Our use of technology for the Everest protest is covered in a story from today’s New York Times titled Conquering the Peak Test of Technology. Mr. Sjogren speculated that a climber could use the phone to shoot a brief video clip, process it with a P.D.A. (laptops fail at Everest heights) and then...

SFT Daily News Briefing June 12 2007 1. Outcry over Tibetan herders’ eviction (The Seattle Times 06.12.07) China is forcing nomadic Tibetan herders to settle in towns to clear land for development, leaving many unable to earn a living, a human-rights group reports. 2. Athlete Wanted Anyone???...

SFT Daily News Briefing June 11th 2007 1. Child Labor Making Olympics Gear (International Business Times June 11 2007) Backpacks, caps and other licensed products for the 2008 Beijing Olympics are being made in Chinese factories that use child labor and force employees to work long hours for less...

I sometimes wonder if the rulers of Chinese-occupied Tibet have read George Orwell’s 1984, as any good dictator should. If so, they’d be familiar with the concept of “doublethink,” which is “holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting...