China shuts blog by Tibetan author that wished Dalai Lama happy birthday – AFP

From AFP, via The Age:

China has shut down a popular blog by a Tibetan author after she wrote birthday wishes for the Dalai Lama and touched on other sensitive topics, the writer and a website operator told AFP.

The blog also discussed the HIV/AIDS problem in Tibet, the impact of the recently completed Tibet railway on Tibetan culture and the 40th anniversary of what happened in Tibet during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution [Full Text]

See also Tibetan poet’s blogs closed down by Reporters Without Borders .

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