WTN for December 2010

• 2010 appeal - Tibet

• The Jewel-Toned Lakes of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau - OurAmazingPlanet Staff
• 5.5 earthquake shakes Tibet; no casualties reported - TibetNet
• Tibetan and Supporters Saddened by Mid-Day Mumbai Article - Tibet Post
• Asking China to Act Like the U.S. - New York Times
• Dalai Lama says he wants to visit Russia - Tibet
• Dalai Lama - Voice of Russia
• Over Thousand Russian Buddhists attend teachings in Dharamsala - TibetNet
• Report uncovers indiscriminate firing on Tibetan protesters in 2008 - TibetNet
• Tibetans in exile observe World AIDS Day - TibetNet
• China blocks access to WikiLeaks - PTI
• A Tibet of the mind - HIMAL
• Tibetans and Supporters Planned Demonstration in Belgian Capital - Tibet Post
• US Embassy in Nepal mentions ‘Tibetan Refugee’ in visa procedure - Phayul
• The Karmapa is caught in a political game - Guardian
• The world may see a second Dalai Lama - Nezavisimaya Gazeta

• Luxury Hotels Reach New Heights in China - Business Week
• Tibet power grid to link with national network in 2012 - Xinhua
• Tibet to ensure free bilingual preschool education by 2015 - Xinhua
• Nepal to check movement of Tibetans as part of 13-point agreement with China - Phayul
• Tibet 'not a core issue in Sino-French relations' - China.org.cn
• Tibetan Media Workshop: Developing Good Manner in Journalism - Tibet Post
• Riot of colours at Karmapa’s birth anniversary - Times of India
• The music of freedom rings out in ‘Tibet in Song’ - Herald Net
• Film brings Buddhist nuns' story out of the shadows - Marin Independent Journal
• Dalai greets Nitish on poll victory - Times of India
• Cultural ties with Tibetans is our priority, says Russian Buddhist leader - TibetNet
• Dalai Lama calls on Russian Buddhists to translate spiritual texts - RIA Novosti

• China’s urbanites rediscover Buddhism - Asia Times
• China role in PoK, its J-K policies worrisome: India - Indian Express
• Planning Commission releases report on Tibetan demographic survey - Phayul
• SABA Celebrates 900 years of Karma Kagyu Lineage - Business Wire India
• Clinton grilled Rudd on dealing with China - Sydney Morning Herald
• Tibetans and Japanese Mark Human Rights Day in Tokyo - TibetNet
• True Happiness - Press Telegram
• Exiled Buddhist finds leadership role in U.S. - Courier Journal
• Kalon Tripa to visit Bodhgaya and Lucknow - TibetNet
• Dancers who brought Buddha to life - Daily Pioneer
• Saying goodbye after 14 years, Little Tibet plans closing - Middletown Press
• 15 Chinese soldiers among 22 killed in wild fire in Tibet - PTI
• Peace March for Free Tibet and Non-Violent Movement - Tibet Post
• US Dispatches from Beijing 'True Democracy' Within China's Politburo? - SPIEGEL ONLINE

• Will the Dalai Lama retire in six months? - Rediff
• The gift that the world needs from India: A Nalanda renaissance - Sify
• Tibet Museum to Exhibit His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's Biography - India Education Diary
• Exiled Tibetans to stage parade in Taiwan - Taiwan News Channel
• Nepal: China: Kathmandu and Beijing tighten grip on Tibetan refugees - Asia News
• Returning to Lhasa to Witness the Current Situation - Tibetan Culture & News Online
• Little Lhasa on the tilla - Daipayan Halder
• The Internal Political Situation In China - Eurasia
• Tibetan Buddhism celebrates 900 years of the Karmapa Lama - AsiaNews.it
• Now, China finds $100bn mineral deposits in Tibet - Times of India

• Kathmandu-Lhasa bus likely to resume - Republica
• New FTCI CEO aims to make Tibetan co-ops more viable - Phayul
• Karmapa Lineage readies for 900th Anniversary celebration - Phayul
• Free Audiobook: “How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life” - American Consumer News
• Liu Xiaobo action in London on Thursday 9 December - Tibet Society
• China to award prize to rival Nobel - AP
• Release 2010 Nobel Peace Laureate - Human Rights Watch
• H.H the Dalai Lama Inaugurates a New College for Tibetan Nuns - TibetNet

• From Chandigarh shop, brothers create Tibetan Premier League - Indian Express)
• Dalai Lama is Buddha of this era: P K Dhumal - PTI
• Dalai Lama is a living Buddha says Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister P K Dhumal - Orissadiary.com
• Remembering John Lennon at Dharamshala - Jamyang Norbu
• Wikileaks Reveal China’s Attempts to Limit His Holiness’ Movements - Tibet Post
• A Loyalist and a Tiananmen General Win China's Peace and Harmony Awards - Huftington Post
• Forget the Nobel, China Has Its Own Prize - Slate Magazine
• Exile Tibetans’ call for the release of Liu Xiaobo and Tibetan heroes - Northern Voices Online
• Freedom for Liu Xiaobo and All Imprisoned by the Chinese Government for Exercising Their Rights - Speroforum
• Replica of Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize medal delivered to Chinese Embassy in London - Chinese, Uighur & Tibetan Solidarity UK
• Take Action for Tibet this Human Rights Day! - International Tibet Network and Students for a Free Tibet UK
• Tibet's Religion, Culture, Environment in Peril: Karmapa - Outlook
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama extends greetings on 900th year of Karmapa Lineage - TibetNet
• Dalai Lama urges younger generation to take responsibility for creating new world - Sify

• The Chinese consumer awakens - CTV
• Stop Appeasing China Now - World Press Review
• China, Iran jail most journalists in world, media watch group says - Monsters and Critics.com
• Exiles start Walk for Tibet in Taiwan - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
• WikiLeaks Reveals China's View of Tibet and Taiwan - Sing Tao Daily
• Why Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize Matters to Tibet - Huffington Post
• Tibetan Parliament Honours Legislative Members of Himachal Pradesh - TibetNet
• Tibetan Leader to Open Int'l Conference of Chief Justices in Lucknow - TibetNet
• Is China Seeking to Achieve Too Much Too Soon? - Diplomatic Courier
• Training for Tibetan tour operators - REPUBLICA
• China's strategic highway to Indian border set for completion - PTI
• Peace prevails as Tibetans mark Dalai's Nobel anniversary - Himalayan Times
• Tibetans observe Nobel day - Himalayan Times
• 'Dalai Lama will remain religious, temporal head' - IANS
• Sikkim govt bans killing of animals during Dalai Lama's visit - PTI
• Karmapa’s birth 900 year anniversary: 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje presides - Times of India
• Dalai Lama requsted to open activites for Nijalingappa samadhi - Times of India
• Life After The Nobel: Will China Make Nations Pay? Will Liu Xiaobo Be Forgotten? - Forbes
• Tibetans condemn imprisonment of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo - PTI

• Tibetan exiles camp in Delhi to protest Chinese premier's visit - Hindustan Times
• Goodbye Dalai? - Saransh Sehgal
• Human Rights Day: Jigme Norbu walks the long road to Tibet’s independence - Taipei Times
• China Rewrites Tibet History: Monks Recently Escaped from Tibet - Tibet Post
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Nobel Prize Celebrated in Russia and Taiwan - TibetNet
• Dalai Lama delivers sermon in Kalimpong - Daily India
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Recounts Happy Memories of Kalimpong - TibetNet
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Consecrates Tharpa Choeling Monastery in Kalimpong - TibetNet
• Chinese PM Visit Rankles some in New Delhi - allvoices
• Dalai Lama arrives on 8-day visit of Sikkim - PTI
• Do as the Dilli-wallahs do - Economist
• The Concept of Oneness of Humanity - Tibet
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama clarifies statement on retirement - Tibet

• A UN Exhibit With Chinese Characteristics - Epoch Times
• Nobel cause: Gere duels dragon over Liu Xiaobo - TIMES OF INDIA
• Science can provide solutions for better future: Dalai Lama - PTI
• Next Dalai Lama most likely to born in India, Russia also not excluded - Tibet Buddhist leader - Interfax
• China’s war against Nobel Peace Prize - Herald Scotland
• "MAY THE DEITIES PROTECT THE SNOWLAND" BY WOESER - High Peaks Pure Earth
• Exile Musicians To Raise Awareness for Artists Jailed in Tibet - Tibet Post
• Tibetan Local Justice Commissions Get New Appellation - TibetNet
• Thousands of Tibetans evicted to make way for Lhundrub dam - Asia News
• Icy winds sweep Himachal - IANS
• China's Wen to visit India amid trade, land spats - AP
• Chinese-Tibetan Cultural Exchange Meet Held in Australia - TibetNet
• Richard Holbrooke and Tibet - ICT - Bhuchung K. Tsering
• A Tibetan Singer Preserves Culture - Care2.com
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama ringing the Bell of Peace - Taiwan News
• Wen, will you give us Tibet, ask refugees - Times of India
• Wen and the art of Tai Chi - The Pioneer
• Exiled Tibetan govt: Tibet central to Sino-India border dispute - Times of India
• Deal with China from a position of strength: Dalai Lama aide - Indian Express
• Dharamsala calm as Wen arrives in India - IANS
• The Next Dalai Lama: China has a choice - Guardian
• Tibet key to resolve Indo-China border dispute: Kalon Tripa - TibetNet
• 'Kashmir to us is what Tibet is to China' - Times of India

• US embassy cables: Dalai Lama made desperate plea to US for help during 2008 unrest - Guardian
• US embassy cables: Tibet protests put India in awkward spot - Guardian
• US embassy cables: Tibetan frustration with the 'Middle Way' - Guardian
• US embassy cables: 'Widening generational divide' between Tibet's leaders and youth - Guardian
• WikiLeaks cables: Dalai Lama called for focus on climate, not politics, in Tibet - Tibet
• WikiLeaks cables: the Dalai Lama is right to put climate change first - Guardian
• 85,000 Tibetans reach India since 1980: US cable - IANS
• Tibetans Ask: “Free Tibet Wen?”, Police Say: “Not Now” - WSJ
• Government of Canada to facilitate the immigration of up to 1,000 Tibetan refugees living in Arunachal Pradesh in India - Government of Canada

• US embassy cables: Tibetan frustration with the 'Middle Way' - Guardian
• Monk sentenced to three years prison term - TCHRD
• The Chinese Dragon Vs The Indian Tiger - Defence Update
• China considers Dalai Lama a traitor: WikiLeaks - One India News
• China pays Nepal police 'to catch Tibet refugees' - AFP

• Tibetan Mastiff sold for USD two million - PTI
• Dalai Lama and Rick Warren: Top Tweeters Among Religious Leaders - AOL
• Lone woman withdraws from Tibetan polls - IANS
• Senior monk-scholars, with no political record, sentenced to life and 15-20 years imprisonment - crackdown continues at Drepung - ICT
• NZ leader went back on word about Dalai Lama meeting - New Zealand Press Association
• Dalai urges people to respect all religions - Assam Tribune
• India's Tibetan Exile Community Nears Critical Juncture - VOA
• Tibetans are real holders of Nalanda tradition, says Dalai Lama - ANI
• Norway involved in China-Tibet talks - Tibet
• Obituary: Frank Bessac - Telegraph
• The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography - Penguin
• Canada sponsors immigration for Tibetans in Arunachal - Hindustan Times
• Tibetan Writer Speaks Out on Tibet Crackdown and Kyigudo Quake - Tibet Post
• Ushering Wellness: The Convergence of Buddhism and Psychoanalysis - Huffington Post

• A generosity of spirit - Times of India
• His Holiness to innaugurate Hindu congregation in Kerela - Phayul
• Tibetans confirm WikiLeak - Taiwan Times
• Opinion: Free Tibet from pollution - Heraldnet.com
• Sentenced Monks Drop From Sight - RFA
• Biggest Tibetan activist group trains youth the art of leadership - Phayul
• UN asks China to reassess policies on Tibet, Mongolia - TNN
• UN expert asks China to reassess polices on Tibetan nomadic herders - Phayul
• Court grants citizenship to woman of Tibetan parentage - Hindustan Times