WTN for November 2008

• Nepal ministers, Maoist leaders on secret trip to China - Yubaraj Ghimire
• Struggling for influence in Nepal - Tibetinfonet.net
• Free education comes to Tibet 22 years after policy announced, still woefully inadequate - Tibetan Review
• Opinion Tibetan Demands -- Minimal Conditions for a Sustainable Agreement - Tsering Topgyal
• "We continue to march and to struggle" - ORF
• Sa Sainteté le Dalaï Lama sur les relations sino-tibétaines et la convocation à une réunion spéciale au mois de novembre 2008. - Bureau du Tibet, Paris
• Talk Tibet: A New Public Forum Explores the Minds of the Tibetans - Phayul
• US Asks China Review Tibet Policies - Phayul
• UK states its position on Tibet - Phayul
• UK says Dalai Lama has met conditions set by China for talks - Phayul
• An Open Letter from a Tibetan to His Brothers and Sisters - Phayul

• Chinese scholars hope Dalai Lama could visit Beijing for talks - Phayul
• Three young monks held for power station explosion in Markham - Tibetan Review
• Dalai Lama says situation has worsened in Tibet - AP
• Tibetans Will Decide Strategy With Democracy: Dalai Lama - Japan Times
• Taiwan should heed the painful Tibetan lessons when dealing with China - Taiwan News
• Dalai Lama's 'middle way' leading nowhere (The Australian) - The Australian
• Dalai Lama Says Talks With China Are Floundering - WSJ
• Shangri-La, or Not - WSJ
• Dalai Lama to Stay Quiet on Tibet's Future - TIME
• Dalai Lama Says Diplomacy With Beijing Has Failed (VOA) - VOA
• A death sentence for Tibet - Martin Barillas
• Tibet is 'dying' under China (CH) - Calgary Herald
• China handing down 'death sentence' to Tibetans: Dalai Lama - AFP

• Spring Revolt of Tibet – beyond the clichés - Phayul
• Dalai Lama ‘playing tricks’ to gain public attention: China - Tibet
• China questions Dalai Lama's "disappointment" over talks - TNN
• China reveals fresh sentences for Tibet unrest (Reuters) - Reuters
• Tibetans 'could increase demands' - BBC
• Dalai Lama Says Situation Has Worsened in Tibet - AP
• Greedy world needs Tibet's compassion: Dalai Lama - AFP

• Go away for A Day in Tibet (in Montreal) - HOUR
• Event aids (Machik) Tibet school - Lindsay Post
• Strong support for Tibet from next US President - ICT
• Tibetan Government congratulates Obama on presidential victory - Phayul
• China to launch massive propaganda drive on Tibet - Phayul
• Tibet holds talks with China - AFP
• UK recognises China's direct rule over Tibet - The Telegraph
• Tibet exile meet could see tougher stance on China - Reuters
• Tibetans irritated by China talks - BBC
• China Criticizes Dalai Lama Over Tibet Talks - WSJ
• Lhasa Crackdown Amid Talks - RFA
• China Has Sentenced 55 Over Tibet Riot in March - NYT

• A poem: The Jewel - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Tibetans' risky journey into exile - BBC
• China Fears Another Uprising - Phayul
• China snubs Dalia Lama call for high level of autonomy for Tibet - Guardian
• Tibetan independence hopes look over after China refuses to budge - Telegraph
• UN Committee Hears Account of Torture in Tibet from Former Prisoner - Tibet Bureau, Geneva
• China's iron fist cracks down to subdue Tibetan rebels - The Australian
• China refuses to answer questions on its human rights record - AP
• Tibetans blamed for failed talks - BBC
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Underlines Promotion of Gandhian Values - TibetNet
• Tibet Talks (Bangalore, Nov 13-15, 2008) - Friends of Tibet
• OPED: Beijing stalls Tibet talks - The Pioneer
• Making The November Meeting Work - Jamyang Norbu

• Fire Turns Tibetan Market into Ashes - Phayul
• China hits out at India's remark over Arunachal Pradesh - Phayul
• Dalai's Middle Path: 'Tibetan independence' in disguise - China.org.cn
• China says no compromising on Tibet's future - The Times
• Tibet repression belies Dalai Lama return hopes - Tibetan Review
• Comment: Has China finally shut the door on Dalai Lama? - IANS
• Senior Chinese leaders taunt Tibetan leader, speak of his passing - Globe & Mail
• China says no compromise on national sovereignty, refutes Dalai's so-called "middle way" - Xinhua
• No progress in eighth round of dialogue as Chinese reject autonomy proposal - ICT
• China's Propaganda in Tibet: Plenty of Viewers, Few Believers - Huffington Post
• Dalai Lama still wants talks with China: aides - AFP
• Chinese Lawyer Speaks in Support of "Genuine Autonomy" for Tibet - TibetNet
• Dalai Lama and the Tibet question: Time for a new approach? - San Francisco Chronicle

• Lost horizon found - travel.asiaone.com
• Author Thomas Laird shares lessons from Dalai Lama - Collegiate Times
• Can he? Barack Obama Has Brought A Tsunami Of Hope - The Statesman
• A Crucial Moment -- Paramilitary in the monastery - Agams Gecko Blog
• Tibet's looming eruption - The Australian
• Dalai Lama denounced by Beijing - Financial Times
• Put "complete" independence on the agenda again - Phayul
• Opinion: Why the Middle Way Approach Failed - Phayul
• Dalai Lama to tour Nigeria, Europe - AFP
• Interview: Tibeto-Mongol Treaty of 1913, a proof of Tibet's independence - Phayul

• Continental Minerals awaiting China's OK on Tibet mine - Reuters
• Permit Rescinded for Tibetan Sweater Merchants in Rohtak - Phayul
• Thursday Ossietzky Prices for 2008 - Norwegian PEN
• French president will meet with Dalai Lama Dec. 6 - AP
• China says meeting of Tibetan exiles will "Get Nowhere" - Phayul
• China wants India to block Dalai Lama's Dharamshala meet - India Times
• Tibet dreams of full autonomy dealt big blow - Toronto Star
• Tibet movement confronts calls for change - AFP
• Exiled Tibetans gather in India to discuss new way - AP
• Thirty odd years for nothing? - sify.com
• Rangzen: The Case for Independent Tibet (2008 edition) - Shadow Tibet Blog
• Middle Way Metamorphosis - Shadow Tibet Blog
• Agenda for the Special Meeting in Dharamsala - Phayul

• Thomas Laird : Author's Presentation on Tibet Sparks Debate - planetblacksburg.com
• Uyghur Woman Faces Imminent Forced Abortion - RFA
• UN: Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health - AP
• Preparation for the Future -- A SWOT and Trend analysis:Tsewang Namgyal - Phayul
• China welcomes UK Tibet decision -- Zhu Weiqun speaks on Tibet - BBC
• Intensified security in Lhasa coincides with eighth round of talks - ICT
• Tibet: UN Panel Presses China - Tibet Custom
• Chinese Embassy decries spate of fake visa documents - Vanguard
• China warns President Sarkozy over meeting with Dalai Lama - Phayul
• China says meeting of Tibetan exiles will "Get Nowhere" - Phayul
• Losing Tibet - Oxfor Analytica
• Dalai Lama's "Special Message" for Tibetans in and outside Tibet - Phayul

• Hiding Behind Lies and Disguise - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Tibet Environmental Watch - TEW
• Tibetans Protest Visiting Chinese Vice Minister - Phayul
• Tibet movement falls victim to financial crisis - IANS
• Tibetan community voices support for "Middle Way Path" - TC Daily Planet
• Dalai Lama arrives in Dharamsala ahead of Tibetan special meet - Newspost Online
• Greedy world needs Tibet's compassion: Dalai Lama - AFP
• An Open Letter to the Dalai Lama - desicritics.org
• Justice Too Long Delayed: A Humble Inji's Take on the Dharamsala Meetings - Phayul
• China warns President Sarkozy over meeting with Dalai Lama - Phayul
• China open to Dalai Lama talks - Straits Times
• Dalai Lama to address EU parliament next month - EU Business
• After 30 years of frustration, Dalai Lama seeks fresh answers - Times Online
• Monastic meandering - Sunday Times
• In a land of spirituality - Sunday Times
• Indo-China border row far from over - Sunday Times
• Tibetans protest as China takes part in economic summit - Phayul
• Dalai Lama to take a back seat in Tibet's struggle for freedom - The Independent
• Young Tibetans call for civil unrest in split from Dalai Lama - Telegraph
• Memorandum On Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People - TibetNet
• Press Briefing of the Tibetan Envoys -- Summarised Memorandum - TibetNet
• Tibet movement gathers to decide future - AFP
• Dalai Lama's envoys say Tibet at crossroads - Reuters
• Tibetan exiles gather in India to discuss the future of Tibet - CP

• Russia's Buddhist republic sees the light - Russia Today
• Tough roads for the Dalai Lama - La Stampa
• Dalai Lama says autonomy talks failed - UPI
• Tibetan Exiles Meet on Strategy - NY Times
• Policy shift not a focus of exile Tibetans' Meeting - Phayul
• Suitability of Middle Way Path: A Brief Analysis - Phayul
• Legitimacy of Rangzen - Phayul
• What Tibet Wants - Wall Street Journal
• A Narrow Window for Tibet - Wall Street Journal
• Tibetan exiles play down shift from China policy - Washington Post
• Tibetan exiles gather to discuss new strategy - Guardian
• Tibetans frustrated by China talks - Financial Times
• Crunch time for Tibetan cause - BBC

• A Buddhist messiah in Maoist Nepal? - Asia Times
• 5,000 Poles to meet Dalai Lama - Polish Radio
• China stance on Tibet clouds exile talks in India - AP
• China Watches as Tibetan Talks Begin - TIME
• OPINION: History's long end game in Tibet - Toronto Star
• Tibetans Look to Future, Without Dalai Lama - TIME
• A democratic state without a territory - Ottawa Citizen
• Will Tibet abandon the 'Middle Way'? - The Independent
• Tibetans debate call for full independence from China - The Times
• Tibet - What next? - Wall Street Journal
• Tibetans could push for independence -- PM in exile - Reuters
• Different views of the way ahead for Tibet - Woeser
• A way forward: perspectives from inside Tibet - ICT
• Disappearances continue across Tibet: Tibetan woman sentenced for talking on telephone - ICT
• In Beijing, author treads fine line as she tells Tibet's story - Christian Science Monitor
• Special Meeting: a new Middle Way based on Rangzen - Phayul
• Roadmap of Tibetan Independence: Wang Lixiong - Phayul

• Uyghur Woman Released, Without Forced Abortion - RFA
• Tibet Must Be Independent: 2009 Walk for Tibet - ITIM
• Undercover Tibet Film Honored - RFA
• Thinning Himalayan glaciers may deprive half billion Indians of water - The Hindu
• China abandons blanket press censorship - Telegraph
• Indo-China nuke war cannot be ruled out - Rising Kashmir
• Tibetan Woman Cadre Sentenced to Five Years in Prison: reports - Phayul
• Resuscitation - Tibet Writes
• Tibetan Movement May Dump 'Middle Way' - Irrawaddy
• Perspectives from inside Tibet - ICT
• Kalon Tripa says committed to reflect Tibetan people's opinion on Tibet's future - Central Tibetan Authority
• Tibet's next move - Financial Times
• COMMENTARY: Tibetan options: few, if any - Globe & Mail
• Why Tibetans Must Opt for Rangzen - Phayul
• An appeal from a Tibetan student came from inside Tibet to HH the Dalai Lama and all Tibetans - Orgyen
• The Statement of the Kashag on the Special Meeting - Central Tibetan Administration
• Press Statement by Gyalo Dhondup and Juchen Thubten Namgyal - Central Tibetan Administration
• Tibet in History this Week - Tibet Review
• TIPA: Kadrinchee steals Thimphu nights - Bhutan Times
• Chinese Tibetologists introduce Tibet development in Helsinki - Xinhua
• Opinion: Genuine Autonomy & the Middle Way - Tsoltim Ngima Shakabpa
• China: Crash and Burn - New Republic
• Dispatch from Dharamsala - RFA
• Labrang monk official who spoke out seized from monastery as detentions continue across Tibet - ICT
• 'China distorting Tibetan autonomy proposal' - Tibetan Review
• Special Meeting of exile Tibetans to be advisory, not policy framer - Tibetan Review
• Tibetans optimistic about securing autonomy from China - Thaindian
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang's Regular Press Conference on November 18 - PRC
• Young Tibetan exiles push for declaration of independence from China - CP
• Dalai Lama's elder brother Gyalo Thondup speaks out in Dharamsala - ICT
• Gyalo Thondup reconfirms Deng Xiaoping's offer on Tibet talks - Phayul
• Tibetan youth in favour of independence - Express India
• Tibetan go-between and brother of Dalai Lama urges continued talks with Beijing - Irish Times
• Limited options leave Tibetans seething - New Straits Times
• No Independence for Tibet, Doors for Talk Open: China - Phayul

• China fights Tibet propaganda battle with Google Ads - Shanghaiist
• Letter to the Editor: China's wrong to think Tibetan issue will fade away - Ottawa Citizen
• Norwegian PENs Ossietzky Prize 2008 to Mrs Chungdak Koren - Norwegian Tibet Committee
• In India, Tibetans are deciding their future - Spero News
• 'Tibetans Will Continue To Demand their Legitimate Rights from China' - Tibet Custom
• At the Dalai Lama's urging, hundreds of Tibetans converge to discuss their future - LA Times
• Dalai Lama refuses to comment on ongoing Tibetan conclave - ANI
• Tibet movement veers from 'Middle Way' - Asia Times
• China's communists sack Tibet policymaker - Reuters
• China vows not to compromise with Tibetan exiles - AP
• Signed article refutes "Memorandum" of the Dalai clique - Xinhua
• Limited options leave Tibetans seething - New Straits Times
• Tibetans likely to back "Middle Way", hope for best - Reuters
• 'Chela' Dalai asks 'Guru' India to help Tibet - Times of India
• Dalai Lama seeks India's help to resolve Tibet issue - Times of India
• Opinion: Making the Meeting Special - Phayul

• Born in exile: the young Tibetans of Dharamsala - France 24 News
• A Generation Gap in Tibet's Royal Family - TIME
• Tibet's legacy at risk - Ottawa Citizen
• Tibetan exiles end meeting, want tougher stance with China (Roundup) - Asia-Pacific News
• No further talks with China: Tibet meet - Times of India
• Fleeing students bring tales of Tibet repression - Reuters
• China Tibet policymaker probed for state secret leak - Reuters
• Interview: Violence not an option: Tibetan Youth Congress chief - Sindh Today
• Tibetan exiles tackle future China policy - AFP
• Foreign policy: Assertiveness alongside a message of peace - Financial Times
• Tibetan official: 'Middle way' favored by exiles - AP
• Special Meeting in Dharamsala comes to a close and perspectives from inside Tibet - ICT
• 'It's up to people, I won't interfere' - Express India
• Tibetan leaders against Dalai Lama retiring - Sindh Today
• Tibetans back Dalai Lama on China - BBC
• Tibet Government-in-Exile Breaks Off Talks with China - Bloomberg
• China to train cadre of Tibetan monks to counter Dalai - Times of India
• China changes Nepal ambassador after Tibet fiasco - IANS
• Comment: Look to the Indian navy to solve this problem - Edmonton Sun
• Their Tibet, Our Tibet - Times of India
• India & the Tibet card - Times of India
• Indian being "over-cautious" on Tibet: Dalai - Press Trust of India
• Dalai Lama may appoint a regent to succeed him - Times Online
• Dalai Lama shores up support for talks with China by warning of failure - Telegraph
• Tibetans Reaffirm a Conciliatory Approach to China - New York Times
• No good options for Tibet and China - Philadelphia Inquirer
• US President to Discuss Tibet with Hu Jintao - TibetNet
• To uphold "middle-way," Tibetan exiles demand China's sincerity - Phayul
• I won't retire: Dalai Lama - ABC
• Tibetan exiles back Dalai Lama, challenge talks with China - ICT
• My Faith in Chinese People Still Unshaken: Dalai Lama - Phayul
• Tibet exiles decide against seeking independence -- for now - LA Times

• Monk offers food for thought ... and art - Chapel Hill News
• Official: Potala Palace repairs near completion - Xinhua
• Successor could be a young boy or girl: Dalai Lama - Thaindian
• China's party hardliners want the last word - Asia Times
• Dalai trusts all but Chinese officials - The Statesman
• Summit of Tibetan exiles rejects 'total independence' call - The Independent
• Why India's China policy needs a change of gears - India Today
• The Fate of Tibet - OnPoint
• UN Panel Orders Inquiry into China's Repression in Tibet - TibetNet
• Dalai Lama warns of 'great danger' facing Tibetans - AFP
• Dalai Lama Says No Early Decision on Talks With China - Bloomberg
• Tibetans Reaffirm Faith in His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Stand Firm on Middle-Way Approach - Tibet Custom
• World Needs Tibet's Compassionate and Non-Violent Culture: His Holiness - TibetNet
• Tibetans warn Beijing on thirst for freedom - The Independent
• World Needs Tibet's Compassionate and Non-Violent Culture: His Holiness - TibetNet

• Xinhua Website Launches Face-lift Multilingual Tibet Channel - Xinhua
• China State Media Blast New Guns N' Roses Album - AP
• Tibetan Exiles' Meeting Produces Comparisons with Burma - Irrawaddy News Magazine
• Chinese stage show of force in Tibet - News Day
• OPINION: Chinese Whispers - Outlook
• Tibetans Voice Preferences on Future Policy Towards China - Journal of Turkish Weekly
• Tibetans Make A Decision, China's Abuses Continue - Agam's Gecko Blog
• Tibet's Generation Gap is no Gulf - Indian Express
• 'I may be the last Dalai Lama' - MeriNews
• He's young, tall, handsome -- and a possible successor to Dalai Lama - McClatchy Newspapers
• Dalai Lama to tour Nigeria, Europe - Phayul
• China criticizes Sarkozy-Dalai Lama meeting - AP
• China reiterates opposition to Dalai Lama - Reuters
• China Reiterates Anti-Dalai Lama Rhetoric - Phayul
• China Maintains Hold on Tibet and Tests Dalai Lama - AP
• British share Tibet's 'frustration' - Times of India
• Op-Ed: Did Britain Just Sell Tibet? - New York Times

• Poem: Clouds in My Eye - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Tibet in History this Week - Tibetan Review
• Miss Tibet, a Pageant Loaded With Controversy and Drama - Washington Post
• Tibetan Glaciers Melting at Stunning Rate - Discovery News
• China expands police presence below Mount Everest - AP
• China says releases more than 1,000 after Tibet riots - Reuters
• Dead end in Tibet - New Indian Express
• Dispatch from Dharamsala - No. 4 - RFA
• Tibetans warn Beijing on thirst for freedom - Financial Times
• China to build another railway to west - UPI
• U.S.-India Relations: The China Factor - Heritage.org
• Commentary: Gwynne Dyer: Is violence inevitable in Tibet's future? - Georgia Straight
• China postpones summit with EU over Dalai Lama visit - AFP
• Program of the Dalai Lama's visit to Poland unveiled - Polish Radio
• Dalai Lama to meet French President Sarkozy Dec. 6 - Thaindian
• Meet a living Buddha: Young, handsome, with an old soul - McClatchy Newspapers
• Road ahead for Tibet still in darkness - New Indian Express

• Russian Scientist Roerich and Mongolia - Montsame
• China's cyber warriors a challenge for India - Asia Times
• Disagreements between India, China surfacing - Daily Times
• India's Tibet ambiguity - India Express
• China's thin skin - Financial Times
• China calls Tibet youth group a terrorist organization - McClatchy Newspapers
• China postpones EU-China Summit over Dalai Lama meetings - ICT
• China's blind spot - International Herald Tribune
• "Free Tibet" tag on woolen clothes for sale in Lucknow - Thaindian
• 'Onus on France to fix Tibet' - Straits Times
• Tibetans' strategy: Accept status quo or seek independence? - San Francisco Chronicle
• Dispatch from Dharamsala -- No. 5 - Radio Free Asia
• Tibetans stick to the 'middle way' - Asia Times
• Over 1,000 Mar'08 Lhasa 'rioters' claimed released - Tibetan Review
• The Dalai Lama - stumbling block between China and the West - EU Business
• Angry China flexing muscle with Europe over Tibet: analysts - AFP

• Book Release: On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet - University of California
• Nathu La border trade ends for this year - deepikaglobal.com
• Tibetan Community of Chicago buys its Community Center in Obamaland. - Kelsang Draggo
• Letter: Sail on, Brittania! - Moultrie Observer
• Political essayist gets three years in prison for three articles posted online - Reporters Without Borders
• Political Essayist Gets Three Years in Prison For Three Articles Posted Online - China Digital Times
• Tibetan group disbands over deity dispute - Amherst Bulletin
• Young Buddhist leader waits in the wings - McClatchy-Tribune
• Walesa slams China withdrawal from EU summit - AP
• A Monk's Petition to Hu Jintao: First detailed account of 10th March protests in Tibet - Tibet Post International
• China takes careful aim and shoots it's self in the foot - Tibet Custom
• Opinion: He Has Got It Wrong - Times of India
• Dalai Lama gets top rating in survey on world leaders - International Herald Tribune
• Dalai Lama offers deep condolences to Mumbai terror victims - Phayul