Tag: Tibet
In India, Tibetans in exile demonstrate for the 65th anniversary of their suppressed uprising
This Sunday, March 10, Tibetans commemorate the 65th anniversary of the exile of the Dalai Lama, following a failed uprising against Chinese communist power. A date that Tibetans in exile…
Sophie Lavaud, first Frenchwoman to climb all the peaks at 8000 meters
On June 26, Sophie Lavaud became the first French woman, of all genders, to have climbed the 14 summits above 8,000 meters on the planet. And the fourth woman of…
One Land, One Author: Between Tibet and Nepal with Tsering Yangzom Lama
Tsering Yangzom Lama was born and raised in Nepal, where her family settled after fleeing Tibet in 1960. She has since lived in Toronto, Vancouver and New York. A graduate…
The Dalai Lama at the heart of a controversy launched on social networks
The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader revered by all Tibetans, in turmoil. After the publication of a video in which we see him asking a boy about him “ tongue sucking…
Tsering Yangzom Lama, his love song for Tibet
Tsering Yangzom Lama was born and raised in Nepal, where her family settled after fleeing Tibet in 1960. She has since lived in Toronto, Vancouver and New York. A graduate…
On the front page, France is a football team
D-1 before the final of the France-Argentina Football World Cup, tomorrow, in Qatar. For three out of four French people (and even more), there is no doubt that the Blues…
Tibet too bears the brunt of China’s ‘zero Covid’ policy
According to official figures, nine new Covid cases and 95 asymptomatic cases were reported in Tibet on Friday. On social networks, some Internet users say they have been confined for…
Taiwan, the Uyghurs, Tibet… Mélenchon, his (many) ambivalences with China
“For the French since 1965 and General de Gaulle, there is only one China.” These words of Jean-Luc Mélenchon published on his blog last August 3 earned him the thanks…
Melting glaciers in Tibet release 1,000 unknown species of microbes
Chinese scientists have discovered nearly 1,000 microbes, bacteria and viruses trapped in glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau. The melting of the ice will gradually release these micro-organisms which are several…
Global warming: melting glaciers in Tibet release 1,000 unknown species of microbes
Chinese scientists have discovered nearly 1,000 microbes, bacteria and viruses trapped in glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau. The melting of the ice will gradually release these micro-organisms which are several…