March 10, 2007

Out Of Exile, Into The Streets
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Toronto Tibetan Losar (Tibetan New Year 2134) Update

I know we’re supposed to have filed this in two days ago, but if wishes were horses and beggars can be dreamers…(what?). The fact of the matter is, people are busy, and sometimes it takes a little longer than usual for said aforementioned people to get off their lazy behinds and start posting stuff. So, […]

China Exploiting Tibet’s Resources

Fortune Magazine has posted a revealing, conclusive analysis showing how the recent discoveries of natural resources in Tibet is driving the Chinese development of transportation and mining infrastructure to allow the speedy exploitation of Tibetan resources. The China-Tibet railroad is allowing for faster extraction of iron, copper, natural gas, and oil from Tibet - and […]

Chino’s Got A Message - Tibetan Rapper, straight outa UK

Some amazing lyrics:
Nowadays in Tibet you gotta watch what you preach, Get twenty years for saying “free tibet” in a speech. Dalai Lama says be peaceful, but trust me its hard, When Chinese kill my people its tearing me apart…

My name is Chino, I’m that half Oriental (Tibet) half Carribean (Barbados) kid straight outa Tottenham, […]

Chinese Blogger Criticizes Google

Chinese blogger Isaac Mao has written an open letter to Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google’s founders, asking the company to start working to actually save the internet in China:
Dear Larry and Sergey: I’m writing you the short letter on behalf of many Internet users in China to have some suggestions to resolve the current […]

We’re still here!

Don’t be fooled by the fact that our last post was a year ago…the Midwest SFTs are still extremely active. We are currently planning a huge March 10th demonstration at the Chinese Consulate in Chicago. Come Join Us! Contact the Midwest Coordinator…

China Blue

I’ll be honest, as a political blogger I rarely find documentary films on political subjects successful. I rarely see the level of nuance, persuasion, and emotional pull in the works of Michael Moore and Robert Greenwald that I’d like to see, even if I find their works transparently powerful. I’ll readily admit that this prejudice […]

Emory students take action for Tenzin Delek

SFT Emory students display banner they made last week for the Tenzin Delek FaceJam!

From left to right, Addie Davis, Shreela Mishra, Farah Quyyumi, Paige Wilson, Genna Hall, Allison Morris
Free Tenzin! Free Tibet!

Tibet Still Tibetan

The Economist [subscription link] has an article on the persistence of the Tibetan identity inside Tibet, despite decades of Chinese occupation and the expansion of China’s economy into Tibet. Of note from the article:
IT WAS an odd remark to come from a Chinese government official. Instead of flaunting the 13.2% growth that his autonomous […]