Dalai Lama

“students gathered…to replace the Chinese flags atop their school with the Tibetan independence flag.”

With self-immolations continuing, Tibet has become a major challenge for the incoming Chinese leadership. Could changes at the top mean changes for Tibet?

“To our knowledge most of the self-immolation cases in the Tibetan-inhabited regions are related to the instigation of the Dalai clique.”

The South China Sea, praise for North Korea and some positive news for human rights activists feature in news you might have missed this week in Asia.

The Communist Party shows no sign of letting up in its battle with religion. Indeed, for Buddhists at least, things are getting worse.

Keen to get a slice of China’s fast-growing movie market pie, Hollywood studios are bending over backward to accommodate official Chinese restrictions.

Under siege Tibetans are increasingly turning to self-immolation. Will the international community step up?

China isn’t planning a military attack against India, Manmohan Singh tells the country’s parliament.

Was Deng Xiaoping the last Chinese leader with the authority to ignore symbolic issues overseas?

India has called off a high-level meeting with China, reportedly over demands relating to the Dalai Lama.

The cancelation of the latest talks over their disputed border, allegedly due to Chinese pressure on India over the Dalai Lama, is likely to stoke growing tensions.

Reports that a former monk has set himself on fire is a further sign of the ongoing tensions in Tibet.