WTN for August 2010

• Environment focus for visiting Buddhist - Edmonton Journal
• First Look: Shangri-la Bistro - Creative Loafing Atlanta
• Nepal police forcibly return three Tibetan refugees across border - MyNews
• Rongpo Monastery is a Criminal, Declares China - Tibet Post
• Taiwan rejects China's latest peace overture - Radio Taiwan International
• China naval drill in South China Sea: state media - AFP
• China paid for Chris Carter's Tibet trip - Dominion Post
• Justice Without Borders": The Viability of Universal Jurisdiction the Spanish National Court´s Historic Lawsuits for Tibet - ICT
• Not a Time to Panic: A Comment on Phurbu Dorjee's Interview - TPR
• Always Beggars?: A Comment on Gyari Dolma's Interview - TPR
• Missing the Big Picture?: A Comment on Lobsang Sangay's "Kalon Tripa Election Reform" - TPR

• Poem: The Winds of Life - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Book: Collective Amnesia - Claude Arpi
• Book: Apocalyptic vision - DowntoEarth
• Longest Calligraphy Scroll - Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar sets world record - worldrecordsacademy.org
• Medicine: The Chagpori Healers - Kuensel Online
• India Digs Under Top of the World to Match Rival - New York Times
• China takes over Nepal - Claude Arpi
• A Trip to Tibet, With My Handlers Nearby - New York Times
• Tibet Leader Coming to Laredo - Laredo Sun
• Then Came the Silence -- In memory of Daja Wangchuk Meston - Phayul

• Travels: Trip to Tibet was breathtaking, in many ways - Gainesville Times
• Book Review: The Sino-Indian enigma - The Hindu
• Today in History - Radio Taiwan
• What are the most pressing challenges within your faith group in the 21st century? - Ottawa Citizen
• Bob Thurman on happiness and becoming Buddha - TED.com
• Daja Meston, 39; Buddhist peace hid his inner struggles - Boston Globe
• Human Rights Should Be Kan's Foreign Policy Priority - HRW
• China Spats - nationalinterest.org
• Perception of China not a media creation: envoy - The Hindu
• FACTBOX: Key political risks to watch in China - Reuters
• Nalanda Mentor Group plays down Dalai Lama's omission - IBN Life
• Living Buddha Chosen By Draw - allvoices.com
• Court rejects appeal from Tibetan environmentalist - AP
• China to spend more to teach minority children in Chinese - Tibetan Review
• Tibet Steps Up Web Controls - RFA
• Tibetan Youth Congress begins 14th General Body Meeting - Phayul
• Bold public expression of support for the Dalai Lama that led to imprisonment of Tibetan captured on video - ICT
• Video of Tibetan man's pro-Dalai Lama statement at public event acquired - Phayul
• Video of Bold Expression of Allegiance to His Holiness from Inside Tibet Released - CTA
• The Grasslands - a film by Pema Tsetan - Tibet Writes
• Oldest university on earth is reborn after 800 years - The Independent
• "I Walk 4 Tibet": Tibetans Debut at City2Surf - Australia Tibet Council
• New Rules Further Restrict Internet Access in Tibet - Tibet Post
• 20 held from Cantonese rights protest in Guangzhou - Tibetan Review
• Big Brother Keeps 7 Million Eyes on Chinese - NewsMax
• Media: China turns a page on independent journalism - Globe & Mail
• Ties between Indian, Tibetan cultures focus of 3-day event - Great Falls Tribune
• TYC meeting calls for VP's resignation - Phayul
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Tweets with the Chinese People - CTA
• 'A sharp knife above his head': the trials and sentencing of hree environmentalist brothers in Tibet - ICT

• China's Propaganda Offensive At A College Near You - Tibet Truth Blog
• Postcard From Nepal - Foreign Policy in Focus
• Seattle Tibet Fest in Memory of Kyegudo Quake Victims, Say Organisers - CTA
• The Nalanda Tradition excluded from Nalanda - Claude Arpi
• Scholars revive ancient Indian university - Financial Times
• "Free Tibet" car enters Toyota - NASCAR paint scheme contest - Phayul
• Experts urge US to engage China in human rights - CTA
• Filming for Tibet announces second film festival - Phayul
• International conference on Tibet may lack Tibetan presence - Straight.com
• First woman deputy speaker of Tibetan parliament joins race for PM's office - Phayul
• Tibet railway transports air combat readiness materials - Tibetan Review
• Democracy in Exile: Is Civil Society the Answer? - Phayul
• Op/Ed: China's Tibet Price: the South China Sea - 2point6billion
• Dolma announces candidature for Tibetan prime minister poll - SIFY
• Reflections on the Tethong/Sangay Debate, Zurich - Tibetan Political Review
• Op/Ed: Containing China from Mongolia to Vietnam - Asia Briefing
• The Speech that Portended the Tibetan Uprising Made Public - Huffington Post
• Tibetans Reject Quake Plan - RFA
• Changing tide. Karma Samdrup's sentence confirmed - TibetInfoNet

• Poem: Tibetan Nights - Nyilam
• 'The Sun Behind the Clouds' captures complexity of Tibetan struggle - Capital Times
• Jade Buddha unveiled Sunday morning in Aldergrove - bclocalnews.com
• J-11s Briefly Appear Over Tibet - strategypage.com
• India readies cyber army to spy on hostile nations - Times of India
• Tibet railway to boost logistical support - The Hindu
• Winning the New Cold War - Human Events
• Tibet railway transports air combat readiness materials - Tibetan Review
• A Tibetan Settlement officer in Nepal honoured for exemplary community service - CTA
• Chinese Immigration Surge Causes Loss of Tibetan Livelihood - CTA
• Second ETC to meet in France, "Chithue Initiative" program launched - Phayul
• Best Tibet travel websites - helium.com
• Tibet takes center stage at festival - New Mexican
• Where is Guru Rinpoche's Bhutan? -- Part 5 - Kuensel (Bhutan)
• The Raj at High Altitudes - WSJ
• A bilingual boon for Tibet - Island.lk
• Up the middle path -- Tibetan culture - The Hindu
• Calamity: Cloudburst in Choglamsar, Ladakh - Economic TImes
• Floods Affect Tibetan Settlers Near Choglamsar: Report - CTA
• Prominent Tibetan writer's case delayed: report - Phayul
• Opinion: Response to Tibetan Political reviews commentary on Tethong/San - Rinchen Tobgyal
• In exile, Tibetans to celebrate '50 years of democracy' - Sify
• Tainting Tibetan Democracy: Bangalore misinterprets Tibetan election rules - Phayul

• Tibetech reaches out with technology, education for exiled communities - The Union
• IFJ Press Freedom in China - Scoop News
• PLA Posturing for Conflict in the South China Sea? - Jamestown Foundation
• Closed books in China - Asia Times
• Press release: European Chitue Initiative is launched - 2nd ETC Organizing Committee
• The Second European Tibetan Congress (ETC) - Norwegian Tibet Committee
• Golden seal honour for Dalai Lama for leading Tibetan democracy - Asia Times
• Upcoming Schedule for H.H. th Dalai Lama - dalailama.com
• Repression in Tibet - The Statesman
• Mind over matter - The Daily Pioneer
• TYC re-elects President Tsewang Rigzin for second term - Phayul
• Tibet Arts Launches New Collection of High-Quality Healing and Meditational Supplies - PR.com
• Rinpoche Gyatso's sermons a major draw among tourists in Himachal - Sify
• China to counter India's Military Advantages in Arunachal Pradesh - Sri Lanka Guardian
• Defence Ministry rejects proposal for Tawang airport - PTI
• Chinese Air Force Tests Missile Movements By Train To Tibet? - Sri Lanka Guardian
• In Tibet, only Lonely Planet carries a statutory warning - Hindustan Times
• Urgent Notice - Jispa & Manali Teachings - CTA
• Search for total online control - Reporters Without Borders
• Dharamsala Offers Special Prayers For Tibet Flood Victims - CTA
• China: Zhouqu landslide, a man made disaster - Global Voices
• Tibet mudslide death toll rises to 702, Tibetan exiles offer prayers - Phayul
• China Seizes on a Dark Chapter for Tibet - New York Times
• "If Tibetans Took To The Streets For The Tibetan Language" By Woeser - High Peaks Pure Earth
• 4 Tibetans sentenced to varying prison terms in Sertha and Jomda - Phayul

• Uyghur Evictee Detained - RFA
• Overdevelopment Blamed for Slides - RFA
• PEACEKEEPING: Smothering Tibet? - Strategy Page
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Speaks on Moral and Secular Ethics at Delhi University - CTA
• EC directs South Zone Office to resume voter registration - Phayul
• Election 2011: If You Desire Change in Tibetan Politics, Look to the Parliament, not the Kalon Tripa - Tibetan Political Review
• Election 2011: Questions for the Kalon Tripa Candidates - Tibetan Political Review
• Editors' Note: A Question of "Bias" - Tibetan Political Review
• Ideas For Tibet - Huffington Post
• New devastation in Tibet; death toll exceeds 700 - ICT

• Tibetan Institute of Arts celebrated fifty-one years of excellence - Northern Voices
• India, surrounded - Globe and Mail
• Chinese brass with Hu's characteristics - Asia Times
• General and scholar test reform waters - Asia Times
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Underlines Preservation of Ecology - CTA
• India taking up China dam issue: Arunachal minister - Sify
• Ladakh paradise lost in a global warning - Asia Times
• Chinese authorities accused of prejudice over restaurant complaint - Phayul
• Letter: Response to Rinchen Tobgyal - Young-In Kim
• Election 2011: Reflections on the Tethong/Sangay Debate, Zurich - Tibetan Political Review
• Tibetan Writer's Intellectual Journey Leads to Trial - New York Times
• Life imprisonment for Tibet's richest man - The Times
• Group: Tibetan businessman gets life in prison - AP
• Trial delayed for Tibetan writer imprisoned for critique of Chinese policies, expression of Tibetan identity - ICT
• Tibet landslide death toll rises to 1,117, with 627 still missing - Phayul

• Tibet in History this Week - Tibetan Review
• Books: Chinese Writers on Tibet's Quest For Justice - CTA
• Books: The fat years of China - Sify
• Ancient Buddhist site faces threat from mining - Phayul
• China: Tibetan Writer's Trial Postponed - New York Times
• The Raj at High Altitudes - Wall Street Journal Asia
• Dalai Lama expounds on Buddhist science at Delhi University - Tibetan Review
• Dalai Lama wants China to learn religious harmony from India - One India
• Trends in Nepal not good for India - Indian Express
• Dalai Lama concerned about global warming in cloudburst-hit Leh - Sify
• Monasteries in Leh not damaged in flash floods - Sify
• The Ladakh Cloudburst: An Eyewitness Account - Phayul

• Overseas Chinese authors' works highlight Tibet issue - Tibetan Review
• Setting milestone in international law - Republica
• Leh: the Himalayan paradise - The Hindu
• Tibetan Writer's Intellectual Journey Leads to Trial - IBNA
• 'Ladakh turned on its people' - Jerusalem Post
• 'Ladakh turned on its people' - Jerusalem Post
• The Ladakh Cloudburst: An Eyewitness Account - Huffington Post
• Jailed Tibetan Made Donations - RFA
• Online Profile of Tibetan Businessman Dorje Tashi, Sentenced to Life Imprisonment - High Peaks Pure Earth
• Modern day warrior - Wall Street Journal
• America's obligation to Tibet - Guardian
• Youth group launches campaign website for Lobsang Sangay - Phayul
• Public cover helps protesting monks evade arrest in Lithang - Phayul
• Opinion: Changing face of Tibetan Democracy - Phayul
• Opinion: Moustache in freedom struggle - Phayul
• SFT honors Tibetan heroes - Phayul
• CPC official urges democratic management of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries - Xinhua
• Chinese Communist party demands reforms in Tibetan monasteries - Daily News and Analysis
• Dalai Lama says voices for Tibetan independence growing stronger - Sify
• Dalai Lama says richer China means more confidence to resolve Tibet - Tibetan Review
• At least 1,239 dead, 505 missing in landslide in Tibetan area of Gansu -- UPDATE (2) - Tibetan Review
• Tibet In Song - Female First
• The loneliness of Ladakh - thaindian.com
• India's Military Threat Management Politically Flawed - Eurasia Review
• China deploys new CSS-5 missiles on border with India - Times of India
• River Runs Through It - Times of India
• Pentagon Weighs in on Sino-Indian Border Disputes - 2point6billion.com
• Media Toe Line Over Disaster - RFA
• Tibetan, supporter protest Chinese exhibit of looted treasures - Tibetan Review
• Kalon Tsering Phuntsok Attends Maha Guru Boomtsok in Switzerland - Tibet Bureau - Geneva
• Tibetan Schools in Nepal achieve 100% pass in Class X Board exams - Phayul
• Workshop for Tibetan Schools' Teacher Counselors Gets Underway - CTA
• Chinese Communist Party seeks to intensify reforms in Tibetans monasteries - Phayul
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Gives Teachings in Kullu and Manali - CTA

• The Future of Buddhism in the West - Huffington Post
• Rape and Enlightenment: "All Victorious Ocean" - 2010 Philadelphia Life Arts Festival
• Tibet Museum to Showcase Exhibition on Tibet's Journey into Exile - CTA
• Miss Tibet Launches Signature Campaign - Tibet Post
• Superpower India: A second-hand aspiration - Organiser
• Dealing with the Chinese menace - Organiser
• Chinese leaders promote interest of 'all ethnic groups' in Tibet - Tibetan Review
• Mudslide Disaster in Drugchu [Chinese: Zhouqu]: A Man-Made Disaster. - Tibet House -- Japan
• Dalai Lama expresses condolences to Leh cloudburst victims - SIFY
• Kalon Tripa to visit South India and Germany - CTA
• Restrictions on Karmapa photographs in Chamdo - Phayul
• China has moved new advanced missiles closer to India's borders - Tibetan Review
• Rising China tests the waters - Asia Times
• Deep reasons for China and US to bristle - Asia Times
• China threat: Now you see it, now you don't - Asia Times
• Opinion: The Chinese Military Challenge - Wall Street Journal
• The First Tibetan Electronic Dictionary To Be Launched - CTA
• Dalai Lama confirms a Sunshine Coast visit - My Sunshine Coast
• Nathu La border trade remains a no show this year, too - Business Line
• China Tightens Grip on Tibet's Business Class - TIME
• Nepal's growing proximity with China raises concern for Tibetan government - Hindustan Times
• Chinese embassy objects to CA members' meeting with Dalai Lama - Nepal News
• US State Department official to assess Tibetan refugee during Nepal visit - Phayul

• Documentary Film : Tibet in Song -- Never forget music in your heart - Tibet
• Book Review: India and China: The Battle between Soft and Hard Power by Prem Shankar Jha - Asia Times
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Inaugurates a Tibetan Language Newspaper - CTA
• Tibetan medical centre opens in Chennai - Times of India
• Swelling Lakes Threaten Disaster in Tibet? - CRIENGLISH.com
• Paratroopers Land In Tibet - strategypage.com
• India and China's territorial disputes - The Economist
• Obama's Timidity on Tibet - Wall Street Journal
• China rebukes Nepali MPs for seeing the Dalai Lama - Phayul
• Dalai Lama's Special Envoy meets State Department official - PTI
• Dalai Lama aide dismisses reported Beijing protest - AFP
• Tibet a part of China, Dalai Lama an honoured guest: Krishna - NDTV
• Special Prayers for the Flood and Mudslide Victims held in Tokyo - Tibet House -- Japan
• Outspoken Tibetan detained by China on separatism charges stuck in legal limbo, lawyer says - CP
• China concludes PSB meeting to quell "separatism" - Phayul
• China holds conferences on Tibet's public security and monastic activities - TCHRD
• Where is Guru Rinpoche's Bhutan? -- Part 6 - PERSPECTIVES
• Tibet in History this Week - Tibetan Review
• Towards splendid isolation - Sunday Pioneer
• Associate the Dalai Lama with Revived Nalanda University - Sri Lanka Guardian
• China war papers denied to shield Nehru: Kuldip Nayar - IANS
• Climate beyond control, Russia Is Burning; Cloudburst In Leh - The Statesman
• Dalai Lama to visit Kochi next month - PTI
• His Holiness Praises India's Contribution to Peace and Humanity - Tibet Post
• Dalai Lama gives sermon at Nyingma Monastery in Manali - ANI
• His Holiness: News Should Be Reported Truthfully - Tibet Post

• Tibetan Calligraphy - tibetancalligraphy.com
• India -- Tibetan leader: "The Dalai Lama tells Buddhists to follow the path of Mother Teresa" - Asia News
• China asked to emulate, not challenge, the US for its rise - Tibetan Review
• China may drop death penalty for economic crimes - AP
• The Dalai Lama: A monk on the move - IANS
• Joint Press Interaction of EAM and FM of Japan - Tibet Report
• The Dalai Lama, China and India - Tibet Report
• Tibet online TV to host webcast of First National General Meeting - CTA
• Second Part of Talk Series on Tibet's Environment Begins 24 August - CTA
• Deathtoll from Drugchu mudslide reaches 1435 - Phayul
• Outspoken Tibetan detained by China on separatism charges stuck in legal limbo, lawyer says - CP
• China: Tibet: Tibetan Activist: Beijing fears new riots in Tibet and in monasteries - Asia News
• Dalai Lama says 'Middle Way Path' can resolve Tibet issue - SIFY
• 21st Century Would Certainly Be More Peaceful - CTA
• The (propaganda) empire strikes in China - Asia Times

• Make China Account for Its Dismal Human Rights Record - Heritage Foundation
• H.H. the Dalai Lama -- Teaching Itinerary Sept-Dec 2010 - dalailama.com
• Media Release: Filming for Tibet announces second Tibet Film Festival - filmingfortibet.org
• A Chinese periodical to publish stories on Tibet - Tibetan Review
• Personality v. Policy - Tibetan Political Review
• "Where Will The Next Drugchu Be?" By Woeser - High Peaks Pure Earth
• Prudently handle Tibet issue: China tells India - Times of India
• One More Tibetan Intellectual Arrested - TCHRD
• Police firing kills 3, injures 30 Tibetans in Palyul County - Phayul

• Book Review: A Tibetan Revolutionary - Tsewang Gyalpo Arya
• Screening of Archive Films on Tibet in Brazil - CTA
• Growth in a Buddhist Economy - project-syndicate.org
• The Dalai Lama and Indian PMs - Claude Arpi
• The new Lhasa - Hindustan Times
• 6-day Tibetan national meet from today - Times of India
• Beijing Trightens up Control Over Monasteries and & Mosques - Sri Lanka Guardian
• Nepalese Sherpas targeted due to Tibetan ancestry? - Tibetan Review
• Kalon Tripa Inaugurates Prayer Halls at Sera Jey Monastery School - CTA
• Mainland Chinese Group Visit New York's Office of Tibet - CTA
• Another Tibetan intellectual arrested - Phayul
• Testing time for US arms report on China - Asia Times
• Tibetan Scroll Wins Award - RFA
• World's Largest Book on Display in Miami to Honour His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Tibet Custom
• Dalai Lama asks Miriam to form Tibet support group in RP - GMANews.TV
• Talk Series on Tibet's Environment Kicks Off in Bangalore - CTA
• Karmapa to pay tribute to Mother Teresa today - Times of India
• India deliberately teasing China through Dalai Lama - Pakistan Daily Mail
• Dalai row: India won't join issue with China - Times of India

• Mustang region of Nepal threatens to bar tourists - AFP
• The tiger next door - Globe & Mail
• Visa issue: Now India puts on hold the arrival of three PLA officials - SIFY
• India cancels China defence exchanges after visa row - BBC News
• India-China relations hit by defence row: report - AFP
• Defence ties off after Chinese 'no' to Indian general - Indian Express
• Lone woman brings Tibetans to Catholicism - ucanews.com
• Bill recognizes Sowa-Rigpa system of medicine - Tibetan Review
• Budapest plans to honor Dalai Lama: report - Phayul
• His Holiness, Richard Gere and Alice Walker to meet at Emory University - Phayul
• Four Tibetan students arrested in Barkham county for magazine content - Phayul
• US Government Encourages Substantive Talks on Tibet - CTA

• A poem: The Mistrerated Treasure - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• In search of an identity - The Hindu
• Tibet Museum Starts Traveling Exhibition in Southern India from Bangalore - CTA
• Letter: Kalong Tripa -2011 Initiative and some mumbo-jumbo - Chewang Nngokhang
• China Sinks to New Depths - The Diplomat
• China's core interests - New Indian Express
• Santiago accepts request of Dalai Lama's rep - Rolly T. Carandang
• Philippines Senator to launch Tibet Support Group - Tibetan Review
• Exile Tibetan national meet to discuss future plans - Tibetan Review
• US calls for substantive talks 'without precondition' on Tibet - Phayul
• Report: 4 Tibetans fatally shot in mine dispute - AP

• Comment: China's Denial of Visa to the Indian General: Not So Incomprehensible - IDSA India
• China and India: War of Giants - Huffington Post
• Of tourists & politics - The Star (Malaysia)
• Outside Edge: No one is watching but Big Brother - Financial Post
• India may resort to stapled visa to Tibetans - India Today
• Tickets for Dalai Lama's talk at Stanford now available - Scope
• Letter: Kalon Tripa -- 2011 Initiative (an extended version) - Chewang Ngokhang
• TMAI at Second International Symposium on Traditional Medicine and Contemplative Practices in Brazil - CTA
• Kalon Tsering Phuntsok Honours Students at Sera Jey University's Convocation - CTA
• Day of the Disappeared - ICT
• Opinion: Speaking the devil's tongue! - Phayul
• China media: Police accidentally killed Tibetan - AP
• Tibetan PM stresses on individual effort to preserve culture - Phayul
• Delegates scour for solutions at Tibetan General Meeting - Phayul
• Dalai Lama to address First Tibetan National General Meeting - ZeeNews.com