Beforethedemocraticreformstartedinthelate1950s,Tibetexperiencedhundredsofyearsoffeudalserfdominwhichpoliticsandreligionwenthandinhandandtheclergyandaristocracydictated,verymuchlikeEuropeintheMiddleAgesinmanyrespects.Theserfowners(officials,aristocratsandhigh-rankingclergy),whoaccountedforaboutfivepercentoftheTibetanpopulation,possessedallthefarmland,pastures,forests,mountains,riversandmineraldepos...[
阅读全文]
Well,youhavetohatesomeone…byJustinRaimondo
China'scontinuingcrackdownonTibetanpro-independenceprotestersisabig,bigissuehereinSanFrancisco.Why,justtheotherday,Iwascomingoutmyfrontdoor,andtherewasoneofmyneighbors–averynicewomaninherfifties,albeitanarchetypallimousineliberal,typicalofthebreed.Sotypicalthatshemightalmostbemistakenforaliving,breathing,walking,talkingcliché.ShehatesGeorgeW.Bushan...[
阅读全文]
DialogueOverTibetGrievancesSeemsIncreasinglyLessLikely,AnalystsSay
BEIJING,March23--TomanyChinese,itwasabrutal,unprovokedattackagainstinnocentciviliansbyTibetanhoodlumsbentonbreakingChinaapart.TomanyWesterners,itwasaneruptionofangerprovokedbyharshcrackdownsonpeacefulprotestsagainstauthoritarianChineserule.
ThetwostarklydifferentviewsoftheMarch14riotinLhasa,Tibet'scapital,arebeingreinforced...[
阅读全文]
“Americanknow-nothingswhoassumelife,libertyandthepursuitofhappinessonlybeganin1776;liberalBritswhowillbefuriousattheideathattheyarethetrueandonlyforebearsofourneocons’obsessionwithchangingtheworldandmakingaprofitfromit;andforeignerseverywhere,especiallyinFrench-speakingandArabic-speakingcountries,whowillhavetheirworsthistoricalmythconfirmed,thattheAnglo-Saxonshavebeenintentondominatingworldaffai...[
阅读全文]
StoryfromBBCNEWS:
BBCNEWS|SouthAsia|ThreedeadinIndian'Tibet'bombApowerfulexplosionhasrippedthroughahouseintheIndianstateofWestBengal,killingatleastthreepeople.
Apolicechiefsaidthedeadhavenotyetbeenidentified,butthattheymaybeTibetans.Theownerofthehouse,inthetownofSiliguri,saidthatitwasrentedbyaTibetanexilewhosaidhewasusingitinconnectionwithacomputerbusiness.
Butthepolicemaintainedt...[
阅读全文]
WhentheDalaiLamasRuled:HellonEarth
RevolutionaryWorker#944,February15,1998
HardClimate,HeartlessSociety
Tibetisoneofthemostremoteplacesintheworld.ItiscenteredonahighmountainplateaudeepintheheartofAsia.ItiscutofffromSouthAsiabytheHimalayas,thehighestmountainsintheworld.Countlessrivergorgesandatleastsixdifferentmountainrangescarvethisregionintoisolatedvalleys.Beforeallthechangesbroughtab...[
阅读全文]
ByCristinaRosettiTheHitlerDalaiLamaNaziScrapbookofpicturesThepersontotheleftaboveanddrapedinSwastikasiscalled:TheDalaiLama.Heistheself-proclaimedpoliticalandreligiousleaderofTibet.Hewasneverelectedtothesepositions,butwasappointedbyasmallgroupofruthlessTalibanliketheocrats.TheDalaiLamasaysthatwantspeaceandsobeingjudgedbyhiswordsandnothisdeeds
(whichwillbeshownclearlytobeanythingbutpeaceful...[
阅读全文]
byEirikGranqvist,aforeignexpertinShanghaiwhovisitedTibetin2006
"ThewesternmediasannouncedthatChinahadcutallinformationandthatarticlesabouttheriotscouldnotbesentout!IgotmadaboutalltheapparentlyincorrectinformationandwrotethisarticleandtwoothersimilaronesalthoughIamnotajournalistbutjustbecauseIcouldnotstandallthebadthingsaboutChinathatwastold.Isentthembye-mailwithoutproblemsandtheyarrivedwe...[
阅读全文]
DieFackellauf-Kampagne08.04.2008
LHASA/BERLIN(EigenerBericht)-EineVorfeldorganisationderBerlinerAußenpolitikistmaßgeblichindieVorbereitungderaktuellenantichinesischenTibet-Kampagneinvolviert.DiesgehtausTagungsberichtenundausRechercheneineskanadischenJournalistenhervor.DemnachwirddieKampagnevoneinerZentraleinWashingtongesteuert,dieimMai2007aufeinerTagungderFDP-nahenFriedrich-Naumann...[
阅读全文]
Beforethedemocracyreform,politicsandreligiousweresyncretic.Underthatsystem,thelords,whosepopulationaccountedfornomorethanfivepercentofthewholeTibetanpopulation,controlledninety-fivepercentoftheland,whiletheserfs,whosepopulationaccountedforoverninetypercentofthewhole,hadnorightofthelandatall.Moreover,Millionsofserfslivedinpoverty.
DemocracyreforminTibethadbecometheserfs'intensedesire.Onthe28thJ...[
阅读全文]