Monalam Chenmo in Aba

Tibetan boys carry plastic guns as they take part in a ceremony at a monastery in Aba, in Sichuan province, February 20, 2008. Thousands of Tibetan pilgrims gather to celebrate Monlam, or Great Prayer Festival, one of the most important festivals in Tibetan Buddhism. (REUTERS/Reinhard Krause)

Myanmar Group Calls for Olympic Boycott

Pro-democracy activists in Myanmar called Monday for the world to boycott this year’s Beijing Olympics over what they said was China’s continuing support of Myanmar’s military

New Book Looks Unflinchingly at 1959-79 Tibet

When Chinese troops suppressed a nationalist uprising in Tibet’s capital city Lhasa in 1959, a curtain came down over Tibet. Thousands were killed in fighting across the country or vanished into