Tokyo — Speaking to the students and faculty of the prestigious Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT) University in Tokyo, the political leader of Tibetan people Monday said that "Tibet had its own administration system including its own postal system, currency and judiciary prior to China's occupation of Tibet."

Tokyo — Citing recent findings on the retreating Tibetan glaciers, Sikyong or the political leader of Tibetan people, Dr Lobsang Sangay, said "in the last 50 years, half of the entire Tibetan glaciers have melted and given the current rate, 2/3 of the glaciers will be gone by 2050."

Dharamshala - 16 February 2012. Chinese security forces have been increasing their efforts to deny Tibetans their freedom of expression in Tibet. In the past week, there has been an outbreak of beatings and detentions committed by the Chinese government.