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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Bhandari to visit China (kp 09/03/2010) [??]

Dalai Lama's rep arrested 'to foil anti-China activities' (nn 08/03/2010) [??? Goodbye, sovereign Nepal!!], Security beefed up for 51st Tibet uprising anniv (ht 08/03/2010), Security stepped up ahead of Tibetan uprising anniv (kp 09/03/2010), Tibetan protestors arrested from Bouddha (nn 10/03/2010), Pokhara Tibetans to stay calm (ht 10/03/2010), Tatopani border shut for three days, by Yubaraj Puri (ht 10/03/2010), Security up to foil protest (ht 10/03/2010), 34 Tibetan protesters held (kp 11/03/2010), Tibetans deported from Nepal face torture by Chinese authorities: US State (nn 12/03/2010), 16 Tibetans in detention (ht 12/03/2010)

China's border concern (ht 02/03/2010) [Tibetans who flee their home country because of the suppression of the Chinese invaders must be allowed to enter Nepali territory at any times! This is a question of humanity!!]

Seventeen Tibetans fleeing Chinese rule arrested in Dolakha (nn 26/02/2010), 17 Tibetans brought to Kathmandu (ht 28/02/2010)

US announces $ 2.5m fund for Tibetan refugees in South Asia (ht 24/02/2010)

Govt not to allow anti-China activity in Nepal (rn 24/02/2010) [But please respect the international and fundamental human rights regulations while doing so!!]

Invite that had Beijing riled, by Anil Giri (kp 23/02/2010)

Kathmandu-Lhasa direct bus service may resume this month (nn 22/02/2010)

Four Tibetans arrested in Dolakha, may face deportation to China (nn 21/02/2010)

China has pledged security aid: Home Minister Rawal (ht 21/02/2010) [???]

Tibet misadventure! The Indo-US operation against China was a mishap they could have done without, by Hemant Arjyal (kp 15/02/2010)

Tibetans shun New Year (ht 15/02/2010)

Road to riches: Highway will bring Nepal and Tibet 'in from the cold', by Joanna Jolly (nt 12/02/2010)

Chinese top guns arriving, by Anil Giri (kp 11/02/2010)

China-funded centre handed over (ht 10/02/2010)

Three Chinese held (kp 07/02/2010)

Rawal China trip in Feb (kp 31/01/2010), Rawal’s China trip today (kp 06/02/2010), One-China policy on the agenda: Rawal to seek help for its implementation (kp 07/02/2010), Minister Rawal discusses bilateral issues in Lhasa (nn 07/02/2010), Nepal, China to boost security cooperation (kp 10/02/2010), China wants Extradition Treaty with Nepal similar to India (kp 10/02/2010), Beijing avers support for Nepals peace, security (ht 10/02/2010)

Old friends: The prime minister’s recent visit to China has been a milestone in bilateral relations, by Mohan Lohani (kp 28/01/2010)

China invites CoAS (kp 21/01/2010)

Ten Tibetans arrested from Dolakha (nn 17/01/2010) [Someone who flees suppression in his/her occupied home country cannot be called 'illegal'!], 10 Tibetans arrested for illegal entry (Gulf Times 18/01/2010), Nepal may deport arrested Tibetans: immigration department (Sino Daily 18/01/2010), Nepal likely to deport 10 Tibetan migrants Phayul.com 18/01/2010), Nepal hands over detained Tibetans to UN: report (Phayul.com 19/01/2010), Tibetans arrested from Dolakha handed over to UNHCR (nn 19/01/2010), Lessons not learnt, by Deepak Thapa (kp 21/01/2010)

Dahal holds 'secret meeting' with senior Chinese officials in Hong Kong (nn 08/01/2010)

Peeking over the Himalaya, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 01/01/2010)

China to push ties to new height (ht 30/12/2009), China ready to maintain cordial relations (rn 30/12/2009), Nepal meets Wen (kp 30/12/2009), Nepali PM assures Premiere Wen of no-anti China activities in Nepal (Phayul 30/12/2009), Co-op based on Panchasheel to govern ties with China (kp 31/12/2009), PM holds talks with Chinese President (rn 31/12/2009), Nepal adopts one-China policy: PM (ht 31/12/2009), Visit has cemented Nepal China relations, says PM:  China concerned about anti-China activities in Nepal (rn 01/01/2009)

Nepal firmly backs One China policy (rn 29/12/2009)

Current Nepal-China Trade And Economic Relations, by Anil Shrestha (rn 26/12/2009), PM’s Visit To China: Some Economic Issues To Be Addressed, by Shanker Man Singh (rn 29/12/2009)

PM Nepal's China trip from Dec 26 (nn 22/12/2009), PM’s China visit: Nepal to seek investment in hydro, infrastructure, by Anil Giri (kp 23/12/2009), PM Nepal's visit to strengthen Nepal-China ties (nn 23/12/2009), Nepal eyes Chinese assistance in myriad fronts (nn 24/12/2009), PM Nepal leaves for China visit (nn 26/12/2009), PM China visit stirs debates (ht 26/12/2009), PM: Trip to better ties (kp 27/12/2009), PM leads 36-member team to China, by Kamal dev Bhattarai (ht 27/12/2009)

Goods containers stranded in Khasa, by Yubaraj Puri (ht 20/12/2009), Chinese businessmen let go Nepali goods carriers, by Yubaraj Puri (ht)

APF shield on the northern border soon (ht 20/12/2009)

Communiqué draft getting final touches (kp 18/12/2009)

Urge to open Chinese banks in Nepal (kp 18/12/2009)

China pledges Rs 220m military assistance to Nepal (nn 16/12/2009) [For the sake of her independence, Nepal should not accept such aid from her big neighbours India and China!!]

Indian, Chinese teams arriving, by Anil Giri (kp 04/12/2009), China pours support heart out (kp 07/12/2009)

PM gets China date (kp 01/12/2009)

Chinese cops assault Nepali policeman, by Yubaraj Puri (ht 29/11/2009)

Nepal important trade partner for TAR: Hao Peng, by Jagadish Pokhrel (rn 29/11/2009)

Nepal mission gets China aid: Annual assistance to cover food aid increased (kp 26/11/2009)

Tibetan refugees find Nepal safe haven, by Yuvaraj Puri (ht 25/11/2009) [It's a pity, but Tibetans have good reasons to flee their home country where they have become a minority after more than 50 years of Chinese occupation! A China friendly article!], Chinese delegation meets PM, Koirala (nn 25/11/2009)

China pledges food aid to 10 border districts, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/11/2009)

Sindhu cops in dilemma (kp 19/11/2009)

China enters Nepal’s hydropower sector: MoU signed for 50-MW Upper Marsyangdi, by Pragati Shahi (kp 08/11/2009)

China pledges Rs 14.97 billion as soft loan (nn 05/11/2009)

Excessive force continues against Tibetan: Report (ht 28/10/2009), US report lays bare Tibetan exiles’ pitiable plight in Nepal, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 29/10/2009)

Nepal- China to hold meeting on assistance (kp 28/10/2009), China pledges 50pc more aid to Nepal (kp 28/10/2009), China to increase aid (ht 28/10/2009), China to increase its assistance to Nepal by 50 pc (nn 28/10/2009)

Sino-Nepal agreement soon, by Pragati Shahi (kp 26/10/2009)

China executes Tibetan protesters (ht 24/10/2009)

Equidistant with India, China: PM (ht 22/10/2009), PM plays to gallery with Beijing, Delhi (kp 22/10/2009)

Prime Minister to visit Mustang today, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ht 17/10/2009)

Chinese tourist arrivals surge by 14 pc (nn 14/10/2009)

Lumle declaration: It is hard to fathom the duplicity, the shamelessness, the cowardice and hypocrisy of our “democratic” leaders, by Prawin Adhikari (kp 11/10/2009)

Maoist chairman Dahal leaves for China (nn 11/10/2009), Prachanda’s China visit: Meaningful or coincidence?, by Birendra P. Mishra (ht 16/10/2009), Maoist chairman Dahal meets Chinese President Hu Jintao (nn 17/10/2009), Dahal returns from China; says dialogue is UCPN-M's priority, not protests (nn 19/10/2009), China willing to help Nepal ‘establish peace’: Dahal (nn 20/10/2009) [Just as in Tibet??]

PM Nepal to visit China (ht 07/10/2009), PM pins hope on rail link with Lhasa for sake of better economic ties (ht 11/10/2009), PM China visit likely in November (nn 13/10/2009)

Security beefed up at Chinese Embassy (ht 01/10/2009), China tightens screws on Nepal for 60th anniversary (Irish Sun 01/10/2009), Police arrest dozens of Tibetan protestors (nn 01/10/2009), Nepal arrests Tibetan leaders under Beijing pressure (Irish Sun 01/10/2009), Nepal police detain nearly 70 Tibetan protesters (Express Buzz 01/10/2009), Nepal police arrest several Tibetans on China anniversary (Phayul 01/10/2009), Dozens of Tibetans arrested in anti-China protests in Kathmandu (Earth Times 01/10/2009), Home minister off to Upper Mustang (ht 01/10/2009), 70 Tibetans in the net for anti-China protest (ht 02/10/2009), APF to guard border with China (ht 02/10/2009), Chinese anniversary sees Tibetan protests in Capital (kp 02/10/2009), China calls shots on Nepal border (Gulf Times 03/10/2009), Political protests by Tibetans illegal: Rawal, by Kiran Chapagain and Kosh R. Koirala (rep 04/10/2009) [??]

China bars foreigners' travel to Tibet till Oct 8 (ht 23/09/2009), Tourism bodies’ take on Tibet no-go till Oct 8 (ht 25/09/2009)

Serving drinks in Tibet town disco instead of attending schools (rn 12/09/2009)

Nepal, China seal on development projects (ht 11/09/2009)

Nepal urges China for trade facilitation support (nn 08/09/2009), Duty free access for 497 goods to China requested (rn 11/09/2009)

Foreign Minister's China visit: Nepal seeks Rs 78b in soft loan, by Anil Giri (kp 07/09/2009), Foreign Minister to visit China from Sept 8 (rn 07/09/2009), Koirala not meeting Chinese Prez, PM (kp 08/09/2009), Foreign Min to leave for China today, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ht 08/09/2009), FM Koirala, TAR vice-chairman discuss issues of mutual concern (nn 09/09/2009), Sujata waxes eloquent on Nepal-China ties (ht 10/09/2009)

China impose tax for grazing sheep (kp 06/09/2009)

Tibet-Nepal trade fair opens in Shigatse, by Biswas Baral (kp 04/09/2009), Nepal seeks better market access to China, by Bijaya Lal Shrestha (rn 04/09/2009)

PM, envoy review Nepal-China ties, by Anil Giri (kp 31/08/2009), Chinese delegation arrives in Kathmandu (nn 31/08/2009), China provides more student scholarships for Nepal in return for curbing free-Tibet activities (nn 01/09/2009) [!??], China ups scholarship quota (kp 02/09/2009), Tibetan exiles arrested (nn 02/09/2009), 9 Tibetans arrested (kp 03/09/2009) [What about the fundamental freedom rights and the peace of the Tibetan people?], Chinese delegation greeted with slogans (ht 03/09/2009)

Security Concerns: Chinese security officials show their concerns with Nepalese counterparts over anti-China activities in Nepal, by Keshab Poudel (sp 28/08/2009)

FM’s China visit on the cards, by Anil Giri (kp 24/08/2009)

Eight Tibetans jailed over protests in China (ht 19/08/2009)

Track II dialogues, by Bhaskar Koirala (kp 17/08/2009)

25 Tibetan protesters held (ht 15/08/2009)

Border talks with China on cards (kp 14/08/2009), Nepal-China border talks from Saturday (nn 14/08/2009)

China and Nepal for multiple connectivity, by Upendra Gautam (tg 12/08/2009)

Nepali doctors in Tibet (kp 11/08/2009)

Potential Chinese investors to visit Nepal: FNCCI (kp 05/08/2009)

Tharu defends meet with Dalai Lama (ht 25/07/2009)

Nepal to China: Lift ban on handicraft (kp 17/07/2009)

Govt mulls security deployment to Nepal-China border (nn 16/07/2009)

Police detain 15 Tibetans (kp 15/07/2009), Police arrest 15 Tibetans in Nepal (Phayul 15/07/2009)

Xinjiang unrest: Striking similarities with Tibet (ht 15/07/2009)

Of yam and boulders, by Pramod Mishra (kp 09/07/2009)

China concerned over CA members’ meeting with Dalai Lama (nn 05/07/2009) [Nepal is not a vassal state of China!! The whole world is converned over China's politics in occipied Tibet!!], Govt takes exception (kp 06/07/2009)

Curb anti-China activities, govt told (kp 02/07/2009), Tibetan exiles buckle up to wage 'free Tibet' movement (nn 05/07/2009), Govt bans 'Free Tibet' protest (nn 05/07/2009) [Bootlicking!!], Bid to foil anti-China protest (kp 07/07/2009)

Three dozen Tibetan refugees arrested in Sindhupalchok; Chinese envoy in Mustang (nn 26/06/2009), 34 Tibetan potesters detained (ht 27/06/2009), Chinese envoy in Mustang (ht 28/06/2009)

China and Nepal, two nations always respect, trust and help each other, by Qiu Guhong, Chinese ambassador to Nepal (sp 16/06/2009)

Checkpoints closure poses starvation threat, by Shiva Apriya (ht 07/06/2009)

Cross-border marriage cementing ties, by Surendra Subedi (kp 05/06/2009)

Tibetans’ rights violations rampant, by Sneha Sharma (ht 05/06/2009)

China dismisses news report on interference in Nepal (nn 13/05/2009)

Dalai Lama sees hope for Tibet in modern China: ‘Stronger support for Tibet in Europe,US’ (ht 12/05/2009)

Nepal, India to hold talks on petro pipeline (Xinhua 12/05/2009)

Flu fear shuts Kimathanka (kp 11/05/2009)

Nepal, China hold bilateral meet on health (rn 01/05/2009)

The Mustang Phobia in Nepal (tg 29/04/2009)

PM's China visit cancelled (nn 25/04/2009), Army battle derails Prachanda’s China trip (Times of India 25/04/2009), Army feud forces Nepal PM to cancel China trip  (Irish Sun 25/04/2009), Dahal’s China trip casualty (kp 26/04/2009)

"Nepal and China have win-win ties", interview with Chinese ambassador to Nepal, Qiu Guohong (nt 24/04/2009), From Republic to Middle Kingdom: The Chinese are spreading their diplomatic eggs in many baskets, by CK Lal (nt 24/04/2009)

China shuts down entry point at Kimathnaka, by Kishor Budhathoki (ht 23/04/2009), Chinese security forces seal border entry point at Kimathanka (nn 23/04/2009) [?? What a bullshit explanation!]

Treaty to figure in PM's China visit (ht 23/04/2009)

Outbreak of bird flu in TAR capital Lhasa (ht 20/04/2009)

China promises railways, roads (kp 19/04/2009), China to open two more border points (ht 19/04/2009), ‘China to increase aid by 50 pc’ (rn 19/04/2009), China rains aid ahead of Nepal PM's visit (Irish Sun 19/04/2009), China 'positive' to provide duty free access for 497 Nepali goods, by Kosh Raj Koirala (Asian Tribune 19/04/2009)

30 Nepali stalls in China fair (kp 16/04/2009)

After Maoists, China woos Nepal's communists (Times of India 16/04/2009), Nepal Can Learn From China To Strive And Progress (Bernama 16/04/2009)

Imports through Tatopani plummet, by Rishiram Poudyal (kp 15/04/2009)

NTB in last stop of its sales mission in China (ht 14/04/2009)

FNCCI urges Chinese business delegation to invest in Nepal (nn 14/04/2009), FNCCI, Chinese business delegation ink trade deal (ht 15/04/2009)

Three dozen Tibetan exiles arrested in Kathmandu (nn 10/04/2009)

Death for Tibet unrest accused (ht 09/04/2009)

China pledges support (kp 09/04/2009)

Growing Chinese concern is natural!, interview with Prakash Sharan Mahat, Nepali Congress (tg 08/04/2009)

Agreement to attract Chinese investment (kp 07/04/2009), Pact to attract Chinese investment and tourists (nn 07/04/2009)

Tibet reopened to foreign tourists (Washington Times 05/04/2009), Tibet reopened to foreign tourists (ht 06/04/2009)

FM Yadav to prepare ground for PM’s trip (kp 04/04/2009), FM: PM’s China trip not my agenda (kp 05/04/2009), Foreign Minister heads to northern neighbour (ht 05/04/2009), PM to visit China next month (ht 05/04/2009), Yadav repeats Nepal's one-China policy stance (nn 08/04/2009), Yadav interacts with NRNs in Hong Kong (rn 13/04/2009)

Ethnic unrest, by Adele Wong (Hong Kong Standard 30/03/2009)

China vows to crack down on Tibet separatists (ht 29/03/2009) [Until 1949, there was no Chinese authority in China! So, today there are only occupators not separatists in Tibet!!]

Minister flays anti-China activities (ht 28/03/2009) [One China politics and the demand for respect of fundamental human rights are two different things!!]

TAR Makes Enviable Progress, by Bishnu Gautam (rn 28/03/2009) [Wonderful to look through a monocle!!]

No hidden agenda in PM’s China visit, says Mahara (kp 27/03/2009), Mahara for balanced ties with India, China (ht 27/03/2009), PM to pay official visit to China in April (rn 27/03/2009)

Tibetan refugees in Nepal are scared, by Siofra O'Donovan (Irish Times 27/03/2009)

China to increase aid to Nepal (ht 25/03/2009), China to make substantial increase in its financial assistance to Nepal, by Kosh Raj Koirala (Asian tribune 25/03/2009)

Govt calls for Chinese investment (nn 25/03/2009)

Tibetan monks held for attack on Chinese police station (ht 23/03/2009), Security tight in Tibetan protest town (ht 24/03/2009)

Chinese crisis in offing (ht 22/03/2009)

A middle path opens up to Nepal, by Dhruba Adhikary (Asia Times 19/03/2009)

Linking Lumbini With Lhasa (rn 19/03/2009)

Chinese trade minister confers with PM (nn 17/03/2009), Nepal seeks duty-free entry (kp 18/03/2009), PM, Chinese official discuss trade, rail-link (rn 18/03/2009), Enhancing Nepal-China Economic Relations, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 20/03/2009)

Nepal police detain 2 foreign pro-Tibet protesters (International Herald Tribune 14/03/2009), Displaced Tibetans protest despite heavy-handed police (Irish Times 14/03/2009), Two western supporters of 'Free Tibet' held (ht 15/03/2009)

Truth from the facts, by Claude Arpi (kp 11/03/2009), 'Chinese-ruled Tibet hell on earth' (ht 11/03/2009), Tibetan Exiles: A Generation in Peril, by Madhur Singh (Times 11/03/2009), No closer to going home, by Goh Sui Noi (kp 12/03/2009)

China slams Dalai for ‘Greater Tibet’ cry (ht 08/03/2009) [??], Key facts about Tibet (Khaleej Times 08/03/2009), A homegrown tale of Tibetan dissent (ht 09/03/2009), Tension palpable ahead of Red Letter Day (ht 09/03/2009), Tensions high as China braces for Tibet protests (Sino Daily 09/03/2009), Australia calls on China to observe Tibet rights (Radio Australia News 10/03/2009), US lawmakers vow support for Free Tibet Movement (ht 11/03/2009)

Nepal ups security along border (Straits Times 08/03/2009), Security beefed up at Tatopani, by Yubaraj Puri (ht 09/03/2009), Security beefed up in Kathmandu, Tibet border to prevent anti-China protests (nn 09/03/2009), Heightened security to keep protesters at bay, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 10/03/2009), HURON flays crackdown (ht 10/03/2009), Chinese troops build up along border (ht 10/03/2009), Tibetan refugees shelve protest plan (ht 10/03/2009), Tibetans in Nepal mark 50th anniversary of uprising (Monster and Critics 10/03/2009), Cops ‘foil’ Tibetan protests (kp 11/03/2009), Alert riot police thwart Tibetan exiles' protest, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 11/03/2009), No demonstrations, arrests in Nepal during the 50th Tibetan uprising day (nn 11/03/2009), Tibetans protest in Kathmandu (Peninsula 11/03/2009)

Nepal, China likely to ink new treaty (kp 07/03/2009), Bold Beijing, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp 07/03/2009), 'Sino-Nepal treaty awaits final touch' (ht 07/03/2009), China wants written commitment by proposing new treaty: media (Hindustan Times 08/03/2009)

Elephantine Concerns: As Nepal faces a fresh bout of instability, India and China compete for a stronger ground in Nepal, by Sushil Sharma (sp 06/03/2009), Nepal's neighbours vie for influence, by Kumar Malhotra (BBC News 08/03/2009)

Rinpoche: Pacts shouldn’t curtail Tibetans’ freedom, by Dinesh Wagle (kp 05/03/2009), Tibetan govt in exile concerned about Nepal-China treaty (nn 05/03/2009)

Tibetan monks stage protest in China (ht 28/02/2009), Tibetan monk sets himself ablaze (ht 01/03/2009)

‘Prevent Free-Tibet activities’, by Phanindra Dahal (kp 27/02/2009) [And please say nothing against the fundamental rights violations by Chinese authorities in occupied Tibet!!], Prohibitory orders issued around Chinese missions (ht 28/02/2009), Govt imposes prohibitory orders around Chinese embassy; 29 Tibetans arrested (nn 28/02/2009), Selling out to China, by Sushma Joshi (kp 28/02/2009) [!!!], 27 Tibetans in net (kp 01/03/2009) [Nepal on the way to become a satellite state of China??]

Asylum in Hong Kong: Nepalis will pay to go to Hong Kong even to be declared refugees, by Dambar Krishna Shrestha (nt 27/02/2009)

Nepal: Rearming Of The Himalayas?, by Upendra Gautam (rn 26/02/2009)

Nepal, China hope to sign new peace pact this year (Hindustan Times 26/02/2009), Chinese delegation submits draft of new Friendship Treaty (nn 27/02/2009)

Chinese special envoy arrives in Nepal (nn 26/02/2009), Chinese delegation calls on PM Dahal (nn 26/02/2009), China for friendship treaty with Nepal: PM’s visit likely in April (ht 27/02/2009), Prachanda reiterates one-China policy (rn 27/02/2009), Nepal-China Ties (rn 28/02/2009)

China closes Tibet to foreign tourists (ht 25/02/2009), Nepal Police arrest seven Tibetan nationals (Hindustan Times 26/02/2009)

China’s call to crush Tibetan ‘separatists’ (ht 20/02/2009)

Tibetan refugees brave perilous journey to freedom (News & Observer 18/02/2009)

Nepal for one China policy, says PM (nn 15/02/2009), One-China policy pledge (kp 16/02/2009), Nepal-China bilateral meet ends (rn 19/02/2009), "We Oppose Any Move To Interfere In The Internal Affairs Of Nepal By Any Force", by Liu Hongcai (sp 20/02/2009)

Enhance capacity to attract Chinese tourists: Envoy (kp 11/02/2009), Call to lure Chinese tourists (ht 11/02/2009), Chinese envoy asks Nepal to upgrade tourism infrastructure (nn 11/02/2009), China favors visa-waiver with Nepal (tg 11/02/2009)

Chinese goods cheeper as truck fare nosedives, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/02/2009)

Could Nepal learn from TAR’s economic growth?, by Jagadish Pokhrel (rn 21/01/2009) [??]

Nepal-China ties very cordial: Kiranti (rn 21/01/2009)

Nepal’s Foreign Policy: Issues and challenges in Nepal's Relations with its immediate neighbors, by Ram Kumar Dahal (tg 21/01/2009)

Tibet celebration riles exiles (ht 20/01/2009)

Chinese delegation attend it (kp 19/01/2009)

Julus in Hong Kong, by Dambar K Shrestha (nt 16/01/2009)

Call to boost Nepal-China ties at people's level (ht 11/01/2009), Chinese investors urge FM to give them level playing field (ht 12/01/2009)

Dr. Bhattarai for equi-distant relations with India, China (rn 11/01/2009)

Six-member Chinese team arriving today (rn 09/01/2009)

“Stable and Sovereign Nepal is quite crucial to southern China's security and stability”, interview with Chinese Ambassador Qiu Guohong (sp 26/12/2008)

To Avoid Triggering Trouble, by P. Kharel (rn 22/12/2008)

In China, Justice in Reverse, by James V. Feinerman (kp 20/12/2008)

Northern Winds: The new Chinese ambassador Qiu Guohong says the stable Nepal is crucial for stability of Tibet and Southern China, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 19/12/2008)

Chinese nationals enter Mustang without permit, by Rup Narayan Dhakal (ht 15/12/2008)

China for increasing aid, trade with Nepal (kp 13/12/2008)

Stable Nepal crucial for stability of Tibet: Chinese envoy (nn 12/12/2008), China in favour of stability in Nepal, says envoy (rn 13/12/2008)

Chinese authorities forcing petitioners into mental asylum (ht 10/12/2008), Prominent dissident under Chinese detention (ht 10/12/2008)

Nepal is main venue of anti-China activities, interview with Chandra Prakash Gajurel (tg 10/12/2008)

Shopping for China, by Aditya Adhikari (kp 09/12/2008)

Chinese military delegation arrives in Kathmandu (nn 06/12/2008) [??], Chinese military team arrives (kp 07/12/2008), China agrees to provide Rs 200 million worth security assistance (nn 07/12/2008), Beijing lavishes with non-lethal military bounty worth millions (ht 08/12/2008), China lends Rs 100M in military aid to Nepal (rn 08/12/2008), Thapa seeks China help on integration, by Phanindra Dahal (kp 08/12/2008), Prachanda stands by One China Policy (ht 09/12/2008), China agrees to provide non-lethal military support (rn 09/12/2008), PM sanguine about more Chinese aid (kp 09/12/2008)

Double happiness, by Bhaskar Koirala (kp 04/12/2008)

Import through Tatopani to resume (kp 03/12/2008)

Chinese FM arriving (kp 02/12/2008), Chinese foreign minister arriving today (ht 02/12/2008), Nepal reiterates one-China policy (kp 03/12/2008), Nepal suffers from Cold War paranoia: Ties with Beijing doesn’t mean alienating Delhi, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp 03/11/2008), China honours political change in Nepal: Yang (rn 03/12/2008), PM gets invite for China visit (nn 03/12/2008), China to provide Rs 1.2 billion aid this year (nn 03/12/2008), China pledges crores in development aid (ht 04/12/2008), Yang seeks curb on anti-China activities (04/12/2008) [Preserve Nepal's sovereignty and oppose every kind of Chinese intervention!!], A positive factor (ht 05/12/2008), A Trusted Neighbour (rn 05/12/2008)

What about rangzen?, by Ashwini Bhatia and Carey L Biron (Himal Southasian 12/2008)

Chinese FM to arrive Tuesday (nn 28/11/2008)

Crime rate sky high at the top of the world: Police presence bolstered to tackle prostitution, theft and gambling on Everest, by Clifford Coonan (Independent, UK 27/11/2008)

Did Britain just sell Tibet?, by Robert Barnett (kp 26/11/2008)

China's show of force in Tibetan town (ht 26/11/2008)

Alienation of young Tibetans, by Isabel Hilton (ht 25/11/2008)

Country in China's trade cross-hairs (ht 25/11/2008)

PM’s China visit on cards (rn 22/11/2008)

DPM discusses Kalapani issue with Chinese military delegates (nn 21/11/2008)

New Chinese envoy arrives (kp 19/11/2008), Chinese envoy is replaced over Tibet protests (Gulf Times, 24/11/2008)

Beijing to meet Delhi in Kathmandu (tg 19/11/2008)

Exports through Khasa slumps after duty hike, by Rishiram Paudyal (kp 19/11/2008)

Talks over struggle for Tibet cause (ht 18/11/2008), Thumbs down to Tibet's independence: Dampener to Dharamsala conclave as Beijing sticks to its hard-line stance (ht 19/11/2008), Tibetan youths shun middle way for freedom (ht 20/11/2008), China slams Dalai Lama amid talks (ht 22/11/2008)

Chinese military delegation arriving in Nepal next week (nn 15/11/2008)

Nepal-China form panel for Khasa trade (kp 13/11/2008)

Nepali culture highlighted in urban meet in China (rn 10/11/2008)

Timber to Tibet: Nepal's high Himalayan forests are felled to feed China's growth (nt 07/11/2008)

Senior Maoist ministers make 'secret trip' to Chinese border town (nn 02/11/2008)

Chinese Military Assistance Aid Or Diplomacy?, by Birendra Prasad Mishra (kp 25/10/2008)

Pokhara established sister city relations with Lintie of TAR (rn 22/10/2008)

When Development Threatens Neighbours, by Trilochan Upreti (rn 22/10/2008)

Chinese milk products seized, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 20/10/2008)

Dalai Lama’s envoy on Nepal mission (Peninsula 12/10/2008)

Nepal's Tibet Problem: Kathmandu should grant legal-resident status to its Tibetan population, by Kate Saunders (Wall Street Journal 09/10/2008)

Imports via Tatopani decline (kp 05/10/2008)

Traders protest China goods seizure (kp 01/10/2008)

Nepal seeks details on China tainted milk (kp 30/09/2008)

China grants Rs 62.5 m military aid to Nepal (nn 27/09/2008), China military aid to be used as needed (kp 28/09/2008)

10 tonnes Chinese biscuits seized, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 27/09/2008)

Free Tibet supporters step up activity (kp 26/09/2008)

Govt bans Chinese dairy products (nn 25/09/2008)

Defense Minister Thapa to 'review' Chinese troops (nn 24/09/2008)

Govt now sees Tibetan refugees as burden (nn 23/09/2008), Govt to decide soon on Tibetans: DPM, by Kulchandra Neupane (kp 23/09/2008), Spare a thought for Tibetans, by Aditya Adhikari (kp 23/09/2008)

'China is content with Nepal's effort to control anti-China activities' (nn 22/10/2008)

Nepal-China relations in new millennium, by Mohan Lohani (kp 13/09/2008)

Defense Minister to visit China (nn 12/09/2008)

Illegal Tibetans to be returned (nn 11/09/2008) [Handing over Tibetan refugees to the authoritarian Chinese authorities is a fundamental crime against humanity!!], Nepal to deport illegal Tibetan exiles, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Santa Barbara News-Press 11/09/2008), Report: Nepal to deport illegal Tibetan exiles (Earth Times 11/09/2008), China pressure forces govt crackdown on Tibetans, by Kiran Chapagain and Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 12/09/2008) [Nepal is losing her face as a sovereign nation by giving in to the criminal orders of her authoritarian northern neighbour!!], Home minister’s directive leaves Tibetans restless, by Kulchandra Neupane (kp 12/09/2008), Tibetans without valid IDs to be sent packing (ht 12/09/2008) [All Tibetan refugees face jail and torture when they are sent back to their occupied country! So, sending them back is a violation of international law!!!], Nepal to deport illegal Tibetans (Daily Times 12/09/2008) [The "illegal" Tibetans are political refugees who see no other perspective than to leave their home country even 58 years after it was occupied and "liberated" by China!!], Govt to deport illegal Tibetan refugees (nn 13/09/2008), Tibetans sans I-cards stare at a bleak future, by Mudita Bajracharya and Rup Narayan Dhakal (ht 13/08/2008), Nepal to tackle illegal Tibetans (BBC News 13/09/2008), Plea to register Tibetans (ht 14/09/2008)

PM says China visit highly successful (rn 28/08/2008), Prime Minister’s balancing act after Olympic trip (ht 28/08/2008), Prachanda’s China visit Departure in style, not substance, by Lok Raj Baral (ht 28/08/2008), The Beijing Trip, by Shyam K.C. (rn 28/08/2008), Understanding Neighbour’s Sentiments, by Vijaya Chalise (rn 29/08/2008), Visit Successful (rn 29/08/2008), Two Dajus: Playing India and China off against each other never worked, by Prashant Jha (nt 29/08/2008), ‘Highly successful’ non-political visit, by Shyam KC (kp 01/09/2008), In Beijing, Opportunity Seized, by P. Kharel (rn 01/09/2008), The China Card, by Beerendra Pandey (kp 02/09/2008)

Nepal will maintain equidistance between India and China, says Foreign Minister (nn 24/08/2008)

Thousands of Tibetans in Nepal protest China (iht 24/08/2008), Tibetans rally in Nepal ahead of Olympic close (Daily Times 25/08/2008), Tibetan exiles in Nepal protest Chinese rule (iht 25/08/2008)

PM Dahal leaves for China (nn 23/08/2008), PM Dahal meets his Chinese counterpart in Beijing (nn 24/08/2008), Prime Minister meets Hu, Jiabao (ht 25/08/2008), Chinese Prez assures more assistance, investment (nn 24/08/2008), China for political stability in Nepal (kp 25/08/2008), PM, Chinese leaders talk bi-lateral ties (rn 25/08/2008), Nepal-China Ties (rn 26/08/2008)

PM Dahal to meet Chinese president (nn 22/08/2008), As it gets a new president and a new prime minister, Nepal is caught in the traditional rivalry between the big neigbours – one more time, by Sushil Sharma (sp 22/08/2008)

PM Dahal to visit China to attend Olympic concluding ceremony (ht 18/08/2008)

1068 Tibetans detained (kp 15/08/2008), 1068 Tibetans detained, freed in biggest anti-China protests (nn 15/08/2008), Cops thrash journos (ht 15/08/2008)

New aspects in Sino-Nepal ties, by Prakash A Raj (kp 13/08/2008), “China-Nepal relations are an example of friendly coexistence between countries of different size”, by Zheng Xianglin, Chinese Ambassador (sp 15/08/2008)

Over 800 Tibetans detained (kp 10/08/2008), Nepal police beat Tibetan protesters (Gulf Times 11/08/2008)

Police arrest hundreds from Tibetans' protest (nn 08/08/2008), 1,100 Tibetan protesters detained in Nepal (iht 08/08/2008), Tibetans fill up streets of Delhi (Gulf Today 08/08/2008), Hundreds of Tibet protesters arrested in Nepal ahead of Olympics (Hindustan Times 08/08/2008), Tibetans step up protests in Nepal, 740 held (Khaleej Times, 08/08/2008), Hundreds detained in Tibetan anti-China protests in Nepal (Monster & Critics 08/08/2008), Angry Tibetans protest in Nepal (BBC News 08/08/2008), 1,100 Tibetan protesters detained in Nepal (Times of India 08/08/2008), 1,100 Tibet protesters arrested in Nepal ahead of Olympics, by Sam Taylor (Yahoo News 08/08/2008), 1,400 Tibetans detained (ht) [Nepeli citizens have never been arrested in foreign counties when they peacefully demonstrated against rights violations under the royal putsch some years ago!!!]

China-Nepal relations, by Upendra Gautam (sp 08/08/2008)

Tibetans to stage hunger strike (nn 07/08/2008), Tibetan exiles demonstrate against China in Nepal, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Washington Times 07/08/2008)

China restricts movement of Nepalis along border (nn 06/08/2008) [This is how China retaliates Nepal's continued rights violations against Tibetan demonstrators!!!]

56 Tibetan exiles arrested near Indo-China border (ht 06/08/2008)

Free Tibet Activists Stage Protest in Beijing During Olympic Torch Rally (Voice of America 06/08/2008)

300 Tibetans detained in Nepal: police (Yahoo News 03/08/2008), In Nepal, 253 arrested at Tibet rally (Los Angeles Times 04/08/2008), Nepal detains more Tibetans (Peninsula 05/08/2008), Police break up anti-China rally (Gulf Times 05/08/2008)

Maoists accuse Dalai Lama of brainwashing children (Gulf Times 03/08/2008) [???], We’re not brainwashing Nepali children: TGIE (kp 10/08/2008)

Nepal police detain 162 Tibetans (Peninsula 02/08/2008)

Protecting kin: Despite their obvious geopolitical differences, does Nepal have anything to learn from India in its treatment of Tibetan refugees?, by Ella Rolfe (Himal Southasian, August 2008)

Appeasing China: Restricting the Rights of Tibetans in Nepal, report by Human Rights Watch (July 2008)

Tibet refugees in lurch without RC, by Kulchandra Neupane (kp 31/07/2008)

Challenges and scope for China-Nepal relations, by Upendra Gautam (China Daily 29/07/2008) [see also rn 01/08/2008]

30 Tibetan exiles arrested trying to cross into China from Nepal (Monster and Critics 28/07/2008)

100 Tibetans detained in Nepal (Kuwait Times 26/07/2008), Nepal police put down protest at China embassy, by Devin Montgomery (Jurist 26/07/2008), Nepali police detain Tibetan refugees (ABC Radio Australia 26/07/2008)

HRW slams govt for assaulting Tibetans (kp 25/07/2008), Govt violating Tibetan protesters’ rights: HRW (ht 25/07/2008), HRW claims Nepal suppressing Tibetan protests under Chinese pressure (nn 25/07/2008) [see HRW report], Nepal accused of bowing to China on Tibet (Peninsula 25/07/2008)

Landslide disrupts China-Nepal Highway, more than 1,000 stranded (Xinhua 25/07/2008)

China seals border, Gorkha folks hit (ht 22/07/2008) [Nepal has to support Chinese interests in every respect but the interests of the Nepali people are absolutely irrelevant!?!]

Kathmandu And Lhasa: Glaring Differences, by Bishnu Gautam (rn 20/07/2008)

Drama Based On Debauchery, by Madan Regmi (rn 17/07/2008) [An article that denies fundamental human rights and misinterprets friendly neighbourly relations with devoteness! Nepal should try to become a democratic state and not an authoritarian one!]

Court directs govt to free detained Tibetan protesters (nn 08/07/2008), Three facing anti-China charge freed (kp 08/07/2008) [Nobody is anti-China, but all democratic people are for the cultural and freedom rights of the Tibetan people! Making the Tibetans a non-participated minority in their own country is a case of genocide!!], Nepal supreme court frees 3 jailed Tibetans, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Washington Times 08/07/2008), Nepal's supreme court frees 3 Tibetans jailed for anti-China protests (iht 08/07/2008), OHCHR welcomes release of Tibet Protesters (kp 09/07/2008)

Double standards by rich & powerful, by Shyam KC (kp 07/07/2008) [You forgot to mention that no country in the world has reacted in such an aggressivee and China obedient way as Nepal has done! Nepal should beware her independence! This has nothing to do with good relations to China!]

Secrecy surrounds China-Tibet talks (ht 02/07/2008), Nepal detains Tibetans near China border (nn 02/07/2008)

Police stop Tibetan protesters near Chinese border, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Washington Times 01/07/2008), Tibetan protesters held at border (kp 02/07/2008)

Tibetans’ concern (ht 25/06/2008), US expresses concern about detention of Tibetan activists in Nepal (iht 26/06/2008), US 'deeply concerned' over Nepal arrests of Tibetan protesters (Raw Story 27/06/2008), Freedom march to Tibet begins (Gulf Times 27/06/2008), Diplomats ‘concerned’ over harsh treatment of Tibet protesters (kp 28/06/2008), Missions flay detention of 3 Tibetans (ht 28/06/2008)

3 Tibetan leaders sent to prison (kp 21/06/2008) [Just as in authoritarian China, it also has become a crime to practice the fundamental right of freedom of expression! Poor future for Nepal!], 3 Tibetan activists jailed in Nepal (Washington Times 21/06/2008), More than 500 Tibetans arrested in anti-China demo in Nepal (Monster and Critics 21/06/2008)

650 Tibetan protestors detained (kp 20/06/2008), Nepal cracks down on Tibetan march (Stuff, NZ 20/06/2008), Police detain 700 Tibetan protesters (Gulf Times 20/06/2008), 700 Tibetans detained in Nepal (Peninsula 20/06/2008), U.S. group protests Nepal arrest of Tibetan leaders (Reuters 20/06/2008), US group protests Nepal arrest of Tibetan leaders (Khaleej Times 20/06/2008) [The raging suppression of freedom of opinion violates international standards and may boomerang on Nepal one day!!]

Chinese ambassador speaks out on Tibetans' protest yet again (nn 16/06/2008)

Nepal police break up Tibet protests; 182 detained (Peninsula 15/06/2008)

Police detain 200 Tibetan exiles protesting in Nepal's capital (iht 11/06/2008)

Over 500 Nepalis join Dalai Lama's ‘religious force’, by Surendra Subedi (kp 10/06/2008)

450 Tibetan protesters detained (ht 08/06/2008), 450 Tibetan activists arrested (Gulf Times 08/06/2008), Over 450 held as Tibet protest continues (kp 08/06/2008)

China seals border, villages on Nepali side face starvation, by Kishor Budhathoki (ht 04/06/2008)

Pro-Tibet protesters detained (Gulf Times 04/06/2008)

Nepal to donate $1 lakh for China quake victims (ht 04/06/2008)

Mahara expresses support to China's stance on Tibet-related issues (nn 03/06/2008)

China delays pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar (ht 21/05/2008)

Tibet in Exile: An Interview with Pico Iyer, by Jon Wiener (Dissent 20/05/2008)

Tibetans to cease protests (kp 16/05/2008), Hundreds of Tibetans protest in Nepal's capital, calling for homeland freedom (iht 16/05/2008)

Chinese embassy slams pro-Tibet Kathmandu demos (kp 15/05/2008)

All Nepalis in quake-hit Chinese province safe (nn 14/05/2008)

China not happy with handling of Tibetan protests (kp 13/05/2008) [Nepal must stay away from authoritarian Chinese ways of suppression!]

Over 500 protesting Tibetans arrested (nn 11/05/2008), 562 Tibetan protesters detained (kp 12/05/2008), Nepal police detain more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Washington Post 12/05/2008)

Khasa cargo fares skyrocket, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 10/05/2008)

Torch atop Everest (kp 10/05/2008), 120 Tibetan exiles detained in Nepal after protesting in front of Chinese Embassy (iht 10/05/2008), Tibetan exiles chain themselves in new protests; scores held (Gulf Times 11/05/2008)

Over 200 protesting Tibetans arrested (ht 09/05/2008)

There be dragons: The Indians are getting worked up about Chinese influence in Nepal, by CK Lal (nt 09/05/2008)

Govt officials to visit China for solution, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 09/05/2008)

Chinese Concern: Chinese embassy expresses concern over the growing anti-Chinese activities in Nepal (sp 09/05/2008)

China lauds Nepal’s help (kp 09/05/2008), Tibet protest hurts Nepal tourism, by Krishna Regmi (kp 09/05/2008) [It's not the protests but Chinese demands and the Nepali government's reactions!!]

Article 19 concerned over govt statement on Tibetans' protests (nn 08/05/2008)

Tibetans continue protest in front of Chinese embassy (nn 07/05/2008), 100 Tibetan protesters detained (ht 07/05/2008)

China condemns backing for Tibetans’ protests (ht 05/05/2008)

100 Tibetan exiles arrested (kp 03/05/2008), 100 Tibetan protesters arrested (ht 03/05/2008)

Nepal to stick to one-China policy: PM (ht 02/05/2008)

Visit of Chinese Delegation: Active And Alert, by Keshab Poudel (sp 02/05/2008)

US concered over Tibetans’ treatment (kp 02/05/2008)

Suppression of Everest protestors draws flak (kp 02/05/2008)

Time for talk on Tibet, by Thierry Dodin and Carey L Biron (Himal Southasian 05/2008), Conflict and autonomy, by Michael Vatikiotis (Himal Southasian 05/2008)

HRW asks govt not to use lethal force against pro-Tibet protestors (nn 01/05/2008), US concerned over mistreatment of Tibetan protestors (nn 01/05/2008)

BBC scribe expelled from Everest base camp (ht 01/05/2008) [The freedom of press and opinion is denied in authoritarian China! Why shall it be respected in China's satellite state Nepal?]

Hong Kong refuses to rule out (ht 30/04/2008)

The Chinese blame game in Nepal! (tg 30/04/2008)

Everest doctor warns of disaster, by Charles Haviland (BBC News 30/04/2008)

Police let Tibetans protest (ht 29/04/2008), Tibetan exiles march to pray for the dead protesters (Gulf Times 29/04/2008), China sentences 17 for alleged involvement in Tibet riots (ABC News 29/04/2008), Nepal clamps down on pro-Tibet demonstrations, by Randeep Ramesh (Guardian 29/04/2008), Over 100 Tibet protesters held in Nepal (Daily Times 30/04/2008)

Dangers of spoiling China’s party, by Simon Tisdall (ht 29/04/2008)

Nepal detains 80 Tibetan protesters (Gulf Times, 28/04/2008)

Lhasa-Khasa railway in 5 years: China (kp 26/04/2008), China to extend rail link to Nepal border (kp 26/04/2008)

Olympic torch relay: Scribes’ Everest ascent plan grounded (ht 25/04/2008), Nepal torch security 'too harsh' (BBC News 25/04/2008)

China trade fair starts (ht 25/05/2008)

Chinese delegation meets PM (nn 25/04/2008)

India’s Dalai Dilemma: Can’t embrace him, can’t reject him..., by Shashi Tharoor (nt 25/04/2008)

Border sealing leads to food crisis in Taplejung villages, by Sita Niraula (ht 23/04/2008)

China’s failed Nepal policy! (tg 23/04/2008)

Stop illegal detention of Tibetans: HRW (kp 21/04/2008), HRW concerned over illegal detention of Tibetans (nn 21/04/2008), China hit by fresh anti-Western protests (ht 21/04/2008), Chinese envoy meets PM amid concerns over possible obstruction in Olympic torch relay (nn 21/04/2008), Nepal threatens ‘gunfire’ against torch protesters (Gulf Times 21/02/2008) [Nepals runs at risk to lose every kind of internations sympathy and support if it behaves like this!!!], Scores of Tibetan protesters arrested (Gulf Times, 22/04/2008), American with pro-Tibet banner barred from climbing Everest, by Krishna Regmi (kp 23/04/2008), Nepal expels would-be anti-China protester from Everest (iht 23/04/2008), Tibetan protesters storm UN complex (ht 23/04/2008), Pro-Tibet American activist barred from Everest (ht 24/04/2008), Pro-Tibet US climber deported (kp 29/04/2008) [Nepal is not only Indodependent but also Chinadependent!!]

Over 100 Tibetan protestors held (kp 19/04/2008), No let-up in Tibetan refugees’ protest (ht 19/03/2008), Tibetan protesters clash with Nepal police (Peninsula 19/04/2008), Govt imposes restrictions on Everest climbers, by Prakriti Prasad (ht 19/04/2008), Olympic torch: Mountaineers cut off from world for fear of Tibet protests, by Jeremy Page (Times, UK 19/04/2008), Army, police to thwart Free-Tibet demo on Everest: Will open fire if necessary, by Baburam Kharel (kp 20/04/2008) [Mountaineers should stay away from Everest in face of such authoritarion behaviour!!], Nepal warning to torch protesters (BBC News 20/04/2008)

Nepal-China friendship in the new millennium, by Mohan Lohani (kp 19/04/2008)

500 held, 10 hurt: Cops pounce on Tibetan protestors (kp 18/04/2008), Nepalese detain more than 500 Tibetans protesting against China (iht), Bush advisor says Nepal, means Tibet (kp 18/04/2008)

2.2-tonne red sandalwood seized, by Sita Niraula (ht 18/04/2008) [This smuggling seems to be in the interest of the Chinese government! Chinese authorities leave no stone unturned in their suppression of Tibetan rights activists!!]

Another Maoland: Not many Chinese are aware of the Maoist victory in Nepal, by Aruna Uprety (nt 18/04/2008)

116 Tibet protestors arrested, 2 hurt (kp 17/04/2008), Tibetan singer in China’s custody (ht 17/04/2008), China seals international gateway into Tibet, stops refugee flow out (iht 17/04/2008) [A clear violation of Nepal's sovereignty by neighbouring China!!], China seals gateway into Tibet, stops refugees (USA Today 17/04/2008), Tibetan demonstrators detained near Chinese embassy in Kathmandu (Monster and Critics 17/04/2008)

Tibetans resume stir, 128 arrested (ht 16/04/2008), Tibetan exiles launch relay hunger strike in Pokhara (nn 16/04/2008), Tibetan monks, women protest at Chinese Embassy in Nepal, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Santa Barbara News-Press 16/04/2008)

China to execute hundreds during Olympics: AI (ht 15/04/2008)

Dalai Lama reiterates resignation threat (ht 15/04/2008)

China raps ‘meeting’ of French MPs with Dalai reps (kp 12/04/2008)

08/04/2008: Nepal won’t allow anti-China activities: PM (kp)

06/04/2008: Everest peak closed until May 10 (kp), China to step up ‘re-education’ of Tibetans (ht), 60 still jailed in China over 1989 protests (ht), Suddenly, the Roof of the World Is Closed, by Michelle Higgins (New York Times)

04/04/2008: Tibetans put off protests until CA poll (kp)

03/04/2008: Sherpas flay use of force (ht), Nepal Criticized for Over Tibet Issue: The sharp reaction to China's response to violence in Tibet still unfolding, by Bhumika Ghimire (on), ‘illegal political activity’: China urges check on Tibetan (kp) [Peaceful demonstrations a re a fundamental human right! The authoritarian Chinese government does not respect such fundamental rights! Nepal should protect the Chinese embassy but it should not violate against fundamental human rights on the order of a foreign nation. Else, Nepal stops to be a sovereign nation and may lose the international support in her efforts for reconstruction!!], China calls on Nepal for tough action against Tibetan groups (Monter and Critics), Cops break Tibet protest march (Gulf Times), Muslim unrest in western China (ht)

02/04/2008: AI, HRW ask PM to restore rights of Tibetans (kp), AI, HRW rap govt for curbing Tibetan refugees’ movement (ht), 53 arrested in pro-Tibet protest in Nepal: police (Straits Times), Police break up protest by Tibetan exiles in Nepal (iht), Tibet demonstrators try to march on Chinese embassy in Nepal (Monster and Critics), Nepal police break up anti-Chinese protest, detain Tibetan exiles, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Santa Barbara News-Press), China claims Dalai Lama ready to foment violence and mount suicide attacks: Guns and explosives unearthed, says Beijing; US backs spiritual leader as 'man of peace', by Jonathan Watts (Guardian), UN blunders with human rights logo resembling robes of the Dalai Lama, by Anne Penketh (Independent, UK), Chinese envoy urges Nepal to take stern measures against 'Free Tibet' agitators (nn) [Nepal is not a satellite state of China!!]

01/04/2008: Tibetans continue protest, 259 arrested, released (kp), Candle-lit vigil as 227 Tibetan protesters detained (Gulf Times), Int'l rights watchdog flays arbitrary arrest and detention of Tibetan protestors in Nepal (nn) [see joint letter to PM Koirala by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch], Rights groups ask Nepal to stop abusing, threating Tibetan protesters (iht), Protest flames spread, by Stephen Wade (New York Post)

31/03/2008: ‘Neutral’ observers sought for Tibet (ht), Tibetan exiles continue protest in Kathmandu; over 100 arrested (nn), Nepal police detain 100 Tibetan protesters (Channel News Asia), More than 100 arrests in protests at Chinese Embassy in Nepal (iht), Nearly 150 anti-China demonstrators arrested in Nepal (Monster and Critics), Nepal police break up Tibet protests (tvnz), Tibet protestors arrested in Nepal (RTE News), Tibetan monk protests reflect growing activism: More Buddhist monks, nuns likely to revolt against injustice, oppression (MSNBC), Violence in Nepal as Tibetans protest Olympics, by Andrew Buncombe (Independent, UK), Nepal to put troops on Everest to block Tibet demos (Sino Daily), Lhasa dust settles but new clashes in Greece, Nepal, by Lindsay Beck (New York Post), Exile groups carry on protests, but divisive march to Tibet ends, by Hari Kumar (iht)

30/03/2008: 80 held in anti-China protests (Gulf Times), My Tibet: Secret report from the roof of the world, by Clare Dwyer Hogg (Independent, UK), Fresh Melee in Lhasa After Police Apparently Launch Security Checks, by Jill Drew (Washington Post), Proteste flammen erneut auf (Spiegel), Überleben ohne „Made in China“, von Sonja Pohlmann (Tagesspiegel)

29/03/2008: 89 Tibetans held, 19 enter UN compound (kp), Tibetans scale walls of UN building (ht), For victims of Tibet riots, a complex fate, by David Barboza (iht), Dalai Lama bittet um Hilfe der Weltgemeinschaft: Weiterhin versöhnliche Töne des religiösen Oberhauptes im Tibet-Konflikt (NZZ), Chinese view of Dalai Lama bodes ill for its Tibet policy, by Howard W. French (iht)

28/03/2008: HRW concerned over threats against Tibetans (kp), Nepal used excessive force against Tibetan protesters: UN (Times of India), Pro-Tibet protests continue in Nepal (Gulf Times), Pro-Tibet protests continue in Nepal; 17 held (Peninsula), Tibetans in Nepal face deportation threat (UPI), Tibetan exiles scale walls of UN compound in Nepal's capital (iht), Tibetan students enter UN compound in Nepal, by Somini Sengupta (iht), Tibetan children in Nepal protest, by Charles Haviland (BBC News), China warns Europe to steer clear of Tibet unrest issue (ht), Chinese 'show' tour of Lhasa backfires as monks storm in, by Clifford Coonan (Independent, UK), Ein Lob ins Klassenbuch; Indien und Tibet: Balance halten, Contenance wahren, Zurückhaltung üben, von Ursula Dunckern (Freitag), Die Chefin weiß, was zu tun ist, von Kristin Kupfer (Freitag), Gestern versprochen, heute gebrochen: In der Tibetkrise fällt China in alte Muster zurück und fühlt sich an Zusagen nicht mehr gebunden – doch die Mönche geben nicht auf, von Harald Maass (Tagesspiegel), Chinese police close Muslim quarter in Lhasa (iht)

27/03/2008: Behind The Disturbances In Tibet, by Manik Lal Shrestha (rn) [The author totally identifies with the distorted picture of Tibetan history that is circulated by the authoritarian Chinese government!], HRW slams police action on Tibetan protests (nn), Nepal arrest Tibetan protesters in front of Chinese Embassy office (iht), China and Tibet: The Spin Campaign, by Simon Elegant (Time Magazine), Monks' protest disrupts media visit to Tibet, by Jonathan Watts (Guardian), First foreign observers into Tibetan capital find city scarred by violence, by Jonathan Brown (Independent, UK), Monk protest scuppers controlled media tour of Tibet, by Jane Macartney (Times, UK), Tibetan monks disrupt tour by journalists (iht), Europe and U.S. press China over Tibet, by Stweven Lee Myers and Katrin Bennhold (iht), Pékin compare le Tibet à Villiers-le-Bel, de Jean-Jacques Mével (Figaro), Die Fackelstafette als Spießrutenlauf, von Matthias Nass (Zeit), Pekings Macht und Tibets Zukunft, von Joschka Fischer (Zeit), Dutzende Mönche demonstrieren vor ausländischen Journalisten (Spiegel), Mönche stören Chinas Transparenz-Versuch (Tagesspiegel), Das schreckliche Heimweh, von Christine Möllhoff (Tagesspiegel), Jetzt oder nie, von Georg Blume (TAZ), UNO schweigt zu Tibet: Chinas "innere Angelegenheiten" sind tabu (TAZ), Peking lässt Tibetologen sprechen: Mönche sollen besser "aufgeklärt" werden (NZZ), Police in Nepal Threaten Tibetan Exiles With Deportation, by Liam Cochrane (Voice of America)

26/03/2008: Respect rights of Tibetans: NHRC (kp), NHRC serious about police against protesting Tibetans (nn), UN warns on detention of protesters (Gulf Times), Tibetan protest thwarted (ht), 'Patriotic Education' Campaign: China Moves to Tighten Control Over Religion in Tibet, by Mareen Fan (Washington Post), India silent as China deploys forces on Nepal soil (Times of India), Activists urge torch-bearers to speak out on Tibet oppression, by Jerome Taylor (Independent, UK), Hundreds of Tibetans are arrested, Beijing says, by David Barboza (iht), So gängelt Peking Journalisten, von Andreas Lorenz und Wieland Wagner (Spiegel), SPD-Politiker verlangt Wirtschaftssanktionen gegen China (Spiegel), Menschenrechtler: China greift hart durch (Tagesspiegel), Verbotener Staat, von Harald Maass (Tagesspiegel), Trotz Tibet: 120 Millionen Dollar für Olympia (Tagesspiegel)

25/03/2008: Over 250 Tibetans arrested in Valley (kp) [What a shame for a country that claims to stand for human rights and democracy!!], 50 more Tibetan protestors arrested (nn), Nepal police stop Tibetan protest in front of Chinese embassy visa office, arrest 100 (iht), UN warns Nepal on detention of Tibetan protesters (Stuff, NZ) [Nepal is going to lose international support and sympathy!!], Nepal clamps on peaceful Tibetian demonstrators (Frontier India), 400 detained in Nepal protests (Peninsula), Young Tibetans Nurture the Notion of Returning Home, by Rama Lakshmi (Washington Post), Missing: monks who defied Beijing, by Nigel Morris (Independent, UK), Chinesische Polizei schießt auf Mönche (Spiegel), Peking-Ente, süß und sauer: Tibet tabu, was wird bei Olympia? Chinas zweischneidiger Umgang mit Medien, von Benedikt Voigt (Tagesspiegel), Kein Friede über Olympia: Proteste bei der Entzündung des Feuers in Griechenland (Tagesspiegel), Berlin 1936, Peking 2008, von Bernhard Schulz (Tagesspiegel), Peking kontrolliert Tibet - aber nur fast, von Kristin Kupfer (TAZ), China startet Propaganda-Offensive zu Tibet: Westlichen Medien wird gezielte Falschinformation vorgeworfen (NZZ)

24/03/2008: Tibetan exiles demonstrate in Kathmandu again; two dozen arrested (nn) [The arrest of peaceful demonstrators is a violation of fundamental Nepali and international law!!], Police say 245 Tibetans detained in Nepal protests (Channel News Asia), Nepal police break up Tibetan protest near UN offices (iht), Nepal police break up protest by Tibetan refugees, arrest 4 (CNews), Protests May Only Harden Chinese Line: Dialogue Over Tibet Grievances Seems Increasingly Less Likely, Analysts Say, by Jill Drew (Washington Post), Olympisches Feuer entzündet - Demonstranten stören Zeremonie (Spiegel), Chinesen wollen Olympia-Fackel auf Mount Everest tragen (Spiegel), Warum China in Tibet nicht nachgibt, von Peter Harmsen (Tagesspiegel), China greift durch - Exiltibeter sprechen von über 100 Toten (Spiegel), Neue antichinesische Unruhen in Sichuan: Ein chinesischer Polizist getötet (NZZ)

23/03/2008: Inside the court of the Tibetan god-king, by Randeep Ramesh (Guardian), Western stance infuriates young Chinese fed on government propaganda, by Tania Branigan (Guardian), Dalai Lama and his allies are out to destroy Olympics, says China, by Clifford Coonan and Andrew Buncombe (Independent, UK), Tibet: the West can use the Olympics as a weapon against Beijing, by Michael Portillo (Times, UK), "Der Dalai Lama will Olympia als Geisel nehmen" (Spiegel), Tibetan revolt has China's empire fraying at the edge, by Michael Sheridan (Times, UK), Die freie Welt muss Tibet unterstützen (Tagesspiegel), Vorsicht, Implosionsgefahr, von Stephan-Andreas Casdorff (Tagesspiegel), China erklärt Unruhen in Tibet für eingedämmt: Staatsmedien melden Normalisierung der Lage (NZZ), Peking setzt Armee gegen Nonnen ein: Chinas Repressionspolitik weitet sich auf Nachbarprovinzen von Tibet aus – Augenzeugen berichten (NZZ), «Die Jugend will mehr»: Eindrücke aus Tibets Hauptstadt Lhasa nach den schweren Ausschreitungen (NZZ), IOC-Chef Rogge laviert im Tibet-Konflikt - Proteste in Olympia angekündigt (Spiegel), Exil-Tibeter klagen an - Klöster von Versorgung abgeschnitten (Spiegel), Ärzte dürfen Tibeter nicht behandeln (Tagesspiegel)

22/03/2008: Tibet high on agenda as Taiwan goes to polls, by Jonathan Watts (Guardian), Tibet crisis raises tensions over Taiwanese elections, by Clifford Coonan (Independent, UK), Pelosi urges world to condemn China over crackdown, by Randeep Ramesh, Julian Borger, Angelique Chrisafis, Graham Keeley, Elana Schor and John Hooper (Guardian), Congressional leader calls for international condemnation of China, by Andrew Buncombe (Independent, UK), Police and troops tighten grip as publicity drive gets under way, by Tania Branigan (Guardian), At war with the utopia of modernity: Tibetans' rage is directed not at communist rule, but the consumerist threat to their traditions and sacred lands, by Pankaj Mishra (Guardian), A clarion call (Guardian), The Dalai Lama and a circle of oppression that needs to be broken (Independent, UK), Chinesische Staatszeitung ruft zu "Vernichtung der Dalai-Clique" auf (Spiegel), Olympia-Ikone Schüller für Boykott der Eröffnungsfeier (Spiegel), Ruf nach Olympia-Boykott wird lauter (Tagesspiegel), Reporter müssen Tibet verlassen (Tagesspiegel), Junge Tibeter stellen den Kurs des Dalai Lama infrage, von Christine Möllhoff (Tagesspiegel), Das Dalai-Lama-Dilemma: Tibets geistliches Oberhaupt dringt mit seinem Aufruf zur Gewaltfreiheit nicht durch. Eigentlich müsste er zurücktreten, von Sascha Zastiral (TAZ), "Die Mönche werden sich radikalisieren", Interview mit Georg Blume (TAZ), China droht Tibetern mit entschlossenem Vorgehen: Zahlen zu Todesopfern nach oben korrigiert (NZZ), China verstärkt seine Militärpräsenz in Tibet: 24 Personen angeklagt – weitere Proteste zugegeben – Verhärtung der Fronten, von Peter Fischer (NZZ), China will plötzlich Sendeverbot am Platz des Himmlischen Friedens (Spiegel)

21/03/2008: Stop harassing Tibetans: HRW (kp), Tibet Worries: Nepal braces for  unpredictable implications with alarms rising in its northern neighbour over the 'sensitive' Tibet, by Sushil Sharma (sp), Tibet hangs heavy over Beijing's torch relay (Reuters), Situation dire in kathmandu: NZ Everest leader (Scoop), US lawmaker speaks out on Tibet (BBC News), U.S. congressional leader denounces crackdown in Tibet (iht), Dalai Lama fears village massacres as Chinese troops retaliate for protests, by Randeep Ramesh (Guardian), State admits police shot protesters 'in self-defence', by Jonathan Watts and Tania Branigan (Guardian), Dalai Lama: 'I am prepared to face China. I will go to Beijing', by Andrew Buncombe (Independent, UK), A vital outpost for Tibetan exiles in Little Lhasa, by Andrew Buncombe (Independent, UK), For some young Tibetan exiles, Dalai Lama's 'middle way' is a road to failure, by Somini Sengupta (iht), China admits to wounding 4 Tibetan demonstrators, by Howard W. French (iht), Niemand will Ärger mit China, von Matthias Nass (Zeit), Massiver Militäraufmarsch in Tibet - Pelosi besucht demonstrativ den Dalai Lama (Spiegel), Chinesische Polizei gibt Schüsse auf Demonstranten zu (Tagesspiegel), Peking findet Schuldige in Tibet; Dalai Lama bietet Gespräche an (NZZ)

20/03/2008: Media censorship in China: CPJ (kp), Human Rights Watch urges Nepal to stop crackdown on Tibetan protesters (iht), Nepal action on Tibet 'excessive' (BBC News), Maoists express sadness over Tibet incident (nn) [Better express sadness over the brutal violation of the fundamental rights of the Tibetan people! You claim to fight against the exploitation of the Nepali people but you support the suppression of the Tibetan people by the Chinese occupators!!], Marchers seek peace in Tibet (New Zealand Herald), China state media says Tibet protests have spread to other provinces (iht), In Tibetan areas, parallel worlds now collide, by Howard W. French (iht), La «lutte à mort» du proconsul avec le dalaï-lama, de Jean-Jacques Mével (Le Figaro), Le Tibet gêne la diplomatie chinoise du Pape, de Hervé Yannou (Le Figaro), La Chine envoie des renforts militaires pour mater les rebelles tibétains (Le Monde), Le dalaï-lama veut renouer le dialogue avec Pékin mais en appelle à la communauté internationale (Le Monde), "Vieles geht verloren" (Zeit), Die Zornigen und die Frommen (Zeit), "Der Dalai-Lama soll zurückkehren" (Zeit), Hässliche Spiele, von Matthias Nass (Zeit), Zensierte Hoffnung, von Torsten Kleinz (Zeit), "Die Razzien lassen Schlimmes befürchten", Interview mit Georg Blume (Spiegel), Reiter stürmen chinesische Stadt - Polizei setzt Tränengas ein (Spiegel), Wieczorek-Zeul will Verhandlungen mit China aussetzen (Spiegel), Wut der Tibeter wächst - Gewalt kein Tabu mehr, von Hasnain Kazim (Spiegel), Aufstände greifen auf China über (Tagesspiegel), Fackel im Sturm (Tagesspiegel), Warum junge Tibeter aufbegehren: "Auf Augenhöhe mit den Chinesen", von Georg Blume (TAZ), "Kampf mit Feuer und Blut", von Jutta Lietsch (TAZ), Unorganisiert und voll Hass, von georg Blume (TAZ), Dalai Lama pronto a vedere i leader cinesi: Wen Jiabao a Londra «disponibile al dialogo a certe condizioni» riferisce il premier Brown (Corriere della Sera), China bestätigt 24 Festnahmen: Appell an britischen Premier (NZZ), Peking verschärft Rhetorik gegen den Dalai Lama: Frankreich ist gegen Boykott der Olympischen Spiele (NZZ), Authorities in Lhasa parade 'repentant rioters' on TV: Detainees face severe punishment as deterrent Dalai Lama again blamed for organising unrest, by Tania Branigan and Randepp Ramesh (Guardian), Free countries must defy Chinese blackmail and greet the Dalai Lama: There is not much that we can do for suffering Tibet, but this we can and must. It's far more than mere tokenism, by Timothy Garton Ash (Guardian), In ever-widening security cordon, a palpable fear, by Jonathan Watts (Guardian), Foreign Office minister calls on Olympians to speak out, by Nigel Morris and Andrew Buncombe (Independet, UK), Schlachtfeld der tausend Wahrheiten, von Christian Stöcker (Spiegel), Dalai Lama fordert von Tibetern Gewaltverzicht, vpn Andreas Lorenz und Padma Rao (Spiegel)

19/03/2008: Why the deafening silence?, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp) [on the open or silent support of attrocities against Tibetan people committed by the Chinese authorities and the Nepali police!!], Rights activists condemn police action on Tibetans' demonstrations (nn), Police in Nepal arrests 50 protesters (Asian Age), Tibetans stage hunger strike (Gulf Times), Tourists describe 'merciless' beatings of Chinese in Tibet (Kuwait Times), Tibetans feel economic as well as religious pressure, by Tim Johnson (Santa Barbara News-Press), Nepal-Tibet border remain open for tourists, trade despite trouble (iht), China droht mit Kampf auf Leben und Tod (Spiegel), Demonstranten sterben - über 100 ergeben sich (Tagesspiegel), Kein himmlischer Frieden, von Benedikt Voigt (Tagesspiegel), Ein letzter Kampf, von Nina Ritter (Tagesspiegel), Entsetzen in der Götterstadt (TAZ), Dalai Lama erwägt Rücktritt, vpn Sven Hansen (TAZ), China will Tibet in Ruhe assimilieren: "Die Gedanken befreien", von Julia Lietsch (TAZ), China claims rioters surrender as Lhasa 'returns to normal', by Tania Branigan (Guardian), Dalai Lama threatens to quit over Tibet violence, by Clifford Coonan and Andrew Buncombe (Independent, UK), Brown due to meet Dalai Lama, by Colin Brown (Independent, UK), The Big Question: Who is the Dalai Lama, and why is he the focus of protests over Tibet?, by Paul Vellaly (Independent, UK), Bomb attack on police in Tibet as China issues wanted list of 12, by Jane Macartney (Times, UK), China brands Dalai Lama a monster and forces students to denounce him, by Jane Macartney (Times, UK), Tourists speak of shock and fear at Tibet riots, by Jeremy Page (Times, UK), Hunderte von Festnahmen in Tibet gemeldet: Angaben der Behörden werden in Zweifel gezogen (NZZ), China um Schadensbegrenzung bemüht: Schwere Vorwürfe an den Dalai Lama – bedingtes Gesprächsangebot (NZZ), In India, balancing refugee care and relations with China, by Somini Sengupta (iht), Le dalaï-lama veut renouer le dialogue avec Pékin (Le Figaro), Tibet: la Chine annonce la reddition de 105 émeutiers, les ONG parlent d'arrestations (Le Monde), British leader says Wen prepared to talk with Dalai Lama (iht)

18/03/2008: Nine Tibetans hurt, 5 dozen held, freed; No suppression: China (kp), 59 protesting Tibetan refugees detained, freed (ht), Dozens arrested during anti-Chinese demonstrations (Gulf Times), 44 Tibetans arrested as Nepal breaks protest (Daily Times), Huge protests erupt in Nepal, 100 held, by Shirish B. Pradhan (Asian Age), Tear gas, beatings for Tibet protesters in Nepal (ABC Radio Australia) [What a shame!!], Concern over police action (Gulf Times), Tibetans in Nepal stage hunger strike to protest China violence (Monster and Critics), Security tightened along Nepal-China border (nn), Tibetans risk death to flee over mountain border to Nepal, by Tim Johnson (Sacramento Bee), China lehnt internationale Untersuchung ab - Druck auf Demonstranten wächst (Spiegel), Chinas Premier macht Dalai Lama für Gewaltausbruch verantwortlich (Spiegel), Wen Jiabao attackiert Dalai Lama: Der Zorn des chinesischen Premiers (TAZ), Breitseite aus Peking gegen den Dalai Lama: Regierungschef Wen beruft sich auf den Willen des chinesischen Volkes (NZZ), Chinese leader blames Dalai Lama for Tibet violence, by David Lague (iht), Dalai Lama droht mit Rücktritt (Spiegel), Le dalaï lama met sa démission en jeu (Le Figaro), Le dalaï-lama envisage de quitter ses fonctions si la situation dégénère au Tibet (Le Monde), Il Dalai Lama: "Pronto a dimettermi"; La Cina preme: violenze per colpa sua (La Stampa), Il Dalai Lama: "Pronto a dimettermi"; Wen Jiabao accusa «la cricca» del leader spirituale tibetano: "Vogliono sabotare i Giochi" (Corriere della Sera), Amnesty International lehnt Olympia-Boykott ab (Tagesspiegel), Da darf man nicht nur spielen, von Friedhard Teuffel (Tagesspiegel), Dalai-Clique: So berichtet die chinesische Nachrichtenagentur Xinhua über Tibet (Tagesspiegel), Die letzten Zeugen, von Harald Maass (Tagesspiegel), Abtransport in Lastwagen: Während die Bewohner sich um Normalität bemühen, veranstalten Militärpolizisten Razzien in ganz Lhasa, von Kristin Kupfer (TAZ), Proteste auch außerhalb Lhasas, von Sven Hansen (TAZ), China setzt tibetischen Demonstranten Ultimatum: Russland unterstützt Vorgehen Pekings (NZZ), China thanks India for Tibet move (BBC News), China prepares for crackdown by clearing Tibetan capital of witnesses, by Clifford Coonan (Independent, UK), Chinese policies led slowly to backlash in Tibet, by Jim Yardley (iht), China takes steps to thwart reporting on Tibet protests, by David Barboza (iht), China Tries to Thwart News Reports From Tibet (New York Times), Simmering Resentments Led to Tibetan Backlash, by Jum Yardley (New York Times), China Premier Blames Dalai Lama for ‘Appalling’ Violence in Tibet, by David Lague (New York Times), Tibetans in India Enraged by Details of Crackdown, by Somini Sengupta (New York Times), House raids as troops try to stop protests, by Mary-Anne Toy (Sydney Morning Herald), PM: Parliamentary Notice of Motion re Tibet, Press Release: New Zealand Government (Scoop), Turner condemns Government inaction on Tibet, Press Release: United Future NZ Party (Scoop), Dr Pita Sharples: The situation in Tibet, Press Release: The Maori Party (Scoop), Chinesen melden Erfolge in Tibet: hundert Rebellen sollen aufgegeben haben (Spiegel), Exiles question Dalai Lama's non-violence, by Geeta Pandey (BBC News), France raises idea of boycotting Olympics ceremony over Tibet, by Katrin Brennhold (iht)

Dalai Lama fears reprisals from Chinese ultimatum to Tibetans to surrender; Eyewitness accounts from Lhasa (International Campaign for Tibet 17/03/2008), UML says it favors 'One China policy' as violent protest erupts in Tibet (nn 17/03/2008), Police in Nepal clash with Tibet protesters, monks; 30 arrested (iht 17/03/2008), Protesting Tibetans arrested in Kathmandu (nn 17/03/2008) [Nepal is risking to loose international sympathizers by blindly following authoritarian orders by her northern neighbour!], National Identity Driving Tibet’s Struggle, by Ed Douglas (Arab News 17/03/2008), Tibet on the boil (Khaleej Times 17/03/2008), China im Zwielicht: Tibet-Krise heizt Debatte um Olympia-Boykott an (Spiegel 17/03/2008), "Der Druck muss noch stärker werden“, Interview mit dem Menschenrechtsbeauftragten der Bundesregierung, Günter Nooke, über Olympia und den Tibetkonflikt (Tagesspiegel 17/03/2008), Die ganze Welt zeigt sich solidarisch mit den Menschen in Tibet. Was ist es, das dieses Volk so faszinierend macht?, von Martin Gehlen (Tagesspiegel 17/03/2008), Lernen aus Olympia 1936: 2008 finden die Olympischen Spiele in Peking statt. Will die Welt wieder kritiklos einer Diktatur zujubeln und die Opfer vergessen?, von Franz Alt (Tagesspiegel 17/03/2008), Boykott und Spiele, von Sven Hansen (Tageszeitung 17/03/2008), Ausländer zur Ausreise aufgefordert: China sperrt Tibet ab (Netzeitung 17/03/2008) [China obviously does not want visitors in the year of the Olympic Games!!], Was China über Tibet zensieren will (Netzeitung 17/03/2008), China zu Dialog mit Dalai Lama aufgefordert: Internationale Kritik am chinesischen Vorgehen in Tibet und Aufforderungen zu Transparenz und Mäßigung (Tageszeitung 17/03/2008), Von Angst und Aufstand, von Georg Blume (Tageszeitung 17/03/2008), Nach den Straßenkämpfen in Tibet: Der Dalai Lama ist tabu (Tageszeitung 17/03/2008), Tibet demonstrators ordered to give themselves up, by Matthew Weaver (Guardian 17/03/2008), Rule of terror: Dalai Lama accuses China as dozens are reported dead, by Jonathan Watts and Randeep Ramesh (Guardian 17/03/2008), Spotlight on grievance: Events in Tibet expose China's achilles heel: its inability to recognise and respect ethnic difference, by Martin Jacques (Guardian 17/03/2008), Dalai Lama attacks 'cultural genocide', by Clifford Coonan (Independent, UK 17/03/2008), Our struggle will go on, despite the crackdown: The riots can be seen in the light of a quiet child finally fighting back against the playground bully, by Tsering Topgyal (Independent, UK 17/03/2008), Chinese troops parade handcuffed Tibetan prisoners in trucks, by Jane Macartney (Times, UK 17/03/2008), Für jeden Einwohner ein Soldat, von Annett Meiritz (Spiegel 17/03/2008), China setzt tibetischen Demonstranten Ultimatum: Russland unterstützt Vorgehen Pekings (Neue Zürcher Zeitung 17/03/2008), Tibet in "desperate situation", warns envoy (Swiss Info 17/03/2008), China blames protesters for deaths in Tibet, by David Lague (iht 17/03/2008), Tibetan exiles in India join in protests, by Somini Sengupta (iht 17/03/2008), Tibet violence 'concerns' India (BBC News 17/03/2008), La révolte des lamas tibétains s'étend en Chine, de Arnaud de La Grange (Le Figaro 17/03/2008), Parmi les moines de Lutsang, le feu couve sous la cendre, de Jean-Jacques Mével (Le Figaro 17/03/2008), Beistand statt Boykott, von Nadine Michel (Spiegel 17/03/2008), Berichte von Exil-Tibetern: Mönche brechen aus umstelltem Kloster aus (Netzeitung 17/03/2008), In quotes: Reaction to Tibet protests (BBC News 17/03/2008), Tibet adds to China's Olympic woes, by Paul Reynolds (BBC News 17/03/2008), "Les Tibétains savent que c'est maintenant ou jamais qu'il faut se faire entendre", de Marie Holzmann (Le Monde 17/03/2008), China vows 'unwavering' effort to hold onto Tibet, deadline for surrender, leniency passes, by Audra Ang (San Diego Union-Tribune 17/03/2008)

Chinese cops ‘deployed inside Nepal’ after Tibet unrest (ht 17/03/2008) [Unbelievable!!]

Protests spread throughout Tibet: thousands gather in towns and monasteries: Statement of Dalai Lama's Special Envoy on events in Tibet (International Campaign for Tibet 16/03/2008), UN soll eingreifen - Proteste verschärfen sich (Tagesspiegel 16/03/2008), Chinas anderes Gesicht, von Harald Mass (Tagesspiegel 16/03/2008), Dalai Lama's Tibet bloodshed fear (BBC News 16/03/2008), Beijing locks down Lhasa as crisis grows: At least 10, possibly dozens, killed as violence spreads and international protests mount, by Jonathan Watts (Observer 16/03/2008), Batons and tear gas as Tibetan unrest spreads beyond borders, by Tania Branigan (Observer 16/03/2008), Whatever China does, Tibet will still demand its freedom, by Ed Douglas (Observer 16/03/2008), China clamps down on unrest as riots spread across Tibet, by Clifford Coonan (Independent, UK 16/03/2008), China ruft "Volkskrieg" gegen Tibet aus (Spiegel 16/03/2008), Dalai Lama wirft China "kulturellen Völkermord" vor (Spiegel 16/03/2008), Tibetans take to protest against China’s crackdown (ht 16/03/2008), Tibetan refugees hold demo in front of UN office (nn) [Only authoritarian regimes put a stop to peaceful demonstrations! The government of Nepal should not behave like King Gyanendra and his henchmen did two years ago!!], Dalai Lama Won’t Stop Tibet Protests, by Somini Sengupta and Hari Kumar (New York Times 16/03/2008), Einreiseverbot für Auisländer: China riegelt Tibet ab (Spiegel 16/03/2008), Tibet ist Chinas Gaza-Streifen, von Jürgen Kremb (Spiegel 16/03/2008), China blockiert YouTube (Spiegel 16/03/2008)

Blutiger Protest: Tibetische Exilregierung spricht von 100 Toten (Spiegel 15/03/2008), Gewalt in Lhasa - Zahl der Todesopfer steigt (Tagesspiegel 15/03/2008), Gunfire on the streets of Lhasa as rallies turn violent: Witnesses report killings and attacks on Chinese in fiercest protests for 20 years, by Tania Branigan and Randeep Ramesh (Guardian 15/03/2008), Ruthless campaign of cultural destruction, by Barney Faulkner (Independent, UK 15/03/2008), Four die and dozens more injured as Tibet protests descend into violence, by Clifford Coonan (Independent, UK 15/03/2008), China faces crisis as world leaders call for restraint, by Jane Macartney and Catherine Philp (Times, UK 15/03/2008), 'They stopped attacking the boy when I rushed forward': Security forces stand by as the worst riots in 50 years are fuelled by Tibetans fighting for recognition, by James Miles (Times, UK 15/03/2008), Police break up Tibetan protest in Nepal's capital, arresting at least 20 (iht 15/03/2008), Tibetans Cite Spreading Unrest, Mounting Death Toll, as China Clamps Down (Radio Free Asia 15/03/2008), Protest takes place in Switzerland over Tibet (Swiss Info 15/03/2008), Tense times at Tibetan monastery, by Michael Bristow (BBC News 15/03/2008)

China Trade Fair-2008 from April 25 (nn 15/03/2008) [This event must be stalled as long as the rights suppression in China occupied Tibet continues!!]

China asks Nepal to ban Everest climbs during spring amid fears of protest (iht 14/03/2008), Nepal agrees to China Everest ban (BBC News 14/03/2008), China tells Nepal: Halt Everest trips till May (ht 15/03/2008), Tourism entrepreneurs not to send mountaineers atop Everest between May 1 and 10 (nn 17/03/2008), Saving face (Independent, UK 17/03/2008), Climbers banned from Everest as China seeks to stop protests on summit, by Michael McCarthy (Independent, UK 17/03/2008), No ban on Everest climbing, govt says (nn 18/03/2008), Government gets cold feet on Everest ban (Gulf Times 19/03/2008)

5 Tibetans, cops hurt in march on embassy (kp 11/03/2008), 155 Tibetan refugees held, freed (ht 11/03/2008) [The fundamental right to demonstrate is only denied by authoritarian states like China!], Second day of protests in Lhasa: monks dispersed by tear-gas (International Campaign for Tibet 11/03/2008), Freedom Forum slams 'suppression' of Tibetan protestors (nn 12/03/2008), Chinese Police Fire Tear-Gas at Protesting Tibetan Monks (Radio Free Asia 12/03/2008), Tränengas gegen demonstrierende Mönche (Tagesspiegel 12/03/2008), Indische Polizei geht gegen Exil-Tibeter vor (Netzeitung 13/03/2008), Tibetan Monks in Critical Condition After Attempted Suicide, as Protests Mount (Radio Free Asia 13/03/2008), Monasteries under lockdown after three days of protest: fears of severe reprisals in Lhasa (International Campaign for Tibet 13/03/2008), Rights group demands Tibetans be allowed to protest, seeks releases (Earth Times 14/03/2008), Schwere Ausschreitungen in Tibet (Tagesspiegel 14/03/2008), Tote bei Aufruhr in Lhasa - Dalai Lama in Sorge (Spiegel, 14/03/2008), Entsetzen über Eskalation - Bush attackiert China, von Andreas Lorenz (Spiegel 14/03/2008), Blutige Unruhen in Tibet lösen Entsetzen aus (Tagesspiegel 14/03/2008), India holds Tibetans for 14 days (BBC News 14/03/2008), China Clamps Down on Tibetan Protests As Many Deaths, Injuries Reported (Radio Free Asia 14/03/2008)

Dalai Lama beklagt Unterdrückung Tibets (Tagesspiegel 10/03/2008), China Detains Tibetan Monks Protesting on Key Anniversary (Radio Free Asia 10/03/2008), Monks arrested as police quash protests in Tibet: report (International Campaign for Tibet 10/03/2008)

Tibetan Monks Warned To Return to Monastery (Radio Free Asia (06/03/2008)

China for stability in Nepal (kp 03/03/2008), Yafei tells PM China is ready to support Nepal (nn 03/03/2008), China pledges support for CA polls (ht 04/03/2008), "China Is Strong Supporter Of Nepal's Political Stability And Economic Development", interview with He Yafei, Assistant minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (sp 07/03/2008)

Tracking the Steel Dragon: How China's economic policies and the railroad are transforming Tibet (International Campaign for Tibet 28/02/2008)

Nepal hands over Tibetan after late night raid on Tibetan refugee center in Kathmandu (International Campaign for Tibet 25/02/2008), Rights group concerned for Tibetan arrested in Nepal (Radio Australia 26/02/2008) [Nepal must preserve her sovereignty and not become a tool of authoritarian Chinese politics!!]

Tibetans, Chinese Police Clash at Festival (Radio Free Asia 22/02/2008)

‘Attract Chinese investors’ (kp 15/02/2008)

Tatopani customs to get new facilities (kp 18/01/2008)

Two Monks from Panchen Lama's Monastery Commit Suicide (Radio Free Asia (16/03/2008)

PM asks China to extend network up to border (kp 20/12/2007)

Beijing Consensus: Relevance for Nepal (kp 24/11/2007)

Nepal, China try to revive Kathmandu-Lhasa bus service (Earth Times 20/11/2007)

China Jails Tibetan Nomad For Eight Years After Dalai Lama Protest (Radio Free Asia 20/11/2007), Long sentences for spying and splittism follow Tibetan nomad's call for Dalai Lama to return to Tibet (International Campaign for Tibet 20/11/2007)

Hope fades for Tibetan refugees in Nepal (wi 13/11/2007)

Nepal stops 5,000 Tibetans from getting US asylum (wi 01/11/2007)

China continues firing on fleeing Tibetans: report (wi 31/10/2007), Activist group says Tibetans fired upon by Chinese while crossing into Nepal (iht 31/10/2007), Chinese cops fire at Tibetans crossing Nangpa La pass (kp 01/11/2007), China calls report of shooting at Tibetan refugees groundless (iht 01/11/2007)

Nepal Maoists start anti-Dalai Lama campaign (Hindustan Times 16/10/2007))

Chinese envoy meets PM (nn 13/10/2007)

How Nepali traders lost out in Lhasa (samn 10/10/2007)

China accepts envoy-nominee (nn 04/10/2007)

Police arrest 18 Tibetans from Gorkha (nn 02/10/2007)

Sino-Nepal talks on border dispute begin (samn 26/09/2007)

Tibet fears lead to China blocking Nepal mountain route (wi 23/09/2007)

China Festival 2007: Show of Friendship, by Keshab Poudel (sp 21/09/2007)

China ‘ready ‘to rescue Nepal from petroleum crisis (nn 16/09/2007), China to help ease petrol problem (kp 17/09/2007)

China bans animal imports from Nepal (kp 15/09/2007)

Trading with Tibet, by Madhav Das Shrestha (kp 15/09/2007)

Business community for stronger Nepal-Tibet trade relation (nn 11/09/2007), Nepal-China Tibet economic, trade fair kicks off (Xinhua 11/09/2007)

Joint venture with China stressed (kp 08/09/2007)

Nepal and China's Guangxi could benefit form bilateral trade (nn 04/09/2007)

Road to Mt Everest, by Trilochan Urpeti (kp 21/07/2007)

China, Nepal mark 52 years of diplomatic ties, by Upendra Gautam (sp 10/08/2007)

Tibetans from across the world hold massive protest in capital (Gulf Times 09/08/2007)

Own land in Darchula to visit Mansarobar, by Bikram Giri (kp 06/08/2007)

Nepal failed to reap benefits from China, interview with Rajesh Kaji Shrestha is the president of Nepal-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (kp 06/08/2007)

Nepal hands over Tibetan refugee to China (wi 04/08/2007), Nepal deports Tibetan man to China: group (Reuters 04/08/2007)

Nepali gov't reiterates "One China" policy (Xinhua 27/07/2007), Chinese bounty wins fresh Nepal support against Taiwan (wi 28/07/2007)

China, Nepal mark 52 years of diplomatic ties, by Upendra Gautam (China Daily 26/07/2007)

China offers Rs 8 billion line of credit to Nepal (nn 24/07/2007), China's aid for infrastructure, CA polls (samn 25/07/2007), China asked for more assistance (kp 25/07/2007), China willing to support Nepal for infrastructure development: Chao (nn 25/07/2007)

"We Will Not Tolerate Interference On Nepal 's Internal Affairs By Any Country Of The World", interview with Li Shaoxian, vice-president of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (sp 13/07/2007)

Neighborly Concern: As Nepal is preparing to hold the elections for Constituent Assembly, a high level delegation from China comes to comprehend the situation, by Keshab Poudel (sp 13/07/2007)

Preferential trading facility sought from China (kp 10/07/2007)

Chinese delegation visits PLA cantonment (nn 09/07/2007)

China and Bhutan: crushing dissent, by Meenakshi Ganguly (Open Democracy 05/07/2007)

“China Supports Nepal’s Quest To Achieve Peace And Stability”, by Zheng Xianglin (sp 29/06/2007)

Tibetans jailed, tortured for displaying banned flag (kp 28/06/2007)

The China factor (tg 27/06/2007)

28 stolen idols return home (nn 22/06/2007)

Friendship Matters: More than a year after major political change, prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala is scheduled to visit China, by Keshab Poudel (sp 22/06/2007)

Chinese presence must be visible (tg 20/06/2007), China will not interfere in Nepal’s internal affairs: Envoy Xianglin (nn 20/06/2007), China for pro-active role in peace process (kp 21/06/2007), China not shunning Maoists in Nepal (samn 21/06/2007)

China makes the high road to Everest, by Jonathan Watts (Guardian, UK 19/06/2007), Activists decry Chinese road to Mt Everest (Times of India 20/06/2007)

Knowledge From North (sp 15/06/2007)

“China won’t tolerate foreign intervention”, interview with Zheng Xialing, the Chinese ambassador to Nepal in Nepal (nt 15/06/2007, originally in Nepal, 17 June)

Nepal pushes for trade preference in China (kp 13/06/2007), Entrepreneurs emphasise on Nepal-China trade promotion (nn 13/06/2007), FNCCI, ACFCI to jointly promote trade, tourism (kp 14/06/2007)

Enter China, exit India?, by N.P.Upadhyaya (tg 13/06/2007)

Confucius Institute to be set up in Nepal (Xinhua 22/05/2007)

High-level body to facilitate Nepal-Tibet trade (kp 18/05/2007)

Tibet bar on foreigners, by Jane Macartney (tc 15/05/2007), Foreigners are barred from wandering alone in Tibet (Times, UK 15/05/2007)

China positive towards petroleum supply (nn 10/05/2007)

US activists detained on Everest (BBC News 25/04/2007)

PM Koirala receives credentials of Chinese ambassador (nn 19/04/2007)

Dalai Lama's office will not operate in Nepal: Maoist minister (nn 10/04/2007)

‘Promote Nepal in China’ (kp 07/04/2007)

An eyewitness account on nun’s murder (Peninsula 20/03/2007)

Tibetans Hope For Improved Treatment of Refugees in Nepal, by Steve Herman (Voice of America 19/03/2007)

Dry port to be built at Panchkhal (samn 19/03/2007)

Tibetan leader held in Nuwakot (samn 18/03/2007)

Preferential facility sought from China (kp 06/03/2007)

Plan for 3 more trade points with China (samn 01/03/2007)

Cattle export eludes control, by Krishna Thapa (kp 23/02/2007)

Chinese outbound tourism: Opportunity for Nepal, by Sarad Pradhan (kp 21/02/2007)

Chinese cops ‘disappear’ 2 Nepali transport workers (kp 09/02/2007)

China beat would-be Tibetan escapees -rights group (Reuters 31/01/2007)

Freedom House Rates Tibet Worst in Political Rights and Civil Liberties for 2006 (tg 24/01/2007)

"China will respect the choices of Nepalese people", by Gui Xiaofeng (sp 29/12/2006)

Nepal-China border talks from Monday (nn 24/12/2006), Nepal, China agree to continue to discuss incompatibilities in border data (nn 28/12/2006)

Tap Sino-Nepal trade potentials: experts (samn 20/12/2006)

Nepal not to allow anti-China activities (samn 20/12/2006)

No sign of govt at int'l border points, by Bikram Giri (kp 15/12/2006)

13 Tibetan asylum-seekers arrested in Sindhupalchowk (25/11/2006)

Don’t meddle in Tibet: China (samn 24/11/2006) [Different from China, Nepal wants to become a democratic nation with guaranteed freedom of opinion. Such threatening comments by foreign politicians are absolutely unimportant!]

Tibetans to stage protests during Hu's India visit (19/11/2007)

Tibetan refugees flee despite dangers and hardships (Khaleej Times 29/10/2006), Risky trek to Nepal fails to faze desperate Tibetans (Gulf Times 30/10/2006), Death on Tibetans' long walk to freedom, by Jonathan Watts (Guradian, UK 30/10/2006)

Death row (nt 27/10/2006, originally in Himal Khabarpatrika, 18 October-1 November)

Rights group wants China Tibetan shooting inquiry (Reuters 27/10/2006),  Tibetans hold protest against `atrocities' (Hindu 27/10/2006)

China focusing on smaller producers, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 27/10/2006),  Probe Nangpa La shooting:HRW (kp 28/10/2006)

China detains 50 Tibetans (Asian Age 25/10/2006), Tibet ‘escorts’ to India held (tc 26/10/2006)

One Tibetan refugee recalls trek to freedom: Kalsang Chung was 11 years old when he and his family fled for Nepal, by Bikash Sangraula (Christian Science Monitor 25/10/2006)

U.N. must ask China to find missing Tibetans - group (Reuters 23/10/2006),  Tibetan survivors of Chinese shooting despair for relatives back home, by Nirmala George (Santa Barabara News-Press 23/10/2006), Tibetan Refugees Arrive in India, Describe Chinese Attack (Voice of America 23/10/2006)

Nangpa La shooting survivors head for India, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 21/10/2006)

Tibetan ‘shot like a dog’ - TV claims Chinese atrocity on fleeing refugee (tc 16/10/2006), US protests killing of Tibetan by Chinese soldiers (Peninsula 16/10/2006), Climbing into Trouble: International climbers play witness shooting involving Tibetan refugees and Chinese border guards, by Austin Ramzy (Time Asia 16/10/2006), Video shows apparent shooting on Tibetans by China (Reuters 16/10/2006), Video shows Chinese 'firing on Tibetans' (Sydney Morning Herald 16/10/2006), China silent on video showing troops killing Tibetans (Gulf Times 18/10/2006)

Nepal-China travel permit (kp 16/10/2006)

Abused on both sides: Tibetan refugees are also mistreated by Nepali border guards, by Marty Logan (nt 13/10/2006)

China admits its guards killed nun, by Jane Macartney (Times, UK 13/10/2006), Mountain shooting was self defence - China, by Jano Gibson (Stuff 13/10/2006), US protests over Chinese soldiers’ killing of Tibetan (Khaleej Times 15/10/2006)

China wants to see peace in Nepal (samn 11/10/2006), Chinese troopers shooting fleeing Tibetans caught on tape (wi 14/10/2006)

China Said to Have Detained Tibetan Kids (Washington Post 11/10/2006), Report: China holding Tibetan children after refugee shooting (Santa Barabara News Press 11/10/2006),  China tries to gag climbers who saw Tibet killings, by Leonard Doyle (Independent, UK 11/10/2006)

Two Tibetans allegedly killed by Chinese guards (Reuters 04/10/2006), Tibetan refugees face human rights abuses: Study:Chinese guards kill two Tibetans on Nepal border (Peninsula 05/10/2006), Chinese guards 'kill Tibetans' (BBC News 05/10/2006), Chinese troops gun down Tibetan refugees: report (wi 05/10/2006),  Two Tibetan refugees tying to enter Nepal reportedly killed by Chinese border troops (nn 05/10/2006), Chinese border security kill Tibetans, arrest 37 (kp 06/10/2006), Tibetan refugees killed by Chinese soldiers, by Louisa Barnett (Times, UK 06/10/2006), Chinese 'kill nun' in Tibet refugee attack, by Jeremy Page (Times, UK 07/10/2006)

China loan to fund 61MW Upper Trishuli, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 22/09/2006),  Tibetan refugees shot dead as Everest climbers watch, by Leonard Doyle (Independent, UK 06/10/2006), SOS to US, UN as Chinese army kills Tibetan nun (wi 06/10/2006)

Fight Against Poverty: Shennan Prefecture in Tibet shows how to tackle poverty by adopting the policy encouraging marginal farmers to go for cash crops, by Keshab Poudel (sp 22/09/2006)

China to give Rs 390m (kp 15/09/2006)

China to relax criteria for duty free facility (kp 09/09/2006)

China trade fair kicks off (kp 09/09/2006)

Nepal-China rail link likely: DPM Oli (kp 04/09/2006)

Nepal urges China to allow chartered flights (kp 01/09/2006)

Nepal proposes route for Sino-India trade, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 25/08/2006)

China bank to invest $1b in West Seti, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 19/08/2006)

China railways to sprawl across Himalayas, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 12/08/2006)

China sends more envoys to Nepal (samn 11/08/2006)

Security Concern: Chinese vice minister for Foreign Affairs Wu Dawei reiterates China ’s stand that Nepalese can settle their problems on their own, by Keshab Poudel (sp 04/08/2006)

China hits out at Dalai Lama (wi 01/08/2006)

China wants refugee issue addressed (samn 30/07/2006), Tawei lauds Nepal’s Tibet refugee policy (kp 30/07/2006) [suspicious applause!]

Similarity Or Dissimilarity? Nepal ’s two neighbors India and China seem to be pursuing a similar policy on Nepal Maoists (sp 28/07/2006)

High level Chinese delegation arrives (nn 27/07/2006), China increases aid by 50 percent (kp 28/07/2006), China pledges Rs 1.08 billion in aid (samn 28/07/2006), Chinese Vice Foreign Minister meets PM Koirala, Deuba (nn 28/07/2006), China, Nepal agree to push economic, technical cooperation (Xinhua 28/07/2006), China hikes aid to mend fences with Kathmandu (Gulf Times 29/07/2006), Moving Closer (rn 29/07/2006)

21 Tibetans detained for illegal entry (samn 27/07/2006)

Chinese vice minister arriving on Thursday (Nepal News 25/07/2006)

Nepal: New Portrait Of Chinese Pragmatism? by Sanjay Upadhya (Scoop 25/07/2006)

China's 'secret deal' with Maoists worries Nepal (wi 23/07/2006)

22 Tibetans arrested (samn 23/07/2006)

UNHCR deputy chief arrives (nn 19/07/2006)

Environmental Railway comes closer to Nepal, by Upendra Gautam (tg 19/07/2006), The landmark Qinghai-Tibet railway to provide historic opportunity for trade boom between China and Nepal, by Sun Heping, Chinese Ambassador in Nepal (tg 19/07/2006), New Highest Railway Opens All-Round Inter-Regional Link Prospects, by Upendra Gautam (sp 21/07/2006), Controversial Tibet railway line 'sinking' (wi 29/07/2006)

China's Nepal policy, by Prakash A Raj (kp 18/07/2006)

'Qinghai-Tibet railway to boost Nepal-China trade' (kp 15/07/2006)

Railway to Tibet: Opportunities And Challenges, by Keshab Poudel (Sp 07/07/2006)

Nepal rub salt on Tibetan wounds on Dalai Lama's birthday (wi 06/07/2006) [When will Nepal be sovereign enough to respect the woes and human rights of those Tibetans who had to flee their homeland because of the aggressive Chinese occupation?]

Transit corridor plan on back burner (kp 05/07/2006)

Move afoot to send 5,000 Tibetans to US (samn 04/07/2006), China unhappy over Tibet refugees (kp 04/07/2006), China to thrash out Tibetan refugee issue with Nepal (wi 04/07/2006) [Nepal is a sovereign country that has to respect the fundamental rights of the refugees who have fled from their occupied homeland Tibet! The authoritarian Chinese government must understand that Nepal is no longer ruled by the authoritarian royal regime!]

World Refugee Day being observed; UNHCR unhappy with Nepal (nn 20/06/2006)

China alters conditions for duty-free access, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 13/06/2006)

Amnesty International: China's arms exports are fueling conflicts in Sudan, Nepal, by Gillian Wong (CBS2 Chicago 11/06/2006)

Two Tibetan 'singing nuns' at Nepal's mercy (wi 02/06/2006)

Nepal China trade: Reaching New Height, by Keshab Poudel (sp 02/06/2006)

Prime Concern Of Nepal 's Neighbors: Recent comments of Nepal 's two neighbors show that security is their main concern rather than a form of government and kind of constitution in Nepal, by Keshab Poudel (sp 26/05/2006)

Kathmandu-Lhasa direct bus service to continue (nn 30/04/2006)

China irked as Nepal trumps king card (samn 28/04/2006), Chinese rush to Nepal to save image (wi 28/04/2006)

China distances itself from Nepal's Maoist rebels (Yahoo 27/04/2006)

Fled home, stuck in transit in Kathmandu: Tibetan refugees, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 01/04/2006)

China launches project to map border with Nepal (nn 01/04/2006)

China's conflict policy, by Bipin Adhikari (kp 30/03/2006)

Chinese State Councilor Tang's Visit: Peace Mission, by Keshab Poudel (sp 24/03/2006)

“Our Two Peoples Have Treated Each Other As Equals, With Trust, Respect And Sincerity”, by Tang Jiaxuan (sp 24/03/2006), Excerpts of the address by Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan in Kathmandu on March 17. He delivered the address at a program co-hosted by Chinese Embassy and China Study Center, Nepal

Reinventing Nepal as a transit state (samn 24/03/2006)

Euphoria over China trade deal, by Ratnakar Adhikari (kp 24/03/2006)

Nepal China to conduct third border inspection mapping (nn 20/03/2006)

Nepal-China agreement positive: Economic experts (nn 19/03/2006), Tariff free treatment to promote China-Nepal trade (People's Daily 20/03/2006)

Nepali King: China Is Nepal's Reliable Friend (China.org 18/03/2006), Tang's visit (kp 18/03/2006), ‘Satisfied’ Tang returns home (kp 19/02/2006)

Nepal-China sign on two agreements (nn 16/03/2006), Nepal, China sign trade deal Tang to meet king, oppn leaders (kp 17/03/2006), Nepali products get free access in China (samn 17/03/2006)

China's state councilor to arrive on Thursday (nn 15/03/2006)

China to pledge $2.48 m dev aid to Nepal (samn 15/03/2006)

China to lift duty on 500 Nepali items, by Milanmani Sharma (kp 14/03/2006)

State Councilor of China to visit Nepal (Xinhua 13/03/2006)

Tibetans stage harried anti-Chinese demo in Nepal (Middle East Times 11/03/2006), First major Free Tibet protest in Kathmandu after more than a decade (Phayul 10/03/2006)

Tibetan protest debut, by Jehangir S. Pocha (te 09/03/2006)

Nepal, China agree on border inspection (samn 05/03/2006)

Taiwan is part of China: Nepal (nn 03/03/2006), Nepal reaffirms one China policy (nn 03/03/2006) [Long live Chinese support for the autocratic royal system in Nepal!!]

Nepal-China border meet from Wednesday (nn 28/02/2006)

Tang's rescheduled visit to Nepal to be announced: China (nk 27/02/2006), Nepal and China to sign agreements during visit of Chinese Deputy PM (nn 28/02/2006), 'Tang's Nepal visit to be rescheduled' (samn 28/02/2006)

Chinese Tibetan compatriots celebrate New Year in Nepal (Xinhua 25/02/2006) [A few compared to the thousands of refugees that celebrate at Bauddha!]

Shift in theory: From "China-threat" to "China-opportunity", by Upendra Gautam (tg 22/02/2006)

‘Provide preferential treatment’ (kp 21/02/2006), Nepal, China discuss trade expansion (samn 21/02/2006)

Chinese Deputy Prime Minister to visit Nepal: Report (nn 30/01/2006), Chinese Deputy PM’s visit 'postponed' (nn 11/02/2006), Chinese Delegation Visit to Nepal Postponed (nln 12/02/2006), Tang visit stalled at Nepal’s request, by Post B Basnet (kp 12/02/2006), Chinese official’s Nepal visit postponed (samn 12/02/2006), Chinese leader's stalled trip leaves Nepal agog (wi 12/02/2006), Is China changing its stance towards Nepal? (wi 12/02/2006)

Nepal Detains 41 Tibetans for Illegal Entry (Voice of America 23/01/2006)

Nepal: Between Two Neighbors, by Keshab Poudel (sp 20/01/2006)

FNCCI meets Chinese delegation (kp 18/01/2006)

Nepal's China-Card 'A favorite old formula of autocrats for playing China against India', by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Scoop 16/01/2006)

Tibetan passport found in Nepal (nn 16/01/2006)

China-South Asia political relations: A view from Nepal, by Upendra Gautam (New Nation 13/01/2006)

Sacred Tibetan burial ritual to continue under protection (wi 13/01/2006)

Business in Tatopani transit point comes to a halt (nn 11/01/2006), Trade through Tatopani comes to a grinding halt (kp 11/01/2006) [China-Nepal relations obviously excellent: what price is King Gyanendra paying for China's support of his coup?], Bodhnath and Dalai Lama, by Abhi Subedi (kp 11/01/2006), Trade through Tatopani transit point resumes (nn 13/01/2006), Trade through Tatopani resumes (kp 13/01/2006), 'Resolve ID card hassles at Tatopani' (kp 17/01/2006)

Taplejung folks unaware of ID system (samn 08/01/2006), ID card system evokes workers' ire (samn 08/01/2006)

Nepal-China relations remain trouble free: Nepali diplomat (Xinhua 06/01/2006)

China blocks Nepal opposition leader: report (nk 02/01/2006), Chinese Police Stops Nepalese leader’s Tibet Tour (nln 02/01/2006)

US plans to resettle 5,000 Tibetan refugees from Nepal (Manorama 31/12/2005), US to resettle 5000 Tibetan refugees, by Tilak P. Pokharel (kp 31/12/2005)

Axis of friendship, by Ameet Dhakal (kp 30/12/2005)

Nepal, China to promote bilateral trade (samn 30/12/2005)

Moving Toward New Directions: With a high-level visit by a delegation from Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), Nepal and China open a new way to improve the traditional relations, by Keshab Poudel (sp 16/12/2005)

Dalai Lama pitches in to free Nepal's jailed Tibetans (New Kerala 14/12/2005), Authorities release 22 Tibetans (nn 14/12/2005)

China: Friend or foe? by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (kp 14/12/2005)

‘Tibet's development opportunity for Nepal’ (kp 13/12/2005), Nepal-Tibet economic integration urged (samn 13/12/2005)

Tibet Grants Rs 18 M to Nepal (nln 08/12/2005)

Nepal Police Arrest 18 Tibetan Migrants (Radio Free Asia 30/11/2005), 18 Tibetan refugees arrested (nn 01/12/2005), 18 Tibetans fleeing to India arrested in Nepal (wi 03/12/2005)

Nepal at the First and Second Crossroads: Opportunities for a Win/Win Situation in the New Development Context, by Dilli Prasad Bhattarai (tg 30/11/2005)

Nepal forwards 100-item list for duty free access to China, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 23/11/2005)

UN examines torture in China; Tibet probe urged (wi 21/11/2005)

China’s Miraculous March, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 18/11/2005)

China backed his Feb 1 takeover, so King rooted for Beijing in Dhaka, by Yubaraj Ghimire (ie 17/11/2005)

China to build research center for KMTNC (nn 17/11/2005)

China to tap Tibet’s hydro potential to sell power to India (nn 08/11/2005)

Illegal trade on rise in Namche, by Chakra Karki (kp 06/11/2005)

Nepal-China border meet kicks off (samn 29/10/2005), Nepal, China agree on border inspection (nn 31/10/2005), Nepal, China agree on joint mission (samn 01/11/2005)

China goes after Maoists, but which ones? by Siddharth Srivastava (at 28/10/2005)

Nepal and China have refrained from intervening in each other's internal affairs, by Ramesh Nath Pandey, Foreign Minister, Nepal (tg 26/10/2005) [China's military aid in the current situation and Nepal's Tibet politics are definitely forms of intervention, Mr Pandey!]

Another Nepal minister off to China [there are not many countries where this illegitimate government is welcome!] (wi 26/10/2005)

China to Strengthen Military Ties With Nepal Neighbors enjoy cooperation, long history, by Bhuwan Thapaliya (Ohmy News 25/10/2005), China grants Rs 72 million as military aid to Nepal (nn 25/10/2005), China gives Nepal $989,000 military aid (wi 25/10/2005), China pledges Rs 72 million military aid (samn 26/10/2005), Rs 70m Chinese aid for RNA (kp 26/10/2005)

Govt not to issue travel documents to refugees, by Kamdev Khanal (nn 24/10/2005)

China Thanks Nepal for Support on Tibet (Phayul 21/10/2005)

Lhasa bus faces uncertainty (kp 19/10/2005)

Jailed Tibetans likely to be deported [obviously another method to flatter China for support of the royal coup] (samn 12/10/2005), Nepal cracks down on Tibetan refugees afresh (wi 12/10/2005)

Bus to Lhasa hits snag (kp 05/10/2005)

Kathmandu-Lhasa Bus service resumes (nn 14/09/2005), ‘All-weather friend’ snubs Nepal over bus service, by Sudeshna Sarkar (dh 14/09/2005)

Tibetans worldwide go to polls (wi 11/09/2005)

US proposes sanctuary for Tibetan refugees from Nepal (wi 08/09/2005)

Nepal growing more hostile towards Tibetan refugees: Report (Peninsula 04/09/2005) [see report]

Tiny Tibet feels squeeze from giant neighbors, by Lindsay Beck (San Diego Union Tribune 01/09/2005)

Way To Prosperity: Nepal is yet to make attempts to maximize the opportunities that lies in the growing prosperity of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, by Keshab Poudel (sp 02/09/2005)

China may provide zero duty access to some Nepali products (nn 29/08/2005)

FM invites Chinese investors to do business in Nepal (nn 19/08/2005)

Nepal to formally request duty-free access, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 18/08/2005)

Kathmandu-Lhasa bus service grinds to halt, by Sudeshna Sarkar (dh 18/08/2005)

Buddhist nunnery at peace village: China’s Maoists destroyed Tibetan Buddhist relics, texts and buildings during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. Yet, in the end, that destruction had a boomerang effect, by Sushma Joshi (ko 17/08/2005)

China willing to join hands with Nepal to promote traditional friendship, deepen exchanges and cooperation, by Sun Heping, Ambassador of Republic of China in Nepal (tg 17/08/2005)

China to grant Rs 870 m to Nepal (nn 16/08/2005), China to provide Rs 870m grant (kp 16/08/2005), China pledges $12.3 mn aid to Nepal, by Sudeshna Sarkar (ians 16/08/2005)

Nepal, China for stronger bilateral ties (samn 16/08/2005)

Xenophobia puts brake on Nepal-Tibet bus service, by Sudeshna Sarkar (kp 16/08/2005)

Nepal-China Economic Cooperation: Himalayan Heights To Conquer, by Rajendra Kumar Khetan (tg 10/08/2005), The Tibet issue is one related to the sovereignty and integrity of China, by Sun Heping, Ambassador, Republic of China in Nepal (tg 10/08/2005)

Unique Nepal-China relationship (tg 03/08/2005), Opportunities Ahead: For the first five decades of diplomatic relations, the two neighbors did not face major irritants in their bilateral ties, by Keshab Poudel (sp 05/08/2005)

Nepal-China ties turn golden, by Sudeshna Sarkar (dh 02/08/2005)

Tibet stops free visa to Nepalis in West Nepal (nn 24/07/2005)

'Chindia' and our future, by Ameet Dhakal (kp 22/07/2005)

HK visa ban on Nepalis temporary (samn 18/07/2005)

China to expedite dev projects in Nepal (samn 10/07/2005)

China backs Nepal's offer to become 'transit corridor' (Daily Star 09/07/2005)

Lessons from China, by Gopal Budhathoki (kp 05/07/2005)

The Nepal China Economic Relationship, by Kamala Sarup (Scoop 30/06/2005)

Bhutan to admire, China to follow, by Barun Roy (Business Standard 24/06/2005)

Tibet torture: Stand on ice, by Chandrima S. Bhattacharya (te 20/06/2005)

'Nepal unviable as Indo-China bridge' (samn 19/06/2005)

Kailash on flight path - Tibet officials look for airport site, by Ashis Chakrabarti (Telegraph, Calcutta 18/06/2005)

China firm on Tibet, by Ashis Chakrabarti (Telegraph, Calcutta, 11/06/2005)

Nepali settlement turned Tibet heritage (South Asian Media Net 08/06/2005)

HK stops study, working visas (kp 04/06/2005), Hong Kong won't admit Nepalese students, workers (Web India 123, 04/06/2005)

UN Concerned over the Closure of Tibetan Refugee Centre in Nepal (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation 03/06/2005)

China to back Nepal’s UN SC bid (South Asian Media Net 28/05/2005)

The Karmapa's Dance of Politics, by Sonny Inbaraj (Inter Press Service 25/05/2005)

‘Transit agreement with China mandatory’ (kp 25/05/2005)

Visa for Lhasa overland from Kathmandu (kp 25/05/2005)

Across the hump: Tracing Princess Bhrikuti’s journey from Kathmandu to Lhasa in an air-conditioned Sajha Yatayat bus, by Mark Turin (nt 13/05/2005)

Promising linkage (ht 03/05/2005)

China's March on South Asia (Asia Media 26/04/2005)

HM grants audience to Chinese FM: Nepal, China foreign ministers meet, by Tilak P. Pokharel (kp 01/04/2005)

Trans-Himalayan development, by Leela Mani Paudyal (kp 31/03/2005)

Nepal-China relationship, by Mohan Lohani (kp 29/03/2005)

‘Nepal sticks to one-China policy’, interview with Chandi Prasad Shrestha (kp 31/01/2005)

Govt shuts down Dalai Lama’s office (kp 28/01/2005), HR Watch concerned over closure of Tibetan offices (kp 29/01/2005), Closure of Tibetan offices sends wrong signals, by Pritam S Rana (kp 31/01/2005)

NC rupees acceptance in Tibet excites locals (kp 18/01/2005)

Growing Nepal-China Ties, by Somnath Lamichhane (rn 15/01/2005)

8th Nepal-China non-govt cooperation forum ends (kp 14/01/2005)

Garments worth Rs 100m lying at Khasa, by Rishi Ram Poudel (kp 09/01/2005)

Materialism drowns out Free Tibet cries, by Ranjit Devraj (ht 16/12/2004)

Bringing Nepalese, Chinese cultures together (pr 09/12/2004)

China to start projects soon (pr 09/12/2004)

Tibetan businesspersons stress on enhancement of bilateral trade (kp 06/12/2004)

Sajha to make roof of the world more accessible, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 02/12/2004)

Nepal- China border talks from Nov 29 (rn 29/11/2004), Effective border mechanism between Nepal-China stressed (rn 30/11/2004), Nepal-China border meet concludes (kp 01/12/2004)

China in South Asia: An Emerging, by M.R. Josse (pr 25/11/2004)

Koshi-Kimathanka road (kp 25/11/2004), China to help build Koshi-Lhasa highway (pr 25/11/2004)

Nepal to study alternative transit route to Tibet (kp 16/11/2004)

Duty free (nt 12/11/2004, originally published in Kantipur, 8 November)

Dalai no longer wants free Tibet (ht 08/11/2004)

G P Koirala’s visit to China, by Ram Chandra Pokhrel (kp 03/11/2004), Koirala meets Chinese leaders (ht 05/11/2004)

Nepal-Tibet bus service likely from May (kp 02/11/2004)

China interested in enhancing bilateral trade (kp 27/10/2004), China to take steps for joint investments in Nepal (rn 27/10/2004), China to push joint investment in Nepal (pr 04/11/2004)

Trade, commerce team to visit China from Oct. 26 (rn 20/10/2004)

Tibetan trade team pledges support (ht 20/10/2004)

Tibet can prosper with China, says Dalai (ht 19/10/2004)

Ktm-Tibet bus service likely (kp 14/10/2004)

Illegal migrants are not refugees (pr 14/10/2004)

Trade with Tibet lacks direction (ht 09/10/2004)

Nepal’s FTA proposal to China (kp 01/10/2004)

China has failed to win the hearts of Tibetans, by Bhuwan Sharma (kp 28/09/2004)

Capital punishment for Maoist in China (ht 24/09/2004), Nepalis arrested in Tibet were Maoist cadres (kp 24/09/2004)

‘Bridge Nepal-China trade deficit’ (kp 22/09/2004)

China’s meet with surrounding countries begins (kp 22/09/2004)

Stay Nepalis’ execution: AI to China (ht 22/09/2004), Spare Nepalis’ lives: AI to China (kp 22/09/2004)

Growing Chinese Interests in Nepal, by Hari Bansh Jha (tg 15/09/2004)

34 Tibetans arrested in Humla (rn 12/09/2004), 34 Tibetans handed over to UNHCR (kp 13/09/2004)

Private sector key to trade with China (ht 29/08/2004)

A vital factor (ht 20/08/2004)

Nepal-Tibet Trade: Potential & Problems, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (rn 19/08/2004), Nepal to push for FTA with China, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 20/08/2004)

Nepalese businessmen in Lhasa to introduce products (rn 14/08/2004)

Lessons from Lhasa, by M R Josse (kp 11/08/2004)

Railway in Tibet makes technological, economic breakthrough, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (rn 09/08/2004)

Tibet's development spectacular, reflects pragmatism and geopolitical reality, by M.R. Josse (pr 05/08/2004)

Tibet prospering, opening new avenues for Nepal, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (kp 28/07/2004)

Nepal not to allow its land against China: PM (rn 24/07/2004)

Rasuwagadhi Customs shifted to Syafrubeshi (kp 11/07/2004)

Tibet: Regional and ethnic autonomy (pr 08/07/2004); (Reproduced here is the Chinese Government "White Paper" on Tibet Autonomous Region of China); part 2 (15/07/2004), part 3 (22/07/2004), part 4 (29/07/2004), part 5 (05/08/2004), part 6 (19/08/2004)

Wife pleads for hubby’s life (kp 08/07/2004), AI demands China stay Nepalis’ execution (kp 09/07/2004), Stay execution of Nepalis: AI to China (ht 14/07/2004), Plea in Nepalis’ case affront to judiciary: China (ht 16/07/2004), 2nd trial of convicted Nepalis on (kp 16/07/2004), Nepalese sentenced to death in China face retrial (rn 16/07/2004), On Drug Trial: Chinese Embassy issues press release clarifying its position about the drug cases related to three Nepalese (sp 23/07/2004), Signature campaign against death sentence to 2 Nepalis (kp 25/07/2004)

China info centre to be opened (rn 01/07/2004)

LCCI to display Nepali goods in Tibet (kp 16/06/2004)

Nepal, Tibet discuss air links (ht 15/06/2004)

Army chief off to China, meet with defence minister planned (rn 14/06/2004), Gen Thapa seeks Chinese aid to crush rebellion (kp 18/06/2004), Army chief says China offered help (ht 21/06/2004), Clarify difference (ht 22/06/2004)

Nepal, China meet on tourism promotion (kp 14/06/2004)

Refugee Dorji happy preserving Tibetan language, culture, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 12/06/2004)

How China looks at Maoist insurgency, by Prakash A. Raj (ht 11/06/2004)

China enjoys traditional friendship with Nepal, by Sun Heping, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal  (pr 03/06/2004), see also China’s Foreign Policy in South Asia, by Sun Heping (sp 04/06/2004), Tibet China's main concern in Nepal: Chinese envoy (pr 03/04/2004)

Nepal pushes for duty-free market access to China (kp 04/06/2004)

Tinkar sans Nepali authority for 3 yrs, by Rabi Dhami (ht 04/06/2004)

Nepal-China officials discuss trade (kp 02/06/2004)

‘China not interfering on Maoist issue’ (rn 31/05/2004)

How China views S Asia, by Mohan Lohani (kp 31/05/2004), China in South Asia?, by Madhukar SJB Rana (kp 01/06/2004)

Nepal able to tackle insurgency: Chinese envoy (rn 29/05/2004)

Nepal, China ink pact on border management (ht 26/05/2004), Nepal, China meet ends (kp 26/05/2004), China to help Nepal’s anti-terror fight, by Chandra Shekhar Adhikari (rn 26/05/2004), Managing frontiers (ht 27/05/2004)

Nepal-China sign deal to fight criminal activities (rn 25/05/2004)

Rasuwagadhi road to enhance Nepal-China trade ties, interview with Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Sun Heping (kp 24/05/2004)

‘Buddhism behind ties between Nepalese, Chinese’ (rn 16/05/2004), Nepal capable to handle domestic affairs, excerpts of the address by Sun Heping, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal (pr 20/05/2004)

Nepal, China discuss tourism (ht 28/04/2004)

Govt commences impact study on Indo-China transit link via Nepal (kp 23/04/2004)

‘Treat Chinese tourists at par Indians’ (kp 31/03/2004), Airlinks to promote Nepal-China tourism (rn 31/03/2004)

View from Beijing, by M R Josse (kp 31/03/2004)

Qinghai-Lhasa railway will greatly enrich China-Nepal trade, interview with Chinese Ambassador Sun Heping (pr 25/03/2004)

Expulsion of refugees irks UN panel (ht 18/03/2004)

Made In China, by Mamata Pokharel (kp 18/03/2004)

Dalai asks China to resolve Tibet issue (ht 11/03/2004)

Countries urged to raise Tibet (ht 07/03/2004)

China open for talks with Dalai (ht 05/03/2004)

Tibetan refugees re-routed to China (ht 01/02/2004)

Tibetan rights activist Yeshi Gyatso dead (ht 24/01/2004)

Olangchunggola transit point closes, by Sita Niraula (ht 02/01/2004)

For older links see archive

Background

Chinese Embassy in Nepal

Upendra Gautam (ed.) South Asia and China: Towards Inter-Regional Cooperation. Kathmandu: China Study Center.

Joint Communique issued at the end of Premier Chou En-Lai's visit to Nepal, Kathmandu, April 19, 1960

Sino-Nepalese Treaty of Peace and Friendship, Kathmandu, April 19, 1960

Sino-Nepal treaty, 21 March, 1960 (alternative link)