Tag: Tibet

China Could Suffer Same Fate as USSR, Uyghur Leader Says

October 28, 2014
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, October 28 – The people of Hong Kong, together with the peoples of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Republic and Tibet, are fighting for their independence, Rabiya Kadir, a leader of the Uyghur national movement says, and if one succeeds so too will the others and thus “it is not excluded that in a short […]

Dalai Lama’s Attack on Putin Creates Problems for Politicians in Buddhist Kalmykia

September 12, 2014
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, September 10 – On Monday, Die Welt published an interview with the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the world’s Buddhists, in which he sharply criticized Vladimir Putin for being “egocentric” and for seeking to isolate Russia from the rest of the world by rebuilding a Berlin wall, something the Dalai Lama said was […]