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China To Obama: Dalai Lama Was A Slave Master In Tibet

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

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BEIJING — The conviction was clear but the message befuddling: China's Foreign Ministry spokesman was equating serfdom in Tibet to slavery in th...

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China's Anniversary: The View From Tibet

GlobalPost | Posted 12.01.2009 | World

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LHASA, Tibet �" As I rode in a truck peeling around the curves of a narrow mountain road in southwestern Tibet, wheels squealed as the driver tried ...

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Nepal Tibetan Refugee Crackdown Strengthened At China's Behest

Reuters | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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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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Fair and Balanced? Lhasa Vs. Urumqi

Alexander Davenport | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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Alexander Davenport

Why do rioting Tibetans generate more interest than rioting Uighurs?

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World In Photos, June 24, 2009

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

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Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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Two Tibetans Sentenced To Death By China For Arson

BBC | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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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 Repoens Tibet For Tourists After Fears Of Riots Ease

Times Online | Jane Macartney | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

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Signalling that the risk of anti-Chinese unrest has subsided in Tibet, Beijing has decided to reopen the Himalayan region's soaring mountains and gild...

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Chinese Police Bombed Amid Tibetan Crackdown

The Guardian | Tania Branigan | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

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Angry crowds lobbed home-made explosives in a Tibetan area of western China early this morning, damaging a police car and fire engine, state media rep...

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Tibet: Tensions High As Uprising Anniversary Approaches

AP | ANITA CHANG and DIKKY SINN | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

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BEIJING — Tensions are high in Tibet's capital and paramilitary police are out in force, Hong Kong tourists reported Friday, while Chinese autho...

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China Clamps Down On Tibetans 50 Years After Revolt

nytimes.com | EDWARD WONG | Posted 04.05.2009 | World

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MAQU, China -- Enraged nomads stormed through this windswept town on the Tibetan plateau a year ago this month, raiding a police compound, setting fir...

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Tibetans Mark New Year With Remorse

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

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The usually joyful celebration of the Tibetan New Year was met with sadness and resentment yesterday in Varanasi, an age-old city home to Tibetan refu...

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In Tibet, China Launches "Strike Hard" Campaign, Detains 81

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

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As the 50th Anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising approaches, Chinese police have begun a "strike hard" campaign in Lhasa, Tibet's capital. China has d...

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China Creates Holiday To Mark Defeat Of Tibetan Rebellion

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 02.19.2009 | World

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BEIJING — Tibet's Communist Party-controlled legislature has voted to create a holiday to mark China's defeat of a pro-independence uprising 50 ...

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Next President Needs More Substantive Tibet Policy

Frances Katz | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home

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Frances Katz

The question remains if the next administration will help formulate a substantive plan for religious and political autonomy for Tibet.

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Activists Unfurl Gigantic "Free Tibet" Banner On Beijing Building

AP | HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

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BEIJING — Foreign activists scaled a landmark building in Beijing on Friday to unfurl a "Free Tibet" banner over the top of an Olympic Games bil...

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First Pro-Tibet Protest At Olympic Site

AP | Audra Ang | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

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BEIJING- Activists from the U.S. and U.K. unfurled pro-Tibet banners and spoke out against China's rights record in Tiananmen Square on Wednesday in t...

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A Celebration of Tibetan Culture

Susan Sawyers | Posted 08.02.2008 | Living

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Susan Sawyers

At the Aspen Institute's Celebration of Tibetan Culture, scholars, practitioners and tradition-bearers shared their wisdom on the significance of Tibet and its impact on current and future global issues.

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Dalai Lama's Aides Are Talking To China

New York Times | William Yardley | Posted 04.21.2008 | Home

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The Dalai Lama said Sunday that "some efforts" at diplomacy were under way between his representatives and those of the Chinese government even as off...

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