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  • He responded promptly, thanking us for our letter and saying he recalled the Nangpa La incident "from the media coverage of it at the time".

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • Few Dopka Tibetans from Tingri are to be seen in Namche, as it appears the Chinese have sealed the border, denying access to these shepherd-traders who bring Chinese goods over the Nangpa La to sell in Namche.

    Exiled Tibetans Face Uncertain Future as China Makes Inroads 2008

  • They probably left their original home in the late 1400s or early 1500s, to escape political and military pressures, and later crossed the Nangpa La into Nepal in the early 1530s.

    Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal 2008

  • The Tibetans of Namche Bazaar came largely in the early 1950s and were not ordered on to Kathmandu and out of the country, like many Tibetans who have braved the formidable Nangpa La (Nangpa Pass) and others like it, for asylum elsewhere.

    Exiled Tibetans Face Uncertain Future as China Makes Inroads 2008

  • Speaking of the importance of the day in terms of Human Rights concerns, Rinpoche touched the latest tragic incident on the Nangpa La pass in which Chinese border guards shot at innocent Tibetans fleeing into exile and also raised concerns over the continuing transfer of Chinese into Tibetans territories.

    Dalai Lama Receives the White Lotus Order 2006

  • Speaking of the importance of the day in terms of Human Rights concerns, Rinpoche touched the latest tragic incident on the Nangpa La pass in which Chinese border guards shot at innocent Tibetans fleeing into exile and also raised concerns over the continuing transfer of Chinese into Tibetans territories.

    Dalai Lama Receives the White Lotus Order 2006

  • A group of about 70 refugees stumbled upon the border guards near Nangpa La pass, close to Mount Everest.

    Beijing admits to killing fleeing Tibetans Argent 2006

  • Blood Over Nangpa La - Trailer www. rabyoungdesign.com Every year thousands of Tibetan

    WN.com - Articles related to 'Dalai's tactics to create Sino-India fissures won't succeed' 2010

  • On the morning of September 30, 2006, around 75 Tibetan refugees trod through deep snow toward Nangpa La, a Himalayan pass at 5,716m that is within view of the area used for Advanced Base Camp (ABC) on Cho Oyu.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • At right, Matei's footage of the shootings can be seen in a television report on the Nangpa La shootings that featured on Romania's ProTV in October 2006.

    NZ On Screen 2010

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