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New Tibetan Settlement Officer in Dharamsala Page 05... Vol. 01, Issue 47, 15 August 2011 Last Official Press Conference

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“Victory Will Be Ours:" New Tibetan Leader Lobsang Sangay By Colleen McKown, The Tibet Post

Kalon Tripa responding to the questions being asked by Tibetan journalist at the hall of new Kashag building, Dharamshala, India on 3rd August 2011. Photo: TPI By Colleen McKown and Sangay Dorjee, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: Wednesday, August 3, Kalon Tripa Professor Samdhong Rinpche gave his last press conference at the New Cabinet Building of the Central Tibetan Administration. The new Kalon Continues on Page 7...

Building Railways to Tibet Border

CHinese and Indian troops at the Indo-Tibet Borders. Photo: File By Colleen McKown, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: - According to a report by the Economic Times, India will build three strategic rail lines close to the Chinese occupied Tibet border. A government report has said that the three lines will link the Indian state of Assam with Arunachal Pradesh. One line will run from Assam to Tawang, an Indian military base that borders Bhutan and Tibet. At present, the only way to reach Tawang is by

Dharamshala: Dr. Lobsang Sangay was sworn into office Monday, 8th August as the new Kalon Tripa, or political leader, of the Central Tibetan Administration. The ceremony took place amid thousands of spectators at the main temple in the Himalayan town of McLeod Ganj. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, and outgoing Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche all addressed the audience at the ceremony, which started at 8:30 on Monday. Sangay, a 43-year old Harvard scholar, took the oath of office at exactly 9:09:09, as the number nine is associated with longevity in Tibetan tradition. Born in exile in Darjeeling, India, Sangay attended Delhi University and went on to study law in the United States at Harvard University. After earning his doctorate, Sangay took a teaching fellowship in the East Asian Legal Studies Program at Harvard. Sangay has spent his whole life outside of Tibet. Despite this, he said, "Tibet is in my heart each and every day." Sangay's assumption of this responsibility is especially significant because he is the first leader to take charge of the government since His Holiness the Dalai Lama announced the renunciation of his political power earlier this year. Democratic leadership His Holiness stepped down of his own choice, motivated by the belief that the Tibetan

Dr. Lobsang Sangay (L) the new political leader of Tibet, stands next to Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama as he greets the crowd at his swearing-in ceremony at the Tsuglakhang, the main Tibetan Temple in Dharmsala, India, 8th August 2011. Photo: TPI

Administration should be ruled democratically. He believed that an elected leader, rather than a spiritual figure, should serve as the head of the government. In his address to the audience, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said, "Today is the most important day in the last 2,000 years."

Models of the Great Potala Palace of Tibet Released

His Holiness spoke about the need for Tibet to keep up with the times, saying that many things have changed in the world during the last century. "During my time as leader, we have changed and become completely and fully democratic. We've done this even in our situation as refugees." Continues on Page 5...

Protests in East Turkistan

Continues on Page 8... By Colleen McKown, The Tibet Post

China’s Panchen Visits Eastern Tibet

Dharamshala: In Chinese-ruled Xinjiang (East Turkistan), at least 14 people have been killed in violence between Uyghurs and Chinese police in Kashgar city. Chinese state controlled media claimed that at least six people were killed on July 30 when Uyghur See on Page 6...

China Arrests a CD Seller in Tibet

Labrang Monastery, Amdho Province, eastern Tibet. Photo: File By Colleen McKown, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: - The Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, arrived today in the town of Sangchu county of Amdho, eastern Tibet (Ch: Xiahe in the Gansu province). Labrang Monastery, an important site in Tibetan Buddhism, is located in Sangchu. According to a report by the New York Times, the "skeptical crowd" of residents was forced to cheerfully welcome him with prayer flags and senior lamas made to welcome him at a reception hall. Authorities beefed up security in the area and forced foreign tourists to leave Sangchu in preparation for the arrival of the Chinese Panchen Continues on Page 6....

The political leader of Tibetans, Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche on 3rd August 2011 opening an exhibition about the new Potala model which being designed by well-known Tibetan artist Lodoe Sangpo and his team in past recent years, Dharamshala, India. Photo: TPI By Colleen McKown, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: - On 3 August, in the New Hall of the Tibetan Library, three models of the Potala Palace were released by Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche. Lodi Sangpo, a Tibetan artist from New Delhi, managed the construction of the three-dimensional models, which are each 25 kg and made from white cedar wood and mud. Sangpo will offer one model to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, one to Namgyal Monastery, and one to the Kashag, the cabinet of Central Tibetan Administration. Construction began in 2005; at that time, Sangpo

consulted Kalon Tripa Professor Samdhong Rinpoche, the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament, His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa, and Sakya Gongma Rinpoche. He also presented the plan to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Sangpo said that he made the model because over the past 50 years Tibetans have become dispersed around the world. "They live in different cultures with different Continues on Page 8.......

Huge amount of Chinese military presence in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Photo: TPI/File By Colleen McKown, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: On 2 August, Kunsang Choegyal, a 25-year old Tibetan man from Jordha County in East Tibet, was arrested. His father's name is Norgyal and his mother's name is Kunsang Palmo. Continues on Page 4.....


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