WTN for March 2016

• China delegation urges Nepal to contain Tibet Uprising Day activities - The Telegraph Nepal
• Canada and major powers tell China its new laws go too far - Globe & Mail
• Two self-immolation protests by Tibetans this week - Radio Free Asia
• China announces 2nd rail link with Tibet - Reuters
• Karmapa urges end to self-immolation protests by Tibetans - Tibetan Review

• Rights groups warn KFC over first Tibet opening - Agence France Presse
• Tibetan entrepreneur has been illegally detained, family says - New York Times
• Members of Parliament in Baltic States appeal for end to self-immolations, renewal of Sino-Tibet dialogue - Joint statement
• China urges diplomats and U.N. to boycott Canada-US sponsored event with Dalai Lama - Reuters
• Tibetans wants Canadian government to encourage resolution of conflict between China and Tibet - CBC
• Across Canada, rallies and vigils commemorate Tibet National Uprising Day - Canada Tibet Committee

• Comparing Tibet and Xinjiang through the structural dimensions of socio-economic change - China Policy Institute
• Shine a light on Tibet: UK officials support Tibetan prisoners - Northampton Friends of Tibet
• Exiled Tibetans go to polls to elect their political leader - Reuters
• Tibetan election includes voting in Canada and around the world - The Walrus
• Officials discuss extension of Tibet railway into India and Nepal - India Today

• Mudslinging trumps ‘Middle Way’ in Tibetan exile election - New York Times
• Tibetans in Chinese provinces blocked from travel to Lhasa in March - Radio Free Asia
• Bedridden from torture in prison, Tibetan man dies at 85 - Radio Free Asia
• Students host Sino-Tibet dialogue at University of Minnesota - Tibet Post International
• Former top Chinese official in Tibet denies taking bribes to create ‘living Buddhas’ - South China Morning Post