China and Tibet

Behind The Scenes Of In The Shadow Of The Buddha (PHOTOS)

Matteo Pistono | Posted 05.25.2011

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Part spiritual biography, part nail-biting undercover reporting, this book is the result of a quest to uncover long-hidden spiritual truths and real-time violations of religious freedom in Tibet.

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Groupon and Kenneth Cole: Trafficking in Human Misery

Catherine Ventura | Posted 05.25.2011

While most of Cole's provocative ads suggest positive change, his "it's all about me" appropriations of real loss and tragedy, like the Groupon ad, minimize the very real suffering of countries, communities, and cultures.

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Groupon's Offensive Super Bowl Ad Makes Tibetan Cause Relevant Again

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Guys, seriously, Groupon did a good thing, okay? Because after they aired that Super Bowl ad about Tibetans-being-oppressed-but-who-gives-a-shit-when-we-can-save-money, we're actually talking about Tibet today.

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'Escape From The Land Of Snows': A Portrait Of Tibetan Faith Amid Crisis

Stephan Talty | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tibet is a small nation that was occupied by a rising power. Historically, that's a common tragedy. But the Tibetans' grace in enduring it is peculiar to themselves.

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Murder in the Himalayas: A Story that Had to be Told

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.25.2011

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"There will always be people willing to risk everything for freedom." It's been four years since video footage of the fatal shooting of a teenage Tib...

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Chinese Media Courts the Youngest Hero of the Tibet Quake

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.25.2011

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A ten-year-old Tibetan boy who saw his home completely flattened in an April 14 earthquake volunteered to work as a translator for a Chinese medical team treating survivors

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Dalai Lama's Envoys In China For Talks

Financial Times | Geoff Dyer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Representatives of the Dalai Lama will arrive in China on Tuesday for talks with the Chinese authorities, the first such meeting in 15 months, the Tib...

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Nepal Tibetan Refugee Crackdown Strengthened At China's Behest

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nepal, under increasing pressure from China, was cracking down on Tibetan refugees despite centuries of shared culture with Tibet, the International C...

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China Opens Tibet To Foreign Reporters With Staged Presentation

AP | GREG BAKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LHASA, China — The Chinese paramilitary police who usually patrol Tibet's often tense capital went to work in black and yellow track suits last ...

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Two Tibetans Sentenced To Death By China For Arson

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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China has sentenced two men to death for deadly arson attacks during an uprising in Tibet a year ago....

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China's Olympic Insecurity

Jamie Metzl | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Chinese deserve their moment in the sun. If, however, the Tibetans, Falun Gong, or Uighurs in China cause a nationalist backlash, the ugly face of Chinese nationalism will be exposed.

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Bill Clinton Foundation Tied To Firm Assisting China In Tibet Crackdown

LA Times | Stephen Braun | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Chinese authorities have clamped down on unrest in Tibet and jailed dissidents in advance of the 2008 Olympics, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has tak...

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Chinese Government Accuses Monks Of Planning Suicide Attacks

AP | AUDRA ANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China has branded the Dalai Lama a "wolf in monk's robes" and his followers the "scum of Buddhism." It stepped up the rhetoric Tuesday...

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China Issues Most Wanted List of Rioters

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday _ shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence...

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China Tightens Grip in Tibetan Areas

AP | ANITA CHANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China acknowledged for the first time Thursday that anti-government riots that rocked Tibet last week have spread to other provinces, ...

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ABC: On Tibet Frontlines, Protesters 'Shot Like Dogs'

ABC News | NICK SCHIFRIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Chinese military is shooting Tibetan demonstrators "like dogs," a Tibetan exile group said Monday, firing "indiscriminately" intro groups of peopl...

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