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Tibet Sun is an English-language news website focusing on
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...
and
the
Tibetan people
The Tibetan people (; ) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 6.7 million. In addition to the majority living in Tibet Autonomous Region of China, significant numbers of Tibetans liv ...
, world news, opinions, essays, and photography from other media. It was founded and produced by
Lobsang Wangyal
Lobsang Wangyal ( བློ་བཟང་། དབང་རྒྱལ། ; born 1970) is a writer, social activist, photojournalist, and events producer, based in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, India. He has been a stringer reporter and photographe ...
in 2008,
[ ] and is based in
Dharamshala
Dharamshala (; also spelled Dharamsala) is the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh, India. It serves as administrative headquarters of the Kangra district after being relocated from Kangra, a city located away from Dharamshala, in 1855.
The ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
. Lobsang conceived the idea of Tibet Sun in 1999, but got the domain in 2004 after chasing the parked domain for two years.
The site was launched on 8.8.8 – the opening of the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
in
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital city, capital of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's Li ...
.
Lobsang specialises in Media, Art and Entertainment and hence Tibet Sun is his
media production as a
photojournalist
Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...
. Lobsang is the director of the
Miss Tibet
Miss Tibet is an annual beauty pageant held in McLeod Ganj, India. It is produced by Lobsang Wangyal Productions.
History
The first-ever Miss Tibet Pageant was produced by Lobsang Wangyal in October 2002. The pageant was criticized as "aping we ...
Pageant,
Tibetan Music Awards
Tibetan Music Awards were founded in 2003 by Lobsang Wangyal and are held every two years in Dharamshala, in northern India. Winners are chosen through online voting.
In 2003, Techung won the best modern and traditional music award. Rangzen Sh ...
and
Free Spirit Film Festival. He produced the
Tibetan Olympics 2008 in Dharamshala.
Other Tibetan news websites
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Phayul.com
Phayul.com (''Fatherland'' in Tibetan) is a leading English language news portal. website that publishes news and opinion about Tibet and Tibet-in-exile. Created in 2001 by Tibetan exiles in India, it is published in the English language
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Tibet Mirror
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Tibet Post International
References
External links
TibetSun.com- The Tibet Sun website
Tibet newspapers- at NewsPaperIndex.com
Online publishing companies
Tibetan news websites
Internet properties established in 2008
Tibetan diaspora
Tibetan society
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