WTN for November 2017

• Bipartisan resolution in U.S. Congress supports Dalai Lama and Tibet - U.S. House of Representatives
• Tibetan fashion designer finds balance between cultural tradition and modernity - India Today
• Resettlement team welcomes its last stateless Tibetan to Ottawa - Ottawa Community News
• Tibetan leader concerned about China’s development policies in Tibet - Assam Tribune
• Youth leaders from conflict zones in dialogue with the Dalai Lama - Office of the Dalai Lama

• Not seeking independence despite past history: Dalai Lama tells Al Jazeera - Phayul
• Tibetans inside Tibet are torchbearers of Tibetan movement, says the Dalai Lama - Central Tibetan Administration
• Tibet’s role in China’s Belt and Road - Stiftung Asienhaus/China Dialogue
• Opinion: China’s hijacking of religions nearly complete - Eurasia Review
• Canadian Foreign Minister speaks out about Tibetan political prisoners - Canada Tibet Committee

• Tibetan monk and songwriter freed after serving five-year term - Radio Free Asia
• Citing fatigue, Dalai Lama appoints personal emissaries - Voice of America
• Opinion: After five years of Xi Jinping, Tibet remains a giant open-air prison - Hong Kong Free Press
• China’s plan to use solar power to melt permafrost to turn Tibetan grassland into an artificial forest - South China Morning Post
• Tibetan feminist Jamyang Kyi protests confiscation of books and harassment by Chinese authorities - Tibetan Centre for Human Rights & Democracy

• MEPs raise Tibet at “EU-China Tourism Year” debate in European Parliament - Office of Tibet Brussels
• Senate to focus on Tibetan prisoners as Liberals pursue trade with China - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Dalai Lama says Tibet will stay within China, needs development - Hindustan Times
• China bets on mega projects in Tibet - The Hindu
• Situation faced by Tibetans reminiscent of Canada’s indigenous experience, says Canadian Senator - Canada Tibet Committee