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Tibetan diaspora

Exile Tibetan booth officials look at a green book, a necessary document for Tibetans to vote, during the second and final round of voting to elect their parliamentarians and the leader of the Central Tibetan Administration

Tibetans in exile elect a new president

Elections

Penpa Tsering, the new president-elect of the Central Tibetan Administration, said his first priority is to build trust. The election comes at a critical time for the Tibetan diaspora, as China tightens its grip on the region.

Chinese police patrolled outside Johkhang Monastery in the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in March 2014. Security forces always go on high alert around the sensitive March 10th anniversary.

In Tibet, bloggers post at their own risk

Global Politics
Miss Tibet 2013, Tenzing Lhamo, is a Tibetan American living in Madison, Wisconsin.

Miss Tibet 2013 is from Wisconsin — and she’s never been to Tibet

Arts, Culture & Media

Tibetans elect new prime minister-in-exile

Conflict & Justice
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Tibetan exiles gather for summit

Global Politics
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Pro-Tibet movement in exile

Conflict & Justice

Anchor Lisa Mullins discusses the pro-Tibet movement with Lobsang Sangay, a Senior Fellow in East Asian Studies at Harvard.

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