Dharamshala: - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, the second highest communist leader of the one party regime, is currently on a tour of Tibet.  He visited Kongpo Nyintri region, and praised CCP's efforts in advancing the area's development and maintaining long-term social stability. Tibetans and supporters around the world, however, protest against Beijing for cracking down on free speech, suppressing Tibetan religion and culture, and encouraging the immigration of many Han Chinese to the Himalayan region.

Dharamshala: A local Chinese Intermediate People's Court sentenced two Buddhist monks from Karti Monastery of Ngaba region, eastern Tibet to three years imprisonment term each in this month.  In a large breach of international human rights, Chinese officials and military forces are still forcibly controlling the sacred Buddhist institution of over 5000 monks.