Dharmsala

Ashwini Bhatia/Associated Press An exile Tibetan prayed near a table filled with butter lamps at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday.

Asia in Pictures 2011

If the Chinese government think that the Tibet issue can be solved through violence, intimidation, then it's not going to happen, because the Tibetan spirit is strong, he said in Dharmsala, India.

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Sangay, a senior fellow at Harvard Law School with extensive experience in international law and conflict resolution, won the election with 55 percent of the votes cast by tens of thousands of Tibetans around the world, chief election commissioner Jamphel Choesang said in the north Indian town of Dharmsala, where the exile government is based.

Tibetan exiles get new PM in Dalai Lama's old role 2011

Here, Mr. Sangay in Dharmsala, India, on March 20.

New Political Head of Tibet in Exile 2011

Sangay has said he would move to Dharmsala from Boston if he won the election.

Tibetan exiles get new PM in Dalai Lama's old role 2011

Sangay has said he would move to Dharmsala from Boston if he won the election.

Tibetan exiles get new PM in Dalai Lama's old role 2011

Sangay, a senior fellow at Harvard Law School with extensive experience in international law and conflict resolution, won the election with 55 percent of the votes cast by tens of thousands of Tibetans around the world, chief election commissioner Jamphel Choesang said in the north Indian town of Dharmsala, where the exile government is based.

Tibetan exiles get new PM in Dalai Lama's old role 2011

Left, Kalsang Tsokyi weaved carpets at a Tibetan handicraft center in Dharmsala, June 18, 2011.

World Refugee Day 2011

The exiled Tibetan community in Dharmsala said it would not celebrate Wednesday's election results as it was protesting a Chinese crackdown on a Tibetan Buddhist monastery high in the Himalayan foothills of China's western Sichuan province.

Tibetan exiles get new PM in Dalai Lama's old role 2011

The exiled Tibetan community in Dharmsala said it would not celebrate Wednesday's election results as it was protesting a Chinese crackdown on a Tibetan Buddhist monastery high in the Himalayan foothills of China's western Sichuan province.

Tibetan exiles get new PM in Dalai Lama's old role 2011