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Tibet should be on the table in Sino-India talks, says Dr Sangay

Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay (Phayul file photo)
Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay (Phayul file photo)

DHARAMSHALA, October 7: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected leader of the Tibetan people, has said the issue of Tibet should be “on the table” during talks between India and China.

Dr Sangay was talking to reporters in the Indian capital New Delhi enroute to a 20-day visit to the United States and Europe, Friday.

“I believe Tibet should be on the table as a foreign issue,” media reports quoted Dr Sangay as saying. His statement comes days after the Indian Defence Minister AK Antony said negotiations with China over the Indo-Tibet border dispute were in the “final stages.”

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Chen suffering from ‘severe’ depression: Veterans Hospital

Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) is suffering from “severe” depression and requires psychiatric treatment, Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TVGH) said yesterday.

Chen, serving a 17-and-a-half-year prison term on corruption charges, was treated at Taoyuan General Hospital last month after he developed urinary problems and was later transferred to Taipei Veterans for a comprehensive check-up, authorities said.

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Newsflash

The nationality of several Taiwanese authors has been listed as Chinese in the Chinese Name Authority Joint Database Search System, a collaborative project between libraries from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to standardize the names of people, groups, meetings and other bodies.

Different Chinese-language authors often share a name and the use of pen names is common, so the National Library of China, the Administrative Center of China’s Academic Library & Information System and other agencies in 2003 established the Cooperative Committee for Chinese Name Authority to settle the confusion and create a standard format for cataloging.