The Boston Globe’s photoblog The Big Picture is in the middle of publishing its Year In Photographs. Today’s installment includes a couple of pictures of Tibetans worshipping and protesting.
“Critics are already asking what Beijing offered – or was asked for – in return.”
Angry Chinese Blogger sheds some light on why young Chinese people feel the way they do about Tibet.
If you’ve been following the recent news, you know that Tibet is having a terrible time right now. (If you don’t, the BBC has a good rundown.)
Well, Bjork sure has riled up Beijing. I knew I liked her. ^_^
You can see the video by going to YouTube and searching for “bjork tibet”. (For some reason, embedding the video here broke everything else.) I recommend not reading the comments unless you enjoy being angry.
This from the Telegraph, via World Tibet Network News: Read More…
China gets its way once again: Team Tibet will not be allowed to participate in the Olympics, since Tibet is not recognized as a sovereign state. The team is apparently still in good spirits, and hopes to try again in 2012. Perhaps they’ll have better luck when the games aren’t hosted by their oppressors.
It has taken a full week for Xinhua, the Chinese national news agency, to release this report of unrest in Tibet. Why? See title. They needed time to spin the event to make it look like everything is just peachy. And forget the idea that government workers “persuaded” rioters to go home. Two women on our trip witnessed firsthand what happens when the Chinese government “persuades” people. They watched three police gang up on a middle-aged women and knock her to the ground and kick around her groceries. Hmph.
Lhasa sits on a plain over 13,000 feet above sea level. The sun is bright, the views are sweeping, and the air…well, the air is thin. For many lower-altitude people, this means altitude sickness.
Yesterday the Dalai Lama accepted the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor Congress can give to a civilian.
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