“The European Union meets Friday to discuss ties to China after the unrest in Tibet.” The Christian Science Monitor’s Robert Marquand reports from Paris: If the government of China hopes the world will go for...
Read MoreThe Times is reporting that monks at Tashilunpo Monastery in Xigaze, Tibet, defied the police presence on Monday to march on the streets briefly, before being intercepted by armed police: The maroon-robed monks from the...
Read MoreCommentators are beginning to take a longer term look at the effects of China’s policies in Tibet in the wake of recent unrest, and are asking, as Ian Buruma does in the Los Angeles Times, if Tibetans are headed for...
Read MoreFrom BBC: French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he has not ruled out boycotting the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in China over the situation in Tibet. His aides said France was still opposed to a full boycott but that...
Read MoreWhile China limits access to journalists to Tibetan regions, Radio Free Asia shares communications from those inside. As communication becomes more difficult with people living inside Tibet, cell phone conversations with family...
Read MoreIn today’s New York Times, Howard French reports: A group of prominent Chinese intellectuals has circulated a petition urging the government to stop what it calls a “one sided” propaganda campaign about Tibet and initiate...
Read MoreCNN’s Jaime FlorCruz discusses the cracks in China’s PR machine as the Olympics approach: Olympic organizers have carefully lined up a calendar of events that climaxes on August 8, when the Games begin inside the...
Read MoreDespite government efforts to quell the unrest, people are still protesting in Tibetan areas. The Times reports that two people were killed when police open fire on protesters in Luhuo, Sichuan Province today: The demonstration...
Read MoreIn Lhasa during the recent riots, a tourist who requested anonymity took this photo of Chinese goods being burned. Source: The New York Times.The Times looks at the generation behind the recent Lhasa riots and their discontent:...
Read MoreFrom Financial Times : The president of the European Parliament has said that European countries should consider a boycott of the Olympics in Beijing if the Chinese government continues to take a hardline attitude to unrest in...
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