WTN for December 2008

• Bhutan: The New King - mysinchew.com
• Construction on Tibet's biggest logistics center to be completed next year - Xinhua
• Spiritual rebirth - The Statesman
• Beijing 2008 - Granbassi in Dalai Lama gesture - Eurosport
• Sex invariably spells trouble, says Dalai Lama - AFP
• Identity crisis - The Week
• It's Tibet, not the economy, stupid! - European Voice
• A Tibetan to the End: The Dalai Lama tells gathering that he has 'moral responsibility' to lead until he dies - Winston-Salem Journal Now
• Opinion: Dalai Lama leads a better protest - London Free Press
• A female Dalai Lama - The Week
• Dalai Lama is in Prague - Ceske Noviny
• Dalai Lama to meet former Czech President Václav Havel - Phayul
• I will be 'honoured' to meet Dalai Lama: Polish PM - Phayul
• Lech Walesa's summit in Gdansk vs. EU-China summit in China - Polish Radio
• China Faye Wong in Tibet for 'Smile Angel' - China Daily
• Beijing Olympics -- Games changed China, IOC says - Globe & Mail
• Essential Writings from the Dalai Lama's words - Erie Times News
• A Song from a Distance -- for Woeser - Tibet Writes
• Lama to speak in Halifax - Chronicle Herald
• China: Tibetan youth organization bent on terror - Houston Chronicle
• EDITORIAL: Tibet stays true to middle way - Bangkok Post
• International Tibet Support Groups Meet in Delhi - Phayul
• Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan next year - Radio Taiwan International
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Prague - Day 1 - Tibetan Custom
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama to meet former Czech President Havel - Tibet Bureau

• Dalai Lama says he has no immediate plans for Taiwan visit - Earthtimes
• Dalai Lama likely to visit Taiwan after 7 yrs - Punjab News Wire
• China to provide massive economic aid to Nepal - Press Trust of India
• Dalai Lama visits Prague on first leg of European tour - Czech Radio 7
• Dumped summit exposes China-Europe disenchantment - Reuters
• Dalai Lama disappointed by China's cancellation of EU summit - Czech Happenings
• Security agencies to decide on Dalai Lama's visit: Taiwanese official - Central News Agency
• Communique of the Special International Tibet Support Groups Meeting - TibetNet
• Tibet Supporters Condemn Chinese Propaganda Offensive, Suggest New Strategies - Phayul

• PRESS RELEASE: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s December 2008 visit to Poland - Office of Tibet, London
• Dalai Lama says he loves Bush despite some disastrous policies - AFP
• China Plans Tibet Gas Pipeline - Energy Tribune
• Britain’s Position on Tibet, Autonomy and Rights - New York Times
• Special International Tibet Support Groups meeting held in Haryana - PunjabNewsline.com
• When Dalai Lama Preached Tolerance - This Day, Nigeria
• Why China Keeps Picking on Sarkozy - TIME
• China warns Sarkozy of fallout from Dalai Lama meeting - Reuters
• As Rome Burns, China Won't Talk - Washington Post
• Dalai Lama calls for dealing firmly with China - EUbusiness
• Havel pleading for help to Tibet - Czech Happenings
• HIS HOLINESS’ MESSAGE TO SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT GROUPS MEETING - Tibet

• Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to embrace 6 more railway lines by 2020 - chinaview.cn
• Tibet: Civil aviation develops - China Tibet Information Center
• Mcleodganj-little Tibet of India - Neha Chandok
• International Campaign for Tibet calls for EU Emissary to help resolve Tibetan problem - ICT
• China violating the Human Rights of Tibet - Merinews
• China praises Nepal for stopping Tibetan protests - AP
• China expedites Nepal road project to boost trade - Reuters
• China sees fall in foreign tourists this year: state media - AFP
• EC President will come to honor Walesa - Poland.pl
• Europe should not appease China: Dalai Lama - Reuters
• Taiwan quashes hopes for visit soon by Dalai Lama - Reuters
• Dalai Lama Averts Split Among Straining Tibetan Factions - World Politics Review
• Dalai Lama not welcome to visit: Ma - Taipei Times
• China lashes Dalai Lama's demands for autonomy - Reuters
• China unhappy over Belgium PM’s meeting with Dalai Lama - IANS
• China's cold war on Tibet - ISN
• China lacks credibility to be a superpower - Capital FM
• Dalai Lama meets Belgian PM on tour that has angered China - AFP
• Tibet: Parliament Fasts in Support of ‘Middle Way’ - UNPO
• Sarkozy to meet Dalai Lama, overshadowing Nobel gathering - Channel News Asia
• Dalai Lama urges EU to stand firm - BBC
• Letter - China and Tibet - New York Times
• Lessons from the Dalai Lama - Livemint

• What makes God smile? -- and other questions for Lama - Chicago Sun-Times
• China: Dalai Lama wants theocracy back - UPI
• Junior works to help the children of Tibet - Inside BU
• Dalai Lama says he's going nowhere - Dallas Morning News
• Taiwan says Dalai Lama can visit - at right time - Reuters
• China threatens trade sanctions over Dalai Lama's European trip - Telegraph
• When China will be democratic, Tibet issue will be solved: Dalai Lama - EUbusiness
• Dalai Lama arrives in Poland for visit that irked China - AFP
• HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA’S DECEMBER 2008 VISIT TO POLAND - Office of Tibet, London
• ADDRESS TO THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - His Holiness The Dalai Lama XIV
• NPC opposes Dalai´s separatist speech - CCTV
• French leader's planned meeting with Dalai Lama sparks backlash in China - Xinhua
• Sarkozy set to meet Dalai Lama - Aljazeera.net
• Taiwan ex-President Lee Teng-huei visits Wild Strawberry Movement protesters - Taiwan News
• China: Free Prominent Tibetan Cultural Figure - Human Rights Watch
• Dalai Lama: Tibet needs China - UPI
• Dalai Lama urges dialogue before Sarkozy meeting - Reuters
• Dalai Lama at Walesa celebration, Gdansk - Thenews.pl
• Dalai Lama calls for 'century of dialogue' - Earthtimes
• Lech Walesa hosts Dalai Lama and Belarusians - Charter 97

• test - Tibet
• Prachanda ready for second China trip - Times of India
• DPP chair pans Ma over remarks on Dalai Lama - Taipei Times
• China blasts Sarkozy's Dalai Lama meeting as 'unwise' - AFP
• Sarkozy defies China with Dalai Lama talks - Reuters
• France's Sarkozy meets Dalai Lama as China fumes - AFP

• Netizen protests Sarkozy´s meeting with Dalai Lama - CCTV.com
• Tibet exhibition to open - China Internet Information Center
• Is a summit worth more than human rights? - K2climb.net
• Dalai Lama receives honourary doctorate in Krakow - Thenews.pl
• Dalai Lama says oppression continues in Tibet - AP
• INTERVIEW-Dalai Lama says China vulnerable in economic crisis - Reuters
• Sarkozy: No regrets over Dalai Lama meeting - Reuters
• Sarkozy praises China amid uproar over Dalai Lama - International Herald Tribune
• China says Sarkozy will pay for meeting Dalai Lama - Reuters
• Dalai Lama urges government action on global warming - AFP
• Ma’s stance on Dalai Lama’s visit - China Post
• Taiwan should welcome Dalai Lama's visit - Taiwan News

• Chocolate, Guinness and the Dalai Lama - Irish Times
• It’s Tibet, not the economy, stupid - eGov monitor
• The Dalai Lama in a Carmelites convent - Polish Radio External Service
• Dalai Lama received honourary doctorate from Jagiellonian university - Punjab Newsline Network
• Feud Over Dalai Lama - MySinchew
• China: France should work to repair strained ties - International Herald Tribune
• Sarkozy praises China amid uproar over Dalai Lama - AP
• Three Taiwan groups plan to invite Dalai Lama - Kyrgyzstan News.Net
• THE LIBERTY TIMES EDITORIAL:Ma bows to China over Dalai Lama - Taipei Times

• INDIAN TIBET SUPPORTERS DEMAND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR OCCUPIED TIBET - India Tibet Coordination Office
• Exiled Tibetans to demand human rights for Chinese-occupied Tibet - ANI
• Exiled Tibetans to demand human rights for Chinese-occupied Tibet - ANI
• Tibet concert brings world renowned performer to Taipei - Taiwan News
• INTERVIEW: Activists express hopes for an independent Tibet - Taipei Times
• KMT Dalai Lama tactics slammed - Taipei Times
• China sends jitters to India through Nepal - Asia Times Online
• Dalai Lama welcome here - China Post
• Chinese official warns about Tibet interference - AP
• Torture widespread, routine in Tibet, report says - Reuters
• Tibetans celebrate 19th anniversary of Dalai Lama’’s peace prize - ANI
• Tibetan Student Wins Human Rights Essay Contest in UK - TibetNet
• China plays Tibet card to the full - Asia Times
• An unnecessary quarrel - Asia Times
• Tibetan cultural exhibition to open in Shanghai - chinaview.cn
• Taiwan report: China about to complete massive monitoring system - Taiwan News
• TCHRD Press Statement on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - TCHRD
• Tibetan Youth Congress Statement on the 60th Anniversary of the World Human Rights Day - Tibet Youth Congress
• Tibetan Student Wins Human Rights Essay Contest in UK - TibetNet

• Most lawmakers in Tibet are ethnic minorities - Xinhua
• Top Café Tibet Is Stuffed With Good Food - Village Voice
• China downplays 'cyber attack' on French embassy website - AFP
• China calls on France to mend ties amid Dalai Lama row - AFP
• The Dalai Lama an honorary citizen of Wroclaw - Poland.pl
• Poland's president meets the Dalai Lama - AFP
• The land of the Lama - Times of India
• Granville Island plaque commemorates Tibetans - Georgia Straight
• World must bring China into democratic fold: Dalai Lama - AFP
• Dalai Lama’s middle-way policy reaffirmed - Merinews
• Tibet Supporters Share Hopes, Concerns - RFA
• French media veteran criticizes Sarkozy for meeting Dalai Lama - CCTV.com
• China Defence and Security Report Q4 2008 - PR-Inside.com
• China Says Doubts Tibet Torture Report - Javno.hr
• Foreign pressure on Tibet opposed - (China Daily)
• Tibetans Observe International Human Rights Day - Epoch Times
• Commission promises to assist Tibetan refugees - Taipei Times
• Princess Coocoola of Sikkim - Telegraph.co.uk
• Dutch FM: Dalai Lama welcome in Netherlands - Radio Netherlands
• Dalai Lama lecture draws thousands in Poland amid Chinese protests - DPA
• Poland fetes Dalai Lama - Reuters

• Signed article exposes autocratic nature of Dalai clique's theocracy - Xinhua
• Mumbai grenade reports anger China - Times of India
• China to protect Nepal’s sovereignty: Chinese ambassador - Telegraphnepal.com
• Stable Nepal crucial for stability of Tibet: Chinese envoy - Nepalnews.com
• Sarkozy 'regrets' uproar over Dalai Lama meeting - AP
• China's Media Berates French President Over Tibet Meeting - AFP
• Recap of Dalai Lama’s visit to Poland - Polish Radio External Service
• Dalai Lama: Poles Can Do a Lot for Tibet's Autonomy - Gazeta Wyborcza
• Dalai Lama Expresses Happiness over Chinese Group’s Call for Greater Freedom - Phayul
• China's Hu in human rights pledge - AFP
• UN chief urges China to continue Tibet dialogue - AFP
• Tibetan Parliament to hold its next session in March - Phayul
• More Asian film-makers tackle social issues in their works - Channel News Asia
• Free as a Bird - Namgyal Lhamo - The Statesman
• Italy’s Province of Siena Hosts Meeting on Tibet - Phayul
• EU must prioritise China summit - Lanka Everything
• Plans to Shut Down Schools and Hospitals, Arbitrary Arrests begin in Tibet - Tibetan Culture & News Online
• Dalai Lama wraps up his visit to Poland - Polish Radio External Service
• Studies in Pune to serve Tibet better - Expressindia.com
• The Dalai Lama is to return to New Zealand - Radio New Zealand
• China criticised for arrests - Reuters
• KMT blocks Dalai Lama motion - Taipei Times
• If only our president were more like Sarkozy - Taipei Times
• Dalai Lama back in Dharamsala - Hindustan Times

• Anniversaries offer Beijing little to celebrate - The Age
• Dalai Lama's Buddha-like charm attracts celebrities - Merinews
• Bringing a new vision to the world of blindness - GulfNews
• North Yorkshire politician meets Dalai Lama - Darlington and Stockton Times
• Taiwan foreign minister chided for comments on Dalai Lama's visit - Monsters and Critics.com
• Chinese held in Mecleodganj - PTI
• The freedom to talk - Taipei Times
• China scolds Sarkozy over Dalai Lama - Tehran Times
• Dalai Lama’s Faith in Chinese People 'Never Shaken' - Epoch Times
• Ceremonial Welcome for His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala - TibetNet
• Tibetans in exile still hold their dream - Asia Times Online
• Raising awareness about animal cruelty in T.O. - Tandem
• Sir Paul McCartney’s advice to the Dalai Lama - The Times
• China-Tibet conflict — II - The Post
• China says doubts Tibet torture report - Reuters
• Beijing hardens stand on France - The National
• Dalai Lama visit risks China's ire - New Zealand Herald

• HEAR MY COUNTRY CALLING - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Future of the Independence of Tibet and Taiwan - Hawaii Reporter
• Tibet’s Enemy Number One: His name is the Dalai Lama - New Europe
• Tibet: Heavenly Lake Namtso closes to tourists - China Travel News
• Tibetan Rx: From Himalayan lotus to precious cordyceps - Shanghai Daily
• Shanghai holds exhibition on Tibet culture - CCTV.com
• Every Two Persons Has One Phone In Tibet - ChinaTechNews.com
• Firemen stationed in three Tibet temples - China Internet Information Center
• Don't use 'European values' - AFP
• Sorry, I don’t boycott French goods - UPI
• French President Nicolas Sarkozy angers Chinese media - EnjoyFrance.com
• China shoots self on foot for remarks on Sarkozy-Lama meeting - Patriotic Vanguard
• Dalai Lama in Poland – review of a week-long visit - Thenews.pl
• China says within rights to block some websites - Reuters
• Karmapa Lama holds a discourse for young monks in Bodhgaya - ANI
• China to teach children "ethnic unity" - Reuters
• New Speaker of Tibetan Parliament sworn in - Phayul
• China still open to Tibet dialogue - AFP

• University of Tibet brought into China's key education project - Xinhua
• Himalayan climbing history for auction on eBay – for Tibet - K2climb.net
• INTERVIEW: Tibet musician plays in Taiwan on world tour - Taipei Times
• ESSAY Strategic differences - Frontline
• I feel like a Himachal citizen: Dalai Lama - IANS
• It’s better if I retire and get out of Tibet movement: Dalai - Expressindia.com
• Dalai Lama condemns Mumbai terror attacks - All India Radio
• Sarkozy's 'European value' not accepted - China Daily
• French govt favours Tibetan cause: Dalai Lama - IANS
• 2008: A testing year for China - Telegraph.co.uk

• Beautiful princess subsumed by world power politics - The Age
• People's Daily Online introduces "China Tibet News Online" - People's Daily
• EU honors Chinese dissident Hu Jia in absentia - AP
• Heard around the world - China Daily
• Did Jean Chrétien misspeak on meeting the Dalai Lama? - Georgia Straight
• Western Nations Unaware of ‘Red Infiltration’ - Epoch Times
• EU concerned by China's Charter '08 arrests - Reuters
• Chronology of China's reform era - AP
• Asia review of the year 2008 - Telegraph.co.uk
• French Government concerned about Tibet, says Dalai Lama - ANI
• Dalai for political front - Calcutta Telegraph
• Secular questions - Indian Express

• This Is Your Brain on Bliss - AlterNet
• Statement by Vaclav Havel in Support of Charter 08 in China - HRW
• EU expresses deep concern over China's Charter '08 arrests - Phayul
• Dalai Lama to attend religious conference in Gujarat - Indopia
• This week, Dalai Lama says he may retire after all - Dallas Morning News
• Taiwan President Ma again plays down Dalai Lama visit - Taiwan News
• Chinese court sentences seven tibetans to life imprisonment - PunjabNewsline.com
• Tibetan government-in-exile appreciates UN’s gesture - IANS
• Kashag Welcomes UN Chief's Tibet Remarks and Reaffirms Its Commitment to Dialogue - TibetNet
• China blocks access to New York Times Web site - AP
• Brief Introduction - Qinghai - Alibaba News Channel
• Brief Introduction - Tibet - Alibaba News Channel
• Taiwan: DPP asks government to grant asylum to Tibetans - Taipei Times
• Tibetan refugees in Uttar Pradesh keep up struggle for freedom - IANS
• Dalai Lama to inaugurate Morari Bapu’s world religion conference - Ahmedabad
• India should set an example to the world: Dalai Lama - Merinews

• Saga of fake tiger photos rears head again in China - Reuters
• American Biologist Honored With China Environment Prize - ENS
• After 30 Years, Economic Perils on China’s Path - New York Times
• Philosophy across borders - Deccan Herald
• Tibet's economy expects to grow 10.1% this year - Xinhua
• Compiling work for new Tibetan language dictionary to begin - TibetanReview.net
• SRK: Powerful, who me? - Times of India
• Beijing’s bid to ‘internalize’ Taiwan - Taipei Times
• Updates on Casualties in Tibet Demonstration - TibetNet
• China Unblocks The Times’s Web Site - New York Times
• China pressure apparently disrupts Russian delegation’s visit - Phayul
• NGO worker sentenced to life imprisonment: harsh sentences signal harder line on blocking news from Tibet - ICT
• Australian group: No word from Tibetan staffer - AP
• Tibetan NGO worker given life in jail-report - Reuters
• China in 2009 - Year of the ox - Economist.com
• Tibetan Parliament to extend its 7th Session till 27th March 09 - TibetNet

• China reform, opening-up policy drives Tibet development - Xinhua
• Tibet cuts fares, hotel rates to lure winter sightseers, revive tourism - Xinhua
• China's Panda Diplomacy With Taiwan - TIME
• Tibetan exiles may receive temporary residency: MTAC - Taipei Times
• MEP Pannella Tours S.E. Asia - UNPO
• Russian Media Discusses Promotion of Human Values with His Holiness the Dalai Lama - TibetNet
• Russian and Ukrainian Delegation Concludes Dharamsala Visit - TibetNet
• FIFTY YEARS, AND STILL NOT HOME - Calcutta Telegraph
• Tibet & Silk Road - Alibaba News Channel
• Tibet's GDP to maintain stable growth - China Knowledge Online
• Divergence Grows Between China and the West – Part II - YaleGlobal Online
• Obama’s pragmatic view of China - Taipei Times
• EDITORIAL: No asylum law: It’s all a gamble - Taipei Times
• Chen case puts focus on Taiwan democracy - Taiwan News
• Spreading the message of inner peace - Times of India

• A letter issued yesterday by dr Janusz Kochanowski Polish Commisioner for Civil Righs Protection (Ombudsman): - Piotr Cykowski
• Dalai Lama to present Unsung Heroes Award to Israeli researcher - Israel 21C
• From Tibet with love - Express Buzz
• Dalai Lama blessed Tibetan-Canadian activist’s fauxhawk - Georgia Straight
• Exiled Muslim tycoon pays price for criticizing China - McClatchy Washington Bureau
• Report confirms two arrests, five tortured to death in Tibet - Phayul
• China's momentous 2008 - Guardian
• China arrests 59 in Tibet for rumour-spreading-state media - Reuters
• True compassion as a universal ideal - Times of India
• Tibet question - The Statesman

• In dangerous, battle-scarred world, trying peace can only help - News-Leader.com
• France's EU presidency performance arouses debate - Xinhua
• Himalayan villagers on global warming frontline - AFP
• Government urged to amend Immigration Act - Taipei Times
• Fire at hotel near Tibet temple - Chinese media - Reuters
• 59 arrested in Tibet for 'spreading of rumors' - CNN
• China detains 59 people in Tibet over 'rumors' - AP
• China and India diverging - Japan Times
• Free Tibet fundraiser - Deseret News
• Chilly nights in Tibet - National Post
• Sounds of Summer: China's big year - ABC Online
• China's year of tumult and triumph - BBC

• Raymond Whitaker: From crisis to conflict? - The Independent
• Tibet House Benefit Concert 19th ANNUAL CHARITY EVENT IN NYC - JamBase
• China invested $3.4b in Tibet - AFP
• Tibet: The Hidden Facts - Australia.TO
• Shaken and stirred - Malaysia Star

• Education investment in Tibet reaches 22 billion yuan since 1978 - Xinhua
• Interdependent Happiness - Llewellyn Journal
• City to be home to rights team - Liverpool Echo
• Economic slow down hits inflow of tourists to Dharamshala - ANI
• Massive support of “Jago Bharat Jago Tibet Yatra” - myHimachal
• Glittering world debut marred by controversy - Irish Times
• On the Job: Lama teaches path to peace, happiness - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Central Tibetan Administration to Facilitate Projects on Tibet's Cultural Preservation - TibetNet
• THE TIBETAN RESOLUTION - Phayul

• Tom Watkins writes: China opens to the world - and what it means to you - Mirror - Royal Oak
• Taiwanese Singers Seek His Holiness' blessings for '2009 Tibet Concert' - TibetNet
• Dalai Lama to inaugurate inter-faith conference - Phayul