionally Liu is banned from speaking or writing about politics at all for two years. Liu is one of China’s most high profile advocates of free speech and ...
  2 days ago

• Tibetan Glaciers

  
  PlanetBye — Authority: 122
  Tibetan Glaciers This is a gorgeous presentation of Tibetan Glaciers - and the rest of the globe for that matter (do click on the image on the Earthobservatory site, it is worth it!). According to the Chinese mapping authority, there are both shrinking and growing glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau. They ...
  2 days ago

• Police seize cache of maple wood, arrest Nepalese smugglers in Himachal Pradesh

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh), Dec 25(ANI): Himachal Pradesh Police has claimed to have arrested four Nepalese nationals, who were trying to smuggle maple wood from Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district to their country on Thursday. A case has been registered under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc) and Forest Act ...
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• Scientists complete sequencing Tibetan antelope genome

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Xining (China), Dec 25 (IANS) Chinese scientists said Friday they have completed sequencing the genome of the Tibetan antelope which will hopefully explain the pathogenesis of chronic plateau sickness.Tibetan antelopes, which live on China’s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, have been given the highest level of protection ...
  2 days ago

• Did Christ come to India to study Buddhism, Vedas?

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  By Madhusree ChatterjeeNew Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) The spotlight is back on Jesus Christ and his India connection as the world celebrates Christmas Friday. Some historians believe he spent 17 years of early life - from the age of 13 to 30 - in India learning Buddhism and the Vedas. “There are references that Christ’s ...
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• The First Rock Group in Tibet

  
  Dolenni Diddorol / Interesting Links — Authority: 127
  "As to the bands name, they explained: “According to a sutra, the heavenly club is a musical instrument used to defeat evil spirits in a Buddhist mass, so it can represent the local culture or customs of Tibet. This is the original reason for the name. On the other hand, it signifies the bands musical style: very ...
  2 days ago

• Light of Berotsana makes like a sand mandala.

  
  elephant journal — Authority: 489
  For a video of Dr. Jules Levinson discussing the urgency of preserving Tibetan culture and language, click image above. Dear Friends, With the loss of its major donor, Light of Berotsana also lost the services of Jessie Friedman, whose position as the group’s Executive Director terminated on the last day of ...
  3 days ago

• A Merry Unauthorized Tintin Christmas

  
  Tintin Movie — Authority: 114
  (c) Richard Wainman This beautiful but presumably unauthorized christmas image is by artist Richard Wainman. He has several other Tintin related images on his deviantArt gallery , including two Tintin christmas images ( Card No 1. and a card for 2006 ), Thompson, no Thomson , Tintin and Haddock on the Moon and ...
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• The Influence of the Occult on the 1939 German Expedition to Tibet

  
  Tibet Talk — Authority: 91
  Ernst Schafer and his expeditionary team in Lhasa in 1938 I n the late spring of 1938 a German expedition team arrived in Calcutta with the aim of entering into Tibet. The expedition team consisted of: Zoologist, ornithologist, and expedition leader Ernst Schäfer; Entomologist, photographer, and camera operator, ...
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• The Rest of Everest Episode 123: Tengboche

  
  The Adventure Blog — Authority: 564
  Wednesday is "Trek Everest Day" it seems, as we have another episode of The Rest of Everest to enjoy as well. This fourth season of the show is focused on an Everest Base Camp trek that took place this past spring, and continues to offer us some great insights into what it is like to make this journey. Today we ...
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• Qinghai–Tibet Railway – The Highest Railway in the World

  
  FunnyFunda — Authority: 142
  Qinghai–Tibet railway is a high-altitude railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, in China. This railway is the first to connect China proper with the Tibet Autonomous Region, which, due to its altitude and terrain, is the last province-level entity in mainland China to have ...
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• Episode 123 Tengboche

  
  The Rest of Everest Video Podcast (iPod/AppleTV) — Authority: 106
  Episode 123 TengbocheThe Wheel Keeps On Turning. We did make it to the little town of Tengboche last night and took a tour of the monastery there this morning.It really is wonderful to get to spend some time in a monastery up here, so far away from the chaotic urban landscape back in Kathmandu. It was a totally ...
  5 days ago

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