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The urban Chinese population has greater trust in anonymous online microblogs than state run newspapers and television news, a new study has revealed. The Epoch Times has reported that the findings were made in a study on the quality of life of urban residents by the Institute of Sociology

Several months after a large number of Tibetans took part in the “Global Solidarity Campaign” called by the exile Tibetan administration in February this year, details are finally emerging of the protests followed by China’s crackdown.

Beijing based journalists of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation have been able to gain rare access to Tibet, reporting on Tibetan voices of dissent and resistance in the face of heavy security crackdown in the region. “China is not good to us,” a Tibetan woman with her face hidden tells the camera

Four Tibetan writers whose names have not been revealed fearing further persecution are amongst the winners of this year’s Hellman/Gammett grants by Human Rights Watch for their “commitment to free expression and their courage in the face of persecution.”

Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet claim that they have arrested a Tibetan for attempting self-immolation and another for instigating the protest. A news report by a state-run Tibetan language website on Tuesday said the two Tibetans were arrested from a hotel in Rongwo town of Malho, a region in eastern Tibet

A letter to U.S. President Barack Obama urging him to exercise greater international leadership in improving the human rights situation in Tibet has received a large bi-partisan support from the US Congress. As of Wednesday, 56 members of Congress have signed the Wolf-McGovern letter

In continuing crackdown and arbitrary detention of Tibetans, Chinese authorities have arrested five monks from the Bora Monastery in Sangchu region of Kanlho, eastern Tibet. The arrested monks have been identified as Gedun Gyatso, Lobsang Phagpa, Jamyang Soepa, Jamyang Lodoe, and Jamyang Gyatso

A senior Chinese academician has called for policy overhaul in China’s aid programmes in Tibet blaming them for causing "disappointing effect" on the local economy. Jin Wei, director of ethnic religious studies at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China

The United Kingdom joined a growing chorus of global powers calling on China to allow diplomatic access to Tibet and urging Beijing to resume “meaningful dialogue” with Tibetan representatives. Briton Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire

The exile Tibetan administration today congratulated Japan’s new prime minister-elect Shinzo Abe on winning the parliamentary elections and expressed hope for his “continued support” on the issue of Tibet. Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people