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A NOT SO SPECIAL MEETING – Jamyang Norbu

There’s no denying that I walked into the thing with my “eyes wide shut” – to borrow the title phrase of Stanley Kubrick’s last film. I saw the warning flares that went up

US China policy must be unbending on human rights

The elite in China may have gotten rich, but the same nagging problems remain, including China's brutal Tibetan crackdowns, its violent abuse of Falun Gong, and its constant military threats against Taiwan

Taking Back Our Losar, 2009

I was visiting Phayul the other day and I noticed a link on the corner that proclaimed "Say No to Losar 2009". Click the link and it takes you to a registration page

Ignoring a true friend : By Claude Arpi

March 2009 will mark 50 years in exile for the Dalai Lama and his followers. During this half-a-century, the Tibetan leader has supported India and stood by the country in the face of

What kinds of songs are ‘reactionary songs

Not so long ago, Lhasa’s deputy police chief had announced in a press conference that they had just detained 59 rumour-mongers who had been “inciting ethnic feelings

The curious case of Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama’s scarf

In an intriguing footnote to the inauguration last week of President Barack Obama, Buddhist web-sites have been buzzing with the story that as he was being sworn in, Obama

Let Us Make Lamp Offerings and Light Candles to Commemorate the Souls of the Deceased’

At the beginning of the New Year, the various festivals with best wishes have arrived one after another. These festivals include those of the East, the West, Tibet and

A tidal wave of discontent threatens China

The whole world is suffering from an economic crisis. Some in the West, like a desperate drowning man clutching at a straw, have said the Chinese Government has a lot of money, let

Chinese Cyber-Espionage

On December 16th 2008, Time Magazine announced the annual People Of the Year List. Barak Obama topped the list, and one runner-up was China's Zhang Yimou, the epic filmmaker and Olympic

30 years on, will China keep its promises?

ardly two years after the end of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (and Mao Zedong's death), a diminutive man climbed the rostrum for the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central

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