Here is an assessment of the Tibet situation by Zhang Boshu (张博树) of the CASS Philosophy Institute in Beijing, translated for CDT by a reader who wishes to remain anonymous: Zhang was born in Beijing in 1955. He received an MA...
Read MoreBeijing-based Tibetan writer/blogger Woeser continues her “Tibet Update.” After her blog was attacked last month, she now publishes her writing on overseas Chinese news site Boxun.com here, here and here: (A profile...
Read MoreChang Ping, a columnist and senior editor of Southern Metropolis Weekly, was attacked by nationalists and praised by supporters of free speech, after he published a controversial op-ed How To Find The Truth About Lhаsa in April....
Read MoreLingxi Kong (孔灵犀) is a fourth year student majoring in Greek and Latin at Columbia University. He met with the Dalai Lama on April 24, 2008, and wrote an essay recounting the meeting. The Chinese version has spread widely on the...
Read MoreFar Eastern Economic Review published several special essays on Tibet for their May issue, leading with the piece by Paul Harris to look at Tibetan autonomy from a legal perspective. Nobody disputes that the Tibetans are a...
Read MoreFrom AP: China rebounded quickly from its deadliest train accident in a decade, announcing that speeding was to blame for the collision that killed at least 70 people and reopening the railway after little more than a day....
Read MoreFrom AP: Investigators on Tuesday blamed speeding for China’s worst train accident in a decade, a disaster that killed at least 70 people and injured more than 400. The finding was announced by an investigation panel set...
Read MoreThese updates of recent events in Tibet and Tibetan areas of China have been posted on Woeser’s blog (Chinese). They have been provided by sources inside China and have not been independently verified. April 27 Press...
Read MorePaul Harris, a human rights lawyer in Hong Kong, wrote the following piece which explores Tibet’s right to self-determination under international law. A shorter version of the article appeared in the South China Morning...
Read MoreWhile many in China remain angry over Olympic torch protests and foreign media coverage of the Tibet unrest, high-level government officials from France and China are trying to make amends for bilateral tensions. From AFP: China...
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