Opinions

The Chinese Communist Party has a fondness for colourful and sometimes bizarre labels for their campaigns and policies. In the past we had "The Great Leap Forward", "The Hundred Flowers", "Three-Anti/Five-Anti", and the "Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius"..

As a non-Tibetan, I know for a fact that I will not be present at the upcoming meetings in Dharamsala to discuss the future of the Tibet movement. Nor should I be. The future

Development of strategies and goals requires an in depth insight into one’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT). SWOT Analysis is a proven technique often used in the business world to understand these issues and craft successful strate

A few years ago, a well-known liberal Chinese intellectual told me that the Communist Party of China is so shrewd that even if an official smiles at you, he was told to do so a month prior to your meeting. Everything is calculated and nothing is left to

Displaying the old mountain and snowlion flag in Tibet is a “splittist” offence for which you could be shot on sight. In this year’s historic uprising, scores, even hundreds, of national

The 8th Round of the Sino-Tibetan Dialogue was concluded on November 5, 2008. While the Tibetan delegation in a short press release stated that they were advised by the Tibetan Admi

It has now been more than 21 years since His Holiness the Dalai Lama first proposed in Washington DC the Five-Point Peace Plan for Tibet; 20 years since the Strasbourg

For the last twenty or so years, the Dalai Lama has sincerely attempted to reach out to China to resolve the Tibet issue through dialogues, fully committed to his Middle Way Policy. However, as a result of lack of commitment and will from the

October has been a stressful month. First there was the news of His Holiness being taken to Ganga Ram hospital. I overheard it when my mother-in-law was listening to Radio Free Asia

A 'Special Meeting' of incumbent and ex-Kalons (ministers), the current and former members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPIE), government officials, representatives of the