Earlier on Wednesday, the delegation met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala. The meeting annoyed Beijing, which urged the United States on Tuesday to "fully recognise the anti-China and separatist nature of the Dalai clique" and refrain from "any form of contact.
China urged the Dalai Lama to deeply reconsider and fully amend his political positions before engaging in talks with him. Additionally, China called on the US to acknowledge the sensitivity and significance of Tibet-related issues.
Earlier on Wednesday, the delegation met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala. The meeting annoyed Beijing, which urged the United States on Tuesday to "fully recognise the anti-China and separatist nature of the Dalai clique" and refrain from "any form of contact.
A bipartisan US congressional delegation, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaulis, is visiting India to strengthen bilateral ties and to meet the 88-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader.
Pelosi's critical remarks for Xi came while she compared the aura of the Chinese President and His Holiness Dalai Lama. She asserted that the message, knowledge, and compassion Dalai Lama has, will last forever. On the other hand, Xi's works will be of no use, once he leaves the planet.
A high-level US delegation comprising of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, to visit the Dalai Lama. The US is also deliberating on 'Resolve Tibet Act', which rejects Chinese "disinformation" on Tibet and urges it to hold talks with the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama’s escape to India marked a crucial moment, not just in Tibetan history but also in the evolution of the new Indo-Chinese relationship. The legacy of the 5 Assam Rifles’ escort of the Dalai Lama in 1959 remains a poignant chapter in the shared history of India and Tibet.
Notably, the incident occurred at a public gathering in February at the Tsuglagkhang temple in Dharamsala, where the exiled leader lives.
Though it was not the first time when China planned to expand its rail network near LAC, it was trying to extend the TAR rail network to 4,000km by 2025 from the current 1,400km.
Tibet avalanche: The falling snow and ice collapsed at the exit of the tunnel connecting Nyingchi city in Tibet's southwest with outlying Medog county.
Video footage posted by CCTV showed flames and billowing black smoke from the fuselage of the Tibet Airlines plane on the tarmac at Chongqing Jiangbei international airport, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing that Beijing is open for dialogue with the Tibetan spiritual leader.
During his visit to Nyingchi, Xi visited the Nyang River Bridge to inspect the ecological preservation in the basin of the Brahmaputra river, which is called Yarlung Zangbo in the Tibetan language.
On Wednesday Xi flew directly to Nyingchi not far from the Indian border after visiting several places in the city. Later he traveled to Tibet's capital Lhasa by the recently commissioned high-speed bullet train.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Nagqu City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, at 14:11 Friday (Beijing Time).
China will operate bullet trains in Tibet, close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh before July this year, marking the opening of high-speed train services to all Chinese mainland provincial-level regions, a senior official has said.
China will support Tibet in building the passageway to South Asia, state-run Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the 14th Plan document which was submitted to the National People’s Congress, (NPC), China’s Parliament.
The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the White House for the first time in six decades and met the newly appointed senior US official on Tibetan issues, the Central Tibetan Administration said on Saturday.
Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) orgainsed a bike rally campaign on November 18. The rally kick started from Dharamshala to Kinnaur.
Tibetans in-exile held a street play in Dharamshala to highlight the 'systematic oppression of Tibetans in Tibet'. Locals acted a very powerful performance to demonstrate the subjugation.
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