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Dozens missing after floods on Nepal-China border

More than two dozen people were missing after torrential rain in China’s Tibet region triggered a deluge in the Bhote Koshi River, washing away the “Friendship Bridge” that links China and Nepal, offi...

Dalai Lama seen wearing a ‘Team Taiwan’ cap

The Dalai Lama on Sunday was seen wearing a cap embroidered with the word, “Team Taiwan” while watching a modern neo-techno performance of the traditional San Taizi (三太子) dance, as he celebrated his 9...

Dalai Lama asserts Tibetan agency

On Wednesday last week, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, currently living in exile in India, issued a statement affirming the continuation of the institution of the Da...

How will the Dalai Lama’s successor be chosen? 達賴喇嘛90大壽宣布延續轉世制度

The choice of a successor to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, is a matter of major interest not only for millions of followers of his religion, but also for China, India and th...

Dalai Lama denounces CCP claims: coalition

The Dalai Lama saying that neither Beijing nor any other outsider has the authority to identify his successor was a powerful statement against Chinese Communist Par...

Enduring light of the Dalai Lama

Today is the 90th birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. In an age marred by authoritarian resurgence, geopolitical fragmentation and ethical ambiguity, the ...

Honoring the Dalai Lama at 90

It has been more than 20 years since I became acquainted with the respected Dalai Lama. Since then, we have met on many occasions and continuously supported one another. There are many reasons behi...

Dalai Lama wants another ‘30 or 40 years’

The Dalai Lama yesterday said he dreamed of living for decades more, as the Buddhist spiritual leader prayed with thousands of exiled Tibetans on the eve of his 90th birthday.Thumping drums ...

The Dalai Lama’s act of resistance

As the 14th Dalai Lama approaches his 90th birthday, he has made a proclamation that reverberates far beyond the monastic halls of Dharamsala: His reincarnation would not be born in Tibet so long a...

Donovan’s Deep Dives: Strangely, many foreign observers find Taiwan’s totally normal politics mystifying

The confusion is hardly surprising — Taiwan’s government is ruled under a Constitution written for a faraway mid-20th-century Chinese government founded when Taiwan was a Japanese colony