WTN for January 2008

• Tibet reports higher than normal winter temperatures - Xinhua
• Tibetan college students meet for the second all India conference - Phayul
• For China's Journalism Students, Censorship Is a Core Concept - Washington Post Foreign Service
• Amity with Tibetan monk sets woman on path to India - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• METROPLUS: On the roof top of the world - The Hindu
• Hand In Hand With The Dalai Lama - Hall of Fame Magazine
• Indian defence and the Abominable No Men - Sify News

• Iron Sand Exploitation Banned In Tibet - Tibet
• Flavors of Tibet, minus the yak - Boston Globe
• Beijing braces for `The Three T's - TheStar.com
• Tibetan Exiles in India Plan March Home - VOA
• Exiles plan to march into Tibet from India to protest Beijing Olympics - Associated Press

• In War and Peace, in Silver and Gold - New York Times
• Travel: Holy cows, paddling pilgrims and fine shrines - The Sunday Telegraph
• PM Singh to take up border dispute during China visit - Straits Times
• Tibet imposes vehicle tax as car ownership soars - Asia Pulse
• First ozone observatory in Tibet starts operation - Xinhua
• Canada-China trade rises strongly in 2007, not affected by new human rights emphasis - Associated Press
• Sensitive areas may be no-growth zones Population study calls for end to urbanisation in environmentally important regions - South China Morning Post
• New rules unlikely to affect Chinese takeovers of Canadian companies: Emerson - CP
• A blossom, a man, a promise ; Journey to see His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his visit to Atlanta brings hope - Cox News Service
• Repairs of Tibet cultural heritage sites targeted for completion in 2008 - Xinhua
• The Dalai Lama's Men - The Indian Express
• Tibetans forced to oppose Dalai Lama's return - group - Reuters
• China hits back at critics of activists' arrest - Reuters
• Dragooned by the dragon - Hindustan Times
• In This Life, Or The Next - Newsweek

• 'India, China relations getting better and better' - Rediff News
• Indian town `more Tibetan than Tibet' - Toronto Star
• Transcript: Tibet Questions raised at the British Parliament - British Parliament
• Tackling Tibet - TIME
• China may seek India's help in solving Tibet issue - Times of India

• City gets set to welcome Dalai Lama - TNN
• China develops world's first Tibetan-language office software - Xinhua
• Ngari prefecture in Tibet sees more abnormal weather phenomena in 2007 - Xinhua
• Chinese army chief meets visiting Nepalese general on Taiwan, Tibet issues - BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
• Yet one more Beijing duck! Manmohan visit to China - Indo-Asian News Service
• Two giant nations, but little interaction Despite improved ties, exchanges between Chinese and Indian people are limited - South China Morning Post
• Writer says PM Singh's visit to China occasion for India to "think big" - The Hindu website, Chennai
• India is comfortable with China ties, says Menon - Hindustan Times
• The global centre of gravity shifts east - New Statesman
• Eagerness for trade and respect for human rights aren't mutually exclusive - Editorial: The Montreal Gazette

• Tibet under strain as visitors surpass locals - The Guardian
• Tibet train to the border: An Interview with Chinese Ambassador to Nepal - Nepal Times
• (Canadian Prime Minister) Harper and China - Winnipeg Free Press Editorial
• China General Downplays Military Buildup - AP
• Business is Gordon Brown's priority on China visit - The Times
• The global centre of gravity shifts east - New Statesman
• Tibet cries out for global support - Taiwan Journal
• Tibetans-in-exile want Manmohan to raise Tibetan issue with Beijing - Asian News International
• India/China: Indian PM makes goodwill trip to China - Thai News Service
• Tibetans-in-exile disappointed by India's 'One-China' policy - Asian News International
• Tibetan monks commit “suicide,” victims of pre-Olympic repression - Asia News
• Suicides" of Tibetan monks; they were to recognise the next Dalai Lama - Tibet
• I'm looking forward to retirement: Dalai Lama - PTI
• Dalai Lama calls for Olympic protests - ITV News

• FM spokeswoman: China appreciates Germany's stance on Taiwan, Tibet issues - Xinhua
• Five people rescued from Tibet snowstorm, 11 still stranded - Xinhua
• 25 people stranded in Tibet snowstorm - Xinhua
• Work on first feeder line of Qinghai-Tibet railway to begin - Zee News
• Tibetan book of death - Author deftly places fascinating murder mystery in Tibet - Freelance-Star
• Fleeting images in sand - Philadelphia Inquirer
• From Tibet, with love - Times of India
• Dalai Lama praises Tibet's development under China - The Cheers
• I consider Gandhi as my teacher' - Times of India
• Tibetans hold festival for non-violence in Ahmedabad - TibetNet
• Dalai Lama imparts lessons at IIM - NDTV
• China will have to find a 'proper way' to resolve problems - Economic Times

• Emergency workers rescue 131 people from snowstorm in Tibet - Xinhua
• A true ironman - Electric New Paper
• Depot concert raises $1,800 for Darfur - The Darien Times
• Reborn supremacy: China's control of Tibetan reincarnation - Jane's UK
• ‘My successor can be a woman’ - Harmony Siganporia
• Tibet railway firm seeks listing - BBC News
• Germany hails detente with China after Dalai Lama row - AFP
• Germany Seeks to Patch Up Ties with China - Der Spiegel
• A Path Religion and Science Can Follow - Tibet

• China creates another man-made snowfall in Tibet - Xinhua
• Tibet re-elects top legislator, gov't chairman - Xinhua
• Germany, China repair ties after Dalai Lama row - Reuters
• Mahatma Gandhi's message of non-violence should spread to entire world: His Holiness - TibetNet
• Tibetan Spirit of Unity and Non-violence Wins Hearts in Ahmedabad - TibetNet
• A mellowed Dalai Lama looks back, says better part of his life spent in India - The Cheers
• Tibetan struggle for truth should continue even without Dalai Lama - TibetNet

• Year 2007 sees repression worsening in Tibet: Report - Phayul
• We are India's first line of defence but Han influx a grave threat: Dalai Lama - Indian Express
• Special ceremony planned for Dalai Lama in Madison - Capital Times
• Dalai Lama says peace key for a better future - ANI
• Dalai Lama back to Dharamsala after successful tour of India - Phayul
• No reincarnations without government approval - Reuters
• China defends rules on reincarnation of Tibet monks - Reuters
• Letter to WTN from Mr. Tsering Tashi, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Tibet

• Intransigent face of the Chinese superpower - The Financial Times
• Chinese settlements in Tibet 'demographic aggression' - Tibet
• China lashes out at Dalai Lama, other Olympic critics - AP
• Olympics-China rejects Games link with Tibet, Sudan - Reuters
• Dalai Lama: A charismatic figure in his adopted land - Economic Times
• Beijing hopes world will deny support to Dalai Lama - Interfax-Religion, Russia
• 2,200 people fighting forest fire in Tibet - Xinhua
• Everest: the perfect mountain view - The Telegraph
• Dalai Lama to visit Madison this summer - Daily Cardinal
• China Lashes Out at Olympic Critics - AP
• Tibetan activist slams Communist propaganda as a tool for repression - Asia News
• Tibetan People’s Uprising Movement calling - Phayul
• Nepal In A Zone of Conflict Or Peace? - Media for Freedom

• Tibet sees drastic increase of overseas tourists in 2007 - Xinhua
• Beijing's new mayor promises 'high caliber' Olympics - AP
• China to boost spending on Tibet farming: Report - AFP
• Talks, not tanks, will bring us peace - The Times
• The Right to Be Reborn Denied - TibetNet
• Tibet website launches English version - cctv.com
• The Road to Joy - Gannett News Service
• China Cracks Down on Tibetan Buddhism Ahead of Olympics - Radio Free Asia
• 'Dalai Lama' film answers questions - South Bend Tribune
• Exiled Tibetans launch signature campaign to secure release of monk Tenzin Delek Rinpoche - ANI
• Davos elite leaves, fearing dark days - CNN
• Italians show what religious tolerance is - Letter from Rome - Sunday Times

• Johor Buzz: Mystical roof of the world - New Straits Times
• Kalon Tenpa Tsering, Jetsun Pema conferred Honorary Citizenship in Italy - Phayul
• Charles asked to rethink Games snub - Sydney Morning Herald
• Beijing says any Prince Charles boycott "unfair" - AFP
• Prince to boycott Games - CNN International
• Prince Charles' Olympic-sized snub to China - Telegraph

• Tibet – Journey across a forbidden country - Tibet
• China reports bird flu outbreak in poultry in Tibet - Reuters
• The sound of artifacts disappearing - Los Angeles Times
• Tibet does not exist, Tibet does exist: Woeser - Phayul
• IUSY World Congress’ Resolution reaffirms Tibet as an independent state - Phayul
• Reborn supremacy - China's control of Tibetan reincarnation - Jane's Intelligence Review
• Prince Charles used in campaign to boycott Beijing Olympics - Guardian Unlimited
• Olympics-China says won't submit to pressure - Reuters
• China hits out at attempts to politicise Olympics - Guardian Unlimited

• Another Chinese construction giant plans to issue 2.8 bln shares in mainland market - Xinhua News Agency
• Environmental Protection China's desertification area shrinks - Xinhua News Agency
• NICE wins China railway contract. - Israel Business Arena
• Tibet foreign investment grows strong - NewsTrak Daily
• Tibet's Total Foreign Trade Value Approaches US$ 400M in 2007 - China Industry Daily News
• India MPs seek resolution on China-claimed territory - BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
• Second wind for killer storms - Shanghai Daily
• Chinese political adviser defends Tibet living Buddha reincarnation rules - BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
• Shui On plans resort - South China Morning Post
• China under pressure to continue ban on tiger trade - New Statesman
• Eastmorelanders remember Tibet trip in haiku book - The Bee
• Charles 'not invited to Olympics' - The Press Association
• Tibetan awarded “Citizen of the Year” in Australia - Phayul
• New Word attacks pose as news about Tibet - Computerworld