WTN for December 2011

• Troops Return to Kirti - RFA
• Laws on Paper vs. Law in Practice - WSJ
• Parents Seek Apology, Compensation - RFA
• Dissident Detained Over Torture Report - RFA
• How China Can Defeat America - New York Times
• Statement as prepared for delivery by Kelsang Gyaltsen, Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Office of Tibet

• CSIS right to worry about Chinese spies - National Post
• Symposium on ‘Women’s Leadership in the 21st Century’ marks the culmination of 10-day Women's Leadership Training - TWA
• Bengal Guv ignores China, attends Dalai Lama event - Friends of Tibet (India)
• UK Foreign Minister states 'serious concern' over self-immolations - House of Commons Hansard
• Indian embassy in Beijing issues advisory on fake China firms - Friends of Tibet (India)
• Video + Interview: Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government in Exile Dr. Lobsang Sangay in Germany - Tibet

• A Former Monk Self Immolates in Chamdo - TCHRD
• The Battle for Buddha - Tehelka
• Jayadeva Ranade: Beijing’s stunt was ill-timed - Daily News and Analysis (DNA)
• A struggle at the crossroads - Tibet
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Message to Global Buddhist Congregation - Tibet

• Twelfth Tibetan Self-Immolates, but Survives - New York Times
• Tibetans Attack Slaughterhouse - RFA
• Tibetan deaths violate Buddhism - Letter - Guardian
• Tibet Is Still a Hidden Kingdom in the Internet Age - Huffington Post
• Long trek to freedom - Sun Daily
• Cyber attacks on government websites: India goes on offensive against cyber rogues - India Times
• Can you hear the Chinese whispers grow louder? - Times of India
• India embraces its Buddhist heritage - Times of India

• Tiananmen Mother Detained in Beijing - RFA
• China's Cyber Threat A High-Stakes Spy Game - NPR
• China to prepare for social unrest - Financial Times
• China morning round-up: 'upbeat' on UN climate talks - BBC News
• Tibetans advocate climate justice for Tibet at UN Climate conference - TWA

• Durban talks: China scorches rumours of rift with India - Times of India
• China throws climate talks into confusion - Financial Times
• An economically weak China could be more dangerous than a strong one - Gordon G. Chang
• China’s tweeting cops blog to keep peace - Financial Times
• Tibetans Burn for Their Faith and Freedom - Wall Street Journal

• Farmer in stable condition after setting himself on fire - Xinhua
• Call to end continuing injustice in Tibet - Letter - Tibet
• Tibet groups in Japan urged parliamentarians to exert diplomatic pressure on China to end crackdown in Tibet - Tibet
• Protest must be led by the Tibetan Government in Exile - Rangzen Alliance
• Karmapa Named in Foreign Currency Case - IANS
• Members of Parliament press the UK government to take action on the series of self-immolations in Tibet, during a debate on the crisis. - SFT
• Why Kashmir is Important to Me? - Dr. Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai
• Imprisoned Labrang Monk in Critical Health Condition - TCHRD

• Top 10 Underreported Stories - TIME
• Video of "Chinese brutal repression on Tibetans in 2008 - Tibet Online.TV
• Tibet's old way of life is slow dying. Not even self-immolation will change that - Tibet
• Tibetan Dies after Self Immolation in TAR - TCHRD
• Sangay winds up whirlwind Europe tour - Phayul
• Tenzin Phuntsok passes away in Chinese hospital, Wife feared arrested - Tibet News
• TCHRD Statement on the 63rd Anniversary of Human Rights Day - TCHRD
• Statement on International Human Rights Day to Raise Globe Awareness of Tibet - United Nations for a Free Tibet
• A KEY WITNESS OF FORCED ABORTIONS AND STERILISATIONS IN THE LEGAL CASE OF THE TIBETAN GENOCIDE WILL TESTIFY IN THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT NEXT WEEK. - COMITÉ DE APOYO AL TÍBET

• China: Intransigence on Rights Cases Requires New Approach - Human Rights Watch
• Tibet Society’s report on UK Parliament debate on Tibet - Tibet Society (UK)
• 'Passport Photos' screening - Insight Film Festival
• Statement of the Kashag on the 22nd Anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Tibet
• CELEBRITIES AND POLITICIANS JOIN TIBETANS AND SUPPORTERS AROUND THE WORLD TO STAND UP FOR TIBET ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY - Tibet
• Protest Or Sacrifice? China's Anti-Imperialist Propaganda Backfires In Tibet - Huffington Post
• Chinese, Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK calls for human rights, democracy and freedom for all those living under Chinese Communist Party rule - Tibet Society (UK)
• Boycott Chinese Products: Swami Ramdev - PTI
• New video footage of brutal Chinese police raid and civilian arrests in Tibet following the March 2008 Tibetan protests - Tibet

• Tibetan Youth Sentenced - RFA
• Nepal bends to China over Tibet - Asia Times
• Separate and Unequal: - Dui Hua
• Postcards For Jailed Dissidents - RFA
• China's Online Propagandists Revealed - RFA
• Tibet Leaders Seek Talks on Suicide Protest - Wall Street Journal

• U.S. Probe Ties Chinese Cyberspying to Military - Wall Street Journal
• The Maoist-led Nepal government has terminated the term of the UN human rights body - Human Rights Watch
• TCHRD Receives First-ever Pictures of Khaying and Choepel - TCHRD
• Chinese PM Wen Jiabao postpones Nepal visit - Straits Times
• I was blown away by the Dalai Lama’s palace in Tibet - Globe and Mail

• Tibetan becomes new Lhasa Party Secretary; updates on leadership in Tibetan areas and the current climate in Lhasa - ICT
• Chen announces incorporation of monks into China’s welfare benefits system - ICT
• Zhu Weiqun visits Lhasa, under intense militarization - ICT
• Meng Jianzhu visits Kirti Monastery - Tibet News
• China's cyber heist - The Age
• China protest in Guangdong's Wukan 'vanishes from web' - BBC News
• Christian Bale shoved by guards while trying to visit Chinese activist - Guardian

• “Beat a Tibetan, get extra credit,” shout Chinese students - Phayul
• 'As a refugee living here, India's rising power is very reassuring' - Times of India
• The 2012 Chinese Leadership Transition - Brookings Institute
• After village takeover, many questions Lingering uncertainty at funeral for negotiator in Chinese land dispute - International Herald Tribune
• China issues rules aimed at popular microblogs Registration of names seen as way to try to control information flow - International Herald Tribune
• Why Democracy Fits A democratic foundation that goes beyond sloganeering will be needed for the Communist Party of China to maintain legitimacy - Caixin Weekly
• Environmental Protection, Endangered - Caixin Weekly
• CFP for Conference on Inner Eurasia (3/31/2012) - Princeton University

• Han Student Describes Violence Against Tibetans - China Digital Times
• The Buddha Factor - The Week
• Tabey is alive but crippled: Woeser - Woeser
• US boost Tibet outreach with new VPP Lhasa site - Tibet News
• China amongst the worst jailors of journalists - Tibet News
• Beijing orders new controls on 'Weibo' microblogs - BBC News
• China plans tighter laws on film and cinema content - BBC News

• Dalai Lama to Ashton: send EU diplomats to Tibet - EU Observer
• Comic books’ undercover hero: Tibet - Salon.com
• Mining threatens waters of the "Third Pole" - Beth Walker
• Tibet’s mining menace - Gabriel Lafitte
• Tibet’s resource curse - Gabriel Lafitte
• Reviewing the First 100 Days of the New Tibetan Administration - Tibetan Political Review

• Chinese Village Ejects Authorities in Rare Revolt - VOA News
• Human Rights Group: China Executes 4,000 a Year - VOA News
• Conversation: Getting Back the High Ground - World Policy Journal
• CTA Urges Chinese Govt to Ensure Safety of Tibetan Students in China - CTA
• The Revolution Will Be Tweeted in Tibetan - Tibet
• Business and the Risk of Crime in China - Australia National University - Asian Studies
• We just need some land, say siege villagers - Financial Times

• TIBET’S RESOURCE CURSE - China Dialogue
• Sino-Indian Relationship Is Very Complex, Tibet is One Factor - Tibet Post
• China: UN Experts Denounce Secret Detention of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng - UN Human Rights
• China party official warns members over religion - AP
• Chinese Officials Offer Concessions to End Village Protest - VOA
• A Tibetan Voice - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• The End of the Chinese Dream - Foreign Policy
• Tibetan Protester Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in Ngaba - Tibet News
• UN Human Rights Chief deeply concerned by harsh sentencing of Chen Wei - OHCHR