From The New York Times (link): A Tibetan youth considered by rights groups to be the world’s youngest political prisoner turns 17 on Tuesday, 11 years after disappearing from public view when he was named the Himalayan region’s second-ranking religious figure. The whereabouts of Gendun Choekyi Nyima — who human rights watchdogs say has been […]
Read MoreFrom Los Angeles Times (link): TODAY, PRESIDENT Bush will roll out the red carpet for Chinese President Hu Jintao, a leader whose government brutally crushes freedom, democracy and the religious expression of the Chinese and Tibetan people. Hu will receive the best welcome U.S. taxpayer money can buy, including full military honors and a 21-gun […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times (link) Skype, the fast-growing internet communications company that belongs to Ebay, has admitted that its partner in China has filtered text messages, defending this compliance with censorship laws as the only way to do business in the country. In a Financial Times interview, Niklas Zennstr√∂m, Skype’s chief executive, responded to accusations […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: You can find anything you want on China’s Internet: sex, fashion, business, travel, entertainment, and romance. Except Democracy, Tiananmen, Taiwan, human rights, Tibet and hundreds of other subjects such as universities and governments. Chinese searching the Internet for key, or “black” words are likely to be arrested, tried, and imprisoned, […]
Read MoreFrom South Africa’s Mail & Guardian Online: : Chinese authorities have arrested five Tibetan monks who refused to denounce their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and recognise Tibet as part of China, an India-based pro-democracy group says. The five were expelled from Drepung Monastery in Lhasa and handed over to the Public Security Bureau on […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: In the privacy of the Yellow Oval Room in the White House residence overlooking the Washington Monument one day last week, President Bush hosted one of China’s archenemies. The Dalai Lama gave him a white scarf called a khata as a token of respect. Bush served tea and sipped from a […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Science has always fascinated me. As a child in Tibet, I was keenly curious about how things worked. When I got a toy I would play with it a bit, then take it apart to see how it was put together. As I became older, I applied the same scrutiny […]
Read MoreChelala writes in Tokyo Times that “During a recent visit to Beijing, U.N. rights envoy Louise Arbour called attention to the serious human-rights situation in China and the need for improvements according to international human-rights standards. An important step in that regard would be for China to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political […]
Read MoreFrom AlJazeera.net: For some in the crowd, the Dalai Lama‘s words are not enough to stop them from dozing under the hot Indian sun. Among those listening attentively, though, are a small group recently arrived from Beijing. “It is for us an amazing opportunity … we study Buddhism because life in China is lacking in […]
Read MoreFrom TIME.com: Rupert Murdoch‘s relationship with Beijing started on the wrong foot. The Australian-born mogul declared in 1993 that satellite-television networks, like the Hong Kong–based Star TV venture that he had purchased, would pose “an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere.” Since then he has danced more carefully to Beijing’s tune. Soon after his provocative […]
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