Internet Edition, 2008

Copyright 1992, 1994, 2008

___DATE___	REPORTED EVENT	_SOURCE_
2008 Aug 6	Spain's top criminal court agrees to hear a lawsuit from Tibetan rights groups that accuses Chinese leaders of genocide in connection with the unrest that erupted in the region in March.	AF
2008 Aug 5	Despite its promotion of a 'peaceful Olympics', China has intensified its crackdown on Tibet this week following the most significant uprising in nearly 50 years.
2008 Jul 16	Tibetan Youth Congress responds to Chinese Communist Party allegations. Article
2008 Jun 23	Zhang Qingli said at the end of the two-hour [Olympic torch] relay: “Tibet's sky will never change and the red flag with five stars will forever flutter high above it. We will certainly be able to totally smash the splittist schemes of the Dalai Lama clique.” In Sichuan province about 70,000 troops have been deployed in Tibetan towns and villages to prevent fresh outbreaks of unrest.	TT
	2008
2007 Nov 23	Non-Tibetan, non-Buddhist Chinese government opposes Dalai Lama naming his own successor, claiming this would violate rituals of Tibetan Buddhism.	UP
2007 Oct 24	Dalai Lama has begun a visit to the U.S. heartland that includes teaching sessions at Indiana University.	UP
2007 Oct 19	China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Liu Jianchao says Gold Medal award "is a blatant interference with China's internal affairs, which has severely hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and gravely undermined the relationship between China and the US."
2007 Oct 18	China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi summons U.S. ambassador Clark Randt to complain about the Dalai Lama's Washington visit.	UP
2007 Oct 17	Dalai Lama awarded the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal by President George W. Bush in a day-long celebration in Washington, DC. Bush calls on China to meet with the Dalai. The Voice of America broadcast the award ceremony live to Tibet via radio, television and the internet. Drepung monastery in Lhasa was sealed off and surrounded by armed Chinese troops after People's Armed Police stopped an attempt by monks to peacefully mark the honor.
2007 Oct 11	China has complained to the United States over a decision to award exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama a U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said.	RE
2007 Oct 8	Tibetan Prime Minister (Kalon Tripa) Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche will attend US Congressional Gold Medal ceremony and meet with US State Department regarding revitalizing the Tibetan settlement plan.
2007 Oct 5	UK Parliament members resolve to strengthen autonomy for Tibet	TN
2007 Oct 5	As enshrined in article 25 of the Charter of Tibetans in exile, two new Kalons or members of the Kashag, Mr Ngodup Dongchung and Mr Tsering Dhondup took oath of office before His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence early this morning. The other Kalon, Mr Chope Paljor Tsering is expected to take his oath of office later on.	TN
2007 Oct 2	China is ordering 100,000 ethnic Tibetans to give up their traditional nomadic habits, claiming environmental damage to Qinghai province but ignoring huge Chinese industrial sites on the Yellow River.
2007 Sep 24	Dalai Lama supports call for democracy in Burma.	TN
2007 Aug 16	The nearly silent response of a largely Tibetan crowd at a western China festival has been interpreted by some as a protest against recent Chinese policies.	UP
2007 Aug 3	China's communist leaders have forbidden reincarnation without government permission in largely Buddhist Tibet.	UP
2007 Jul 18	China's State Administration for Religious Affairs issues "Measures on the Management of the Reincarnation of Living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism" in an effort to destroy a key facet of Tibetan civilization.
2007 Jun 29	The United States will be keeping a close eye on China's talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama.	UP
2007 Jun 15	The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, met Australian Prime Minister John Howard in Sydney Friday despite Chinese protests.	UP
2007 Jun 12	Australian Prime Minister John Howard upset Chinese officials by agreeing to meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet.	UP
2007 Jun	Sixth round of Tibet-China talks.
2007 May 10	China claims the Dalai Lama wants to split country and undermine Chinese relations with other countries, following Belgian cancellation of Dalai visit.	UP
2007 Apr 25	Panchen Lama turns 18 years old. Gendun Cheokyi Nyima has been under house arrest for 13 years.	UP
2007 Feb 19	Chinese authorities are allegedly harassing Tibetan monks and trying to get them to renounce the Dalai Lama by threatening imprisonment.	UP
2007 Feb 5	The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan religious leader, has agreed to a three-day visit to Emory University in Atlanta in October, the university announced Monday.	UP
	2007
2006 Jun 1	The Dalai Lama has asked his followers to be patient with his attempt to build a relationship with China.	UP
2006 May 25	U.S. Congress passes the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act in recognition of his many enduring and outstanding contributions to peace, non-violence, human rights, and religious understanding.
2006 Apr 19	The Dalai Lama is in Chicago on a quiet trip to meet with select supporters and friends, his first visit there since 1999.	UP
2006 Apr 16	The Dalai Lama met in San Francisco with prominent Muslim dignitaries to seek ways to improve their faith's declining image in the West..	UP
2006 Apr 13	Exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, has been excluded from the First World Buddhist Forum which opened Thursday in Hangzhou in southeast China.	UP
2006 Mar 16	China has granted a passport to Tibetan nun Phuntsog Nyidron, after jailing her for 14 years, and sent her into exile in the United States.	UP
2006 Mar 13	Tashi Wangdi appears before the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China.	UP
2006 Mar 11	The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, has repeated his wish to visit China on the anniversary of the 1959 uprising against China's takeover.	UP
2006 Feb 16	Representatives of the Dalai Lama are in China to discuss the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's calls autonomy for the people there. Neither side has commented on the progress of the meeting, the fifth since 2002. Tibetans Lodi Gyari, Kelsang Gyaltsen, Sonam N. Dagpo, Bhuchung K. Tsering. Chinese United Work Front Department, Executive Vice Minister Zhu Weiqun.	UP
2006 Jan 11	The Dalai Lama urged Tibetans in Tibet to tell returning countrymen about the importance of the 'Middle Path' approach towards a genuine autonomy for Tibet.	UP
	2006
2005 Nov 11	The Dalai Lama's meeting with U.S. President Bush has angered China, which accused the Tibetan spiritual leader of carrying out secessionist activities.	UP
2005 Sep 12	The Central Tibetan Administration said the Bush administration is willing to consider resettling Tibetans in the United States as part of its refugee program.	UP
2005 Sep 10	China's president Hu Jintao dismisses Canadian concerns about human rights, industrial espionage, Taiwan and Tibet during a state visit.	UP
2005 Jul 10	U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left Beijing after "very good talks" with top ranking Chinese officials. She encouraged them to reach out to Tibet's Dalai Lama as "a man of considerable moral authority who really is no threat to China."	UP
2005 Jul 1	The U.S. State Department Friday welcomed a meeting between envoys to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and Chinese officials.	UP
2005 Jun 14	The Dalai Lama expects China to let him return to his native Tibet within his lifetime, he told a psychotherapy conference in Goteberg, Sweden.	UP
2005 Jun	Fourth round of talks between Tibet and China held outside of China for the first time, at the Chinese Embassy in Switzerland.	UP
2005 Apr 7	The Dalai Lama has asked for an end to illegal wildlife trafficking between Nepal, Tibet, India and China by appealing to people's religious sensibilities.	UP
2005 Mar 15	The Dalai Lama, head of the world's Tibetan Buddhists, has expressed a willingness to accept Beijing's control over his homeland.	UP
2005 Feb	U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Protection Information Section commissioned report issued by Writenet: Report
	2005
2004 Dec 7	U.S. Senate Resolution 483 states the Government of the People's Republic of China is in violation of international human rights standards by detaining and mistreating Tibetans who engage in peaceful activities to protest China's repression of Tibetans or promote the preservation of a distinct Tibetan identity. China should immediately release all political prisoners, including Tenzin Delek.
2004 Dec 1	Thousands of Russian Buddhists flocked to see the Dalai Lama Tuesday on his first visit to Russia in more than a decade.	UP
2004 Nov 29	The Dalai Lama arrived in Elista, the capital of Russia's republic of Kalmykia.	UP
2004 Oct 29	Phuntsok Wangyal, founder Tibetan Communist Party, writes Chinese President Hu Jintao on resolving the Tibet issue through unifying all of the Tibetan autonomous regions..
2004 Oct	U.S. State Department report by SRI International, Outcome Assessment of the Tibetan Scholarship Program.
2004 Sep 30	Envoys of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, have paid a secretive visit to China that could lead to progress in resolving his decades-old exile. Lodi Gyari, a U.S.-based representative of the Dalai Lama, along with three colleagues.	UP
2004 Jul 13	China's foreign ministry expressed strong opposition to a U.S. government report on Tibet, calling it interference in China's internal affairs.	UP
2004 May 29	The Dalai Lama arrived in Scotland for a six-day visit to close out his tour of the United Kingdom.	UP
2004 May 23	Chinese officials published a white paper on Tibet urging the Dalai Lama to "truly relinquish" his stand for "Tibet independence."	UP
2004 Apr 23	Canada's Prime Minister Paul Martin, who met the Dalai Lama for one hour, said he discussed human rights with the Tibetan religious head.	UP
2004 Apr 9	Chinese authorities are pressuring Tibetan monks to accept their choice of Panchen Lama, the second highest religious figure in Tibetan Buddhism.	UP
2004 Feb 18	At least six Tibetan activists were detained by police in north India for protesting against a visit by a Chinese official delegation.	UP
	2004
2003 Sep 6	The Dalai Lama has kicked off his 16-day tour of the United States by leading an interfaith service in San Francisco.	UP
2003 Jul 21	U.S. Senate Resolution 212 welcomes His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and recognizes his commitment to non-violence, human rights, freedom, and democracy.
2003 May 8	First annual Report on Tibet Negotiations sent by the to White House to Congress as mandated under the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002. It discusses steps taken by the President and the Secretary of State to encourage the government of the Peoples' Republic of China to enter into dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his representatives, as well as the current situation of negotiations between the two sides.
2003 Mar 20	U.S. House of Representatives Resolution 157 says that the Government of the People's Republic of China should, as a gesture of goodwill and in order to promote human rights, immediately release all prisoners of conscience, including Phuntsog Nyidron.
	2003
2002 Oct 10	U.S. House of Representatives passes Resolution 410 urging China to release the Panchen Lama. President Jiang Zemin should be made aware of congressional concern for the Panchen Lama and the need to resolve the situation in Tibet through dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his representatives.
2002 Sep 30	Tibetan Policy Act (TPA) signed into law by President George W. Bush, as part of H.R. 1646, the Foreign Relations Authorizations Act. Its purpose is to help the Tibetans preserve their identity as a people in exile and in Tibet.
2002 Sep 9	After a gap of nearly ten years, two Tibetan envoys with two senior assistants visit Beijing to explain the Dalai Lama's Middle Way approach to a political solution.
2002 Jul 9	U.S. House of Representatives adopts Resolution 476 regarding several individuals who are being held as prisoners of conscience by the Chinese Government for their involvement in efforts to end the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
	2002
2001 Oct 24	Speech of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the European Parliament .  Text
2001 Aug 28	Jamyang Norbu exposes Grunfeld's hate/propaganda book. Article
2001 Aug 9	UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in its concluding observations (CERD/C/59/Misc.16/Rev.3) on China's Eighth and Ninth Report expressed concern "about continuous reports of discrimination with regard to the right to education in minority regions, with particular emphasis on Tibet.
2001 Mar 3	Statement of His Holiness on the possible destruction of statues of Buddha in Afghanistan.
2001 Feb 21	European Parliament passes resolution on freedom of religion in the People's Republic of China, stating among other things, the religious, cultural and national heritage of the Tibetan people is threatened with extinction.
	2001
2000 Oct 10	U.S. enacts permanent normal trade relations with China.
2000 Jan	The 17th Karmapa, 14-year-old Orgyen Trinley Dorje, flees from Chinese rule in Tibet and arrives by foot in India.
	2000
1999 Dec	Chen Kuiyuan, hardline Party Secretary of "TAR" recommends to Central Chinese Government an all-out effort to eradicate Tibetan Buddhism and culture.
1999 Nov 17	U.S. House of Representatives supports renewal of dialog between the leadership of the PRC and Tibet in House Resolution 389.
1999 Jul 16	U.S. Congress supports World Tibet Day in House Concurrent Resolution 156 .
1999 Mar 10	U.S. Senate recognizes the 41st anniversary of the Lhasa Uprising and calls for negotiations in Senate Resolution 60.
1999 Jan 20	Julia Vadala Taft, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, is named as the new Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, and given the central objective of promoting dialogue between the Dalai Lama or his representatives and the Chinese government.
1999 Jan 11-12	U.S.-China bilateral dialogue held. Harold Koh, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor expresses "strong dissatisfaction about progress in Tibet."
	1999
1998 Sep 17	U.S. Congress supports the recommendations of the International Commission of Jurists report on Tibet from 1997. Senate Concurrent Resolution 103
1998 Jun 27	President Clinton urges Jiang Zemin to "do the right thing on Tibet" during the Beijing Summit press conference, widely televised and seen in parts of China.
1998 Apr 30	U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses Tibet with Jiang Zemin in Beijing.
1998 Mar	Six members of the Tibetan Youth Congress undertake an unto-death fast in New Delhi to pressure the UN to implement the ICJ recommendations. Delhi police break up the fast. One TYC supporter, Thubten Ngodup, dies from self-immolation.
1998 Jan 30	U.S. State Department releases Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. It accuses China of "serious human rights abuses in Tibet" and of imposing "intensified" controls on fundamental freedoms.
	1998
1997 Dec 27	International Commission of Jurists report on Tibet: "there has been further escalation of repression in Tibet.; recommends that the UN Commission on Human Rights appoint a Special Rapporteur to investigate the situation of human rights in Tibet; that the UN Secretary-General appoint a Special Envoy to promote a peaceful settlement of the question of Tibet; and that a United Nations-supervised referendum is conducted to ascertain the wishes of the Tibetan people	NY
1997 Oct 31	U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright names Gregory Craig, Director of Policy Planning, to serve as the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues
1997 Aug 20	U.S. Representative Frank Wolf, in a press conference, gives his perceptions of the current situation in Tibet as witnessed by him in an unannounced visit there from August 9 to 13.
1997 Aug 17	U.S. Congressional delegation visits Dharamsala, India, the headquarters of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile. They brief the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan leadership on their talks with the Chinese leaders.
1997 May 13	U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on "The Situation of Tibet and its People." Witnesses who testified were, retired senator Clairborne Pell, Mr. Jeffrey Bader, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, ICT President Lodi Gyari, Prof. Robert Thurman of Columbia University, and Ms. Maura Moynihan, consultant to Refugees International.
1997 Apr 24	Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, Assistant Secretary of State John Shattuck, and members of the Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad discussed issues of religious freedom and other human rights, with a focus on Tibet.
1997 Apr 23	President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore receive the Dalai Lama at the White House "to discuss issues concerning Tibet and China." Press statement: "The United States continues to urge high-level talks between the Chinese Government and the Dalai Lama or his representatives to resolve differences."
	1997
1996 Jun 27	House passes H.Res.461, introduced by Reps. Christopher Coz (R-CA) and Gerald Solomon (R-NY), concerning human rights abuses in China and Tibet .
1996 Jun 18	Lodi Gyari testified before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the House International Relations Committee concerning MFN for China.
1996 Jun 11	Lodi Gyari testified before the Subcommittee on Trade of the House Ways and Means Committee on MFN to China.
1996 Jun 6	ICT President Lodi Gyari testified before the Senate Committee on Finance and Senate Foreign Relations Committee concerning President Clinton's renewal of MFN to China.
1996 May 7	Dr. Tenzin Choedrak, senior physician to the Dalai Lama, testified before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the House International Relations Committee. Dr. Choedrak had suffered 17 years of imprisonment in Tibet and China
1996 Mar 6	U.S. Department of State issued its toughest report on rights violations in Tibet to date.
1996 Jan 25	H.R. 347 introduced urging the U.S. to work at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva on China's human rights violations in Tibet and China.
1996 Jan 5	Twenty-five members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Chinese President Jiang Zemin condemning China's role on the Panchen Lama issue and urging the Chinese government "to respect the long-standing traditions of the Tibetan people and to not interfere in their religious or cultural activities."
1996	China unleashes campaigns "Strike Hard" and "Patriotic Re-education" aimed at crippling the rise of Tibetan Buddhism.
1996
1996
	1996
1995 Nov 30	China reported to have arrested Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his family; appoints Gyaltsen Norbu as the Panchen Lama.	NY
1995 Nov 13	China rejects the Tibetan enthronement of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the Panchen Lama.	NY
1995 Oct 1	Crisis in Tibet over selection of Panchen Lama.	NY
1995 May 17	11th Panchen Lama disappears. The Chinese government later admits to holding the boy and his family in "protective custody".
1995 May 15	Dalai Lama recognizes the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, a six-year-old child in Tibet.	NY
	1995
1994 Sep 13	Statement by Westerners who visited independent Tibet before 1949 is issued in London Press Statement. Included are Mr Kazi Sonam Togpyal, Mr Robert Ford, Mrs Ronguy Collectt (daughter of Sir Charles Bell), Dr Bruno Beger, His Holiness, Mr Henreich Harrer, Mrs Joan Mary Jehu , Mr Archibald Jack and Prof. Fosco Maraini.
1994 Sep	National Democratic Party of Tibet is established in exile.
1994 Jul 20-23	Third Forum on Tibet convened by top Chinese leadership and presided over by President Jiang Zemin, commences total destruction of Tibetan culture in four steps: increased repression; external propaganda escalated; pace of Chinese economic development; and more Chinese settlers and businesses.
1994 Jan 31	U.S. News & World Report says U.S. is pressuring China to release a handful of Tibetan political prisoners.	SF
1994 Jan 24	U.S. says China not meeting conditions for renewal of MFN trade status. Lhasa described as being under particularly ruthless control. Despite earlier reports, U.S. permits sale of three satellites to China.	SF
1994 Jan 23	Book review section features cover photograph of a Qinghai forced labor camp.	SF
1994 Jan 23	Secretary of State Christopher urges Chinese Foreign Minister Qian towards high-level talks with the Dalai Lama. The U.S. is also seeking information on 100 Tibetan prisoners.	AP
1994 Jan 15	Representative Gephart says China will make positive efforts on human rights after U.S. delegation to Beijing meets with Jiang Zemin.	NY
1994 Jan 13	Wall Street Journal says U.S. Customs Service is not receiving Chinese cooperation to ensure China is not exporting prison-made goods to the U.S.
1994 Jan 12	Draft State Department report on human rights concludes that China has not made sufficient progress linked to renewal of MFN trade status.	SF
	1994
1993 Dec 28	China says it will disband Hong Kong's legislature and elected bodies after resuming control in 1997 according to Wall Street Journal article.
1993 Dec 21	Wall Street Journal announces U.N. General Assembly action to establish world's first high commissioner for human rights.
1993 Dec 18	South China Morning Post says U.S. review of China policy tending to revoke MFN trade status due to China's lack of progress on human rights issues. China may deflect revocation by making small effort to contact Dalai Lama.
1993 Dec 10	Wall Street Journal special report on China fails to mention Tibet, espousing MFN trade status over human rights concerns.
1993 Nov 28	Interview with the Dalai Lama.	NY
1993 Nov 20-21	Fourth general assembly of the Allied Committee of the Peoples of Eastern Turkestan, Mongolia, Manchuria and Tibet held in Munich pledges closer cooperation in struggles against Chinese Communist oppression.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 Nov 19	President Clinton tells Chinese President Jiang Zemin that the U.S. is urging China to negotiate with the Dalai Lama or his representatives.
1993 Nov 16	Dalai Lama received by the mayor of Paris, Mr. Jacques Chirac. Foreign Minister Alain Juppe is also present. His Holiness is also received by President Francois Mitterand in the Elysee Palace shortly before returning to Dharamsala.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 Nov 10	Jiang Zemin in an address to top Chinese leaders warns that unrest by religious and ethnic minorities will be crushed.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 Nov 4	Dalai Lama officially received at the French National Assembly by its President, Mr. Philippe Seguin.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 Nov 1	Dalai Lama leaves for London via Geneva to unveil a wax statue of himself at Madame Tussauds.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 Oct 28	European Parliament tells China that their relations will only improve when Beijing provides information about political prisoners in China and Tibet in a motion passed in Strasbourg, France.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 Oct 25	Dalai Lama addresses a press conference in France during which he describes the situation in Tibet, the role of media and his wish for Tibet becoming a zone of peace. He also suggests that some parts of Tibet, including old Lhasa, be declared a World Heritage site and mentions that he has made such an appeal to UNESCO.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 Oct 25-31	First-ever Tibet Week in Russia held in the historical city of St.Petersburg organized by the Friends of Tibet Society.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 Oct 24	The Dalai Lama pays a three-week visit to Europe during which he visits France, Germany and the United Kingdom.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 Oct 16	U.S.-Chinese consular agreement on U.S. consulate in Tibet seen as Beijing's concession to US human rights diplomacy. Shortly thereafter, Beijing returns the remains of American military personnel killed over Tibet during the Second World War.	BB, 1/4/94
1993 Oct 2	Gendun Rinchen faces death penalty for attempting to tell human rights delegation about Tibetan political prisoners.	NY
1993 Oct 1	Dalai Lama guest speaker at informal meeting in New Delhi attended by 22 diplomats from 15 African countries sympathetic to Tibet's plight.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 Sep 18	Dalai Lama on life in exile and oppression by China.	NY
1993 Sep 12	Chairman of the Kashag, Kalon Tenzin N. Tethong, paid a month-long visit to USA and Canada.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 Aug 24	TIN reports four Tibetan nuns arrested in Lhasa.	NY
1993 Aug	Report of U.S. trade sanctions against China for M-11 missile technology transfer to Pakistan.	SF, 1/24/94
1993 Jul 7	'Tibet: Proving Truth from Facts,' released by the Tibetan Government-in-Exile,.partly to answer China's White Paper, 'Tibet: Its Ownership and Human Rights Situation,' and partly in response to an increasing demand for information on the Tibetan situation. Document
1993 Jun 9	I.C.L.T. publishes report on Resolving Claims of Self-Determination: A Proposal for Integrating Principles of International Law With Specific Application to the Tibetan People.
1993 May 28	Wall Street Journal cites China's failed cover-up of political protest in Lhasa.
1993 May 25	Tibetans stage biggest protest since 1989.	NY
1993 May 23	European ambassadors in Tibet cancel plans in protest of arrest of dissidents by China.	NY
1993 May 18	Heinous Chinese persecution in Tibet is ignored by large U.S. companies according to Washington Post article.
1993 May 12	Senior Chinese military, intelligence and provincial officials decide on massive transfer of Chinese settlers into Tibet.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 May 10	Clinton's difficult path regarding Tibet and MFN status for China in Wall Street Journal article.
1993 May 2	Reuters reports on Dalai Lama's two-week visit to Britain, which officially regards Tibet as an autonomous region within China and the Dalai Lama as leader of a self-proclaimed government in exile.
1993 May 2	Dalai Lama given personal tour of Monticello.	AP
1993 Apr 30	Washington Post article profiles the Dalai Lama.
1993 Apr 29	Wall Street Journal report says Tibetan exiles optimistic that world now paying attention to their cause.
1993 Apr 28	Clinton meets Dalai Lama and pledges help with human rights violations by China.	NY
1993 Apr 27	Rosenthal column cites Chinese for ethnic cleansing against Tibetans.	NY
1993 Apr 25	Washington Post editorial says Clinton should put Tibet ahead of Chinese trade in MFN renewal.
1993 Apr 19	ICT reports Chinese nuclear waste in Qinghai.	NY
1993 Apr 16	Editorial says Tibet continues to suffer under Chinese rule.	NY
1993 Apr 13	Richard Gere column critical of U.S. policy towards China over Tibet.	NY
1993 Apr	U.S. State Dept. publishes Spring issue of Geographic and Global Issues Quarterly showing Tibetan demographics, including a growth rate of 18.6% from 1982-90.
1993 Mar 29	Attempt by China to control Tibetan politics through religion in Christian Science Monitor.
1993 Mar 25-29	Canadian minister Joe Clark in Beijing for talks with China, most senior visit since Tienanmen crackdown of 1989.
1993 Mar 15	Fifteen monks arrested during protest.	NY
1993 Mar 10-11	Conference on the Work of External Propaganda on the Question of Tibet held in Beijing. Chinese plan to sow dissention in the Tibetan community in exile.	TB, 11-12/93
1993 Mar 10	Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen's column on China's 'final solution' in Tibet in Los Angeles Times.
1993 Mar 10	Dalai Lama announces willingness to open peace talks with China, despite China's human rights record.	UP
1993 Mar 4	U.S. to attach human rights conditions to renewal of China's MFN status. Christopher says Chinese treatment of Tibet is improper.	AP
1993 Feb 27	Official Chinese report warns of widespread social unrest in 1993 throughout China.	UP
1993 Feb 21	Book reviews of Invading Tibet and Lost Lhasa.	NY
1993 Feb 14	Communists call for purge in Tibet.	NY
	1993
1992 Dec 27	Tibet Information Network reports harsh sentences for protesting monks and nuns.	NY
1992 Dec 15	Resettlement of Tibetans in Chicago described in Chicago Tribune.	TI
1992 Dec 7	Senators Pell and Levin make one-day visit to Tibet.	TI
1992 Dec 5	China moving major regional military headquarters to the Lhasa area of Tibet.	TI
1992 Dec 1	Chen Kuiyuan replaces Hu Jintao as Communist party chief in Tibet.	TI
1992 Nov 25	Break by China reported in human rights dialogue with the U.S.	NY
1992 Nov 20	In Strasbourg, Permanent Peoples' Tribunal session and verdict on Tibet scores China for human rights violations, population transfers into Tibet, and the partition of Tibet, declaring Tibet to be under foreign domination.	TI
1992 Nov 15	Resettlement of Tibetans in Los Angeles described in Los Angeles Times.	TI
1992 Nov 12	China acknowledges 4,000 political prisoners being held in Chinese jails.	TI
1992 Nov 11	Israel plans to develop potassium mining in Tibet.	TI
1992 Nov 5	Dalai Lama congratulates Clinton as Tibetans seek favorable change in U.S. policy.	TI
1992 Nov 3	Tibet information office to open in Australia.	TI
1992 Nov 3	Clinton elected President.
1992 Oct 23	Amnye Machen Institute plans to translate world literature into Tibetan.	SF
1992 Oct 14	In Seattle, Lodi Gyari calls on U.S. help to stop cultural genocide by China in Tibet.	TI
1992 Oct 5	Tibetan Youth Congress calls for end to contacts with an intransigent China.	TI
1992 Oct 2	Senate fails to override veto of MFN renewal conditions for China by Bush.	TI
1992 Sep 29	I.C.L.T. publishes report on Environmental Conditions in Occupied Tibet.
1992 Sep 28	China claims to have approved the selected of the 17th Karmapa.	TI
1992 Sep 22	China issues "white paper" claiming ownership of Tibet and defending human rights abuses there.	TI
1992 Aug 12	Congressional staff report on the condition of Tibetan exile communities and government in India and Nepal.	CR
1992 Jul 28	U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds historic first session on Tibet, "U.S. and Chinese policies toward occupied Tibet." Current Bush administration policies are heavily criticized.	TI
1992 Jul 14	I.C.L.T. publishes report on the Relationship Between Environmental Management and Human Rights in Tibet.
1992 Jul 5	Dicki Gyamcho comments on Tibetan Resettlement Project in U.S.	NY
1992 Jun 28	China reportedly resuming contact with Dalai Lama.	TI
1992 Jun 21	Significant unrest reported in Tibetan countryside and increase in pro-independence activity.	NY
1992 Jun 15	Resettlement of Tibetans at Boston described in Boston Globe.	TI
1992 Jun 12	Dalai Lama calls for global demilitarization. Report presented at Rio Conference on environmental destruction in Tibet.	TI
1992 Jun 11	Monks arrested in northeastern Tibet.	TI
1992 Jun 4	Exiled Tibetans express solidarity with Chinese pro-democracy movement.	TI
1992 Jun 3	Chinese Army engaged in construction projects in Tibet.	TI
1992 May 28	China opposes Dalai Lama's planned address at upcoming Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.	TI
1992 May 21	Tibetan monks and nuns protest for independence.	TI
1992 May 20	Amnesty International reports use of torture by Chinese against Tibetans.	SF
1992 May 14	Long denied refugee status, first of 1,000 Tibetans admitted to U.S. under 1990 Immigration Act.	NY
1992 May 13	Wall Street Journal says China plans a Special Economic Zone for Tibet in the hope of attracting foreign investment.	TI
1992 May 11	Dalai Lama sees a free Tibet within 10 years and speaks of returning.	TI
1992 May	Dalai Lama visits Australia for two weeks, drawing large crowds. He meets with Foreign Minister Evans.	TI
1992 Apr 18	Dalai Lama urges Tibetan refugees about to enter the U.S. to be good ambassadors.	NY
1992 Apr 8	New York Times editorial urges further senatorial action investigating Tibetan rights.	NY
1992 Apr 6	China denies visas to two U.S. Senators to visit Tibet, saying the timing was "inconvenient."	NY
1992 Apr 1	U.S. Congressional legislation grants $1.5 million to the Tibetan Government in exile as continuing humanitarian assistance to Tibetan refugees.	PW
1992 Mar 25	Christian Science Monitor article urges U.S. to condemn Chinese repression in Tibet.
1992 Mar 18	U.S. Senate resolution unanimously urges the Bush Administration to support Tibetan human rights at the U.N.	CR
1992 Mar 4	U.N. Human Rights Commission considers a resolution on Tibet at Geneva meeting, but no action is taken. The Bush Administration pushes for language supporting China's claim to Tibet.	PW
1992 Mar 3	Washington Post editorial urges U.S. to support Tibetan autonomy from China.
1992 Mar 2	Jeane Kirkpatrick accuses China of genocide in Tibet in Washington Post.
1992 Feb 29	Tibetans and supporters rally at the White House for U.S. support of U.N. action on Tibetan human rights.	PW
1992 Feb 27	Lithuanian parliamentary deputies pledge to support an aspiring Tibetan nation in international organizations and forums.	PW
1992 Feb 26	Tibetan leadership and the Dalai Lama issue "The Guidelines For Future Tibet's Polity And Basic Features of Its Constitution.",He makes important suggestions for future Tibet's democracy and categorically declares that he will not hold official position in the government of future Tibet". Official Translation" .
1992 Feb 22	Jampa Tenzin, a 49-year-old monk and a symbol of the independence movement, found dead under suspicious circumstances at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.	PW
1992 Jan 7	U.S. Congressional delegation visits Tibetan settlements in India and meets with the Tibetan Government in exile.	PW
1992 Jan 6	China reportedly moving its nuclear test site from Lop Nur to the town of Alar at the Xinjiang-Tibet border.	PW
1992	Al Gore cites China's armed subjugation of Tibet and its threat to Tibet's ecology in his book Earth in the Balance.	PW
1992	Richard Nixon recommends the creation of a Radio Free Tibet by the U.S. in his book Seize the Moment.	PW
	1992
1991 Dec 31	Dangers of increased Chinese surveillance against foreign journalists to Tibetans cited.	NY
1991 Dec 14	Li Peng limits talks with the Dalai Lama according to the Los Angeles Times.
1991 Dec 3	Dalai Lama in London outlines plans for a democratic transitional government in a future free Tibet.	PW
1991 Dec 2	Dalai Lama meets with British Prime Minister John Major. Kalon Tashi Wangdi, minister in the exiled Tibetan Government, also attends.	PW
1991 Dec	Dalai Lama asks for a meeting with Li Peng in New Delhi.
1991 Nov 26	U.S. House of Representatives votes to condition China's Most Favored Nation trade status upon progress in human rights and other issues, including specifically Tibet.	PW
1991 Nov 24	Review of Chinese attempts to educate Tibetan youths sent away from Tibet to study in China.	NY
1991 Nov 8	Art review of the New York appearance of "Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet" at the I.B.M. Gallery of Science and Art.	NY
1991 Nov 7	China condemns October declaration that Tibet is an occupied country as interference in her internal affairs.	PW
1991 Nov 1	Chinese "White Paper" on human rights glosses over abuses in Tibet as China tries to take the initiative against growing world public opinion.	PW
1991 Oct 31	China announces additional screening process for tourists planning to visit Tibet via Chengdu.	PW
1991 Oct 28	President G.H.W. Bush signs bill containing declaration by Congress that Tibet is an occupied country whose true representatives are the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in exile.	PW
1991 Oct 21	Senior Chinese diplomat calls on foreign governments to ban meetings of supporters of Tibetan independence in their own countries.	PW
1991 Oct 13	Dalai Lama calls for nuclear disarmament.	TI
1991 Oct 11	China calls on the Dalai Lama to abandon Tibetan independence before a return to Tibet.	NY
1991 Oct 9	Dalai Lama urges world support and pressure on China to allow his return to Tibet on a fact-finding mission.	NY
1991 Oct 4	Dalai Lama visits Latvia.	TI
1991 Sep 29	China orders the army and police in Lhasa to shoot Tibetans staging pro-independence demonstrations.	PW
1991 Sep 27	Dalai Lama begins visit to Mongolia.	TI
1991 Sep 24	U.S. Senate and House agree that Tibet is an occupied country in new legislation.	PW
1991 Sep 23	Report on China's cultural conquest and domination of Qinghai, formerly Tibet's Amdo province.	NY
1991 Sep 23	International Campaign for Tibet issues a report documenting the large-scale relocation of Chinese civilians into eastern Tibet.	PW
1991 Sep 20	Tibetans call for examination of Panchen Lama's body by international experts as new evidence of foul play is alleged.	PW
1991 Sep 10	Report on China's vast prison camp system or "laogai" in Qinghai, formerly Amdo province of Tibet.	NY
1991 Sep 9	Description of Chinese dominance over Tibetans through population transfer and forced sterilization in Qinghai.	NY
1991 Sep 5	Report of a failed 1990 uprising in southern Xinjiang province bordering Tibet and the rising hopes of Tibetans, Kazakhs and Uzbeks for independence.	NY
1991 Sep 2	Tibetan Government in exile announces the Dalai Lama is no longer bound by his Strasbourg proposal of 1988. He remains fully committed to a non-violent solution to Tibet's status.	PW
1991 Aug 23	European Parliament delegation finishes four-day visit to Lhasa.	PW
1991 Aug 23	United Nations Human Rights Sub-Commission passes resolution criticizing China for human rights violation in Tibet.	PW
1991 Aug 21	Report on the resettlement of 1,000 displaced Tibetans into the United States.	NY
1991 Aug 19	Dalai Lam a meets with the Swiss Foreign Minister.	PW
1991 Aug 18	Description of how support for Tibet has blossomed since the Tienanmen Square massacre.	NY
1991 Aug 16	Dalai Lama meets with the Prince of Lichtenstein.	PW
1991 Aug 14	Six nuns and monks demonstrate in Lhasa, reportedly becoming an almost weekly occurrence.	PW
1991 Aug 10	Tibetan doctor at Lhasa reportedly sentenced to 13-year jail term for copying a list of those injured and arrested in previous demonstrations.	PW
1991 Jul 25	Start of six-day visit to the Kalmyk Republic by the Dalai Lama.	PW
1991 Jul 19	Dalai Lama praises glasnost after his six-day visit to the Buddhist Buryatia region.	PW
1991 Jun 28	.The Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies adopts new democratic constitution for the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, known as the Charter of Tibetans in Exile. Draft Translation.
1991 Jul 11	ABC televises its Prime Time Live segment on the Chinese repression of Tibet.	PW
1991 Jul 10	Dalai Lama leaves India for visit to the Soviet Union.	TI
1991 Jul	The Dalai Lama is profiled in Scientific American.	TI
1991 Jun 28	.The Dalai Lama signs proposed new democratic constitution for the Tibetan Government-in-Exile.
1991 Jun 25	19 Chinese military officers killed in crash of U.S.-made helicopter in Tibet.	TI
1991 Jun 12	Lodi G. Gyari testifies before the House subcommittee on Trade concerning the extension of China's Most Favored Nation (MFN) status.	PW
1991 Jun 4	More demonstrations reported in Lhasa.	TI
1991 May 31	China denies killing a Tibetan demonstrator.	TI
1991 May 27	Arrests of protesters reported in Lhasa.	TI
1991 May 23	Wall Street Journal reports Chinese authorities celebrate 40 years of rule over Tibet. Foreign journalists are barred from Lhasa.	TI
1991 May 20	Six Tibetan prisoners are given extra five-year sentences for raising home-made Tibetan flags while in jail.	PW
1991 May 5	In a letter to the editor to the Washington Post, a Chinese spokesman denies that China has forced Tibetans to practice family planning or enforced abortions or sterilizations.	PW
1991 May	Extensive description of Tibet's situation in Vanity Fair article by Alex Shoumatoff.	PW
1991 May	PBS in New York broadcasts Tibet in Exile, a documentary on childrens' escape from occupied Tibet and the exile community in Dharamsala.	PW
1991 Apr 24	China protests the new U.S. Voice of America Tibetan broadcasts.	PW
1991 Apr 18	China issues a strong protest at the official U.S. reception of the Dalai Lama.
1991 Apr 17	Dalai Lama is honored at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda by Congressional leaders. T