From Reuters (link): China may approve a visit by the Dalai Lama, as long as he abandons dreams of independence for Tibet, and establish ties with the Vatican if it breaks ties with Taiwan, the top official on religious affairs was quoted on Monday as saying. The remarks by Ye Xiaowen, director of the cabinet’s […]
Read MoreFrom AFP (link): The Dalai Lama says that were Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden killed that hatred would cause another 10 like him to spring up, in an interview with a British newspaper. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader told The Daily Telegraph that terrorists should be treated humanely He also revealed the workings of his […]
Read MoreFrom globeandmail.com (link): From around 1949, Tibet witnessed a series of unprecedented events, marking the beginning of a new era in its history. As stated in documents, the issue of Tibet was purportedly decided in 1951 through an agreement between the central and local governments, taking into consideration the special status of Tibet and the […]
Read MoreFrom BBC (link): Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has repeated his wish to visit China, on the anniversary of the 1959 uprising against China’s takeover. The Dalai Lama has made several such calls before, but China has always refused, accusing him of separatism. The Dalai Lama said he wanted to see for himself […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via Daily Times (link): Envoys of the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader who has been branded a separatist by Beijing, said fundamental differences remained after talks in China on allowing more autonomy for the Buddhist region. It was the fifth round of negotiations since contacts between China and the Dalai Lama’s representatives resumed […]
Read MoreFrom Maclean’s: Today, China employs approximately 30,000 cyber-police to monitor Web traffic and postings from the country’s roughly 111 million Internet users. Writing articles “incompatible with the mainstream ideology” is prohibited. Posting messages that “damage the reputation of the state” can get you arrested. And publishing anything deemed to be a state secret can carry […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: The three-year journey that inspired first Stick Out Your Tongue and then Red Dust was taken 20 years ago, and the book itself was banned in China in 1987. In Lhasa, when he arrived, the Chinese were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the “liberation” of Tibet, a miserable festival of flags and […]
Read MoreFrom The Telegraph: High in the Himalayan foothills, the people the Chinese call Angry look down on the waters of the river that shares their name and ponder on the future. “When the dam gets built, the water will come right up to there,” said Asetei, an 84-year-old farmer pointing up the terraced hillside. “There […]
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 the Globe and Mail: Chinese students and intellectuals are expressing outrage at Beijing’s decision to prohibit access to Wikipedia, the fast-growing on-line encyclopedia that has become a basic resource for many in China. Wikipedia, which offers more than 2.2 million articles in 100 languages, has emerged as an important source of scholarly knowledge in […]
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