Word: tenzin
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...between protestors and Chinese government troops flared up in March of this year surrounding the status of Tibet’s self-declared government-in-exile. “Ultimately we are here today to listen to different perspectives on this situation,” Holcombe added. Panel member Tenzin Dickyi ’08, a Tibetan born in India, recounted her two-and-a-half-month stay in Tibet three years ago to illustrate the fear that inhibits Chinese civilians and Tibetans from speaking freely. “The greatest feeling I came away with was the fundamental distrust...
...China is serious then it is good, but if it wants to show the world that "we are talking" then there is no use in meeting. TENZIN TAKLA, Dalai Lama spokesman, after the Chinese government reversed course and announced that it would meet an envoy of the Tibetan spiritual leader...
...Square has played host to daily pro-independence demonstrations and candle-light vigils. The protests—which have at times drawn as many as 150 people—aim to “tell the world that Tibet is an independent country,” according to participant Tenzin Yangchen. “People are getting shot for holding a Tibetan flag,” she said. “It’s a shame on the Chinese government.” Tensions in Tibet between protesters and government troops have escalated over the last week, resulting...
...Before the intervention of the Dalai Lama, India-based Tibetan activists believed they had the momentum. "The scale of the uprising, its spread, is wider than 1959," Tenzin Tsundue, a charismatic Tibetan writer-activist, told TIME from Indian police detention in Jwalamukhi. "We've achieved in three days what we were hoping to achieve in three months." Tsundue had been among the first batch of 101 marchers held on Thursday by Indian authorities. Organizers were also hoping the protests within Tibet and China would gather steam. "Much as we are sad for our brothers and sisters in Tibet, we want...
...march to Lhasa, which started it all, was the brainchild of activists impatient with the "middle-path" approach. One of them, Tenzin Tsundue, now in detention in India, has been a longtime supporter of more fervent resistance. In 2002, he made news by scaling 14 stories of scaffolding of a Mumbai five-star hotel when Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji was inside. "Some would say there is a disconnect between young Tibetans and our political leadership, and that it would help if the Dalai Lama moved toward a sterner position - possibly say China better get serious about the talks or walk...