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Dalai Lama Hints He may be Reincarnated as a Woman in India

12 Apr 2017
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Corey Barnett

Dalai Lama's controversial belief on his reincarnation has been brought up before. , speaking to his followers at the Tawang Stadium. Tawang is a small town located in the North-eastern Arunachal Pradesh...

06 Mar 2017
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Nathan Glover

China warns India on Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, but Dalai Lama will not cancel visit. Despite warnings by China, China claims that Arunachal Pradesh is a part of Tibet, and as such...

26 Dec 2016
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Elisa Meyer

Documentary follows the 2,500-year history of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The Great Transmission is a documentary film that “explores the remarkable journeys Buddhist knowledge has made...

19 Dec 2016
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Aditya Dugar

Christmas and Chinese New Year have their differences, but they're also quite similar. You might believe that Chinese New Year is just a special version of a western New Year celebration. If that is the case,...

25 Jul 2016
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Alison Lesley

Panchen Lama holds Kalachakra ritual after 50 year ban in China. Having ousted the Dalai Lama from power during the occupation of Tibet, China decided to introduce its own hierarchy of Buddhism to control...

China Will Cooperate with Muslim Ramadan Practices

03 Jun 2016
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Nathan Glover

China's government says it will not discriminate against the Muslim minority. The Chinese government said on June 2 that the Muslim population of Xinjiang province will not face any religious...

10 May 2016
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WRN Editorial Staff

New Tibet Watch report details role of religious institutions in political activism in Tibet. In the wake of Chinese president Xi Jinping's recent speech declaring that "religious groups … must...

01 May 2016
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Gary Nguyen

The Chinese government is worried about overseas infiltration via religious means. The Constitution of China promises “freedom of religious belief” to its citizens. However, Ding Cuimei...

China Now Regulates Who Can Be Reincarnated

31 Mar 2016
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Derek Welch

Buddhist reincarnation is now regulated by the Chinese government. China, in one of the most ludicrous displays of totalitarianism in history, has restricted Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating...

Chinese Pastor Who Refused to Remove Cross Gets 14 Years in Jail

02 Mar 2016
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Elisa Meyer

The Chinese government has been cracking down on Christianity. A court in Zhejiang province of China has sentenced Bao Guohua, a Protestant pastor, and Xing Wenxiang, his wife to 14 years and 12 years...