Article Archive for March 2009
The Chinese government — and apologist journalism — achieved new lows today, with a Beijing spokesperson quoted in this monstrosity of an article by AP’s Anita Chang as saying that the occupation of Tibet was: …
Dharamsala, March 13 (ANI): Prime Minister of the Tibetan government in exile, Samdhong Rinpoche, has welcomed Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s offer of holding more talks with envoys for the Dalai Lama. Earlier Wen Jiabao accused …
Is China Promoting Stability in Tibet?
Statement to Congressional-Executive Commission on China
I would like, at the outset, to express my gratitude to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China for inviting me to appear before you today. I have addressed this commission before …
Statement submitted to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China Roundtable on Tibet, 13 March 2009
The Tibetan revolt that culminated in Lhasa on 10 March 1959 began in eastern Tibet in 1956 in response to China’s so-called …
Tibetan residents of the western Chinese province of Qinghai clashed with police on Sunday. Later, two police cars were destroyed by explosions.
The official Xinhua news agency reported that about a dozen Tibetan people were protesting …
Featuring Tsering Palden, President of the Tibetan Youth Congress, and spokesperson Wangchuk D. Shakabpa from US Tibet Committee.
Tibetan People's Right to Independence
曹长青
西藏问题,一直是一个争议的话题。不仅海峡两岸的中国政府与西藏流亡政府对此问题持截然不同的观点,海内外的中国人,对此看法也相当不同。这种种不同,主要源於人们对西藏历史与现实的了解程度和使用的“价值尺度”。因此,讨论西藏问题,不仅有助於了解西藏的真正历史和现实,更促使我们重新思考人的自由意志和国土统一;人民选择权利和国家形式;以及民族自决权等重要的价值概念和冲突。对这些价值采取什麽样的取舍,直接影响中国人走向自由和民主的进程。