Tibet News

A Tibetan intellectual has been arrested recently for speaking out about the situation in Tibet under Chinese rule. Kalsang Tsultrim, who in 2009 distributed widely a video recording of his testimony, was arrested on Jul 7 at Dzoege (Chinese: Ruo’ergai) County in Karze Prefecture of Sichuan Province, said Dharamsala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Aug 22.

The authorities have fixed the number of dead from the rain-triggered avalanche of mud, rocks and other debris which hit Zhouqu (Tibetan: Drugchu) County in Gannan (Tibetan: Kanlho) Prefecture of Gansu Province in the night of Aug 7-8 at 1,435, with 330 others still missing, as of Aug 22, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency Aug 22.

China held in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on Aug 19-20 a meeting of the Public Security Bureaus of the ethnic Tibetan areas of the PRC, which includes the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as well as prefectures and counties in Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan provinces.

Due to increased rainfall and rise in the thawing of glaciers, lakes in northern Tibet have been swelling over the past years, posing major geological and other dangers, reported China’s official CRIENGLISH.com Aug 21, citing Chinese experts.

China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), China’s biggest oil company, has said Aug 19 that its subsidiary PetroChina Co. would raise natural gas production at its Qinghai oil field by 42% this year to 6.12 billion cubic metres.

China may have taken its first step towards bracketing the Karmapa with the Dalai Lama.

The death toll from the rain-triggered avalanche of mud and rocks which hit Zhouqu (Tibetan: Drugchu) County in Gannan (Tibetan: Kanlho) Prefecture of Gansu Province in the night of Aug 7-8 had reached 1,287, with 457 others missing, as of Aug 18 at 4PM, reported China’s official Xinhua news agency Aug 18.

The death toll from the rain-triggered avalanche of mud and rocks which hit Zhouqu (Tibetan: Drugchu) County in Gannan (Tibetan: Kanlho) Prefecture of Gansu Province in the night of Aug 7-8 had reached 1,270, with 474 others missing, as of Aug 17 at 5PM, reported China’s official Xinhua news agency Aug 17.

To monks staged a demonstration on the streets of Lithang Town in Karze Prefecture of Sichuan Province on Aug 12, carrying a Tibetan national flag and a picture of the Dalai Lama while shouting slogans in support of the exile Tibetan leader, reported Radio Free Asia online Aug 15.

On a four-day inspection tour of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) which ended on Aug 16, China’s Politburo Standing Committee member He Guoqiang called on the religious leaders there to promote patriotism and ethnic unity, reported China’s official Xinhua news agency Aug 16.

The death toll from the rain-triggered mudslides which hit Zhouqu (Tibetan: Drugchu) County in Gannan (Tibetan: Kanlho) Prefecture of Gansu Province in the night of Aug 7-8 had reached 1,239, with 505 others still missing, as of Aug 14 at 4PM, reported China’s official Xinhua news agency Aug 14.

China said Aug 12 that its air force had completed its first large-scale airborne drill over the Tibetan Plateau on Aug 9.

He is one of Tibet’s richest businessmen, a communist party member, and has been praised for his patriotism to the Chinese nation.

China said Aug 11 it had completed the drawing up of a detailed "Action Plan for Building Lhasa into an International Tourist City in Five Years".

The death toll from the rain-triggered mudslides which hit Zhouqu (Tibetan: Drugchu) County in Gannan (Tibetan: Kanlho) Prefecture of Gansu Province in the night of Aug 7-8 had reached 1,117, with 627 others still missing, as of Aug 11 afternoon, reported China’s official Xinhua news agency Aug 11.