china-tibet relations

The Dalai Lama is turning 90 on July 6 and has announced that when he dies he will reincarnate, and has previously said it would be someone outside of China. His broadcast about it was censored in China. China has said they will find the new Dalai Lama within China...

Most Westerners seem to support the right of the people of Tibet to independence, or at least autonomy within China. I suspect this goes for all religions, as well as atheists, despite the fact that the native population is predominantly Buddhist, a religion with scant observance in the west...

So I recently got banned from BoingBoing for getting involved in a thread on China and Tibet that I thought was pretty offensive. While I'm angry as hell and think their moderation was unjust, I'm just itching to talk about it some more. So I thought I'd bring the topic over to JREF, as I know...

NPR's Wait,Wait, Don't Tell Me always provides at least one good story. This week, they recounted that China had discovered and closed a factory that was busily manufacturing....."Free Tibet" flags. For the foreign market only, of course....

First, let me say up front that I in no way condone the ways the Chinese government abuses human rights, in Tibet or elsewhere. However, the recent crisis and it's international reactions have left me a little puzzled. In two places (Iraq, Afganistan), Western countries have recently entered...

Not sure how many have heard about this, a quick (far from comprehensive) check of the forums revealed no posts about it. This week, a group of protesters from the US, UK, and Canada went to the Great Wall and unveiled a large banner calling for freedom for Tibet in both English and Chinese...