WTN for August 2009

• Lenders find ex-monks are very bankable - Crain's New York Business
• Rebiya Kadeer a small but charismatic thorn in Beijing's side - The Australian
• China says Xinjiang riot media openness a success - Reuters
• Rejoinder to "Autonomy? Think Again" - Lobsang Sangay
• Tibet representative plays down comments - Taipei Times
• Harrison Ford Documentary, Dalai Lama Renaissance, Attacked by China's Communist Party - PRWeb
• The Will to Survive: One Man's Harrowing Escape from Tibet - Huffington Post
• "Tibet in Song" Review - 2009 Asian American International Film Festival - Eric Hung
• Exile Tibetans call for jailed filmmaker's release - Phayul
• Dalai Lama urges global cooperation in economic crisis - AFP

• "Tibet in Song" Review - 2009 Asian American International Film Festival - Meniscus Magazine
• Taiwan Root Medical Corp team provides medical services for exile Tibetans - Tibet Post
• Will China Implode? - thedailybeast.com
• Beware of China -- It wants to stop India growing - Organizer
• "People still passing difficulties under communist totalitarian rule:" His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Tibet Post
• Foundations for a Modern Tibet (III) - Phayul
• Foundations for a Modern Tibet (II) - Phayul
• Foundations for a Modern Tibet (I) - Phayul
• Tibetan author Tashi disappears after arrested by Chinese authorities - Tibet Post
• Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile calls on UN to help release of arrested Tibetan filmmaker - CTA
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama concludes the visit to Frankfurt -- Day 5 - Tibet Office -- Switzerland
• A Response to Lobsang Sangay - Elliot Sperling
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama emphasises women's role in society - CTA
• The monk who inspired a hundred books - IANS
• Snub sends wrong signal, says Dalai Lama envoy - swissinfo.ch
• Cloud of disappointment hangs over Dalai Lama's visit - World Radio Switzerland

• Tibet in History this Week - Tibetan Review
• Tibet Talk with Jamyang Norbu in Bangalore - Phayul
• An uncertain welcome: how China's influence impacts Tibetans in Nepal - ICT
• Dalai Lama says capitalism can learn from Buddhism - Reuters
• View: Sino-Indian water divide - Daily Times
• Nepal and China to discuss border security next week - Phayul
• The Fate of Zanskar - US-China Today
• "Looking at Criminal Cases to Examine the Non-Special Policies Towards Ethnic Minorities" - Woeser
• Tibetan-language People's Daily launched - Tibetan Review
• University of Marburg confers Honorary Doctorate degree to His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Tibet Office -- Switzerland
• Nourishing Tibetan Identity in the U.K. - Phayul
• Pneumonic plague claims third life - Phayul
• China: Ensure Fair Trial for Tibetan Filmmaker - HRW
• Eyewitness accounts of first generation Tibetan exiles made public - Phayul
• Dalai Lama arrives in Lausanne - Swissinfo.ch

• Mongolia -- Hidden Gobi Desert relics found - BBC
• An 'Asia-Pacific' chimera - Asia Times
• East Turkestan: Uyghurs Swept Up in Mass Detentions - UNPO
• Xinjiang: China’s Palestine - Mainstream
• Tibet Exhibit wins "Most Informative" prize at the Asian Festival in Virginia - Phayul
• China: Cancel Trials of Quake Victim Advocates - HRW
• Move to allow Dalai Lama pictures prompts speculation: no policy change evident - ICT
• Livelihood of exiled Tibetans under threat as carpet industry unravels - Irish Times
• Dalai Lama: growing support in China for Tibetans - AP
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teaching in Lausanne, Switzerland - Office of Tibet -- Switzerland
• Dalai Lama arrives in Lausanne, says "no problem" over shunning Swiss ministers - Phayul

• Tibetans' sacred steps and spiritual sounds - Southern Reporter
• Nepalese foreign ministry officials says: China increases pressure Nepal asking to curb Tibetan movements - Review Nepal
• 'Tibet's Cry For Freedom' At La Paloma Sabanera in Hartford, US - Hartford Courant
• Site tracks world online censorship reports - AP
• Upcoming India - China border talks likely to be a drawn game - Phayul
• Chinese Propaganda Machinery and the Dalai Lama - Tibet Report Blog
• Canada: Flaherty and Carney going to China to meet with officials and business leaders - CP
• Jailing of four Tibetan writers criticized - Tibetan Review
• Climate change worries Dalai Lama - swissinfo.ch
• Chinese authorities kidnap witness in rights activist's case - Phayul
• Tibetan Communities in Europe offers Tenshug (Long Life Ceremony) to His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Office of Tibet -- Switzerland

• Honeymoon with Lu Kewen is over - The Australian
• Dharamshala chosen to erect memorial pillar for Tibetan martyrs - Punjab News
• Things are changing in China and I have faith in Chinese intellectuals and people, Dalai Lama says - AsiaNews
• Dalai Lama says China's minority policies fail to foster trust - Radio Australia News
• The dragon should obey its own laws - Globe and Mail
• Exclusion of report from UN scrutiny body disappoints Tibetan rights group - Phayul
• Fears for missing Tibetan writer; continued crackdown on writers and artists - ICT
• Uighur unrest shows China's failures - Dalai Lama - Reuters
• Kalon Tripa's Address to the Inaugural Session of the International Sino-Tibetan Conference - CTA
• Address by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Tibetan -- Chinese conference - CTA
• 'Expect No Miracle, But Strengthen Sino-Tibetan Friendship': His Holiness - CTA
• Tibet in History this Week - Tibetan Review
• Samdhong Surrenders Tibetan Rights To Freedom - Tibet Truth Blog
• Dalai Lama: China's Policy on Ethnic Minorities has Failed - VOA
• Exclusion of report from UN scrutiny body disappoints Tibetan rights group - Phayul
• Tibetan Plague Town Reopening - AFP
• Dalai Lama to receive International Freedom Award - ICT
• China blames unrest on foreign-based separatists - AFP
• Four Tibetan writers jailed for criticising Chinese government - IFEX
• Taiwan Democrat Party invites His Holiness the Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan - Tibet Post
• Canada: Speak out for Tibetan Filmmaker, Dhondup Wangchen! - SFT Canada
• Secretariat of the UN committee against discrimination censors TCHRD report - TCHRD

• No plan to give up Arunachal claim: China - Times of India
• Quarantine lifted from Tsegorthang town - Phayul
• China exerting tremendous anti-Tibetan pressure on Nepal - Tibetan Review
• Dalai Lama asks China to reset its minority policy - Tibetan Review
• Zhang Boshu: the way to resolve the Tibet issue - tibet-china-conference.org
• Resolve the Issue of Tibet and Half a Million Careers Go Up in Smoke - tibet-china-conference.org
• Final Document of the 2009 Sino-Tibetan Conference - Tibet Office - Switzerland

• Film by a Tibetan bags award at online film festival - Phayul
• China Should break up the Indian Union, suggests a Chinese Strategist - C3S
• Sino-Indian border stalemate continues after 13 talks - Tibetan Review
• Border talks: Mixed signals from China - Rediff
• China goes all out for stability ahead of National Day celebrations - Irish Times
• Dalai Lama sends message of support to Kadeer - ABC News Australia
• China blames separatist, not its polices, for Tibet and Xinjiang unrests - Tibetan Review
• Dalai Lama Calls On Beijing to Change - VOA
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrives in Leh - CTA

• Perspective of a Tibetan Intern in Washington - ICT
• Dalai Lama: Tibet a Chinese issue - UPI
• China blames separatist, not its polices, for Tibet and Xinjiang unrests - Tibetan Review
• China frees 1,200 in Tibet, holds 700 over Xinjiang - AFP
• Missing Tibetan Said Detained - RFA
• Man sentenced to 5 years in prison, death threats against five - Phayul
• Dalai Lama arrives in Ladakh, Chief Minister drives for him - Phayul
• Dalai Lama awaiting 'signals' from Beijing to resume talks - ZeeNews
• Tibet 'Chinese issue' says Dalai - BBC
• Sino-Tibetan conference underlines pivotal role of freedom for resolving Tibet issue - Tibetan Review

• Nepal Perspective: Who could avert Sino-Indian War? - Telegraph Nepal
• Golden Jubilee Celebration of Preservation and Promotion of Tibetan Theatrical Arts - CTA
• China's military launches long-range war games - AP
• India wary as China conducts biggest "long-range" war games - Christian Science Monitor
• Postcard From...Dharamsala - Foreign Policy In Focus
• India conveys unhappiness over Chinese article - IANS
• Call for press club ban: Chinese pressure media - The Australian
• Dalai Lama support Kadeer as woman of peace - Tibetan Review
• Nepali doctors in Tibet - Kantipur Report
• Uighur 'plight similar to Tibet' - BBC

• Chinese essay on India sparks outcry - Irish Times
• Nepal deploying security along Tibet border: Support from China - Telegraph Nepal
• WTO win could open China's door to US companies - AP
• The Lama and the Disciple - Tucson Weekly
• Peculiar Story About the Karmapa - Tibetan Altar
• Exile and the Kingdom - Telegraph India
• Three Tibetans Sentenced - AFP
• Uighurs must fight for rights within China - The Australian
• Underdog India sees cooperation with China as better option - Tibetan Review
• Talks with China head nowhere - Rediff News
• Suu Kyi and American Convicted by Burmese Court - Washington Post
• Be Cool -- Be Tibetan - Phayul
• Dalai Lama urges Burma to release Su Kyi - Phayul

• He thinks in Tibetan, writes in Chinese (Part I and II) - Tibet Web Digest
• China to improve access for media - BBC
• The India-China Rivalry - Asia Sentinel
• Tibet in History this Week - Tibetan Review
• Chinese call for India's breakup dismissed as not official - Tibetan Review
• U.S. Congressional staff allowed into Tibet for first time since spring 2008 - ICT
• Three Tibetans sentenced to two years in jail - RFA
• TIPA marks its Golden Jubilee - Tibetan Review
• TPIE, Kashag congratulate Fernandes on Rajya Sabha win - Phayul

• China Trying to Destablize India - NewsBlaze
• Tibetan monks to share culture at Confluence Interpretive Center Aug. 26-30 - Jamestown Sun
• The Search -- Film Review - Hollywood Reporter
• Contemplating Oneness: The Neuroscience of Meditation - ScienceLine
• Life has new meaning in the Himalayas - Asia Times
• China-India border talks highlight rising tensions - wsws.org
• Nepal police detain Tibetan exiles - AFP
• China sentences 8 Tibetans for protesting the death of monk of Ragya monastery - CTA
• Nepal PM's meet with Chinese envoy significant - Telegraph Nepal
• Tibet Flag Flies On London's Fourth Plinth ... - Tibet Society, London
• Over 12,000 armed Nepalese police to guard Tibet border - Tibetan Review
• Tibetan Women thank India on Independence day - Phayul

• Tibetan Shoton Festival - CRIENGLISH.com
• The Buddha's steppes - The Business Standard
• Tibetan Lama visit - BBC
• Swine flu: Tibetan Health Dept. Urges Tibetans to Exercise Precautionary Measures - CTA
• Taipei Tibet Office organizes a prayer ceremony for Typhoon victims and those who lost their lives - Tibet Post International
• Tibet's tourist record: state media - AFP
• Big Brother Gets Annoyed - Strategy Page
• China allows US congressional staffers to Tibet, Dharamsala hopeful - Phayul
• China sentences eight Tibetans to varying prison terms in Tibet - Tibet Custom
• Steelworkers clash with police in central China - Tibetan Review
• Contrasting India and China’s National Day Celebrations - 2point6billion.com
• Can India try to break up China? - Truth Dive
• China's war games unnerve neighbors - Asia Times
• The Young Ones - Tibetan World Magazine
• If You Want to Help the People of Tibet, drink Beer! - Tibet's Report Blog
• Alcohol-China's Weapon Of Choice - Tibet Truth Blog
• China Forces Tibet's Nomads Into Concentration 'Settlements' - Tibet Truth Blog
• New US system seeks to bypass Chinese web filters - Tibetan Review
• Men-Tsee-Khang and UNIFESP Sign Agreement to Promote and Develop Educational-Scientific Cooperation - CTA

• China cut to the core - Asia Times
• Tibetan monks sentenced to prison over police station protests - Times Online
• Men-Tsee-Khang and UNIFESP Sign Agreement to Promote and Develop Educational-Scientific Cooperation - TibetNet
• Men-Tsee-Khang signs collaboration deal with Brazilian university - Tibetan Review
• Railway not among serious plateau warming problems? - Tibetan Review
• Seven Tibetans arrested at Nepal - China border - Phayul
• Residents petition against mining in Meldro Gongkar - Phayul
• 4 Tibetans killed in Lhasa protests identified - Phayul
• New image of monk who set himself on fire: concerns for his welfare - ICT

• China-EU ties caught in vicious cycle - Asia Times
• Chinese Public-Interest Lawyer Charged Amid Crackdown - New York Times
• ANALYSIS: China gives Australia the big chill - Asia-Pacific News
• China treating Nepal as its own? - TibetanReview.net
• When Chinese Wanted Tibetan Leader Samdhong Rinpoche to Be the Premier - ICT
• Tibet Support Group formed in Darjeeling - Tibet Custom
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama inaugurates school for underprivileged children of Ladakh - CTA
• Kalon Tripa to meet Chinese Intellectuals in New Delhi - CTA
• French lawmakers to call on the Dalai Lama - Phayul
• Dalai Lama to attend Czech rights meeting: spokesman - AFP
• Movie Review: "Unmistaken Child" - New York Times
• Si Scott, Alex Trochut and more team up for Tibet - Digital Arts
• Why China will attack India - Pakistan Daily
• Global warming benefits to Tibet: Chinese official - AFP
• Richardson meets with Dalai Lama's envoy - AP
• Tibetan Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama to Visit Slovakia in September - TASR
• Australian Greens back His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to the Senate - CTA
• Australia bars Dalai Lama from senate - Phayul
• A farewell and welcome to His Holiness the Dalai Lama's representatives in London - CTA

• India ripe for disintegration - Pakistan Observer
• So much for Rudd's rapport with China - Sunday Telegraph
• Tibetan Flag Flies in Heart of London at the 4th Plinth in Trafalgar Square - Tibet Custom
• Australian Senate gallery invite for Dalai Lama voted down - Tibetan Review
• Tension Increases as China and Australia Grow Closer - New York Times
• Monks jailed for up to 10 years for Mar’08 Lhasa protest - Tibetan Review
• Assistant to pioneering Chinese rights lawyer 'disappears' - Guardian
• China threatens Spain over Tibet Lawsuits: Rights group - CTA
• China gives written threat to Spain over Tibet, Spanish court adds Nangpala killings - Phayul
• Four Tibetan monks sentenced up to ten years in prison - Phayul

• Flashbacks from Here and There: A Ladakh journey -- Part One - chicoer.com
• No need to be concerned about hurting China's feelings - GERARD HENDERSON
• Can China manipulate Western media? - Jeremy and Jesse Veverka
• China: Advocates Freed, Restrictions on Civil Society Remain - HRW
• Renovation of palace home of Dalai Lamas complete - AP
• Dalai Lama to visit Japan Oct-Nov 09 - Tibetan Review
• Tibetans and Japanese supporters pray for world peace and freedom on Mt. Fuji - CTA
• Nathu La trade resumes after one year - The Statesman
• China Releases Prominent Human Rights Lawyer on Bail - VOA
• Press Release: : EU initiative for Dhondup Wangchen may force court authorities in China to review the case - Filming for Tibet
• Cousin of jailed Tibetan filmmaker optimistic of case review - Phayul
• Lobsang Sangay's response to Elliot Sperling (2) - Phayul
• China shifts Tibetan tribes - ANN
• China tightens grip on Tibet's biggest festival - IANS

• Warrior tribes and yak-turd tea - Weekend Post
• China's Wild West - CounterPunch
• Nathu La border trade finally picks up momentum - PTI
• Mind and Life Announces the Dalai Lama to Engage in Education Reform Dialogue at Educating World Citizens for the 21st Century Conference - Marketwire
• India can open consulate in Lhasa: Chinese official - IANS
• China settles 50,000 Tibetan nomads in towns: state media - AFP
• Regarding Elliot Sperling's argument - Tibet
• China Backs Down on Software - RFA
• China's Xinjiang govt denies unrest trials date - AFP
• Tibetans welcome mountain spirits in faith ceremony - Reuters
• His Holiness to take part in Conference on Educating World Citizens for the 21st Century - CTA
• World needs message of peace, truth and compassion, says His Holiness the Dalai Lama - CTA

• Free film on Tibet - The Union
• The next 100 years - New Statesman
• Chinese Law Curbs Power of Officials to Deploy Armed Police - Bloomberg News
• Nepal and India agonize over China - Asia Times
• Tibet holds half of China's copper ore reserves - domain-b.com
• China's tale of two restive regions - Asia Times
• Solution For Tibetan Problem - American Chronicle
• Issue over the Dalai Lama's Successor - New Tang Dynasty Television
• Government approves visit by Dalai Lama - RTI
• I hoped for change in China's Tibet policy after last year's unrest: Dalai Lama - Phayul

• President Medvedev is a Buddhist goddess - The Telegraph
• Review Essay: The Unsettled West - Foreign Affairs
• China's Western Front - Foreign Affairs
• Warmongers in China, India miss the mark - Asia Times
• China demands hotline for better Nepal border control - Tibetan Review
• Tibetans mourn Kennedy's death - PTI
• Four Tibetans sentenced up to fifteen years in jail - Phayul
• Chinese government attacks Dalai Lama's proposed visit to Taiwan - Guardian
• Why Taiwan is Allowing the Dalai Lama to Visit - TIME
• Taiwan taking pains to make Dalai Lama's visit non-political - IANS
• Tibetan man gets 15 years imprisonment for 2008 Tibet protest - CTA
• A video appeal from a Tibetan inside Tibet to the International Community - TCHRD
• Tibetan Muslim Community in Srinagar Witness Exhibition on 50 Years of Tibetans in Exile - CTA
• Tibetan woman stages sit-in protest to demand her husband's release in Tibet's Jomda County - CTA
• India, China to join hands on studying climate change in Tibet - IANS
• FACTBOX: Facts about the Dalai Lama, China and Taiwan - Reuters
• China Intensifies Resettlement of Tibetan Nomads - VOA
• UN urges 'humane treatment' for Tibet, Xinjiang detainees - Indopia
• Dharamsala releases video appeal about plight of Tibetans - SindhToday
• Taiwan stresses no politics in Dalai Lama visit, AP - AP
• Another Little Tibet - Business Standard
• Nepal and India agonize over China - Nepal News
• Opinion: Why China's iron fist will land on its own face - Business Mirror
• Chinese helicopters enter Indian air space twice in Ladakh - PTI
• China erases Dalai Lama's face from Lhasa - Times of India
• Tibetan woman stages sit-in protest to demand her husband's release in Tibet's Jomda County - CTA
• India-China tensions rise over territory - The National (UAE)
• Taiwan sends envoy to China over Dalai Lama visit: report - AFP
• Dalai Lama's international news conference may be canceled: official - CNA
• Dalai Lama heads for Taiwan - UPI
• Dalai Lama to Pray for Victims of Taiwan Typhoon - Bloomberg