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Tag: Dalai Lama

Posted inSouth Asia

Dalai Lama helped Tibetan Buddhist nuns go for advanced degrees

by Darcie Price-Wallace September 26, 2025September 30, 2025

In August 2025, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious institutions across India and Nepal – a record number – gathered at the Dolma Ling Nunnery in northern India to take various levels of the “geshema” examination. These exams are in preparation for one day receiving the geshema degree, comparable with a doctorate in Tibetan Buddhist […]

Posted inWorld

Tensions, talks and a turning point in Sino-Indian relations

by Amit Ranjan and Genevieve Donnellon-May September 3, 2025September 6, 2025
Posted inOpinion

Hard rivalry for Buddhism’s soft power

by Jack Meng-Tat Chia August 25, 2025August 26, 2025
Posted inChina

For China, Dalai Lama succession also about water supply control

by Tom Harper July 10, 2025July 16, 2025
Posted inChina

Home and away, China putting tight new squeeze on Tibet

by Richard S Ehrlich May 5, 2025May 9, 2025
Posted inUS-China trade war

Chinese pundits like Walz pragmatism in US trade war

by Jeff Pao August 20, 2024August 23, 2024
Posted inTibet

Unholy war over the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation

by John Powers June 24, 2023June 24, 2023
Posted inReligion

Dalai Lama tweaks China with Mongolia spiritual leader pick

by Brooke Schedneck April 2, 2023April 6, 2023
Posted inChina-India

Why China and India never got over the 1962 war

by Alex Tickell November 8, 2022November 13, 2022
Posted inTibet

Unholy battle to decide Tibet’s next Dalai Lama

by Brooke Schedneck June 26, 2021June 29, 2021
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama delivers a speech during the Namami Brahmaputra Festival on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in Guwahati, India, April 2, 2017. Photo: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters
Posted inOpinion

India should follow US lead on Tibet policy

by Kunsang Thokmay December 31, 2020December 31, 2020
Posted inTibet

US: Sanctions if China butts into Dalai Lama pick

by AT Contributor December 29, 2020December 29, 2020
Posted inEspionage

China leverages its Tibetan repression to spy on US

by Richard S Ehrlich October 2, 2020October 5, 2020
Posted inInner Mongolia Postcard

Inner Mongolia language dispute summons memories

by Bradley K. Martin September 8, 2020May 22, 2024
Posted inChina

80th anniversary of Dalai Lama’s enthronement

by AT Contributor February 22, 2020February 22, 2020
Posted inChina

Who has the right to decide the next Dalai Lama?

by Kunsang Thokmay December 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

Dalai Lama breaks the chains of reincarnation

by Richard S Ehrlich November 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

South Park sends satirical Rocket to China

by Buzz Kaye October 8, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, United States, World

US lays down line to China on next Dalai Lama

by Shaun Tandon September 22, 2019February 18, 2020
The Dalai Lama speaks at a news conference prior to a speech to thousands at the UC San Diego campus in California, in June 2017. Photo: Reuters/ Mike Blake
Posted inChina

The fight to select the next Dalai Lama

by Brooke Schedneck August 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh is calibrated irritant in Sino-India relations. Photo: Reuters
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Dalai Lama says sorry, but does it again

by Ali Salman Andani July 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

Mystery surrounds kidnapped Panchen Lama

by Richard S Ehrlich May 8, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

China’s dire clampdown on religious freedom

by Jonathan Manthorpe April 5, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Huge crowds mark 60 years since Tibet uprising

by Asia Times staff March 11, 2019February 18, 2020
Xi Jinping's China is casting a keen eye on Tibet and its spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Photo: Reuters and Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAfghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

The soul of Tibet, and the insecurity of China

by Prakash Katoch November 20, 2018
The Dalai Lama in a group photo with the Taiwanese scientists. Photo: Handout
Posted inBeijing, China, India, South Asia, Taiwan

Dalai Lama willing to visit Taiwan for science event

by Asia Times staff November 5, 2018February 18, 2020
His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje visits the Karma Tekchen Zabsal Ling Toronto Thrangu Centre to cut a ribbon and bless the main prayer hall on June 8, 2017 in Toronto. Photo: Creative Touch Imaging Ltd / NurPhoto
Posted inBeijing, China, India, Nepal, South Asia, World

The 17th Karmapa: Tibet’s new leader?

by Paul Mooney August 2, 2018February 18, 2020
His Holiness the 17th Karmapa has said he hopes to return to India shortly after a nine-month break in the US. Photo: YouTube screen grab
Posted inChina, India, South Asia, World

Exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader in talks with Delhi on return to India

by Paul Mooney August 1, 2018February 18, 2020
Buddhist monks from Bhutan perform the Black Hat mask dance at the Bhutan temple in Bodhgaya on January 20, 2017. Photo: AFP/Stringer
Posted inBangladesh, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

In a high-stakes dance, China charms Bhutan

by Bertil Lintner July 31, 2018February 18, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the group photo session during the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, southeastern China's Fujian province on September 4, 2017. File Photo: Reuters / Kenzaburo Fukuhara / Pool
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Maldives, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Taiwan, World, Wuhan

Pragmatic India junks past rhetoric for Xi-Modi summit

by Manoj Joshi April 25, 2018

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