WTN for August 2008

• The World Under Fire - antiwar.com
• Why the Chinese Olympic Net censorship won't work (unless the Western press wants it to) - CNet News
• Top Ten Ways to protect your Data at the Beijing Olympics - NetworkWorld
• International Olympic Committee apologizes: we have "misled" the press - AsiaNews
• COMMENT: IOC loses control as Beijing orders freedom of speech to take a hike - The Australian
• Ottawa rally for human rights in China - The Suburban
• Few foreigners in Tibet despite re-opening after riots - AFP
• Beijing Rounds Up Its Unwanted - RFA
• Chinese Authorities Order Olympic Hotels To Install Spy Gear - InformationWeek
• China seeks "absolute security" in Tibet for Olympics - Reuters
• Boycotting the Olympics - Baltic Times
• Tibetan exiles protest in Delhi - ANI
• Dispatches from Tibet - FEER
• Worst may come after Olympic Games, fear Tibetan exiles - IANS
• Update Re Tibet Demonstrations 31st July - TibetNet
• They Shoot Monks, Don't They? New Crackdown Tactics Revealed - Agam's Gecko's Blog
• New measures reveal government plan to purge monasteries and restrict Buddhist practice - ICT Report
• Tibet Talk - Tibetan escapee recounts the horror of Chinese inhumanity - Phayul
• Dalai Lama to meet members of French parliament - AP
• The Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people: a difference of opinion? - Tibet Space
• Woeser: Banning Tibet - New Statesman

• China and the West: parallel worlds - The Age
• IOC issues statement on Internet censorship in Beijing - LA Times
• Who lied to whom on press freedom? - The Age
• US presidential hopeful Obama says backs "people of Tibet" - AFP
• China faults Bush for meeting dissidents - Washington Post
• US says China has 'nothing to fear' from Internet - AFP
• Leaking State Secrets: Beijing Finds Nothing Noble in Speaking Out on Human Rights - Huffington Post
• US House of Representatives Sends Strong Tibet Message to China and Bush on Eve of Beijing Olympics - ICT
• Tibet refugees in lurch without RC - Kantipur Online
• Southasian Tibet - Himal Southasian
• The Dharma of Politics: Adventures in Interdependence - Mandala Magazine
• Hunger strike unto death in Nepal ends - whatabouttibet.com
• CNN Documentary: "Buddha's Warriors" on August 2 and 3 - CNN
• Dalai Lama challenged by new generation of Buddhist activists - CNN
• Op-Ed: The Dalai's Lama's Impossible Choice - WTNN
• A Poem: "Flame Of Lies" - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Films about Dalai Lama at The VI International Film Festival "Pacific Meridian" - Vostok Media
• Environment China: The third pole - Nature
• Fun, games and money - The Economist
• Speaking Freely: Olympics and Opium Wars - Asia Times
• Opinion: Red Rover, Red Rover, Send... Sarkozy Right Over? - Globalist Olympic Blog
• Opinion: The totalitarian Olympics - Isthmus
• Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region - Council on Foreign Relations
• China to limit Web access during Olympic Games - International Herald Tribune
• China's Secret Grief - New Statesman
• China: Spitting image - New Statesman
• China: Party lines - New Statesman
• Tutu, Havel urge athletes to speak up at Games - Reuters
• The Beijing Olympics -- To Watch or Not to Watch? - Town Hall
• China Angered by Lobbying on Rights - New York Times

• "A Reporter's Guide to Covering the Olympics" - TIME
• Inside China's Sports Machine - Asia Times
• Calling China's Human Rights Bluff - Washington Post
• Chinese desperate for Games to be a memorable spectacle - Toronto Star
• Lhasa Diary -- Dispatches from Tibet - TibetNet
• Dalai Lama Brainwashing Children: Nepal Maoists - Times of India
• SFT to Launch 24 hour Online TV Channel - Phayul
• Behind the Scenes: Amanpour 'transfixed' by Dalai Lama - CNN
• Pelosi Sends Urgent Letter to Bush On Behalf of Tibet - Tibet Space
• Video: Risking Their Lives For An Education - Agam's Gecko Blog
• When Red China, the Green Olympics, and the Yellow River Collide - Seeking Alpha
• Czechs to join call for Chinese political prisoners adoption - CTK
• LoyalTV Joins The Greatest Light Protest Candle For Tibet - HULIQ
• Nepal police clash with Tibetans, detain 162 - Reuters
• Pro-Tibet campaigners to be in Beijing - AFP
• TYC Hunger Strike: Day 5 without food and water - Phayul
• Hunger Strikers battle it out on Day 6 - Phayul
• Guilty of Being Tibetan: Scenes From a Lhasa Prison - Huffington Post

• Dinner on the Roof of the World - Taste T.O.
• Tibet exhibition set to open - Oxford Mail
• A Poem: Playing The Chinese Chopsticks Olympics - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Olympic Pollution Games - Wall Street Journal
• IOC would be big loser in a Beijing fiasco - San Francisco Chronicle
• Beijing Olympics: A successful Games would be good for the world, not just for China - The Telegraph
• Media: Beijing doesn't like to give the world's press an inch, let alone go the extra mile - The Independent
• China: Games protesters must apply 5 days ahead - Reuters
• Despite Flaws, Rights in China Have Expanded - New York Times
• Modern Buddhism: Entwined by Frequent Flyer Miles Not Saffron Robes - Laguna Beach Independent
• 'It's like hurling bodies against bullets' - Newindpress
• Book Review: Tibet: The Lost Frontier -- India sentimental, China pragmatic - Daily Pioneer
• VIEW: Beijing strikes gold - Daily Times (Pakistan)
• Protesters March for a Free Tibet - Kenosha News
• Conditions deteriorate as TYC hunger strikers complete a week - Phayul
• "Running Dog Propagandists." - Barry Sautman's Response to Jamyang Norbu
• Tibet, China and the Olympics - The Last Requiem - Vision Magazine
• Rights Groups Urged to Press China to End Tibet Repression - TibetNet

• Buddhism By Numbers - Tricycle Magazine
• No Heart Beats For Pre-Liberation Tibet - People's Democracy
• Hu appeals to keep politics out of Games - AFP
• China's Moment: Referendum on a Nation - New York Times
• China allows Tiananmen music, warns protesters - Reuters
• What do Governments Want from Sport and What do they Get? - Foreign Policy In Focus
• China's Olympic ambitions falter with protests - AP
• Tibet still not fully stable: CPC - Xinhua
• Call to cultivate love and compassion - Newindpress
• Jittery Beijing awaits Olympics - AP
• Athletes urged to act on Tibet - AFP
• Olympics protests can't harm 'national interests' - CTV.ca
• Speaker Karma Chophel in Tokyo - Tibet House, Japan
• "Dalai Lama's Man in America" Joins Candle for Tibet - Candle4Tibet
• Candlelight Vigil & Rally for a Tibet at Start of Beijing Olympics - US Tibet Committee
• Indian and Tibetan Community in Dharamshala jointly welcomed the torch - TPUM
• Notes from Kham: Observations of a Police State - SFT (India)
• 300 Tibetans detained in Nepal: police - AFP

• "Eye on Tibet" Documentary Series to aired on LinkTV - LinkTV
• Should China Even Be Hosting The Olympics? - Bleacher Report, CA
• Beijing Braces for Olympic Cyber-War - Byte and Switch
• Perspectives: Orwellian haze over Beijing - Courier-Mail
• Opinion: To change the Olympics, change the channel - San Francisco Chronicle
• Can the Olympics Democratize China? - Foreign Policy In Focus
• FACTBOX -­ Facts about China's restive Xinjiang region - Reuters
• Terror In Kashgar; Protest In Beijing; Patriot Games Ready To Go - Agam's Gecko Blog
• Chinese border assault kills 16 - BBC
• Polish athletes in Beijing can voice views beyond Olympic grounds - Polish Radio
• EU parliament chief calls for Olympics protest - EUObserver.com
• Himalayan Committee to go on hunger strike for Tibet - Phayul
• Pro Tibet peace march in New Delhi - ANI
• Into the dragon's den I went and came out unscathed (Conclusion) - Phayul
• Dalai Lama begins teachings for "Korean Dharma friends" - Phayul
• The Story of Tsondue - Peace Reporter
• Tibetan Olympic torch, sign of freedom and justice - Asia News
• Tibet: A Threatened Culture - Patriot Ledger
• New report reveals intensified crackdown in Tibet as Olympics opens - ICT
• Tibetans to Unveil Autonomy Plan - The Australian
• Lhasa Under Tight Control as Beijing Olympic Draws Near - Radio Free Asia

• Editorial: Canada's PM makes the right move by skipping ceremonies - St. Catharines Standard
• Polish athletes in Beijing can voice views beyond Olympic grounds - poland.pl
• Polish Province Shows Solidarity with Tibet - Gazeta Wyborcza
• Polish President not to attend Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing - Polish Radio
• Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony - Raise a flag for Tibet, lay a wreath for oppressed nations - Tibet
• Block on Tibetan monk challenged - The Standard
• Olympics can expose Tibet's fate - Courier-Post
• Police Arrest Tibet Bound Tibetans in Spiti - Phayul
• The Spanish High Court Accepts Lawsuit Against Chinese Authorities for Crimes Against Humanity in the Recent Repression of the Tibetan People - Campagna di Solidarietà con il Popolo Tibetano
• Spanish court investigates Chinese leaders for Tibet repression - DPA
• Tibetan normality hides tension - USA Today
• A hundred million candles for Tibet's freedom - Asia News
• Tibet: A threatened culture - Gatehouse News Service
• Tibetans Find Power in Words - WIP
• Tibet group urges world leaders to raise crackdown - Reuters
• 'Songs for Tibet' -- CD compilation released - PR Newswire
• Aero Cinema plans event questioning situation in China - Prague Daily Monitor
• DVD release: What Remains of Us Out Today - northernstars.ca
• YETI: A film about Tibet, to be released online on 08/08/08 - Digital Workstation
• Pro-Tibet film gets rare Beijing showing - Reuters
• Travel: Seven days in Tibet - Edmonton Journal
• Beijingers feel the Olympic pinch - Asia Times
• Beijing's Spy in the Cab - AFP
• Beijing: 1936 all over again - Geelong Advertiser
• Beijing Olympics: Spectators ordered not to stand up, protest or open an umbrella - The Telegraph
• Chinese police ordered to stop interfering with reporters - IETB
• Ambush in China Raises Concerns as Olympics Near - New York Times
• Chinese separatists blamed for police grenade massacre - The Times
• Oregonian detained after unfurling Tibet banner - AP
• Four activists detained in Beijing for Tibet banners - AP
• China: Olympics Harm Key Human Rights - HRW
• GetUp hopeful Pro-Tibet ad will screen before opening ceremony - ABC Australia
• Commentary: China a great power? Then make a deal with the Dalai Lama - Daily Star
• Dalai Lama: Is the Cessation of suffering delayed? - Asian Tribune
• Opinion: Don't Forget About China's Dissidents - WSJ
• China tries to put its best face forward - Asia Times
• American Foreign Policy Brought to You by China - Democracy Now
• Sarkozy says he will not meet Dalai Lama in France - AP
• Why China is frightened of horses - New Statesman
• Norwegian Tibet committee encourages people to join light protest - Human Rights House Network
• Dalai Lama gives support for Beijing Games - Reuters
• Olympics and Tibet under a cloud of repression - TCHRD
• Olympics athletes call on President Hu to respect human rights and to resolve Tibet issue - ICT
• Mass Protest in Chicago at China's Consulate on August 8 - International Tibet Independence Movement
• Ottawa: Pro-Tibet rally irks Chinese embassy - Ottawa Citizen

• The real challenge for China: what does it do after the Games? - The National (Abu Dhabi)
• Reporters without borders make pirate broadcast in Beijing - Times Online
• Beijing ring of steel - Mail on Line
• Force for Good - The Statesman
• Could the Olympics Widen the Gap Between China and the World? - New America Media
• World leaders gather for Olympics - BBC
• Games and the Gulag: Let the Protests Begin - Newsweek
• Dissident invites Olympic chief to visit jail - The Independent
• Jacques Rogge warns athletes off Opening Ceremony protests - The Australian
• Criticism for Sarkozy over Dalai Lama - AP
• Day of Tibet in Poland - Polish Radio
• Olympics mean nothing to us, say Tibetans in film on Tibet - IANS
• Japanese MP Visits Dharamshala, Voices Support for Tibet - PunjabNewsline.com
• Beijing sting - Boston Phoenix
• Letter: The Rights of Tibetans - New York Times
• An Olive Branch From the Dalai Lama - New York Times
• China, Tibet, and the Olympics - Boston Phoenix
• A poem: The Beijing Olympics - Tsoltim Ngima Shakabpa
• China's forgotten people - New Statesman
• Myanmar's Bloody "8-8-88" Uprising Remembered - Reuters
• Angry Tibetans step up protests - Reuters
• Nepal arrests anti-China Tibetans - BBC
• 1,100 Tibet protesters arrested in Nepal ahead of Olympics - AFP
• Thousands in anti-China protests as Olympic epic opens - AFP
• Mass Protest in Chicago at China's Consulate on August 8 - ITIM
• Tibetans, Uighurs and Mongolians protested in front of the Chinese embassy in Berlin - Deutsche Welle
• Tibetans Converge on Chinese Consulate at Start of Beijing Olympics - U.S. Tibet Committee
• Beijing 2008: Tibetan Monks Attack Embassy In India - AGI
• Tibet activists stage a symbolic protest in Beijing an hour before Olympic opening ceremony - SFT
• Editorial: Illiberal Education - National Review
• Commentary: What If China's Orwellian Olympics Succeeds? - InternetNews
• Emergency Wartime Response Preparation Status Announced in Tibet - Epoch Times
• China opens Olympics with pageantry, pyrotechnics - AP
• Report: The Dalai Lama's demons - France 24

• Photo-exhibition: "Inside the Colony" - India Tibet Coordination Office
• China Unveils Frightening Futuristic Police State at Olympics - Huffington Post
• Perspectives: China looks for understanding as it hosts Olympics - Mainichi Daily News
• Like it or not, China will play host to political games - The Guardian
• Olympics -- Lights, cameras - let's get to the sport - Asia Times
• Olympics: Show time - Economist
• The Fate of China's Minorities - Spiegel
• Interview: Mark Leonard -- "What China Thinks" - New American Media
• CULTURAL EVENT HIJACK FAILS; CCP RATES ITSELF 'EXCELLENT' - Agam's Gecko Blog
• Tibetan filmmaker's documentary lands him in Chinese prison - Phayul
• Arrested marchers released; Tenzin Tsundue reported to be in weak physical condition - Phayul
• Tibetans Arrested for Civil Disobedience at NYC Chinese Consulate - FreeTibet2008.org
• San Francisco Team Tibet protests on Golden Gate Bridge - TANC/SF Team Tibet
• Tibet protest in Tiananmen Square as Olympics begin, Five detained following dramatic "Die-In" - SFT
• Kilgour predicts China will 'shatter, disappear' - Ottawa Citizen
• Tibetan-American Detained in Beijing, Deported to United States - SFT
• Protesters rally to support Tibet - Calgary Sun
• Canadian protester detained in Beijing, says pro-Tibet group - CanWest
• Anti-China protests worldwide as Olympics begin - AP
• Cat-and-mouse game with security in deserted Olympic protest park - Straits Times (Singapore)
• BFM Digital Releases "Jamtse: Love And Compassion" - Jazz News
• Rumor Control: Why I Can't Put 'Tibet' in My Hotmail Address - New York Times
• Smitten by Tibet - Deccan Herald
• The world can buy into Beijing's visage of athleticism and openness but we'd be turning a blind eye to increased repression in China - Calgary Sun
• Beyond Beijing, China's Toughest Competition - The Nation
• Eight dead after bombing in western China marks Olympic opening weekend - Guardian
• Beijing's Terror of Dissent - Epoch Times
• Seminar on Indo-China relations vis-a-vis Tibet gets rousing response - Phayul
• India: Sending A Wrong Signal - Times of India
• Protests against Beijing Olympics continue in Dharamsala - Phayul
• Violence taints the Beijing Games - Christian Science Monitor
• China deports Canadian Tibet activist - CTV News
• Tibetan flag flap - AP
• More than 2,500 Ladakhis & Tibetans took part in Freedom Torch relay - ITSN
• Dalai Lama Portrait Attacked, NBF Seeks Apology - Phayul
• Nepal Police Beat Pro-Tibet Protesters, Detain 230 - Reuters
• Tibet protester Lucy Fairbrother took on the might of China - and won - Daily Mail
• Candle for Tibet: FREEDOM IS NOT JUST ANOTHER WORD - candle4tibet.org
• Dalai Lama keeps reaching out to Beijing despite rebuffs - AFP
• France to welcome Dalai Lama under shadow of China row - AFP

• Method Lab opens 'A Tibetan Pilgrimage' photo exhibit - Democrat and Chronicle
• Rama in Early Tibet - earlytibet.com
• Blog: Tibetan Protests - sosh-p.blogspot.com
• Green Beret Leads Cadets to the Dalai Lama - Wired
• The Olympics Demonstrate China's "Soft Power": on Baloney and Silliness - Blog.foolsmountain.com
• 'We promised free Internet, except...' - CanWest
• The great communications wall - The Age
• Opinion: Crouching tiger, hidden dragon - Brisbane Times
• Ex-Official Slams Olympics - RFA
• Canadians deported from China following pro-Tibet demonstrations - Globe & Mail
• Chinese diplomat complains of Swiss prejudice - swissinfo.ch
• Protest Hide and Seek in Beijing - Asia Sentinel
• Team Tibet on Union Square After Beijing Protest - Epoch Times
• Chinese Embassies Targets of Next 'Candle for Tibet' Event - Candle4Tibet
• Olympics bring no joy for Tibetan monks - AFP
• The situation in Tibet is getting worse says world famous photographer Michel Comte - Tibet Bureau, Geneva
• Dalai Lama arrives for high-profile French visit - AFP

• China -- Cyber Warriors - Journeyman Weekly
• Can consumerism save Communism? - MSN Money
• Lorne Gunter: Today's China -- real freedom, real danger - National Post
• Insecure security - Salon
• More ranting ahead: China needs to clean up more than its lousy air - Winnipeg Sun
• Violence on the frontier exposes China's unease - Montreal Gazette
• "China Go For Gold! Give Human Rights in Beijing A Chance!" - UNPO
• Hook, Line, and Sinker: NBC Swallows Opening Ceremonies Propaganda - MediaChannel
• Don't Let China Silence Protest - New Republic
• Harper's Olympic absence noticed in Beijing - CTV
• A Poem: I'll Stand Buy You - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• A hunger strike and Dharana by India-Tibet Friendship Society has concluded - India-Tibet Friendship Society
• Czechs protest human rights violation in China - CTK
• Deported Free Tibet Activists Arrive at Frankfurt Airport Today after Dramatic Olympic Protest In Beijing - SFT
• China deports five pro-Tibet Canadian activists - CTV
• Canadians arrested over Tibet protest - CanWest News Service
• Senate speaker excludes press from meeting with Dalai Lama - Reporters without Borders
• Tibetans protest outside UN office in New Delhi; hunger strikers enter Day 6 - Phayul
• Tenzin Tsundue to be handed over to Kangra police from Mandi Jail - Phayul
• Dalai Lama to begin official programme in France - AFP

• Hybrid Tibetan-Peking opera set for last days of Olympics - www.chinaview.cn
• Taos Mountain Film Festival to Spotlight Tibet - FirstTracksOnline.com
• Horror show in Beijing - YNet News
• China: the middle kingdom's middle way - Le Monde diplomatique
• Early in the Games, Glimpses of China's Security Struggles - Washington Post
• Chinese journalists censored - Sydney Morning Herald
• Politics and Games: Was Beijing 2008 a Mistake? - Spiegel
• Uighurs: Uprising from the ashes of history - CBC
• Olympics: Radio Free Asia protests at media bar - Guardian
• China: Police Detain Would-Be Olympic Protesters - HRW
• Parish priest protests against China by locking himself in church - Polish Radio
• Chaos descends on Nepal - Asia Times
• Anti-China protests to continue in Kathmandu throughout Olympics - AsiaNews
• Tibetan monks and nuns in exile in India stage protest against China - Newpost Online
• Relatives of Tibetan Filmmaker arrested by China - US Tibet Committee
• China Deports 28 Members of Students for a Free Tibet for Staging Protests in Beijing - Democracy Now
• Dalai Lama visits French Buddhist site, pagoda - AP
• France electric company to build nuclear plants in China - Web in France Magazine
• Dalai Lama begins visit to France - BBC
• Chinese troops suspected of shooting two Tibetan women - Free Tibet
• Book Review: Discussing Tibet, without the BS - Phayul
• UN experts seek whereabouts of the Panchen Rinpoche and Tibetans arrested earlier this year - Tibet Bureau, Geneva

• A Poem: IMAGINE - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• China's Internet awash with state spies - Asia Times
• The Train to Lhasa, TIBET: Engineering Destruction - WIRED
• The Train to Lhasa, TIBET: Engineering Destruction - WIRED
• Arrested in Tibet: A Young American's Journey of Fear - Huffington Post
• Crackdown continues for Chinese human rights activists - Reporters without Borders
• Uneasy relations: China and the foreign press - AP
• British journalist arrested for covering Free Tibet protest in Beijing - AFP
• Beijing Olympics: Chinese tanks watch over media centre - The Telegraph
• Crackdown continues for Chinese human rights activists, with no Olympic truce during games - Reporters without Borders
• Cuba denies athlete signed China rights plea - Reuters
• Tibet activists hang banner, blockade Beijing's 'Chinese ethnic culture park' - SFT
• TYC dupes Indian police; replaces hunger strikers with volunteers - Phayul
• Dalai Lama says world should be firm with China - AP
• Olympics may make China more obdurate over Tibet - Economic Times
• Dalai Lama curious about China's path post-Games - AP
• Tibet crackdown goes on despite Olympics: Dalai Lama - AFP
• UN experts seek whereabouts of the Panchen Rinpoche and Tibetans arrested earlier this year - Tibet Bureau, Geneva
• I am a free spokesperson of the Tibetan people -- the Dalai Lama - Phayul
• Op-Ed: After the Games, Tibet - New York Times

• Photo-exhibition, based on two photo-expeditions - Headlines India
• The bear is back - Asia Times
• In Beijing, do splashy protests pay dividends? - Los Angeles Times
• We do not belong to past dawns, but to the noons of the future - Rediff
• Editorial: Olympic ideals come up against hard reality - The Age
• Beijing Olympics: 'Ethnic' children revealed as fakes in opening ceremony - The Telegraph
• Pages of Inconvenient History - Agam's Gecko Blog
• Counterfeiting History - Agam's Gecko Blog
• Olympics bring no joy for Tibetan monks - The Age
• A walk in the clouds - Business 24-7
• Former rower cycling to help Tibetan cause - Regina Leader-Post
• China: End Abuses of Media Freedom - Human Rights Watch
• Tibetan Monks Confined During Games - Radio Free Asia
• 5 deported from China after 'Free Tibet' stunt - AP
• Nepal's tryst with democracy: A timeline - Howrah News Service
• 1,000 Tibetan protesters arrested in Nepal: police - AFP
• Tibetan theme in new Benetton ad - Economic Times
• Free Tibet 2008 Television online - Agora Vox
• Tibetan exiles stage protest demonstration in Dharamsala - Asia News International
• The Olympics as a political arena - Asia Times
• Naomi Klein and Christian Parenti on How Beijing Olympics - Democracy NOW
• Ethnic unity in China, with the Han on top - AFP
• [Interview] Chinese students express their views on China's sensitive issues - Ohmynews
• Rounded up into torture camps: the 'undesirables' China doesn't want you to see - Daily Mail
• In the Words of Chinese Officials - Human Rights Watch
• China: End Abuses of Media Freedom - Human Rights Watch
• Tibetan travels - Brantford Expositor
• Documentary Film: Fire Under the Snow - Internation Documentary Association
• Nomadic Tibetans in NW China's Gansu to settle into permanent homes - Xinhua
• 'I Won't Regret to Die' - ABC News
• Protesters march for Tibet in downtown Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen
• Tough tactics contain dissent - Financial Times
• Pro-Tibet activists target CCTV headquarters - Financial Times
• Protest on 12th Avenue Takes Aim at Beijing - New York Times
• TYC resumes hunger strike with a fresh group; observes India's Independence Day - Phayul
• Tibetan Solidarity Committee to hold worldwide Mass Prayer, Fasting on 30 August - Tibetan Solidarity Committee,
• A Personal Request from Kalon Tripa - TibetNet

• YouTube stands up to IOC over Free Tibet video - Slashdot
• Targets of Indo-Israeli secret diplomacy - Frontier Post
• India boosting air force at China border - Morung Express
• Games with a ring of shame - Daily Telegraph
• Rounded up into torture camps: the 'undesirables' China doesn't want you to see - Daily Mail
• Censors make news in public relations battle - Sydney Morning Herald
• And Now, a Word from the Propaganda Bureau - Agam's Gecko Blog
• China's iron Olympic grip starts to slip - Sunday Times
• FACTBOX: Why is remote Tibet of strategic significance? - Reuters
• Tibet: China's largest copper deposit to start output in September - Reuters
• Qinghai-Tibet railway to get six new lines - China Daily
• Railway to Tibet in red, passengers stay away in H1 - Reuters
• Tibet tourism suffers from March unrest: state media - AFP
• Tibetan women celebrate Raksha Bandhan to cherish "brotherhood with India" - Phayul
• China deports Tibet activists for hanging sign in Beijing - Toronto Star
• The Moment to Reveal The Truth - Custom Tibet
• Beijing protester still committed to Tibetan cause - Vancouver Province
• London Free Tibet March to Downing Street - Tibet Custom
• Dalai Lama-China mistreating Tibetans during Games - Reuters

• China: Cultural evolution: a look at Mao - Boston Globe
• Yeti myth dying out as Bhutan modernizes - AP
• Georgia's Lessons for Asia - Asia Sentinel
• Kashmir and the Indian Empire - Media Monitors Network
• Harsh Chinese Crackdown Coming in Xinjiang - Asia Sentinel
• Distant thunder: Separatism stirs on China's forgotten frontier - Financial Times
• What the Olympics tell us about China and India - Economic Times
• Chinese and IOC officials give media short shrift - The Age
• Song Compares Beijing Olympics to Nazi Olympics - Epoch Times
• 18,000 Virtual Protesters go live in Beijing - Epoch Times
• After the Games, Tibet -- Your comments on my Tibet column - New York Times
• "Protest Zones" -- Malcontents Need Not Apply - New York Times
• Report: 77 applications for Olympic protests - AP
• Demonstrator tells of 9-hour interrogation - Boston Globe
• ACME OF OBSCENITY -- Tom Grunfeld and The Making of Modern Tibet - Jamyang Norbu
• China stepping up Tibet repression, activists say - Reuters
• French FM Kouchner cancels meeting with Dalai Lama: report - AFP

• Tibetan Bronzes on Exhibit at Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art - Art Daily
• Over 40 Olympic athletes in Beijing download Tibet solidarity album 'Songs for Tibet' - ICT
• Ask Tibetan Scholars - The Center for Buddhist Studies Weblog
• Buddhists celebrate birthday of 8th century monk, Guru Rinpoche - Daily India
• Rise of The Sea Turtles - Newsweek
• Neo-coms are the threat - Jerusalem Post
• China tightens grip on protesters - Christian Science Monitor
• 'I love China' shirts symbolise pride and anger - Radio Netherlands
• Approval to protest harder to win than medals in Beijing - CanWest
• Don't mention the Five Forbidden Topics! I did once, but I think I got away with it... - The Courier (Australia)
• An Olympian mistake - The Pioneer
• Polish Weightlifter Makes Tibet Protest in Beijing - Tybetwatch.blox.pl
• Canadian activist: Games are time to talk Tibet - Rabble.ca
• Chrétien builds links with Chinese conglomerate - Globe and Mail
• Chretien: Jimmy Carter, he's not - Globe & Mail
• Harper erred on Olympics, Dalai Lama, Chrétien says - Globe & Mail
• China's Georgia War Lesson: Today's Breakaway Bites Back Later - Bloomberg
• China: Olympic Sponsors Ignore Human Rights Abuses - HRW
• China to relocate over 73,700 Nomadic Tibetans in Kanlho into permanent homes: state media - Phayul
• French foreign minister to meet with Dalai Lama - AP
• Tibetans clash with Nepal police, 200 held - Reuters

• Travel: Spend two weeks in Tibet and Nepal - MSNBC
• "Recollecting Tibet" [Online Documentary Film, 2005-2008] - Tibetan Studies Blog
• Fast Five - Idaho Statesman
• The 'Hanification' of Xinjiang - Asia Times
• Chewing the Buddha Bush at the Olympics - Tricycle Magazine
• Olympics put China under scrutiny - UPI Asia
• New strategies for 'democratizing' China - Asia Times
• Personal financial interest behind Chrétien attack on PM's China policy, Kenney says - Globe & Mail
• An opera written to offer a rose-tinted portrayal of China's relationship with Tibet will run in a large Beijing theatre for three days this week - The Telegraph
• Death of a Warrior - New York Observer
• Beijing: Night Light 'Free Tibet' Banner - Free Tibet 2008
• The Other Olympics -- The Tibetan Olympics - Al Jazeera
• China detains 6 US pro-Tibet activists in Beijing - AP
• French rights minister to meet Dalai Lama - AFP
• Peaceful protest outside the Chinese Consulate in Kathmandu - whatabouttibet.com
• Weekend Schedule of Free Tibet Protests in NYC - US Tibet Committee

• Documentary: 'Dancing in Amdo' -- Carl narrates Tibetan movie - Morpeth Herald
• iTunes blocked in China after protest stunt - Sydney Morning Herald
• Lhamo Posts: Tibetan Women at the Forefront ... again - www.artibet.com
• Two women sentenced to 're-education' in China - International Herald Tribune
• China Orders Punishment for Protest Bid - Wall Street Journal
• Chinese voices on Tibet: a letter to the Dalai Lama - ICT
• Tibetan Man and Three Supporters Detained After Beijing Protest - SFT UK
• Ken Livingston - The Paragon of our Age? - Speaks out on China & Tibet - Custom Tibet
• UK's Brown to raise human rights with China - Reuters
• With Games nearing end, RFA Tibet service reporter still denied visa - Committee to Protect Journalists
• Local protests rage as Olympics go on - Metro New York
• American "Citizen Journalists" Detained In Beijing - Kathy's US Politics Blog
• Wenncheng Gets Press Propaganda opera *updated* - Agam's Gecko Blog
• Sympathy towards Tibetan cause and writing on the wall for China - Nepal News
• Tibet group decries politics behind postponed Dalai Lama visit - Tico Times
• China tells France to prudently deal with Tibet issue - Economic Times
• An illusive olive branch from the Dalai Lama - China Daily
• Dalai Lama set to miss Costa Rica visit - Costa Rica Holiday
• Update on His Holiness the Dalai Lama's France Visit - TibetNet

• NBC coverage gives a narrow view of China - USA TODAY
• Environment: The Real Story Behind the 'Roof of the World' - Live Science
• Yulong Copper Mine in Tibet to be operational - TibetNet
• Beijing Under Fire for Detaining Pro-Tibet Activists - Deutcshe Welle
• China keeps pro-Tibet websites blocked - AFP
• Beijing's cool youngsters enjoy a breath of fresh Olympic air - The Times
• China: Hosting Olympics a Catalyst for Human Rights Abuses - Human Rights Watch
• Internal police documents reveal strategy with foreign journalists - Reporters without Borders
• China keeps pro-Tibet websites blocked - AFP
• Buddhism and Empire III: the Dharma King - Early Tibet
• Tibetan history, as sung by the victors - LA Times
• Six foreigners given 10 days' detention: Beijing police - AFP
• One way out of Beijing - Montreal Mirror
• Canada: C'mon, Mr. Chrétien, our voice on China does matter - Globe & Mail
• Sarkozy snubs Dalai Lama, Carla does not - Radio France24
• His Holiness to join Worldwide Non-Violent Action 30 Aug - TibetNet
• Report: Dalai Lama says China fired on Tibetans - AP
• * CLARIFICATION * - Office of His Holiness of the Dalai Lama
• Travels: Ladakh, the 'Little Tibet' - Electric New Paper (Singapore)
• Olympics as PR: Here's the new, modern China - AP
• Olympic disaster for free expression in China - Reporters without Borders
• China's heavy Olympic footprint on Tibet - ICT
• China's Olympics of opposites offer glint of hope - Irish Times
• 10 days in jail for holding up a flag - Beijing Wide Open Blog
• China: Hosting Olympics a Catalyst for Human Rights Abuses - Human Rights Watch
• Arrest & detention of Mandie McKeown in Beijing - Tibet Society
• China blocks access to websites over album in support of Tibet and freedom of expression - ICT
• China's heavy Olympic footprint on Tibet - ICT
• Stifling Tibetan voices - Guardian
• China gives 6 American protesters 10-day detentions - International Herald Tribune
• 47 Tibet activists arrested during Games - AP
• A Mission of Dissent in the Heart of Beijing - Washington Post
• EDITORIAL: History is the final judge - Washington Times
• Costa Rica delays Dalai Lama visit for China president: Tibet group - AFP
• Dalai Lama to receive award in Dominican Republic visit - Dominican Today
• Dalai Lama wraps up contentious visit to France - AFP
• France: Dalai Lama Says Repression Is Up - New York Times
• Indian Police break up hunger strike in New Delhi - Phayul

• China's stress on "harmony" keeps tight lid on religion - Vancouver Sun
• China's totalitarian games - Boston Globe
• Myths & conceptions about India-China trade - Economic Times
• Indo-Sino relation should be on give-and-take principle - ZeeZee News
• 'IT LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE' - Agam's Gecko Blog
• China's tour de force - Globe & Mail
• Yulong Copper Mine in Tibet to be operational - TibetNet
• Canada's broken China policy - Ottawa Citizen
• China urged to free Americans held for Tibet protests - Reuters
• Kay is cycling for a better world - BC Local News
• Protest in downtown Calgary - CTV Calgary
• Terrifying time in China - Edmonton Sun
• Beijing Controls Tibetans Using Skynet Electronic Surveillance - Radio Free Asia
• Update on Tibet Demonstrations August 7, 2008 - Custom Tibet
• Lhasang-la: Man on a mission - Times of India
• A tale of two Tibets - Times of India
• Update on Sunday's Free Tibet Protest in NYC - US Tibet Committee
• Tibetans mark Olympics close with anti-China rally - Reuters
• Thousands of Tibetans in Nepal protest China - AP
• Report: 11-Point Index of Human Rights Violations in China - Hon. Irwin Cotler, M.P. Canada
• Report: 11-Point Index of Human Rights Violations in China - Part Two - Hon. Irwin Cotler, M.P. Canada

• Buddha's Nativity in Ladakh - israelshamir.net
• China's Sea Turtles - Asia Sentinel
• China's thin veil of compliance - Canberra Times
• Under blue skies, Beijing dazzled as Olympic host - Christian Science Monitor
• Olympics: It was Bread and Circuses in Beijing - The Telegraph
• Was China truly ready for the Olympics? - Asia News
• China - Orwell's dream come true - Dominion Post
• Shaven head was Tibet protest, says Polish medalist - Express India
• Cadel backs Tibet for 2012 - Canberra Times
• Olympic disaster for free expression in China - Reporters Without Borders
• China: What after the Games? - SIFY News
• As Olympics End, Tibetan Cause Continues in NYC - Epoch Times
• Tibetans stage anti-China protest in Nepal - Press Trust of India
• Dalai Lama to join prayers and fast for Tibet - CP
• Tibetan exiles in Nepal mark Olympics close with anti-China rally - Reuters
• Photojournalists arrested at Paris pro-Tibet protest - AFP
• Silent March Observed in Tokyo - Tibet House Japan
• Intensified Chinese crackdown in Tibet feared after Olympics - Tibetan People's Uprising Movement

• Stop "separatist" actions: China tells Dalai Lama - ZeeZee
• Sikkim is still a country for China - The Statesman
• China lifts iTunes block but for Tibet album - San Francisco Chronicle
• Opinion: We Can Help China Embrace the Future - WSJ
• Opinion: Blair: China reminds me of the best of America - politics.co.uk
• China misfires with divisive 'people's war' - Asia Time
• Editorial: The Games leave Beijing - China carries on as before - The Gazette
• Transforming Tibet - The Frontline
• Strong earthquake jolts Tibet - Press Trust of India
• China's Empty Protest Zones - Radio Free Asia
• Tibetans and supporters rally in London as the Olympics draw to a close - SFT UK
• Protesters tell tales of Beijing detention - Metro New York
• China returns detained activists to NYC - AP
• Opinion: China's Tough Posture on Tibet - NY Times
• Artist's Pointed Critique is Barred from Beijing - WSJ
• A celebration of Lies - Jamyang Norbu
• Woeser Detained on Eve of Beijing Climax; a Tibetan's 'Olympic Diary' - Agam's Gecko Blog
• Tibet's most famous woman blogger, Woeser, detained by police - Times Online

• Tibetan children teach life lessons to teacher - Seattle Times
• Inside Tibet: Through an adventurer's lens - The Statesman
• Yogurt festival marks Tibet's post-Games boom - China Daily
• India builds military air bases close to Tibet - UPI
• Mao's disciple in China - The Telegraph Nepal
• Is the Jihad Coming to China? - Media With Conscience
• Past presents problems for Tibet - Asia Times
• Where China Goes Next - TIME
• Opinion: Orville Schell: China's post-Olympic challenge - Business Standard
• AUSTRALIA: Keating condemns 'elitist' coverage - The Age
• China: Reality Bites - Maui Weekly
• British and US pro-Tibet activists locked to chairs during Chinese interrogation - The Telegraph
• Detained in Beijing, journalist talks about his ordeal - Phily.com
• Canada's China Policy - CanWest
• China expresses dissatisfaction with U.S. human rights remarks - Xinhua
• Two thousand evacuated after quake in Tibet - Xinhua
• Are Dalai Lama's critics backed by China? - New Statesman
• Dalai Lama suffering from exhaustion - The Telegraph

• Essay: The Dream, The Reality of The Games - Global Human
• China's other world - The Statesman
• Tibetan Children Paint "Feelings from Tibet" - TibetNet
• Tibetan Children Paint "Feelings from Tibet" - TibetNet
• The deity banned by Dalai Lama - The Statesman
• Restive, remote Tibetan region under military lockdown - AFP
• Tibetans to resume protests in Nepal - Financial Times
• Restive, remote Tibetan region under military lockdown - AFP
• Dalai Lama: a spiritual leader who is found, not chosen - Guardian
• Interview: Dalai Lama speaks to EuroNews - EuroNews.net
• Focused on talks,Tibetans play down China`s criticism of Dalai Lama - Zee News
• Exhausted Dalai Lama axes trips - The Guardian
• Dalai Lama has been experiencing some discomfort - Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama