Toronto Tibetans stand united for the Olympics Year
A new coalition of four leading Tibetan organizations, to stand against the 2008 Beijing Games, was announced to over a thousand Tibetans at the Losar celebrations in Toronto
Protests over Beijing games ‘will grow’
For six years, the organisers of the Beijing Olympics have been planning an event that will restore China to the centre of the world stage.
But with less than six months to go, this celebration
Chinese premier phones Merkel, invites Germans to see Tibet
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao spoke by phone Friday to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and invited German political figures to take their own first-hand look at Tibet
Hu Jintao: The hard man
There is steel behind the grin – as Communist Party chief in Tibet he was the first to congratulate Deng Xiaoping for his success in crushing the democracy demonstrators in Beijing
A long way from Shangri-la
Young Tibetans in India are increasingly turning to film as a medium to explore their identity and tell the world their story. Two years separate the release of Pema Dhondup’s
Hong Kong commentator asks China to be pragmatic on Tibet
Frank Ching, a Hong Kong based commentator and veteran journalist, has said that China should deal with the “Tibetan issue more pragmatically” and that it will do much to China’s image