Dalai Lama

With strategic tensions between China and India still high, it’s not surprising Wen Jiabao chose to focus on trade issues instead.

A leader’s meeting with the Dalai Lama is bad for that country’s exports, a new study suggests.

Nirupama Rao’s meeting with the Dalai Lama will have annoyed China. It’s tit-for-tat.

The Dalai Lama’s birthday brought the Tibet issue to light again. A new film also does the same.

Russia seems to be backpedaling (under Chinese pressure) on offering the Dalai Lama a visa.

It may be time for the Dalai Lama to return to China. His absence is hurting the Tibetan people.

If Chinese food can promote culture, should other countries follow the example?

The Dalai Lama and Obama didn’t share a meal. But if they had, it might’ve been steak.

Watchers of Asia’s two big rising powers are getting it wrong, says The Diplomat’s Madhav Nalapat. In focusing on economics and a border dispute, they are overlooking the biggest irritant to ties: a soft-spoken monk who was granted asylum in India 50 years ago.

After decades in exile, some Tibetans are beginning to question whether the breathtaking location in India that has served as their temporary residence might, despite their best hopes, be taking on the trappings of a more permanent home. Saransh Sehgal meets the exiles living in Dharamsala, home of the Dalai Lama.

Barack Obama’s decision not to personally meet the Dalai Lama at the White House this week is creating controversy, with many calling it an obvious move to pacify the Chinese government and ignore the plight of the Tibetan people.  But in a