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Taiwanese students inspired by Tibetan struggle

Saturday, 28 July 2012 08:38 Tendar Tsering

Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay pose for a picture with visiting Taiwanese students.

DHARAMSHALA, July 27: A group of Taiwanese students are in the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala, exploring Tibetan culture and the political movement, under the aegis of an awareness programme jointly organised by the Taiwan Friends of Tibet and Students for a Free Tibet, India.

The group of 16 students along with two professors hail from five different Taiwanese universities, including Shih Hsin University, National Chengchi University, and the Taipei National University of Arts.

DPP blasts mega media merger deal

Friday, 27 July 2012 09:28 Taipei Times

The National Communications Commission’s (NCC) conditional approval of a massive media merger on Wednesday marked the darkest day in the history of media freedom in the country and continued political interference in the media, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday.

The party “strongly opposed” the commission’s approval of Want Want China Times Group’s (旺旺中時集團) NT$76 billion (US$2.52 billion) acquisition of cable television service provider China Network Systems (CNS, 中嘉網路), which would create an intermedia monopoly, DPP spokesperson Lin Chun-hsien (林俊憲) said.

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Burning body of Kalsang Kyab, 24, who set himself on fire in front of a Chinese government office in Kangtsa region of Ngaba, eastern Tibet on November 27, 2012.

DHARAMSHALA, November 27: The alarming escalation in self-immolation protests in Tibet shows no signs of abating as yet another Tibetan set himself on fire today in Ngaba region of eastern Tibet.

Kalsang Kyab, 24, set himself ablaze in front of a Chinese government office in Kangtsa town, raising slogans for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche, the exiled head of Kirti Monastery. He passed away at the site of his protest.