WTN for July 2009

• Official: Tibet's prosperity impossible without democratic reform - Xinhua
• Director Seeks To Capture Life In Modern Tibet - Louisa Lim
• Karmapa appeals for wildlife conservation - Wasfia Nazreen
• Australia MPs coming to Dharamsala - Phayul
• Students Expelled From School in Kanlho - TCHRD
• Qinghai-Tibet Railway summer holiday service begins - People's Daily Online
• Report: Air China to launch direct Beijing-Tibet flights to boost tourism - AP
• Chinese delegation woos Nepal against Tibetan demonstrations - Phayul
• Department of Education to select one student for UWC Mahindra Pune - TibetNet
• A Home for the Tibetan Mind: The Legacy of Gyatsho Tshering - Phayul
• "Tibetan Lawyers: Why Don't They Come Forward?" - Woeser
• You can now nominate the next Kalon Tripa online!!! - Thubten Samdup

• Interview: Nati Baratz of 'Unmistaken Child' - blog.beliefnet.com
• New Challenges for the Tibet Movement in Europe - tibet-envoy.eu
• The non-negotiable faith in us - Mukul Sharma
• Development Definition - IMPHAL FREE PRESS
• COMMENT: Hydro-politics in Asia - Pakistan Daily Times

• Restrictions on the import of religious items from Nepal - Tibet
• Tibet exhibition opens in Taipei - Taipei Times
• Supporting the Tibetan cause - Times of India
• Australia MPs rebuff China's anger - Phayul
• Australian Lawmakers Visit Dalai Lama in India - VOA
• Dalai Lama's Birthday Clouded By News Of Ongoing Repression - digitaljournal.com
• Australian MPs visit Tibetan community in Dharamsala, express constructive support for Tibet - Tibet
• Living Buddha: Dalai Lama's "democratic leadership" ridiculous - Xinhua
• 'Companies need hearts and brains' - Welt Online
• The Obscenity of Tibet Tourism - Tibet Truth
• 'Appropriate' for MPs to meet Dalai Lama - Sydney Morning Herald
• Independence Day for Everyone - huffingtonpost.com
• Press Is Under-reporting and Understating Police State Capabilities of China's New 'GD Software' - Tom Blumer
• Nepali gov't committed to one-China policy - Xinhua
• Nepal makes decision to make please the China by banning free Tibetan movement from Nepal - Tibet
• Nepal Bans 'Free Tibet' Protest - AHN
• CA members threaten to expose PM - REPUBLICA
• Nepal MP's meeting with Dalai sparks controversy - dnaindia.com
• MN Tibetans honour Dalai Lama's 74th Birthday with community service - Phayul
• Indian leaders to attend Dalai Lama's Birthday event - Tibet

• Tibetan refugees still dream of a home they have never seen - DNAindia.com
• China urges Spain to stop inquiry into Tibet crackdown - AFP
• China's Latest Tibet - foreignpolicy.com
• Sinister echoes of Beijing's handling of Tibet - ft.com
• Dalai Lama promoting Gandhian values in several countries - deccanherald.com
• Nepal Tibetans mark Dalai Lama's birthday - AFP
• Dalai Lama turns 74, says should live to 100 - AP

• The Uyghurs and the Tibetans -- Struggling Against Chinese Colonialism - opednews.com
• China in Tiananmen, Tibet, Xinjiang ... same country, same repressive approach - nationalpost.com
• The Real Story of the Uighur Riots - REBIYA KADEER
• In Latest Upheaval, China Applies New Strategies to Control Flow of Information - nytimes.com

• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Urges China to Restrain; Offers Prayer for Xinjiang Victims - tibetpost.net
• China: President Should Ease Tension by Acknowledging Grievances - HRW
• After Tibet, East Turkestan: protests and violence in Xinjiang - ICT
• Declaración de Su Santidad el Dalai Lama - Tibet

• Behind the Violence in Xinjiang - International Herald Tribune
• A talk with Tsering Samdup, an ex-political prisoner - thetibetpost.com
• Tibetans Detest China's Indoctrination Campaign; 2 Seriously Hurt in Clashes in Eastern Tibet - TibetCustom.com
• A Monk of Labrang Monastery abducted in a raid - TCHRD
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama meets India's Senior Leader - Tibet
• His Holiness blesses new Sakya monastery in Kaza - Phayul
• Kasur Jetsun Pema in Tokyo - TibetNet

• CHTHONIC To Debut New Look At 'Free Tibet' Concert - Tibet
• Looking at China unrest from Mongolian perch - msnbc
• Exiled Tibetans express solidarity with uyghur uprising - NVO Bureau
• Chinese checkers - Brahma Chellaney
• China crucible - The Australian
• Tibetans protest against Hu in Italy - TCI

• Why the West is silent on rioting in Xinjiang - Globe and Mail
• Dalai Lama to visit Iowa in 2010 - AP
• Muslim reaction to China unrest mostly muted - Malaysia Star
• Between Xinjiang and Tibet - www.scoop.co.nz
• The New Rules: Urumqi is not Tiananmen, and Xinjiang is not Tibet - World Politics Review
• Nepal police detain Tibetans - AP
• 'Freeing Tibet' - Washington Times

• BEIJING'S NIGHTMARE - Economist
• IS CHINA FRAYING? - Economist
• TROUBLES ACROSS TURKESTAN - Economist
• OIL AND WATER - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Exhibition marks 50th anniversary of Tibet in exile - Taiwan News
• Tibetan refugees seek livelihoods in Ladakh, India - World Focus
• Nepal beefs up security in Tibetan border - PTI
• Returning Tibetan youths severely tortured - TibetanReview.net
• Unmistaken Child - Boston Globe
• Chinese Panchen at Jokhang during rare Tibet visit - TibetanReview.net

• Countering Riots, China Rounds Up Hundreds - New York Times
• Cultural Faultlines in China - Korea Times
• The dangers of piggybacking on China - Globe & Mail
• EDITORIAL: China's ability to ignore the obvious - Taipei Times
• The great gall of China has us fooled - The Australian
• Crackdown on lawyers: legal think-tank shut down, fears for 'Leaving Fear Behind' film-maker Dhondup Wangchen - ICT
• Swiss Sidestep Dalai Lama - SwissInfo
• Tibetan filmmaker and 2 monks denied legal representation - Phayul
• Obama may meet Dalai Lama as Beijing seethes - Times of India
• OPINION: Autonomy? Think Again - Times of India
• China’s 7.9% Triumph Tarnished by Rio Tinto Mess: William Pesek - Bloomberg

• Will Global Warming Melt the Permafrost Supporting the China-Tibet Railway? - Scientific American
• Mountain peril - Malaysia Star
• 30,000 Tibetan antelopes to give birth in Hol Xil - Xinhua
• Reaping what you sow - Vancouver Sun
• Obama may meet Dalai Lama as Beijing seethes - TNN
• China's Civil Rights Lawyers: The New Enemies of the State - Huffington Post
• Lawyer ejected because of "no use": monk sentenced to life - AsiaNews

• Sitting Quietly, Doing Something - New York Times
• Dalai Lama in finding successor dilemma - People's Daily
• Dalai Lama to get honorary citizenship of Warsaw - IANS
• Karmapa Lama: Tibet's young voice - Asia Times
• The Doctor Is Within - New York Times

• 11th Panchen Lama undergoes ordination - Xinhua
• BBC to help promote Lhasa's tourism - Xinhua
• China rethinks autonomy for ethnic minorities; Tibetans, Uighurs and other nationality groups are excessively privileged and over-indulged, many say - CanWest
• Wife and cousin of Tibetan filmmaker worried, appeal for help - Phayul
• Tibetan schoolboy arrested for anti China protest - Phayul
• Dalai Lama to visit Poland , Germany - North India Times
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama?s July 2009 visit to Poland - Office of Tibet, London
• Chinese and Tibetan Scholars, writers, journalists and advocates gather in Geneva - Tibet Focus
• The perilous lives of lawyers in China - The Economist

• Tibet was a fully functioning independent state: Jamyang Norbu - Phayul
• Envoy exposes roots of Tibetan anger - Taipei Times
• No action on benami* properties of Tibetans - Tribune
• Unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet sends a message to the Chinese authorities - European voice
• UN Watch Disappointed at U.N. Rights Chief - UN Watch
• Tibetans Risk Lone Protests - AFP
• Journalists should be nosey as elephants: Dalai Lama - AFP
• Recession is chance to re-think values: Dalai Lama - AFP
• Dalai Lama says capitalism can learn from Buddhism - Reuters
• Dalai Lama Calls Global Economic Crisis a Lesson - VOA
• Dalai Lama receives honorary citizenship of Polish capital - AFP
• Dalai Lama kicks off four days of religious talks in Germany - DPA
• Dalai Lama compares Tibetan fate to Warsaw Uprising - AFP
• His Holiness receives University of Warsaw Medal for promoting peace and ethics - The Office of Tibet, London
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visiting Germany and Switzerland to Give Talks on World Peace and Give Buddhist Teachings - The Office of Tibet, Geneva