Politics & Society
Elephant in the room
May 2008: Recent unrest in Tibet has placed the India-China relationship under renewed strain
India is in the midst of a delicate diplomatic dance with China. The last thing policymakers in New Delhi wanted was for Tibet to return to the global stage – and by extension the Indian mountain hamlet of McLeod Ganj that is home to the Dalai Lama and Tibetan government-in-exile.
But the protests that erupted in Lhasa following the March 10 anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet were hard to ignore. The Dalai Lama was quick to react to the viol...
But the protests that erupted in Lhasa following the March 10 anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet were hard to ignore. The Dalai Lama was quick to react to the viol...
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