Tibet Watch February 2009

The UK Free Tibet campaign has released photos of a military buildup in Labrang (Xiahe) in Gansu Province. The military activity is related to fears by the Chinese authorities of Tibetans protesting in response to the fiftieth anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising on 10 march and the one year anniversary of the March 2008 protests [...]

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Tibet in the media

The Tibet issue gets quite a lot of media attention. However, the quality of a lot of what is written is not great. News from the Chinese media is nothing more than propaganda and it often gets re-reported by the major news agencies. What is written in the media outside China does a good job [...]

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Cadel Evans says Free Tibet

photo from The Age Cadel Evans wore a Free Tibet t-shirt during the Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day classic on 27 April. But according to the IOC he won’t be wearing the same t-shirt when he competes in the road race at the Beijing Olympics. The Age reports: AN AUSTRALIAN Olympic hopeful, the star cyclist Cadel Evans, may [...]

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Karmapa on our connection to the environment

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa created a new logo for the Kagyu Monlam. It represents the connection between humans and the environment. Part of his explanation of the logo follows. “Ever since the human race first appeared on this earth, we have used this earth heavily. It is said that ninety-nine percent of the resources [...]

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A true Tibetan tale

Tibet suffers from being seen from two diametrically opposed points of view. Some people idealise Tibet and its people as representing a peaceful Buddhist culture. Others hold the view that the Chinese colonisation was necessary to civilise to the Tibetan people. The reality of life in modern Tibet is undoubtedly somewhat different. While there have [...]

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