WTN for November 2009

• Filmmaker Choephel tells tale of Tibet - Burlington Free Press
• 11-yr-old to head Buddhist sect - Times of India
• China Is Trying a Tibetan Filmmaker for Subversion - New York Times
• Doctor and Dalai Lama bond over brains - Sydney Morning Herald
• Tibet exhibition in Bangladesh to go on despite Chinese pressure - Phayul
• Tibet's shadow over India, China, Russia meet - Pakistan Observer
• Dalai Lama Accuses China of Misleading World About Tibet - VOA
• We have proof of Dalai Lama's involvement in Lhasa riots: Chinese minister - SifyNews
• Update on Dege Jodha County, Eastern Tibet protesters - CTA
• "Go there, Investigate" Dalai Lama appeals to the media - Phayul
• Dalai Lama says China overpoliticizing his travels - AP
• Poem: Our Eyes - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Tibet in History this Week - Tibetan Review
• British Minister and the EU Condemn the Executions of Two Tibetans in Lhasa - Tibet Society
• Shimla revisits independence of Tibet - Phayul
• Sufferers under the same rule - Phayul
• Seminar on Buddhism and Science held in Spain - Phayul
• Opinion: China flexes muscles - Tribune
• Opinion: Dalai Lama Lesson - Wall Street Journal
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrives in Japan - Phayul
• EU Condemns Execution of Tibetans, Urges China to Commute Death Sentences - CTA
• UK lawmakers denounce execution of Tibetans by Chinese government - CTA

• Six More Uyghurs Freed - RFA
• Bangladesh: Police prevent Tibet photo exhibition - bdnews24.com
• Security up for Dalai visit - Assam Tribune
• I'm not going to Tawang to find heir: Dalai Lama - DNANews
• The Sun of Tibet Setting from Lhasa? - Tibetan Review
• The Dalai is god in Tawang, his writ is law - Times of India
• China's "propaganda isn't going to work:' His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Tibet Post
• The burden of being Dalai Lama - Times of India
• His Holiness in Japan: October 31, 2009 - Tibet House of Japan
• 'Compassion through Understanding' preaches His Holiness in Tokyo - Phayul
• "We can bring smiles all around us" encourages His Holiness - Phayul
• Tibet in History this Week - Tibetan Review
• Sino-U.S. Military Relations May Be Improving - Defense News
• What India must learn from China - Sify News
• China protest halts Bangladesh Tibet exhibition - AFP
• Tibetans and Tamils join hands against Hindu - Phayul
• SFT India concludes leadership training - Phayul
• "I have seen Happiness and Pain," shares His Holiness in Shikoku Island - Phayul
• HIS HOLINESS IN JAPAN: November 2, 2009 - Tibet House of Japan
• Hatoyama gets word to visiting Dalai Lama - Kyodo News

• Prefer Dalai Lama to Chinese - Society and Religion
• PRESS INVITATION: Bike rally protest in New Delhi - India Tibet Coordination Office
• Endangering the Next Kim Dae-jung - Wall Street Journal
• Why is China scared - Asian Age
• China attacks Dalai ahead of Arunachal visit - PTI
• China factor - Frontline
• "I am not seeking independence," reconfirms His Holiness - Phayul
• China attacks Dalai Lama for hurting Sino-India ties - Reuters
• China changes tack, says Dalai Lama trying to wreck India ties - SamayLive
• His Holiness in Japan: November 3, 2009 - Tibet House in Japan
• Karmapa arrives at InfoSys - Star of Masore
• Education Department Hosts Exchange Programme with Canadian University - CTA
• Tibetan Rock, Politics Mix - RFA
• The world under the shadow of communist China - Phayul
• Obama Should Meet Who/Hu First? - Shadow Tibet
• Why is the Dalai Lama going to Tawang? - Rediff
• Media reach Tawang for Dalai Lama's visit - PTI
• India restricts coverage of Dalai Lama's visit - AP
• Tibetan PM says India shouldn't care on Chinese objection to Dalai Lama's visit to Tawang - Sify News
• His Holiness in Japan: November 5, 2009 - Tibet House in Japan

• Chinese general on a long march - Asia Times
• Book Announcement: One Hundred Thousand Moons - An Advanced Political History of Tibet - Brill Publishing
• Documentary on Tibetan antelope wins premier environment film award - Phayul
• China's Communist Party ropes in Dalai Lama's grandniece - Times of India
• Nobel Laureates stand with the Dalai Lama - Asian Age
• Letters to Editor -- A fragile Peace Frays - Tehelka (India)
• CTA launches a channel on local cable - CTA
• Karmapa to speak at TEDIndia conference - Phayul
• Editorial: Vexing Tibet Thorn - Kangla OnLine
• No strain in ties with China over Dalai Lama trip: India - India Times
• "War is senseless," says Dalai Lama in Okinawa - Phayul
• His Holiness in Japan: November 4, 2009 - Tibet House in Japan
• Boston schoolboy named Buddhist high priest - Telegraph
• Why is the Dalai Lama so popular? - The Métropolitain
• "When the 'Pillars of National Unity' Turned Into Totems" by Woeser - High Peaks Pure Earth
• US favours Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal - Phayul
• Remote Indian state readies for Dalai Lama visit - AP
• Beyond India vs. China: The Dalai Lama's Agenda - TIME
• Impunity in China spreads under the passivity of governments and politicians - Comité de Apoyo al Tíbet (CAT)
• Visit to Tawang part of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's spiritual role - CTA
• Tawang Set to Welcome His Holiness the Dalai Lama - CTA
• His Holiness In Japan: November 6, 2009 - Tibet House in Japan

• CU-Boulder hosting Tibet Film Festival (VIDEO) - Colorado Daily
• Dalai Lama sends greetings to "Tibet Festival" in Sikkim - Phayul
• Satellite pictures show China damming Yarlung Tsangpo - Tibetan Review
• New China era as MPs visit Tibet - Adelaide Now
• Dalai Lama's new representative in Australia takes charge - Tibetan Review
• We might get a bigger jolt than 1962: Brajesh - ZeeNews
• Dalai Lama in India-China border row - Taipei Times
• For Beijing, Tibet is the thorn in the side of China-U.S. relations - Asia News
• Tibetan Parliament Issues General Appeal on Specialisation in Education - CTA
• Army's help not taken for Dalai Lama's visit - PTI
• Dalai Lama in Delhi from Tokyo, off to Arunachal tomorrow - PTI
• Message before Tawang trip - Dalai Lama - Telegraph
• Kathmandu-Tibet direct bus service to resume from February - ZeeNews
• China upset again with EU over Tibet - New Europe
• Trumpeting Elephant vs Hissing Dragon - IBN Live
• Dalai Lama: Is he becoming a 'peace mascot?' - Vancouver Sun
• Border games. Rectifying an inconvenient history - Tibet InfoNet
• Defying China, Dalai Lama visits Indian town near Tibetan border - Los Angeles Times
• Dalai Lama returns to India after Japan trip - Phayul
• Dalai Lama in Tawang. Turns emotional, Asks China to spell its policy on Tibet - Asian Tribune
• Dalai Lama defends border visit - Financial Times
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama gets ceremonial welcome at Tawang - CTA

• Vanishing glaciers jolt smokestack China - Sunday Times
• Prof. Goldsten`s biased presentation on Tibet - A report - Norwegian Tibet Committee
• The 5th Dalai Lama unified Tibet in mid-16th century - Times of India
• Tibetans protesting Chinese company rounded up - RFA
• Dalai Lama at apex of Sino-Indian tensions - Asia Times
• From California to Tawang for the Dalai Lama - Thaindian
• Dalai Lama's Tawang Visit Irks China - AP
• India limits media on contentious Dalai Lama trip - AP
• Opinion: The Dalai Lama of Tibet in Tawang - Phayul
• Dalai Lama's Tawang visit his own initiatve: Tharoor - Economic Times
• After Dalai Lama's rebuke, China breathes fire - Times Now
• Dalai Lama draws huge crowds on visit slammed by China - AFP
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama says Tawang Visit to Promote Universal Human Values - CTA
• Conference: Tibetan Buddhism at the Engaging the Other conference in San Mateo - Examiner (Canada)
• Conference: An Alleyway in Hell: China's Abusive "Black Jails" - Human Rights Watch
• China Executes 9 for Their Roles in Ethnic Riots in July - New York Times
• Tibet festival held in Sikkim - Trak.in News
• Two Tibetans among tiger poachers - DNA News
• Sambhota School Teachers attend Workshop on Basic Education Policy - CTA
• Be Buddhists of 21st Century, Bring Reform: Dalai - Outlook (India)
• Obama May Raise Tibet, Rights Issues Directly With Hu - Bloomberg
• Strongly Dissatisfied with India Over Dalai Lama Visit - Outlook (India)
• Remote town of Tawang sustains last vestiges of old Tibet - Reuters
• Frontier town venerates Dalai Lama - BBC News
• Tawang prays for Dalai Lama's Tibet return - TNN

• A Poem: A Friend In My World - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• The Oldest Trade Fair of Himachal, Inauguarted - My Himachal
• Tibetan English-Language Teachers Improve Their Skills - Tibet Post
• Kalon Ven. Tsering Phuntsok at Kagyud Monastery's Convocation at Tashi Jong - CTA
• Film Review: "Meltdown In Tibet" -- Ecocide on the Third Pole -- Jamyang Norbu - Shadow Tibet
• Tharoor slams Chinese media for 'silly' remark - Economic Times
• How India must face the Chinese threat - Rediff
• RTYC NY and NJ statement on Obama's visit to China - Tibetan Youth Congress
• ICT Board Letter to President Obama - ICT
• ICT urges Obama to offer mediator's role for China -Tibet dialogue - Phayul
• Obama should pursue significant action on Tibet at Beijing summit - ICT
• The Dalai Lama question - New Indian Express
• US urges China fair trials after executions - AFP
• Opinion: The Moral Defence Rests - Phayul
• "The basic issue is about the well-being of six million Tibetans." His Holiness - Tibet Post
• Border Tensions -- The Dalai Lama Sticks His Thumb in the Dragon's Eye - CounterPunch
• Border Tensions -- The Dalai Lama Sticks His Thumb in the Dragon's Eye - CounterPunch
• Dalai Lama calm in the eye of a storm - Asia Times
• Fresh curbs on Dalai, media shut out - Times of India
• IIMC Media Students visit's Dharamsala - India Tibet Coordination Office
• Kalon Ven. Tsering Phuntsok at Kagyud Monastery's Convocation at Tashi Jong - CTA
• ANEC Underscores Media's Role in Promoting Peace and Nonviolence - CTA
• China: Secret "Black Jails" Hide Severe Rights Abuses - Human Rights Watch
• Tibetan filmmaker being tried in secret, without his lawyer - Tibetan Review
• A response to Chungdak Koren's report on "Goldstein's lecture on Tibet" - Melvyn C. Goldstein
• I would have met Dalai Lama if I were the US President: McCain - PTI
• China urges U.S. to respect its stance on Tibet - www.chinaview.cn
• China warns Obama over meeting Dalai Lama - AP
• The Last: Tawang’s dreaded phrase - Telegraph
• Centre curbs Dalai Lama, tells media to leave Tawang - TNN
• Who after Dalai? Tibetans fear Chinese interference - Times of India
• Dalai Lama's visit in India angers China - Canwest News Service

• The ghost of Chairman Mao still haunts our world - Examiner
• Pointed questions await visit by Obama - Shanghai Daily
• China warns Obama about Dalai Lama, citing Lincoln on slavery - Reuters
• China says Obama should understand about Tibet - Guardian
• Preserve Buddhist culture, Dalai tells Bomdi-la people - Times of India
• Skip Tibet meeting, China urges Buthelezi - iol.co.za / Sapa
• Obama in Asia: Setting a newly cooperative tone - AP
• Obama should speak up for India in Beijing - Financial Times
• Memorandum to the President Obama Barack - Tibet Supporters in Japan
• Japanese and Tibetan Made Representation to the President Obama - Tibet House, Shinjuku (Japan)
• Tibetan MPs to Attend '5th World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet' in Rome - CTA
• The Dalai Lama visit: New Delhi's message to Tawang - Tibet
• China equates Tibetan traditions with U.S. slavery - Globe & Mail
• Opinion: Obama's Tibet test - Gulf News
• Buthelezi off to Tibet talks - Sapa
• It's time to connect with Kunming - Times of India
• Opinion: The McMahon Rekha - Outlook
• Obama: Prosperous China strengthens all nations - AP
• Obama talks about human rights in Asia, skips Tibet - Times of India
• Letter: India Stands Up to China on Tibet - Wall Street Journal
• Obama Ducks Tibet Controversy - Fox News
• China Focuses on Territorial Issues as It Equates Tibet to U.S. Civil War South - New York Times
• Obama should focus on Tibet's future and resist Chinese appeals to reformulate U.S. policy - ICT
• China's Attempts to Wipe Out the Language and Culture of Tibet - Tibet Custom
• I'm messenger of India's ancient thoughts: Dalai Lama - Outlook
• Return to Arunachal - RFA

• Tibet in History this Week - Tibetan Review
• Chinese Dialogue on Racism Emerges - Wall Street Journal
• Dalai Lama to attend centenary conference on Gandhi’s Home Rule campaign - Tibetan Review
• Chinese online users bombard Obama with questions - AFP
• China tightens control on Tibetans ahead of Obama visit - Phayul
• Obama in China: his hosts are still grateful for the snub to the Dalai Lama - Telegraph Blog
• If the Dalai Lama is Jefferson Davis, Who is the Tibetan Robert E. Lee? - First Things
• Dalai Lama was a slave master, China tells Obama - AP
• Dalai stands by 'one earth' Monk conveys 'truth' with McMohan Line - Telegraph
• Arunachal gives a tearful farewell to Dalai Lama - MyNews
• Dalai Lama concludes Arunachal tour - Times of India

• A Tale of Two Train Stations - Wall Street Journal
• Five Things the U.S. Can Learn from China - TIME
• Dalai Lama is India's boon, not bane - UPI
• No Dalai, here for just trade - Times of India
• Chinese taunt Obama with Tibet 'slavery' - The Independent
• Now listen to what communist thugs of China say about Dalai Lama - India Daily
• Obama arrives in China for maiden visit - AFP
• Obama in China faces tensions on trade and Tibet - Reuters
• Tibet, human rights remain irritants in Sino-US ties - ZeeZee News
• Spanish Judge Calls Top Chinese Officials to Account for Genocide - Epoch Times
• Dalai Lama reaches Rome to attend convention on Tibet - Samay Live
• Document Details Tibetan Trial, Appeal - RFA
• Founder of Tibetan cultural website sentenced to 15 years in closed-door trial in freedom of expression case - ICT

• Internet rights poster sparks UN fight - CBC News
• Opinion: A response to China's Lincoln comparisons - Josh Schrei
• US recognises Tibet as part of China: Obama - The Pioneer
• China Rounds up Dissidents as President Obama Touches Down in Beijing - The Times
• Will the next nation please stand up - Phayul
• India should tell China to free Tibet - Phayul
• Founder of Tibetan Web site gets 15 years - AP
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in South Tyrol, Italy - Tibet Post
• Finding Common Ground - RFA
• In Meeting With Hu, Obama Urges China to Resume Dialogue With Tibet - Wall Street Journal
• US interest in Tibet 'strong' - News24.com
• Poem: Obama and the Dalai Lama - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• TV review: "Mustang: Journey of Transformation" - San Francisco Chronicle
• Three Programs Take a Mystical Journey through Hidden Regions of the Himalayas, Wednesday, November 18, 2009 On PBS - RealityTVWebsite.com
• THE ROVING EYE: Welcome, comrade Maobama - Asia Times
• The Curious Case of Establishment 22 - Hindustan Times
• Opinion: Dalai Lama As A Slave Owner - Phayul
• Dalai Lama welcomes Obama's China appeal - Earth Times
• Obama "forgets" human rights to appease Beijing, Tibetan leader says - Asia News
• Obama in China faces tensions on trade and Tibet - Reuters
• Presidents Obama and Hu discuss Tibet at their first summit - ICT
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama visits the Regional Autonomous Governments of South Tyrol and Trento in Italy - Tibet Office --Switzerland
• Tibetans open to talks with China - AFP
• New Zealand PM will not meet Dalai Lama - Sindh Today

• Bangalore - Tibetans thank India with a festival - TNN
• In Obama Interview, Signs of China’s Heavy Hand - New York Times
• China puts dissident from U.S. on trial after Obama leaves - Reuters
• Hu and Obama seal real deals - Asia Times
• Obama's China Visit No Fun - American Chronicle
• Obama's China visit leaves dissidents disappointed - AFP
• President Obama urges China to resume Tibet dialogue - Tibetan Review
• A Tibetan writer-photographer sentenced - TCHRD
• Dalai Lama appeals to China on drying Tibet rivers - Reuters
• Tibet: Alemanno Meets Dalai Lama - AGI
• Dalai Lama expresses concern about Tibetan cause - AP
• Tibetan cause faces 'setback' when Dalai Lama dies - AFP

• Tibet to Tokyo: Alan takes flight - Japan Times
• Tawang: A town with a tale to tell - Asia Times
• Why does China have such a short-sighted Tibet policy? - Mauritius Times
• Up against the great wall of China - Sydney Morning Herald
• Goodwill hunting: Obama treads delicately with China - Sydney Morning Herald
• The Great Chinese Media Offensive - Spiegel
• Tibetans settled in India trace exile story - PTI
• Interview: From Tibet to India: a refugee's story - Guardian
• A theatrical show sans denouement - Phayul
• An open letter to Obama: Josh Schrei - schreiwire.wordpress.com
• Obama asked to move beyond verbal support - Phayul
• Obama's Dalai Lama snub sends wrong signal - Taiwan Today
• Declaration of the 5th World Parliamentarian's Convention on Tibet - Tibet Office Switzerland
• Three's A Crowd In The India-China Theater - FEER
• World's largest animal sacrifice, half a million to be slaughtered in Nepal - Phayul
• "Protecting Tibet's rivers more urgent than politics" - Tibetan Review
• Himalayan Buddhist Monasteries to host Conference on Environment Protection - CTA
• Who are Real Separatists - ICT
• Gang.nyi and Issues Concerning Him - Phayul
• Dalai Lama says he learned a lot from 'Guru' India - Phayul
• Tibet thrown under the bus - Washington Times
• Reading the tea leaves on President Obama's Tibet statement in Beijing - Tibet Report
• China troops eye $23,000 bonus for Tibet service - Reuters
• Tibetan Nationalism Renewed - Phayul
• Women should come forward to play vital role in world issues: His Holiness the Dalai Lama - CTA
• Dalai Lama hopeful Indian PM will raise Tibet issue in US - Phayul
• New Zealand PM urged to meet Dalai Lama - Phayul
• CTA's Response IV: A Gift to the Minority Nationalities on the PRC's 60th Birthday: A white paper and two executions - CTA
• China wants a Chinese version of Tibetan Buddhism, says Dalai Lama (update) - Little About

• Book Review: Sky Train -- Tibetan Women on the Edge of History - San Francisco Chronicle
• Like Gold that Fears no Fire: New Writing from Tibet - ICT
• Book Review: Yak Horns and Yellow Stars - Tibet Writes
• Tibet Festival in India's IT Capital Kicks Off - CTA
• Beyond Tibet: Serindia Gallery has its third exhibition since July with photography by Luke Duggleby - Bankok Post
• Feature: Frustration creeps in, yet faith in Dalai Lama keeps Tibetans going - Thaindian
• China keeps a close watch on all my movements, says Dalai - Indian Express
• His Holiness attends conferences in Delhi - Phayul
• I don't want to escalate tension between India, China: Dalai Lama - Phayul
• I am a son of India, Dalai Lama says at Gandhian event - Phayul
• Dalai Lama Says Obama Not Soft on China - New York Times

• Tibet in History this Week - Tibetan Review
• Shangri-la Caves Yield Treasures, Skeletons - National Geographic
• A Little of Tibet in Italy - Alibaba News
• Show gives glimpses of Tibet's past and present - DNA
• Travels: 24 hours in Lhasa - Sydney Morning Herald
• Commentary: The inflated credibility of the Western media - Global Times
• Nepal Defense Minister visiting China, Maoist PLA team back from China - Telegraph Nepal
• Tibetans in exile are Indians in a cultural sense - DNA
• Tibet posted soldiers earn more than many new graduates - Tibetan Review
• 'Even today Tibetans want to come to India' - TNN
• Indian youth urged to adopt Gandhian principles - Phayul

• Tibetan orphans hope to visit Tibet one day - IANS
• Show gives glimpses of Tibet's past and present - DNA
• Germany Suspects China of Spying on Uighur Expatriates -- Police Raid in Munich - Spiegel
• Meeting -- TIBET: 1959-2009. 50 years of oppression; 50 years of resistance - Tibet Society
• Where Is Tibet ? - OpEdNews
• Dalai Lama begins teaching for Russian Buddhists - Phayul
• Dalai Lama praises India, was 'anxious' ahead of Arunachal trip - Hindustan Times
• US thanks India for extending hospitality to Dalai Lama - Indian Express
• China: Sham Trial of Veteran Human Rights Activist - Human Rights Watch
• Free Tibet? Let's start with Fiji - New Zealand Herald
• 20 Year Anniversary of Dalai Lama Nobel Peace Prize - Mydesert.com

• ACTION Reminder: Tibet is NOT a part of China - RTYC Minnesota
• India: Barack Obama, us and the US - Rediff
• U.S.-China relations shifting - Japan Times
• Opinion: China, India & Nepal's Maoists - Republica
• Maoists growing stronger, waging war of the mind: CRPF chief - IANS
• Tibet Festival Reconnects 21st Century to Buddha's Teachings - CTA
• Op-Ed -- The Nation of Futurity - New York Times
• Letters: Optimism in China, but at What Price? - New York Times
• Stop the lama love-in - Maclean's Magazine
• US lawmakers, Chinese exiles press Obama on rights - Reuters
• Unlike China, India has growth with values: PM Manmohan - TNN
• China Gains in U.S. Eyes, and India Feels Slights - New York Times
• Sun shines in Tawang - The Pioneer
• UN Urged to Discuss Tibet's Environment at Copenhagen Summit - CTA

• A trip to China and Tibet - Examiner
• High-profile member of Wildrose party resigns - Globe & Mail
• Police raid homes of alleged Chinese spies - The Local
• China pledges Rs100 million military assistance to Nepal - PTI
• Power struggle behind revival of Maoism - Jamestown Foundation
• Vice President of the European Parliament Supports Non-violent movement of Tibet - CTA
• The Older India That Endures - Wall Street Journal
• Arunachal is in India and in China too - Hindustan Times
• Postcard from...Tawang - Foreign Policy In Focus
• The Chink in Obama's Armor - Phayul
• Endorsing China's lies cannot change the truth - Tibet Truth Blog