WTN for September 2009

• New Rules for 'Harmony' - VOA
• Dalai Lama visits typhoon-hit Taiwan - Guardian
• PM, envoy review Nepal-China ties - Kantipur Online
• India upset at Chinese incursions - Mail Today
• Protesters accuse Dalai Lama of staging 'political show' in Taiwan - AsiaOne News
• Q+A - China's response to Dalai Lama's Taiwan visit - Reuters
• China "has no right to interfere" H.H the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan - Tibet Post International
• Tibetan PM advises "middle way" in literature, too - Phayul
• Dalai Lama promotes democracy in Taiwan - Financial Times
• The importance of the Dalai Lama's Taiwan visit - Rediff
• Dalai Lama prays, encourages democracy in Taiwan - AP

• Melong Band's debut album -- a music review - Phayul
• Sichuan-Tibet railway to start construction in September - China Daily
• Opinion: Why China’s iron fist will land on its own face - Business Mirror
• CTA Staff participates in Climate Change and Multimedia Communication Workshop - CTA
• Indian students in New Delhi attend 'A Day for Tibet' event - CTA
• Tibetan School Teachers Nominated for National Award 2008 - CTA
• Potala renovation as a propaganda project - Tibetan Review
• Woman staging sit-in at police station to demand husband's release - Tibetan Review
• Tibet not seeking independence from China: Dalai Lama - Indian Express
• Taiwan seeks to smooth ruffled Chinese feathers - AP
• Dalai Lama in Taiwan mass prayers, China reacts - AFP
• 20 Tibetans arrested in Sershul for "dissent" - Phayul

• Liberal leader cancels China trip after threatening fall election - CP
• China, Laos vow to reinforce friendly ties - Xinhua
• Sichuan-Tibet railway project delayed - China Daily
• Free Tibet protestors block Chinese convoy in Nepal, 10 held - PTI
• Viewpoint The Dalai Lama's Trip: A Muted Outcry from China - TIME
• Love can save Taiwan: Tibetan, Taiwan Catholic leaders - China Post
• Dalai Lama: Purpose of Taiwan visit fulfilled - AP

• Uneasy Engagement: Tibetan Area a Tinderbox for China-India Tensions - New York Times
• Dalai Lama says 'always ready to go back to Tibet' - AFP
• The Dalai Lama in Taiwan: Splittists' reunion - The Economist
• What Taiwan can learn from Dalai Lama visit - Taiwan News
• China needs freedom for social harmony, urges Dalai Lama - Taiwan News
• Polls show approval for humanitarian visit by Dalai Lama - Taiwan News
• EDITORIAL: Propaganda overshadows Dalai Lama - Taipei Times

• China finds tricky export niche amid global slump: Wei Gu - Reuters
• Dalai Lama coming to Montreal - CTV Montreal
• China Google boss departure reignites debate over censorship - Telegraph.co.uk
• China boycotts Deaflympics opening in Taiwan - AFP
• Shooting of Tibetan film `The Lost Country` begins in November - IST
• Taiwan festival to screen film about exiled Uighur activist - AP
• His Holiness to receive human rights award in Slovakia - Phayul
• French senators urge China to implement provisions of genuine autonomy in Tibet - TibetNet
• Chinese Army violates int'l border in Ladakh - PTI
• Dalai Lama rose above the hacks - Taipei Times

• Delinquent Dalai Lama's Indian legacy - Edward Wong
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama meets Tibetan professionals - GPTN
• The New Chinese Media versus the Dalai Lama of Tibet - tibetreport.wordpress.com
• British minister to make first-ever Tibet trip - AFP
• 14th Tibetan Parliament meets for eighth session - Phayul
• Is Delhi blocking justice for Tibetans? - José Elías Esteve & Alan Cantos

• How China Cooks Its Books - Foreign Policy
• Nepal seeks bln-dollar loan from China: minister - AFP
• Flawed response to incursions - The Pioneer
• Report Issues Climate Warning for Tibet - CRIENGLISH.COM
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama to address an international conference on Asia in Prague and receive a human rights award in Slovakia - Press Release
• Dalai Lama: Ready to Return to Tibet Anytime - Epoch Times

• Waiting for Mangtso - Jamyang Norbu
• Canada China Business Council bars human rights group from Business Forum - Suburban
• China launches the "Strike Hard" campaign in Tibet ahead of major anniversary - TCHRD
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama received the Jan Langos Award and spoke on Compassion - News Release

• China - The Big Boss - zeenews.com
• Dalai Lama on political correctness - bigpondnews.com
• First Complete Image Created Of Himalayan Fault, Subduction Zone - ScienceDaily
• British minister backs 'greater autonomy' in Tibet trip - AFP
• Tibetan Women's Association celebrates its 25th founding anniversary in exile - TibetNet
• China opposes Dalai Lama trip to disputed India state - Reuters
• Family's odyssey a history lesson - Toronto Star
• Three former political prisoners sentenced to varying prison terms - Phayul
• A Tibetan monk died from torture whilst in Chinese detention - TCHRD
• Tibet's mineral deposits estimated at 600 bln yuan - Xinhua
• Army sounds alert on China in N-E - risingkashmir.com
• China Shaping Its Soul in Tibet and Xinjiang - theamericanmuslim.org
• Visit by the Dalai Lama a test of democracy - Taipei Times
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama calls on Czech PM, speaks at Asia conference - Phayul

• China threatens to jail 'rumour mongers' - CanWest
• It's party time in Beijing - and only some are invited - msnbc.com
• China targets Arunachal in war over Dalai trip - Times of India
• Times View: He's our guest, it's our country - Times of India
• The Globalization of Censorship - Slate
• White House Adviser Visits With Dalai Lama - NYT
• President Obama sends delegation to meet Dalai Lama in Dharamsala - ICT

• Tibetan leader takes on China over Arunachal - IANS
• President Barack Obama's Emissary Calls On His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Tibet Custom
• Double whammy - Indian Express
• Obama postpones meeting with Dalai Lama - CanWest
• West appeasing China on Tibet, says PM-in-exile - AFP
• UN Commissioner of Human Rights condemns violence in China - Tibet Post
• Tibetan detainee whereabouts still unknown - Tibet Post
• India and China: A clash of ideologies - UPI
• India says Reported Chinese Border Incursions No Cause for Alarm - VOA
• Is the Red Dragon snarling again? - TNN
• The delicate issue of China's internal affairs - newstraitstimes
• Shunning Tibet - Wall Street Journal
• Why Barack Obama won't meet the Dalai Lama - Rediff News

• MY PRAYERS - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Dhondup Wangchen faces trial: new information on charges - ICT
• Sinister truth behind China's border misadventure - rediff.com
• Tibet's problems similar to southern Italy: EU delegate - AFP
• Dalai Lama trip puts giants at odds - Brisbane Times
• Frankfurt sends out strong anti-censorship message - thebookseller.com
• Telling real situation in Tibet is important: Dalai Lama - North India Times
• UN rights chief says China failing to protect Tibetan, Uighur rights - TibetanReview.net
• China's "cancer villages" bear witness to economic boom - Reuters

• Tibet's environment chief: Nature is more important than gold - China Daily
• For school, Tibetan teen crossed Himalayas - IANS
• A teenaged boy recalls violence in Tibet - ANI
• Dalai Lama crowds tipped - The Mercury
• Obama to Meet With Dalai Lama After China Visit (Correct) - Bloomberg
• Japanese and Tibetans Protest Against China's "Tibet Exhibition" - Tibet Custom
• SOUTH ASIA: Disunity Hovers over a Region Battling Climate Change - ipsnews.net
• Dalai Lama expenses furor brews - Taipei Times
• Backsliding on human rights - Gov Monitor
• Haunting memories of a former Tibetan prisoner - IANS

• Ajai Shukla: Worried dragon; outraged elephant - Ajai Shukla
• Tibetan monks join global day of action on climate change - Phayul
• A preview of the Dalai Lama edition of The Vancouver Sun - Vancouver Sun
• Dalai Lama to Visit Memphis - myfoxmemphis
• Dalai Lama leaves Dharamsala for US, Canada visit - Phayul
• Quake Shakes Himalayas Causing Deaths, Destruction in Bhutan - New Delhi

• China says northern Tibet rich in saline lake resources - TibetanReview.net
• China shuts Tibet to foreigners before anniversary - AP
• Child Haven wins wide support - South Asian Focus
• The Dalai Lama Proclaims Himself a Feminist - huffingtonpost.com
• Mid-Southerners React to Fist Bump - myfoxmemphis.com
• Dalai Lama prays at site of Martin Luther King's assassination - AFP
• Dalai Lama Accepts Freedom Award - myfoxmemphis.com
• Tibet issues highlighted at the UN session in Geneva - TibetNet
• 'Be Veg' competes with Tibet outside U.N. - msnbc
• Messages for Hu Jintao - Epoch Times

• Wildlife activists shocked at jail suspension of Sansar Chand - IANS
• Taiwan to bar visit by Uighur activist - AP
• Obama takes the 'middle way' on Tibet - Asia Times Online
• Obama`s China: Money talks - Claude Arpi
• Thousands Hold Peaceful March at G-20 Summit - New York Times
• Old Tibet was happier, Tibetans say in new video from Tibet - Phayul
• Why a Peace Summit? Here are its three key goals - Vancouver Sun

• The Thaw at the Roof of the World - New York Times
• Indian state slams Beijing over Dalai Lama visit - AFP
• Exploring the nature of reality - Vancouver Sun
• Dalai Lama bringing words of wisdom to Calgary - Calgary Sun
• Dalai Lama headlines Vancouver Peace Summit - Tibet
• Fetzer Institute to honor Tutu, Dalai Lama - Kalamazoo Gazette
• B.C. chef savours opportunity to cook for Dalai Lama - ctvbc.ca
• Dalai Lama arrives in Vancouver for peace summit - ctvbc.ca
• Students, Dalai Lama gearing up for We Day - ctv.ca
• Real change must start with individuals,' Dalai Lama tells summit - Vancouver Sun
• Bishop Desmond Tutu suffers ruptured disc, will miss peace summit - Vancouver Sun
• Devoted Vancouver crowd gathers for Dalai Lama - CanWest
• Tibetan spiritual leader says technology gets in the way of peace - CP
• Dalai Lama arrives at first event of his Vancouver dialogues - Straight Talk
• US, China and Dalai Lama - Korea Times
• 'Time is fast running out for Tibetan people' - scotsman.com

• Tibetans & Chinese in Sydney join together to protest the 60 years of tyrannical rule by the Chinese Communist Party - Tibet Custom
• Tibetans protest Japan exhibit - straitstimes.com
• Dalai Lama gives $50,000 to education program - AP
• India enemy No.1 of China because of Tibet factor - IST
• Nobel laureates' talk turns personal - CanWest
• Tories give Dalai Lama a wide berth - Globe & Mail