Alan says: “This post at the Sydney Morning Herald describes an military facility in the desert of China which someone spotted in recently released hi-res photos in Google Earth. It’s a 500:1, 700 x 900 meter scale model of the territory China took from India in the 1962 Sino-Indian War. There has been a lot […]
China’s Tibet railway isn’t the engineering marvel it’s cracked up to be. The Guardian’s Jonathan Watts details some of the serious problems the railway is experiencing after less than a month of service.
The safety of passengers on the world’s highest - and newest - railway is threatened by cracks, yaks and shifting sands, the Chinese […]
Richard Gere has a powerful op-ed in today’s New York Times on the launch of China’s Tibet railway.
This railway across the roof of the world will result in an expanded Chinese military presence in Tibet, accelerate the already devastating exploitation of its natural resources and increase the number of Chinese migrants, marginalizing the Tibetan people […]
On July 1st, China opens its Tibet Railway. Tibetans oppose the Railway on the grounds that it is a tool Beijing will use to overwhelm the Tibetan population, exploit Tibet’s resources, dilute Tibetan culture and devastate the Tibetan environment. We declare July 1st a Black Day for Tibet, and wear these black armbands to express our rejection of the Railway. We reject the Railway just as we reject China’s illegitimate rule in Tibet.
SFT-France protested in Front of Chinese embassy (they know us very well now !). This is some photos about this Action, but you should visit http://www.rejecttherailway.com/ to see the internationnal determination against this railway, and http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org to see the BIG Action in BEIJING !
FREE TIBET.
From today’s NY Times:
SHANGHAI, July 3 — Chinese authorities have announced their intention to step up their efforts to police and control the Internet and other communications technologies, including instant messaging and cellphones
Step up? Wait, so all this technology you are using to try to stop the Internet from being free isn’t working well […]
The inaugural run of China’s Tibet railway has arrived in Lhasa. Despite China’s claims of modernization and economic improvement in Tibet, the first trip was marked by the stark visibility of China’s military occupation of Tibet and the environmental damage the railway has already caused. Geoffrey York of the Globe and Mail documents the tragedy […]
The video of the action on Beijing’s central rail station is now available online. Click here to watch.
Don’t forget to visit Reject the Railway to see the hundreds of people who have raised their objections to China’s Tibet railway in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet.
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Sitting in a 22nd floor hotel room in Hong Kong, Beijing suddenly feels like a million miles away instead of just a three hour plane ride of fitful sleep. We touched down here Friday night at around 9:30 pm after two days in China that brought me increased hope in the strength, determination, and capability […]
Here’s a brief digest of some of the press coverage the banner hang in Beijing has received, as well as the best quotes SFTers have provided on the railway.
Jonathan Watts, The Guardian, 7/1/2006
Lhadon Tethong, executive director of Students for a Free Tibet, said in a statement: “China plans to use the railway to transport Chinese […]
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