Why is China Focusing on Tibet?

Wang Yang and Xi Jinping's visits signal the beginning of a major Chinese push to bring about a transformation of Tibet, observes Jayadeva Ranade, the distinguished China expert and retired RA&W......

Why Chinese Leaders Are Rushing To Tibet

A visit to Tibet appears to have become the new touchstone for expressing fealty to Xi Jinping, observes Jayadeva Ranade, the retired senior RA&W officer and distinguished China expert. IMAGE: Xi......

China preparing to resume contact with the Dalai Lama?

The Chinese Communist party has not closed its door of contacts and negotiation with the Dalai Lama, a senior Communist leader wrote recently.Former RA&W officer and China expert Jayadeva Ranade......

PHOTOS: Remembering India's capitulation on Tibet

An article in The New York Times recently speculated that Beijing would try to legitimise its hand-selected (and therefore illegitimate) Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, by sending him to study in the......