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Leura, Blue Mountains, NSW, 7 June 2015 -- "People in Tibet remain strong and the Chinese authorities cannot pretend there is no problem. The people in Tibet are not happy," His Holiness the Dalai Lama told a crowd of audience. saying "we have to discuss how to take the Tibetan cause forward."

Dharamshala — Anyone who regularly observes the topsy-turvy world of Chinese politics and policies in Tibet understands that the past, even the remote past, can exert a grief impact on the present and future.

Dharamshala — With a written history of more than 2000 years, Tibet remained an independent, sovereign state. However the People's Republic of China (PRC) justifies its occupation by claiming that Tibet has been part of China for around 800 years. Its claim is not supported by the facts.

Can you name the greatest mass murderer of the 20th century? No, it wasn’t Hitler or Stalin. It was Mao Zedong.

Dharamshala — The root causes of protest by Tibetans in Tibet against the Chinese communist regime, including self-immolations, stem from a wide range of factors such as, violent political repression, cultural assimilation, economic marginalisation, ethnic discrimination, nomadic displacement and environmental destruction.

The ballots have spoken. Lobsang Sangay, the incumbent Tibetan prime minister, has been re-elected as ‘Sikyong’ (Political Leader) to lead the Tibetan refugees during the next five years.