Tag: monks
Blame it on the monks, Olaia, Spanish Red, 50% Pr...
Looking for inspiration, I paid a visit to a different wine store a couple of days ago.Not only did I find a Spanish wine that I never tasted before but even better, this red blend was 50% Prieto Picudo and it was my first encounter with this grape.Brought to us by producer...
Japanese temple rejects torch relay
You have to wonder if there'll be more dropouts to follow."A Buddhist temple has withdrawn from plans to host Japan's opening stage of the Olympic torch relay, officials say.Zenkoji Temple, in the city of Nagano, had been due to serve as the starting point for the parade on...
Landmark Trade Deal Struck By China, New Zealand
"HONG KONG - In the free-trade Olympics, China has scored its first major individual gold medal.Seeking to catch up with the U.S. in forming its own club of bilateral trade partners, China on Monday inked a pact with New Zealand that is its first comprehensive free-trade...
China Seeks to "Re-Educate" Tibet
In the face of continued public unrest in Tibet, Chinese officials are threaten to step up their campaign of "reinforcing patriotic education"."Efforts by authorities to "re-educate" monks at a monastery in Sichuan...
China Reports New Violence in Tibetan Region, Act...
"BEIJING — New violence has broken out in a volatile Tibetan region of western China, leaving eight people dead, an overseas Tibet activist group said Friday. China's official Xinhua News Agency said a...
New Violence in Tibet, Activists Say 8 Killed
"New violence has broken out in a volatile Tibetan region of western China, leaving eight people dead, an overseas Tibet activist group says. China's official Xinhua News Agency said a government official was...
New Violence Reported in Tibetan Area, 'Anti-Cnn'...
New violence is being reported in a Tibetan region of western China, leaving at least 8 people dead. Apparently police opened fire on hundreds of buddhist monks and people who had marched on government offices to...
French foreign minister says Dalai Lama could be ...
In a controversial move the French foreign minister has said the Dalai Lama could be invited to speak in Brussels. Crucially, it would be the European Union doing the inviting, which would land all of the member...
China compensates protest victims, entertains dip...
The Chinese government has been all over the news lately, though perhaps not exactly in the way they'd like.Hoping the Beijing Olympics will be a status-proving coming-out party to the world, the Chinese government has been on their best public relations behaviour. ...
Monks disrupt tour of journalists to Tibet
A government tour meant to showcase the restored peace in Lhasa, Tibet ran into some unexpected resistance from protesting monks."Editor's note: CNN was denied permission to join the group of reporters to Tibet by China's foreign ministry. LHASA, Tibet (AP) -- A group of...
Mass arrests in Tibet as Bush urges China to talk
It's funny to me how such major world leaders simply won't talk to one another, like petulant children. China says 19 have been killed since the protests began more than two weeks ago, while Tibetan exiles put...
Record label finds singing monks
Universal Music has been searching for a group of monks to record a Gregorian chant album, and their search has ended with Austria's Monastery of the Holy Cross. The monks submitted a video on YouTube, which I think...
China Troops Seal Tibet Monasteries, Shops Set Ab...
More news from Tibet as China cracks down on protests there."Chinese troops sealed off three of
Lhasa's largest monasteries after Tibet's biggest protests in
almost 20 years deteriorated into violence, with shops and...
China Intensifies Tibet Monasteries Siege
More than 2,000 police are surrounding one monastery, and two others are under siege by authorities in Tibet after the monks there began a hunger strike and continued their protests, despite harsh government...
Tear gas fired at Tibetan monks
Everyone from monks in Tibet to George Clooney seems to be using the Olympics to bring attention to bear on China's extremely controversial human rights record.At least 600 monks were protesting in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, today and were tear gassed by police. This marks...
