Robert Barnett

Director of Modern Tibetan Studies, Columbia University

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Adjunct Professor in Contemporary Tibetan Studies at Columbia University and Director of its Modern Tibetan Studies Program and co-author of Tibetan Modernities: Notes from the Field on Cultural and Social Change

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The Dalai Lama, in exile from Tibet, has shaken up the government of Mainland China once again.

Communist China Orders Dalai Lama to Reincarnate

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The latest massive earthquake — magnitude 6.9 -- struck a remote area of western China today, a region populated mostly by Tibetans.

Major Earthquake Strikes Dalai Lama's Hometown

The latest massive earthquake — magnitude 6.9 -- struck a remote area of western China today, a region populated mostly by Tibetans.

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President Obama welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House today.

Dalai Lama: Political Leader or Pop Icon?

President Obama welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House today.

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