WTN for February 2012

• New Video footage of protest in Zamthang - RFA
• China steps up security in Tibet following protests - BBC
• Security forces take away hundreds of Tibetans from Lhasa to unknown location - CTA
• China steps up surveillance of Tibetan monasteries - AFP
• Tibetan Exiles to Beijing: Violence 'Unsustainable' - VOA
• Chinese media blames the West over Tibetan unrest - Telegraph
• Timeline of Tibetan protests in China - CNN
• China-Based Hackers Target Law Firms to Get Secret Deal Data - Bloomberg

• Wukan: rebel Chinese village prepares to hold extraordinary elections - Telegraph
• Chinese authorities impose ever-expanding restrictions on Tibetans - TCHRD
• INPaT Condemns Extrajudicial Killings in Tibet, Calls on China to Recieve UN Human Rights Chief - International Network of Parliamentarians on Tibet
• India Preparing for Conflict with China: US Intel Chief - PTI
• U.S. Senate resolution urges China reverse Tibet policies in wake of self-immolations and shooting of Tibetans - ICT
• Evidence of overt Chinese discrimination against Tibetans in the job market - ICT

• Pictures Show Tibetans Wounded by Gunfire in Draggo - VOA
• Wary of upsetting China, West cautious on Tibet - AFP
• China says rock-throwing Tibetan separatists sparked deadly violence in Sichuan - AP
• China: Several Tibetan Language Blog Sites Shut Down - Global Voices
• TIBETAN LAMA URGES UNITY, NATIONHOOD BEFORE SELF-IMMOLATING - SFT
• Rebgong mourns self-immolations on New Year - CTA

• Statement from the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China - Foreign Correspondents' Club of China
• 100 Tibetan Protesters Held - RFA
• Harrowing images and last message from Tibet of first lama to self-immolate - ICT
• Tibetan MP calls for massive protests - Phayul
• Tibetan Parliament’s Open Letter to President Hu Jintao - CTA
• Tibetans at Parliament Hill, Ottawa to urge the Prime Minister to raise Tibet in China - Tibet
• Harper in China: Prime Minister urged to speak forcefully and publicly against human rights abuses in China - Toronto Star
• Rare Photos of Chinese Crackdown in Tibet Emerge from Scene of Recent Shooting - SFT
• A review of A Tibetan Buddhist Polymath in Modern China - Nicole D. Willock.
• ITN Launches ‘Stand up for Tibet’ Campaign - ITN
• Tibetans and supporters to join Worldwide vigils on 8 February - CTA
• China cut off internet in area of Tibetan unrest - Guardian

• Coalition building and adapting to circumstances: How to pass a resolution for Tibet - Tibetan Political Review
• Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner - Dome Magazine
• What Happens In China Does Not Stay In China - Midland Daily News
• Three Tibetans self-immolate in Serthar - Phayul
• Merkel wraps up China trip, expresses concern about human rights - Deutsche Welle

• 3 Tibetan Herders Self-Immolate in Anti-Chinese Protest - New York Times
• IFP: Court couldn’t fix past on Dalai Lama - IOL News

• World Parliamentarians call for UN Fact-finding Mission to Tibet - International Network of Parliamentarians on Tibet
• Controls Slapped on Pilgrims - RFA
• McCain ruffles Beijing with talk of Chinese Arab Spring - Reuters
• Self-sacrifice in the desperate fight for Tibet - ABC (Australia)
• Tibet exiles say repression in China at new heights - AFP
• Tibetan officials warned to maintain stability - BBC News
• USCIRF Letter to President Obama on Religious Freedom and Rule of Law in China - USCIRF
• Ten of 27 Known Journalists Jailed in China are Tibetans - TCHRD

• What Future for the Sino-Tibetan Dialogue? - Tibetan Political Review
• The integrated approach to engaging Beijing - Globe and Mail
• The Forbidden Citizen - Foreign Policy
• Google and Facebook block content in India after court warns of crackdown - Guardian
• Worldwide vigil in solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet - United Nations for a Free Tibet
• Pipelines, pandas trump democracy - Sun Media
• Wednesday 8th February: global vigils for Tibet - Tibet Society (UK)

• Tibetan Village Stops Mining on Sacred Mountain - ICT
• Kalon Tripa Calls for More Concrete Actions from Int’l Community on Tibet - CTA
• New Self-Immolation Amid Tensions - RFA
• Ready to offer help to ease tensions over Tibet: Krishna - Times of India
• Self-immolation and tension in Tibet as solidarity vigils held across the globe - Free Tibet
• Thousands Protest in Kyegudo - VOA

• Tibetans Burn Selves for Freedom - The Diplomat
• China sacks four officials in Tibet over 'stability' - BBC News
• Tibetan man self-immolates today in Ngaba - ICT
• TENZIN GYATSO, OUR PRECIOUS DALAI LAMA - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• One More Tibetan Burns Self in Protest in Ngaba - TCHRD
• EU: Don’t Sideline Human Rights at EU-China Summit - Human Rights Watch
• Tibetans set themselves alight in protests - BBC News
• China to UN expert group: Panchen Lama receiving "excellent education" - ICT
• Tibet officials 'prepare for war' - Global Times
• China premier meets govt-installed Tibetan cleric - AP
• Commentary: A Cry for Freedom - Robert Thurman
• What will Xi mean for Tibet? - Ali Reynolds
• Chinese Premier Wen meets Panchen Lama - Xinhua

• KINE: No Valentine’s love for China’s illegitimate leaders - Washington Times
• Walking the Path of Environmental Buddhism through Compassion and Emptiness - Conservation Biology
• Protesting Tibetan Monk Sets Himself On Fire - Sky News
• Chinese Fascism's Global Consequences - Roland Farris
• Harper's rights message to China fell short: Activists - Sun Media
• China front and center as 21st century unfolds - Livingston Daily
• To Xi Jinping - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa

• Xi Jinping and Tibet - Claude Arpi
• Tibet PM sees human-rights 'tragedy' unfolding - CBC
• Tibetan Nun Self-immolates in Protest - TCHRD
• Rest In India, Unrest in Tibet: A Curious Case of Human Butter Lamps - Friends of Tibet
• China Confirms Teenage Tibetan Nun’s Death - TCHRD

• Chinese Paper Reports 2 Shooting Deaths in Drango - TCHRD
• One More Teenage Self-immolation in Ngaba - TCHRD
• Tibetan acts of self-immolation rise amid the battle for hearts and minds - The Guardian
• New security chief's hard line on Tibetans sparks dissent in party - The Sydney Morning Herald
• Rare visit to remote Chinese region shows depth of Tibetan despair - McClatchy Newspapers
• The myth of China as a harmless tiger - Washington Post
• The China Magic at Work - Chinese-Leaders.org

• Motion tabled in UK parliament condeming China's use of force in Tibet - British Parliament
• Chinese Paper Reports 2 Shooting Deaths in Drango - TCHRD
• Teenage Tibetan girl self-immolates - Free Tibet
• Where China fits in Harper's endgame - Montreal Gazette
• Another Tibetan teenager self-immolates in Ngaba while hundreds protest in Jyekundo - Free Tibet

• Hundreds of Tibetans 'detained and forced to undergo political re-education' - The Telegraph
• Jigme Guri's Impending Sentence: Arrest Warrant Surfaces - TCHRD
• News from Ngaba on February 13th - Kirti monastery in exile
• China’s Heir Apparent - New York Times
• Footage and images of major peaceful gatherings and vigils in Yulshul on 'Lhakar Day' - ICT
• Nineteen year old Kirti monk sets fire to himself in Ngaba - ICT
• Remarks by Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, following the 14th EU-China Summit - EU
• Joint Press Communiqué of the 14th EU-China Summit: - EU
• Statement of CECC Chairman Christopher Smith and Cochairman Sherrod Brown on Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's Visit to the United States - CECC

• Video report of Xi Jinping's US visit including footage of Tibet protest outside the White House - Guardian
• China’s income gap widening fast - Tibet
• Safe phone in China? It’s at home - International Herald Tribune Asia Edition
• China taps law enforcer to run uneasy Tibetan area - AP
• AP Interview: Tibetan exile warns of crackdown - AP
• Ten Questions for China’s Heir Presumptive - New York Times
• Resistance in Tibet: Self-immolations and protest - International Tibet Network
• Tibetan corner calmed by Chinese tolerance - Financial Times
• Chinese Hackers Suspected In Long-Term Nortel Breach - Wall Street Journal
• Buddhist leader Thich Quang Do sends Message of Solidarity to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the people of Tibet - Sramana THICH QUANG DO
• Feinstein Introduces Cybersecurity Information Sharing Bill - Tibet

• Monastery official self-immolates - freetibet.org
• China 'detains Tibetan writer' - AFP
• Foreign correspondents' club in China warns reporters - BBC
• Tibetans gather in Dzamthang for vigil after self-immolation: Lhasa crackdown deepens in buildup to Tibetan New Year - ICT
• Teenage Self-immolation Death in Zamthang - TCHRD
• Inside story: Tibetan discontent smoulders - The Sydney Morning Herald
• Nangdrol cremated, Thousands pay homage - Phayul

• Three Tibetan Writers Detained, One Sentenced - TCHRD
• Walls close in on Tibetan nomads promised better life - The Sydney Morning Herald
• Exiled PM wants 'fact finding' mission in Tibet - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Another self-immolation days ahead of Losar. - Tibet News
• Tibetans’ (Forbidden) Special Treat - The NY Times

• Beware the Patriotic Geek: The Risk of Cyber Militias in Asia - Council on Foreign Relations
• Render unto Caesar - The Economist
• China keeps close eye on government opponents - BBC
• On Tibetan Plateau, A Sense Of Constant Surveillance - NPR

• Qinghai To Resettle 26,000 People From Poor Areas - Xinhua
• China Blames Foreign Reporters for Bad Press Abroad - AFP
• Chinese official warns Tibetans against separatism - BBC
• Why Tibetans are Setting Themselves on Fire - Asia Society
• The Tibetan and Chinese Prime Ministers Address the Self-Immolations - Tibetan Political Review
• China questions Tibetan self-immolations intentions - channelnewsasia
• Encroaching deserts threaten life along Tibet's longest river - AlertNet

• Chinese Politics—Intrigue and Ideas - Council on Foreign Relations
• China violence: 12 dead in Kashgar city in Xinjiang - BBC