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My Middle School Honor Roll Student's Lhasa Apso can beat up your ...  -  27 Sep 2008
TheDay,I haven't actually seen this bumper sticker yet, but wouldn't that look cool on the back of your car or mini-van? (I'd never do it, because I'm the quiet

Tibet police chief, deputy governor sacked-agency  -  27 Sep 2008
guardian.co.uk,Anti-Chinese riots erupted in Lhasa on March 14, killing 21 people, and then spilled over into the rest of Tibet and neighbouring Chinese provinces with

Govt sacks 2 top officials in Tibet  -  27 Sep 2008
Howrah News Service,...of the Himalayan region have been sacked, an official at the regional government said on Saturday, over six months after riots hit the capital Lhasa.

Chinese Writer Speaks on Repression on Tibetan Religion and Culture  -  Sep 26, 2008
Tibetan Culture & News Online,She said: "In the past, monks would annually go to a valley close to Lhasa to hold their Buddhist Scriptures Debate forum. Now the number of monks permitted

Launch of "five-star" Beijing-Lhasa train postponed indefinitely  -  Aug 30, 2008
Xinhua,The fare would be about 20 times the normal price and also more expensive than a flight between Beijing and Lhasa. No reason for the delay was given by QTRC

As The Dust Settles  -  Sep 20, 2008
Sin Chew Jit Poh,Mine is still protecting me,� said the man who moved from northern Shaanxi province to Lhasa five years ago. The appearance of normalcy has returned to this

Boulder delegation headed to Lhasa  -  Sep 18, 2008
Daily Camera,A delegation of six Boulder representatives will visit Lhasa, Tibet, from Oct. 4-11 as part of Boulder's sister-city relationship with the town.

Lhasa apso is leaving owners yucky 'presents'  -  Sep 19, 2008
Statesman Journal,...same building with us, and whenever we would leave the house, they would come into our apartment and take our little 6-year-old Lhasa apso dog, Mikey.

Lhasa: First Tibet Tourism and Gourmet Cultural Festival to start  -  Sep 17, 2008
China Travel News,Between September 30 and October 6, Lhasa will hold the first Tibet Tourism and Gourmet Cultural Festival. At that time, visitors from home and abroad will

Bush phones Dalai Lama, enquires about his health  -  Sep 24, 2008
Hindustan Times,The Dalai Lama fled Tibet and took refuge in India when Chinese troops took control of Lhasa in 1959. He now heads a Tibetan government-in-exile here that

China's Chinalco unit to explore, smelt in Tibet  -  Sep 4, 2008
International Herald Tribune,The 250 million yuan (US$36.5 million) wholly-owned subsidiary's founding was celebrated in a ceremony in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, attended by regional

Pets Corner: Lhasa Apso Pup Is Taking The Pee  -  Sep 13, 2008
Glasgow Sunday Mail,Q What is the best way to toilet train my 16-week-old Lhasa apso? We take him out during the day but he comes in to the house to go to the toilet.

Drepung Monastery in Lhasa reopens to tourists  -  Aug 29, 2008
People's Daily Online,Recently, this monastery in Lhasa City reopened for tourism. Tourists have started to visit this magnificent temple in the western suburbs of Lhasa.

Cruising through an ancient civilisation...  -  Sep 21, 2008
The Statesman,Chengdu by air is one and a half hours from Lhasa. To allay apprehensions following the massive unrest in that region, Mr Yu said, “Everything is fine in

Shoton Festival celebration in Lhasa  -  Aug 30, 2008
People's Daily Online,People perform at the opening ceremony of the Shoton (Yogurt) Festival celebration in on the Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous

Industry Speakers to Present at the Lhasa Limited Symposium on New ...  -  Aug 30, 2008
Emediawire (press release),The Lhasa Symposium is to feature presentations by speakers representing diverse commercial organisations. Presentations will reflect on experiences

China CNPC proposes gas link to Tibet: report  -  Sep 23, 2008
Business Spectator,China's military forces built a 1080-kilometre pipeline in the 1970s that pumps refined oil products from Golmud in Qinghai to Lhasa.

Tibet pics on display in Lhasa  -  Sep 2, 2008
CCTV,The exhibition opened on the plaza Sunday, outside the stately Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China.

Major Buddhist monastery in Lhasa reopens after March 14 riot  -  Aug 29, 2008
CCTV,LHASA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- A major Buddhist monastery in Tibet's capital Lhasa has reopened to visitors after the March 14 riot, according to monastery

Your questions  -  Sep 8, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Can Everest Base Camp tours be arranged in Lhasa once we arrive there? We would also like to travel by train to Beijing. Answer: You could find several

International Campaign for Tibet  -  Sep 16, 2008
Save Tibet,In Lhasa this week, the official press has published examples of 'moral exemplars' chosen by the TAR Civilization Committee, and including a Tibetan who

Tibetan Buddhist festival opens amid signs of tourism revival  -  Aug 30, 2008
Xinhua,LHASA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of lamas unveiled a giant silk tangka in Zhaibung Monastery in Tibet on Saturday at the start of a religious festival that

US State Department slams China in report on Tibet - Situation ...  -  Sep 20, 2008
Tibetan Culture & News Online,On March 14-15, the protests and security response devolved into rioting by Tibetans and a violent police crackdown in Lhasa. Additional protests, most led

60000 disabled people in Tibet benefit from rehabilitation ...  -  Sep 9, 2008
Xinhua,LHASA, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- About 60000 people with disabilities in Tibet Autonomous Region have benefited from rehabilitation services such as prosthetic

Dalai Lama's brother dies at the age of 86  -  Sep 6, 2008
AFPIn 1950, when the Dalai Lama was still in Lhasa, Chinese officials tried to get Rinpoche to travel to Lhasa and persuade the Dalai Lama to accept the

Each month, National Geographic features a photograph from our ...  -  Sep 2, 2008
National Geographic,..."They lined the entire trail from Lhasa to Chumbi Valley, 200 miles southwest, with parallel rows of pebbles to protect their harried King from evil spirits

Row with Chinese police near Kirt monastery leaves 50 Tibetan ...  -  Sep 26, 2008
Times Online,Since a riot rocked the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, in March when angry Tibetans rampaged through the streets setting fire to shops and offices and killing at

News from around the world  -  Sep 9, 2008
Los Angeles Times,The area's warren of streets and alleys lead to the Jokhang, Lhasa's 1300-year-old Buddhist cathedral and a main draw for tourists and pilgrims.

Madcap stunts make a molehill out of this majestic mountain  -  Sep 15, 2008
guardian.co.uk,...unicyclist" from Salford who later this month sets off to ride a unicycle across the Tibetan plateau from Lhasa to Kathmandu via Everest base camp.

Tibetan Monks Still Held in Qinghai  -  Aug 28, 2008
自由亚洲电视,675 Tibetan monks from monasteries in Lhasa were put on a train on April 25 and transported to a military detention center. Those detained were reported to

Ministerial-level Tibetan official dies of illness  -  Aug 30, 2008
Xinhua,LHASA, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Rinzin Wanggyai, who was a ministerial-level official and had served as the Party chief of a township in southwest China's Tibet

Tibet traffic accident kills 5, injures 4  -  Sep 11, 2008
Xinhua,¡¡LHASA, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Five people died and four were injured when a speeding truck overturned in a Tibetan county on Wednesday morning,

Chinese Migrants A Cause for Tibet Protest : China  -  Sep 17, 2008
Phayul,New Delhi, September 17 - The Chinese authorities have admitted that the large-scale migration from China may have triggered the March protests in Lhasa.

Bronx man arrested; dog died with massive injuries  -  Sep 19, 2008
amNewYork,Marley will be available for adoption. It also arrested a Bronx woman for neglect; her Lhasa apso's hair was so matted that it couldn't walk.

The "truth" about China  -  Sep 15, 2008
Insider Media Group,The March 14th Lhasa riot story regarding Tibet is one such example that demonstrates my concern. One report from CNN World shows Indian police in Nepal

Tide is high in Tibetan economic fortunes  -  Sep 15, 2008
Tribune,And Tibet has been opened up for Western tourists, as evidenced by the bustling market around Lhasa’s Jokhang temple where visitors can buy Tibetan

Ike's fury provoked fears, memories of storms past  -  Sep 16, 2008
Louisville Courier-Journal,After the hurricane, I had to get a shot and the lhasa had to be quarantined. Naturally, recent hurricanes -- including the remnants of Ike, which hit here

At the shelter  -  Sep 11, 2008
State Gazette,Sassie is a sweet little Lhasa apso and would make a wonderful lap dog for some lucky person. The Lhasa apso breed is from Tibet and was revered in the

China sets sights on rail record  -  Sep 1, 2008
BBC News,China is investing heavily in its rail infrastructure, upgrading existing lines and extending its network to the remote Tibetan capital Lhasa.

Saddling up for mountainous biking  -  Aug 31, 2008
The Canberra Times,...ambitious than not falling off her bike: a 1000km, 25-day cycling tour with Ms Brown and Ms Aust through the Tibetan Plateau, from Lhasa to Kathmandu.

Tibetan Monks Freed in Golmud  -  Sep 3, 2008
Radio Free Asia,All had been studying in monasteries in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), and were suspected of involvement in protests there in March

Mutts of the world unite  -  Sep 2, 2008
Braintree Forum,Jedi’sa mutt . . . a mongrel . . . a cur, not fit to associate with lhasa apsos and other kinds of girlie dogs, as Arnold would call them, just as her owner

The “Olympics Diaryâ€? of a Tibetan  -  Sep 2, 2008
Phayul,I arrived in Beijing from Lhasa in May. On the train, the policemen recorded my ID number several times. After arriving in Beijing, I learned from Tibetans

New Century Hotel Group Signs For Three Hotels In Mainland China  -  Aug 28, 2008
China Hospitality News,Zhongsheng New Century Grand Hotel Lhasa is located on Jinzhu Central Road, Lhasa, and to the east of the Potala Palace, 70 kilometers from Lhasa Airport,

Future Victim of Everest to Ride Down Mountain on a Unicycle  -  Sep 15, 2008
Gizmodo.comStarting next week he will attempt to traverse a 600 mile stretch of the Himalayas from Lhasa in Tibet to Kathmandu in Nepal, via Everest base camp riding

Tibet aims for $380 mln in foreign trade despite impact of March riot  -  Sep 3, 2008
CCTV,LHASA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region is trying to realize 380 million US dollars in foreign trade this year,

Briton to take on Everest - on a unicycle  -  Sep 14, 2008
Metro,His 1000km (600-mile) ride across the roof of the world will take him along the backbone of the Himalayas from Lhasa in Tibet to Kathmandu in Nepal,

Man takes on Everest ... on a unicycle  -  Sep 16, 2008
NewsLite,Steve Colligan plans to ride 620 miles from Lhasa in Tibet to Kathmandu in Nepal all on his one wheeled bike. He will have to battle the 5000m mountains and

Thubten Jigme Norbu dies at 86; symbol of Tibetan independence ...  -  Sep 11, 2008
Los Angeles Times,After his brother's elevation, he moved from Kumbum to Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, to join his family. At 27, he returned to Kumbum as abbot of the

Dog days reach into September  -  Sep 2, 2008
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,...“This is my dogs and me on ESPN,� Adam Sewards, 47, of Oklahoma, said, displaying a video he keeps on his cell phone of the Lhasa apsos.

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