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Tibetan group in India protests against China and human rights situation in homeland

Oct. 01, 2024 06:00 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of Tibetans living in India protested outside China's embassy on Tuesday against the human rights situation in their homeland, which China annexed in 1951. Police blocked the protesters from entering the embassy and detained some after chasing them and...

Dalai Lama returns to Indian headquarters after knee replacement surgery in the US

Aug. 28, 2024 05:26 AM EDT

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, returned to the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile in northern India on Wednesday after undergoing a knee replacement surgery in New York. Hundreds of followers in colorful, flowing robes, waving...

Walz's China experience draws GOP attacks, but Beijing isn't counting on better ties

Aug. 17, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has a history with China. And Republicans are seizing on it. At 25, Walz taught a year of high school in China. He returned for his honeymoon and many more times with American exchange students. As a congressman, he served on a committee...