Comments on: Our unshaken resistance to China’s Tibet railway

By: BizzyBlog » How Will China Use the Tibet Railway?

BizzyBlog » How Will China Use the Tibet Railway? — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:56:57 +0000

[...] at Students for a Free Tibet referred me to a post that, among other things, expresses the fear that Tibetan culture would be diluted and overwhelmed [...]

By: The Acorn » Don’t let their children be ‘refugees’ too

The Acorn » Don’t let their children be ‘refugees’ too — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:19:12 +0000

[...] The question of Tibet’s status is essentially one between the Tibetan people, led by the Dalai Lama’s government-in-exile, and the Chinese government in Beijing. By and large, Indians remain sympathetic towards the Tibetan cause. They also hold the Dalai Lama in high regard, for his spiritual leadership as well as for his determined commitment to a non-violent political struggle. India’s policy on Tibet though is informed by additional considerations: arising from the changing tone and content of its bilateral relationship with China, but also from the changing geopolitical environment. What this means, in essence, is that it is not in India’s interests to overplay Tibet while engaging China. Tibet’s economic development under Beijing’s watch is being viewed with suspicion, much of which may actually be justified. But it sets the pace for India to develop its border regions with similar vigour. Indeed, the challenge is for India is to achieve the same economic success on its side of the border while adopting democratic, more environmentally and socially sensitive policies. [...]

By: Matt Browner-Hamlin

Matt Browner-Hamlin — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:46:34 +0000

Done. And yes, Philo is me.

Matt

By: Ansel

Ansel — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:23:30 +0000

Oops. If one of the blog authors could remove my e-mails or replace the “@” symbol with “(at)” where I listed my e-mail addresses, that’d be great. Otherwise I’ll be getting a lot more spam than I already am. Thanks.

By: Ansel

Ansel — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:18:47 +0000

Hello Philo (Matt?) and SFT,

Tibet Action Camp looks awesome, I hope I can attend it some day. Thanks for all your work. A friend and I would like to start a SFT chapter here in Austin, TX, based as a student group on the UT campus, which is one of the biggest universities in the country. We feel like there’s a potential here to generate some good activism on the issue and raise awareness of Tibet’s plight. The Dalai Lama gave a lecture here last year, and he was very well received, but most people didn’t seem to know or care that he’s been actually exiled from his own country. As a kick-off event for our group, we screened “Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion” at a local cafe and had moderate turnout, started to build contacts with other human-rights groups, but it’s really still just the two of us trying to organize this at the moment. We’d like to know if you or anyone at SFT has any tips on how start an SFT chapter here, what kinds of events we can stage (there’s no Chinese embassy here, but there’s one several hours away in Houston), etc.. Also, is it possible for us to register as an official SFT chapter at some point? We’d love to hear back from you as you get the chance to contact us (we don’t have a website set up yet, so please contact me by e-mail or via my blog).

Thanks,
Ansel Herz
Journalism student at UT Austin
ansel(at)riseup.net or ansel(at)mail.utexas.edu