WTN for January 2012

• Genocide in Tibet - Tibetan Political Review
• A Change from Within: Addressing Gender-Based Violence - Tibetan Political Review
• Special Report: Tibetan Monastic Self-Immolations Appear To Correlate With Increasing Repression of Freedom of Religion - CECC
• Wukan Uprising Highlights Dilemmas of Preserving Stability - China Brief
• China, India, and Myanmar design collaboration for sustainable development in the Brahmaputra-Salween landscape - ICIMOD
• China Proceeds on Plan for Disputed Yangtze Dam - New York Times

• A turnabout response on China corruption Actions in Wukan protest could help lift official, or prove to be his undoing - International Herald Tribune
• Mao’s spell and the need to break it - International Herald Tribune
• Threat to China: Thousands of Wukans Southern village’s uproar over governance by elite has potential to spread - International Herald Tribune
• WHY IS NEPAL CRACKING DOWN ON TIBETAN REFUGEES? - New Yorker Magazine
• Indian Minister Inaugurates Tibet Photo Exhibition at Kalachakra - VOA News
• UN Concerned About China's Clampdown on Human Rights Defenders - VOA

• China to build world’s highest airport in Tibet - Phayul
• Nepal and China discuss further moves against Tibetans - Tibetan Review
• China arrests suspect in murder that inspired film - AP
• Prayers Answered video - Tibetan Photo Project
• Shared waters & glacial melt - Naseer Memon
• The Dalai Lama begins ten-day Kalachakra teachings - Phayul
• TWA actions during the 32nd Kalachakra prayers for world peace - TWA

• Dim Sum Surprise: Why the Hong Kong Model Won't Save Tibet - Tibetan Political Review
• China’s Rise Isn’t Our Demise - New York Times
• Sinohydro becomes face of China expansion - Financial Times
• 2012 - China's year of change - BBC News
• The Dalai Lama addresses Tibet’s social and environmental problems - Phayul
• The Dalai Lama receives Mahatma Gandhi International Award in Bodh Gaya - Phayul
• China plans Tibetan plateau exploration - UPI

• PetroChina buys full stake in oil sands project - AP
• For China dissidents, no room to maneuver Government’s hard line expected to intensify as it prepares for ‘struggles’ - International Herald Tribune
• China finds reality TV a little too real - International Herald Tribune
• Video - Tibetan Freedom Fighters Attacked By Police Dogs in Belgium - Tibet
• SELF-IMMOLATION AND BUDDHISM - Jamyang Norbu

• Call for papers: Conference on "Constructions of Race and Racism in East Asia: East-West Perspectives" - Tibet
• Buffett to sing for Chinese New Year - Financial Times
• Takmig Sentenced to Four Years - TCHRD
• GuChuSum performed a play ‘True Situation inside Tibet’ in Bodhgaya - GuChuSum
• Two Tibetans Self-immolate in Ngaba - TCHRD
• Former Secretary Lobsang Tsultrim Passes Away - CTA
• Tibetan Environment researcher hopes China's Scientist Expedition to Tibet will be neutral - VOA
• Until that happens - Republica

• Brother Says Missing China Rights Lawyer Held in Remote Prison - VOA
• Party 'Fears Change From Within' - RFA
• China Says Land Protesters Had Valid Complaints - RFA
• Most Chinese Don’t Believe China is a Superpower: Survey - Epoch Times
• Tibetan self-immolates in China - AFP

• Two Tibetans Set Themselves Ablaze - RFA
• Dalai Lama Hails 'Growing Understanding' - RFA
• Dalai Lama meets with Chinese Devotees at Kalachakra - VOA
• Alert for Chinese Terror Threat to Dalai Lama - PTI
• The 45 Places to Go in 2012 - New York Times

• Angry Tibetans Parade Corpse - RFA
• Self-immolator Prompts CandleLight Vigil by 2000 Nomads in Tibet - CTA
• Resistance on Tibet Worries China - Wall Street Journal
• Inspiring new book, “Small Acts of Resistance; How Courage, Tenacity and Ingenuity
 can Change the World” now published in Tibetan - Tibet
• Cameron backs failed UK-China human rights mechanism as 15th Tibetan protests Chinese occupation by setting himself on fire - Tibet
• Preparing for the 18th Party Congress: Procedures and Mechanisms - Hoover Institution
• Fake passes: Dalai Lama security stepped up - Express News Service

• The Grim Future of the Wukan Model for Managing Dissent - China Brief
• Former political prisoner Ashagtsang Norlha (49) succumbs to torture injuries in Lhasa - RFA
• Chinese security forces shot dead Gurgon Tsering and arrested Gonpo Kyab in Achok, Amdo Ladrang - Tibet Times
• Former Political Prisoner Norlha Ashagtsang Passes Away - CTA
• Self-Immolation Fact Sheet - ICT
• Two Tibetans who Self-immolated in Ngaba Dies - TCHRD

• Amdo Golok Lama Soehpa Self-Immolates and Dies - TCHRD
• Norbu Damdul Passes Away - TCHRD
• Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Calls For More International Pressure on China - CTA
• Pilgrims Converge On Bodhgaya - RFA
• Beijing's Pilgrim 'Flexibility' Puzzling - RFA
• Obituary of Tsewang Yishey Pemba - The Times

• America’s Moral Laryngitis - Dome Magazine
• Tibetans protest Chinese Police’s refusal to release body of Self-Immolator -One Civilian shot dead - CTA
• Escalation in Ngaba following self-immolation: two Tibetans shot - ICT
• China Forces Are Reported to Have Shot at Tibetans - New York Times
• Dr. Pemba la – In Memorium - Tibet

• Is the Tibet Issue a Buddhist Issue? - Gelongma Losang Drimay
• Union of Tibetan students organized a candle light vigil in Sarnath - Union of Tibetan students
• Tibet supporters call on Chinese Premier to address Tibetans requests during the 5th annual WFES - United Nations for a Free Tibet
• China to divert flows of its rivers - Moscow Times
• Water Diversion Blues Rapidly growing cities need more water and plenty of it, but experts say China faces a sobering outlook on the impact of diversion projects - Caixin Weekly
• Where No One Is Secure - Caixin Weekly

• May All Good Things Gather Here: Life, Religion, and Marriage in a Minyag Tibetan Village - Asian Highlands Perspectives
• Warming Your Hands With Moonlight: Lavrung Tibetan Oral Traditions and Culture - Asian Highlands Perspectives
• Silence in the Valley of Songs: Work Songs from the Sman shod Valley - Asian Highlands Perspectives
• Caging a Monster - China Heritage Quarterly
• Tibetan protesters fired at in China, one dead - New York Times
• Another Tibetan layman burns self to death in Ngaba - TCHRD
• Police respond as dozens of Tibetans gather holding picture of Dalai Lama in southwest China - AP
• Interview - Lunch with Blake Kerr - El Pais

• Peaceful demonstration in front of the Chinese Embassy - Tibetan Community of Belgium
• World will Regret Its Neglect of Tibet: Tibetan PM - IANS
• Fresh protests in Serthar, Tibetans call for independence - AP
• Disappeared Tibetan protester found jailed in China - Tibetan Review
• A Tibetan music concert on the sidelines of the Kalachakra. - Maura Moynihan
• Tibetan cultural dancers performing at the Kalachakra event. - Maura Moynihan
• Tibetan Culture Remains Strong - Maura Moynihan

• When words are crimes in China - BBC
• China to again close Tibet during sensitive period - AP
• French Government on Self-Immolations - Tibet
• Tibetans Returning to Tibet Stopped and Searched - CTA
• Pilgrims fear returning back to Tibet - Phayul
• Report says China maintaining 'world’s most sophisticated system of authoritarian political control' - Phayul

• Dead Lama Urged Unity - RFA
• China Global Investment Tracker Interactive Map - Heritage Foundation
• Critical Han Studies: The History, Representation and Identity of China's Majority - University of California Press
• 2011 Annual Report: Human Rights Situation in Tibet - TCHRD
• China: A Year of Illegal, Politically Motivated Disappearances - Human Rights Watch
• One Tibetan shot dead in Drango Protest in Kandze - TCHRD
• One Tibetan shot dead, many more injured, as Chinese security forces open fire on Tibetan protesters. Situation on-going as Tibetans from surrounding area join protests - Free Tibet

• Respected Monk Succumbs To 'Torture' - RFA
• Report says Chinese security fire on Tibetan protesters, killing at least 3 - AP
• Chinese fire on Tibetan protesters, 1 dead: advocacy group - Reuters
• Chinese security forces use tear gas against Tibetan protesters - Free Tibet
• China accuses Tibet activists of 'distorting' clashes - BBC
• Canada Secretly Saw Tibet as "Qualified for Recognition as an Independent State" - Tibetan Political Review
• Statement by Maria Otero, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, and United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues - Tibet

• Chinese security forces fire on Tibetan protesters in second day of killing. - RFA
• Hague must speak up for Tibetans’ rights before there is more bloodshed - Tibet Society (UK)
• German Human Rights Commisioner expresses concern about situation in Chinese province of Sichuan - ICT
• Clashes spread in Tibetan region in China - AP
• Danish government's statement on the self-immolations - Tibet
• China must avoid excessive force in response to Tibetan protests - Amnesty International
• Indiscriminate Firing Kills 2 Tibetans, Maims 10 in Serta County - TCHRD
• Statement by Kalon Tripa Dr. Lobsang Sangay on the recent killings of Tibetans by the P. R. China’s government - Tibet
• China says one Tibetan killed in second Sichuan clash - BBC
• Two killed and more wounded confirmed in Draggo - Free Tibet
• Update on Drango Protest - TCHRD
• UK concern at shootings in Tibetan areas of Sichuan - Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne
• China Boosts Security In Tibet, Sichuan - RFA

• China losing media war over self-immolation - Vishal Arora
• China: Spotlight Rights in US Summit with Xi Jinping - Human Rights Watch
• Not Such a Happy New Year - Channel 4 News
• My Ani - Topden Tsering
• China blames ‘mob’ for clashes between Tibetans, security forces - Toronto Star
• China: Refrain From Using Excessive Force Against Protesters - Human Rights Watch
• 'Grave concern' as Tibetan death toll rises - The Australian
• China in 2012: The Politics and Policy of Leadership Succession - China Brief
• China in 2012: Foreign Affairs a Secondary Priority but Salient Challenges Ahead - China Brief
• Tibetan Man Arrested at Barkhor Square in Lhasa - TCHRD
• A Tibetan Arrested in Dzamtang County, One Shot Dead, Several Wounded - TCHRD

• Tibet Society strongly urges the Foreign Secretary to stand up and defend Tibetan rights - Tibet Society (UK)
• What Would it Take to Get Twitter Unblocked in China? - Wall Street Journal
• Twitter able to censor tweets in individual countries - Guardian
• US Congressional Commission Hears Testimony on Tibet’s Water and Environment - CTA
• Tibetan Areas Rocked By Protest, Chinese Crackdown - NPR

• Beacons of resistance, not desperate acts - Rangzen Alliance
• Parliamentarians to fast on Losar, Announce solidarity campaigns - Phayul
• CNN crew detained amid Chinese Tibet crackdown - CNN

• China plays the bully on Arunachal: Beijing tells Delhi to work out Eastern sector formula - Daily Mail
• Tibet And Buddhism To Stay Liberated - Sascha Vongehr
• Security Clampdown Widens - RFA
• Chinese Crackdown Seals Off Ethnic Unrest - New York Times
• China Must Address Root Causes of Growing Tibetan Protests - Human Rights in China