Wing-Gar Cheng, a Beijing-based reporter for Bloomberg News, filed an article similar to the BBC one we just discussed, but with noticeably more credence given to the Chinese government’s claims. In fact, at times the article reads like a story from China’s state-owned Xinhua News Agency:...

The BBC just ran an article on mining in Tibet, reporting that Chinese officials claim “they will not approve mining operations in Tibet that could damage the environment.” An official in Tibet named Zhang Tianhua said, possibly with a straight face, “When there is a conflict between...

James Fallows of The Atlantic has a post up about Beijing’s air quality and the Olympics that is making the rounds in the blogosphere.  It has some scary photos of the near-toxic levels of air pollution that the citizens of Beijing have to contend with.  Mr. Fallows asks: “To the obvious...

Last week’s “Day in Pictures” series from the BBC ran some interesting photos related to Tibet, so here is the collection: On July 27, the BBC carried this photo of His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaching in Germany: . On July 23, the BBC carried this photo of Tibetan monks in India...

Tibetan journalists living in exile are testing the Chinese government’s promises of greater press freedoms leading up to the Beijing 2008 Olympics. In a letter to the Chinese ambassador in New Delhi, the journalists asked for “permission to go to China alongside media journalists from around...

In the dark sea of international espionage, China’s preparations for the Beijing Olympics keep making waves. We previously discussed China’s spying and infiltration efforts against groups it considers hostile to its interests, as well as China’s widespread economic espionage. Today’s...

SFT’s Everest action has received a tremendous outpouring of support from Tibetans around the world. Many Tibetan Associations have been hosting SFT’s Lhadon Tethong and Tendor on the Everest Protest speaking tour. The events are also fund-raisers for SFT’s Olympics Action Fund. As Lhundup Amdo...

Tibetan author Woser, who was forced from her home in Lhasa and had to move to Beijing because of official displeasure at her writings, recently wrote a blog post about the fate of Tibetan college graduates dealing with institutionalized racism in Tibet. Her words speak for themselves and need no...

China’s terrible human rights record is causing it more headaches ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The latest incident involves the famous Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, California, where a planned float celebrating the Beijing Olympics is provoking a strong reaction from groups supporting human...

Yesterday we wrote about China’s efforts to spy upon and infiltrate organizations supporting human rights, Tibet, Darfur, etc. in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. Of course, there is also the case of Chen Yonglin, a recent Chinese embassy defector who described covert efforts by the Chinese...