Tibet vs China: Quest for freedom

by Aidan Maconachy

Efforts on the part of the People's Republic of China to consolidate its control over Tibet continues unabated. The new Qinghai-Tibet railway (which makes use of BSP cars manufactured by Bombardier), is a political move...read more

by Amalia Rubin

(Author's Note: The following is a brief history of Tibet from the early 1900s until present day. It may appear, at a later date, as part of a book or larger publication on the issues faced by Tibetans living in exile.) ...read more

by Jason Ryu

Recently, the demonstrations in Tibet for independence from China has become heated debate. At this crucial moment, with the Olympics in August, 2008, China is harshly repressing the media not to broadcast the current situ...read more

by Jack Deal

The timing could not have been worse or better depending on one's perspective despite the efforts of the Chinese Communist Party to pull out all the stops to make sure the upcoming Summer Olympics is a great show. Too ba...read more

by Seamus O'Byrne-Inglis

The atrocities taking place in Tibet anger me to bursting point, China insists that all is well (aside from rampaging Buddhist monks bent on hurting Chinese residents) and that the Tibetans are the ones responsible for all...read more

by Ben Mackay

Tibet: the Truth In 1950 the Chinese People's Liberation Army entered the Land of Snows, the start of a story that would encompass an exiled reincarnate Lama, a Nobel peace prize, the interest of Hollywood stars and the...read more

by John Graham

TIBET HAS BEEN HELD IN SERVITUDE BY THE BUDDHIST HIERARCHY FOR TOO LONG. Tibet was the hidden kingdom that I had followed through books like Heinrich Harrer's for the past thirty years. It was magnificent to see the cou...read more

by ARABINDA

The Tibetan issues, that surface time to time, whenever there is some news related to Dalai Lama , their religious leader. Otherwise it is a long forgotten affair. Dhramsala a hilly township on the lap of Indian side of Hi...read more

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by Karine Macri

Made in China: Genocide ad Nauseum As China continues its policy of violence against peaceful Tibetan demonstrators, I recoil at the fact that the World Olympics are only a few months away from their official launch, ta...read more

by Peter French

A tip of the hat to Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper for refusing to be present for the opening ceremony of the Olympic games to be held in Beijing later this year.As a fellow Canadian I am proud he has taken this st...read more

by Jillian Zabelin

Whether you like it or not, Tibet is an official part of China. In fact at various times in history, Tibet has been under Chinese rule for centuries. Now I'm not here to debate the merits of Chinese "occupation" as the Wes...read more

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by Pauline Bleach

A Melbourne Monk Geshe Sonam Thargye is desperately trying to find the whereabouts of his young niece, 26 year old Sangye Lhamo. The Buddhist nun was arrested in Tibet on Wednesday morning while participating in a peac...read more

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by Radhakrishnan

The occupation of Tibet by the Chinese has been a tragedy for Tibetans and an unmitigated catastrophe for Tibetan culture. The Chinese have sought not only to capture their land and its wealth but also to stifle and ultima...read more

by Blair Mahoney

Why are liberal Americans frothing at the mouth over freeing Tibet from China? Aren't the same liberals the ones condemning the Bush administration for going after Saddam Hussein in Iraq over harboring Al Quaida and tortu...read more

by Thomas Wise

If there is one country in the world with its heart in the right place, it is the Kingdom of Tibet. Its culture is based upon non-violence to all living beings. It is a cornerstone of the teachings of the lord Buddha, cal...read more

by Arthur Borges

I have to tweak the title into "Tibet and China: Quest for Freedom" because, bear with me, 12 countries of the European Union abandoned their national currencies in 2002 and adopted the euro. They did that after realizing,...read more

by Michael Medlin

It's very rare that I agree with the loony far-left. But in the case of Tibet, this is one of those rare moments when I "feel their pain." Tibet was a predominantly self-governing area from the 17th century until 1951. Th...read more

by Vic

The word "Tibet" provokes a mystical sort of image in the mind. Images of Buddhist monks, candles and Everest all intermingle. It's distance is part of its pull. The fact that it is removed is exactly why people want t...read more

by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

During the springtime of 2008, [according to the Western Press] "the people of Tibet rose up against the Chinese". According to the Chinese Press, "it is the Dalai Lama who started the riots". My opinion is that the West i...read more

by Yunfei Han

Listening to the recent news I heard there was an so called 'popular uprising in Tibet' in which 400 Tibetan monks and separatists set on Chinese businesses and upturned cars. ...read more