China['s] Kham & Khampa Tibetan [People]

http://www.camptour.com/khampa/index.htm
20 May 2008

Sichuan China Int'l Travel Service, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Self-description:
"www.Camptour.com offer travel & tour information and consultant service in China Tibet, special for Tibetan culture and monastery in Kham (Khampa, Kangba) area such as Changdom in Tibet, Yunshu in Qinghai, Dechen in Yunnan, Ganzi in Sichuan."

Site contents:
* Khampa & Amdo Tibetan Monastery Gonpa List [a list of approx. 50 monasteries, with the following details: Chinese Name, Other Name, Location - ed.];
* Kham & Amdo Town and City List [a list of approx. 120 villages, towns, or areas, with the following details: Chinese Name, Other Name, Location - ed.];
* Sightseeing Scenery & Attraction[s] in Khampa and Amdo [a list of approx. 60 natural and man-made features, with the following details: Chinese Name, Other Name, Location - ed.];
* Festival List for Tibetan area [a list of approx. 100 colourful folk events in 2004 and 2005, with the following details: County & Location, Festival, Date, Duration (days) - ed.];

URL http://www.camptour.com/khampa/index.htm

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.camptour.com/khampa/index.htm

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at-coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
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Chronology of Sino-Tibetan [Diplomatic] Contact

http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/240/sino-tibetan-contacts-to-resume/

04 May 2008

Chennai Centre For China Studies (C3S), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Self-description:
"[...] His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Special Envoy Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen will arrive in China on May 3, 2008 for informal talks with representatives of the Chinese leadership. During this brief visit, the envoys will take up the urgent issue of the current crisis in the Tibetan areas. [...] 2. Annexed for background information is a chronology of the past history of contacts between the representatives of His Holiness and the Chinese authorities. This has been prepared and updated periodically by the Dharamsala office of His Holiness."

[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed.]

Site contents:
* Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Hopes and Suspicions (1978-1987); * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: A Row over the Internationalisation of the Tibet Issue (1987-1990); * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Stalemate in Dialogue (1990-1993); * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Confrontation (1994-2001); * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Renewed Contacts (2002- ).

URL http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/240/sino-tibetan-contacts-to-resume/

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.c3sindia.org - ed.

Link reported by: B. Raman (ram1994--at--vsnl.net)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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