WTN for December 2009

• SINOGRAPH: China takes a new look at Marxism - Asia Times
• Media Advisory: EU/China: Don’t Ignore Human Rights - Human Rights Watch
• Tongkor shooting survivor reaches exile with a harrowing tale - TCHRD
• Tibetans far from home find comfortable nesting place in Longueuil - Montreal Gazette
• Tibetan PM in-exile Rinpoche alleges China of breeding militants - ANI
• George Fernandes hails 5th Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet - Sify News
• DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Free Tibet - One Way or the Other - TN Shakabpa
• Is China as stable as it says it is? - Taipei Times
• China objects, India obliges - Express News Service
• Chinese immigrants to boost Tibet's urban population? - Tibetan Review
• The last of the Dalai Lamas? - Sydney Morning Herald
• 5,000 devotees listen to His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teaching in Sydney - TibetNet
• Think global before local: Dalai Lama - Sydney Morning Herald
• World leaders should prioritise global warming issues: The Dalai Lama - PTI
• Dalai Lama says US wants serious engagement on Tibet - ANI
• Harper stance on human rights scrutinized as China visit begins - Canwest News Service
• Harper says human rights remain a concern with China - CP
• Harper must tell Chinese their treatment of Tibet is unacceptable - Edmonton Journal

• Canadian MP Gerard Kennedy poses question in Parliament on Dhondup Wangchen - Hansard
• Canada-China Joint Statement, 3 December 2009 - Prime Minister's Office

• BEING TIBETAN - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Himalaya glacier deadline 'wrong' - BBC News
• Kalon Tripa to address Parliament of World's Religions in Melbourne - Tibet
• New Zealand's Labour Leader Meets His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Tibet
• Melbourne hosts multi-faith fest - BBC News
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama discusses Science of Mind with top scientists in Sydney - Australia Tibet Council
• One is a spiritual leader and the other is an exiled Tibetan Buddhist - Tibet
• Rudd snub, but Victoria welcomes Dalai Lama - Tibet
• World vs China on Tibet - The Statesman
• It's China that looks bad, again - Winnipeg Free Press
• Grits soft on China - Toronto Sun
• Harper's not for kowtowing - Globe & Mail
• Of free speech and things best left unsaid when visiting China - Globe & Mail
• Scoring in China - without prostituting ourselves - Globe & Mail
• Harper vows to promote human rights - Globe & Mail
• Harper says trade should not come at price of silence on human rights - CP
• PM doesn't shy away from human rights in China - CTV News

• HIGH SANCTUARY: WILDLIFE AND NATURE CONSERVANCY IN OLD TIBET - Jamyang Norbu
• A statement of class - China Daily
• Top negotiator claims Dalai Lama lies - Global Times
• India and China or India vs. China? - New America Media
• Dalai Lama brings message to Hobart - www.abc.net.au
• Jail terms for Tibetans who posted Dalai Lama photos: report - Australia Network News
• New Zealand PM Declines Meeting with Dalai Lama - NTD
• Leaders poles apart over Dalai Lama - Dominion Post
• Kardze nun protestor died under mysterious circumstances in Chengdu Hospital - TCHRD
• Tibetan Protest Over Monk - RFA

• Film: Tibet In Song - Globe and Mail
• The Statement of the Kashag on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize on His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Tibet
• Denmark seeks to pacify China over Tibet - AFP
• Technology of Liberation? Activists Get their Own Smartphone - Huffingtonpost.com
• Dozens of Tibetan Protesters Arrested in Southwestern China - VOA
• The story of Dhondup Wangchen, filmmaker jailed by China - Committee to Protect Journalists
• China’s Top negotiator claims Dalai Lama lies - Global Times
• Statement by Lodi Gyari, Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, concerning the dialogue process with China - Lodi Gyari

• The plight of Buddhism in the birth place of Lord Buddha - Nepal Buddhist Federation
• Spy agency finds Buddhist monasteries involved in anti-China activities - eKantipur.com
• China, Tibet & Maoism - Central Chronicle, India
• China figured in talks between Singh, Medvedev: Rao - ANI
• Tibetans protest over jailed monk in southwest China - AP
• Premier absent as Dalai Lama visits Parliament House and gives speech in committee room - Herald Sun
• Australia not standing up to China - Tibetan PM - Herald Sun
• Tibetan NGO in Copenhagen - Asia News

• CHINA O CHINA - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Genetic studies show modern humans on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 21,000 years ago - Xinhua
• Denise Chong: Never bow before the bully - National Post
• Talks with China ‘frustrating’, says Tibetan PM - Phayul
• Tibet's PM in exile says talks with China 'frustrating' - Australia Network News
• Tibetans continue with fasting and protest, situation extremely volatile in Nyachuka : Update - TCHRD
• Tibetans Take to the Streets Over "Terrorist" Monk - Huffington Post
• Tibetan exiles express concern on climate change in Dharamsala, Copenhagen - Phayul
• Al Gore and Norwegian Foreign Minister present ice melting report - Tibet
• Tibet's importance as earth's third pole raised at COP15 for first time at international climate change forum - ICT
• The Tragedy of the Himalayas - TIME

• Scholars from 13 countries to attend international conference on Tibetan culture - Phayul
• Ecological disaster looming on Tibetan Plateau - Tibetan Review
• Tibet's glaciers in danger of disappearing - UPI
• 'Education Digging with Brain, Not Doing Much with Mind' - Outlook
• Dalai Lama speaks at business leaders' meet in Hyderabad - Phayul
• Dalai Lama praises India's support to exiles - IANS
• At Home In The World - Times of India
• CTA's Response - V - TibetNet
• The Copenhagen Kowtow - Weekly Standard
• Domestic turmoil over Tibet announcement - RC News
• Seven released in Nyagchuka, situation "tense" - Phayul
• Tibetans defy security crackdown to demonstrate in support of imprisoned Tibetan lama - ICT

• THE PRESENT STATUS OF TIBET - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Finding The Rhythm of Family - Tonic.com
• China on motor vehicle selling binge in Tibet - Tibetan Review
• 'Misunderstandings' with China are bygones: French PM - AFP
• WTO rules China illegally restricts media imports like iTunes - Apple Insider
• China: A Developing Superpower - mmegi online
• Panelists expect India to become more vocal on Tibet - Phayul
• In testing times, China's star rises - Asia Times
• PM Harper, Canada, and China: No Love Lost - Hill Times
• Dalai Lama to grace int'l conference on Buddhist heritage at MSU - TNN
• Sino-India accord could pave way for the freedom of Tibet : Dalai Lama - Mynews
• (Ngapo Ngawang Jigme) Senior Chinese legislator, political advisor passes away - Xinhua
• Tibetan who signed peace accord with China dies - Reuters
• Diplomats shut out of Chinese dissident's trial - AP
• China: Outspoken scholar sacked, another on trial - Straits Times
• China: Outspoken scholar sacked, another on trial - Straits Times
• UNLEASHING THE "R" WORD - Jamyang Norbu

• Poems by Tsoltim N. Shakabpa - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Laughing with Buddha: The delights of teaching in a Tibetan monastery in Nepal - Tribune, Great Falls, Montana
• Article denounces Dalai Lama-backed Han Chinese-Tibetan friendship association - Xinhua
• Dalai Lama inaugurates 5th Tibetan General Conference on Education - Phayul
• Tibetan culture can benefit humanity: Dalai Lama - IANS
• An excellent analysis of Tibetan's survival struggle - Manju Gupta
• Mourning Ngapo: Why? - Claude Arpi
• Ngabo ? Yes Tibetan, No Patriot - Phayul
• The FP Interview: Vaclav Havel - Foreign Policy

• Poems by T.N. Shakabpa - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Ngapo Ngawang Jigme, 1910-2009 - Tibetinfo.net
• Loosing Distinction Between a ‘Traitor’ and Patriots: By Vijay Kranti - Phayul
• Tibet Support Groups Lodge Complaint Against China's Tibet Exhibition in Japan - TibetNet
• Authoritarianism the Chinese Way - American Spectator
• What's Next? - Phayul
• Tibetan 'living Buddha' Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche jailed by China - Times
• China bans annual religious event in Barkham County - Phayul
• “Hope and Encouragement in times of hardship and adversity”: Envoy Kesang Gyaltsen's new year message - Kelsang Gyaltsen
• Dalai Lama saddened by Chinese dissident's imprisonment - Phayul