Dharamshala: - The Chinese clamp-down on the the Tibetan intellectual diaspora continues to gather momentum. Chinese authorities in Eastern Tibet (Ch: Sichuan province) have sentenced a Tibetan schoolteacher and writer to a three-year jail term on unknown charges, according to Tibetan sources.

Dharamshala: - Reports coming from Tibet say a monk of Karze monastery in Karze in eastern Tibet has set himself on fire this morning. Dawa Tsering, a young Tibetan monk, self-immolated at 9:30 am during a ritual dance event in Karze. He was taken to a hospital, but his condition and whereabouts remain unknown.