Exposing the truth behind China’s occupation of Tibet
China has brutally occupied my homeland for over 50 years but my people continue their courageous resistance. Follow this blog, as I share what I see, feel, and experience... leaving Beijing wide open.
The Olympic Torch will be lit in ancient Olympia tomorrow and everything it stands for is being compromised and undermined by China’s brutal policies in Tibet, East Turkestan, Southern Mongolia, Darfur, and, of course, China itself.
I ran into a friend on the street today. He’s a monk from Kirti monastery. He’s from Amdo, Ngaba, where there has been intense protests against Chinese rule in the past week. At least 15 people are reported to have been killed by Chinese military. What I didn’t realize until I met my friend today, is that his sister is one of those people.
This editorial, currently featured on Guerrilla News Network (GNN), was written by one Tibet’s greatest supporters and a former board member of Students for a Free Tibet.
The Occupiers’ Burden, By Josh Schrei
Is the Dalai Lama’s pacifist stance helping or hurting the Tibetan cause?
Over the last 19 years since the last significant pro-independence protests in Tibet, the Chinese government has weathered a growing Tibet movement active, for the most part until this week, outside of the country’s borders. They’ve taken the occasional wrist slaps from world leaders over their rights policies in Tibet, suffered through the negative publicity of two damning Hollywood films ( Kundun and Seven Years in Tibet) and high profile concerts, dealt with the annoyance of protests whenever and wherever their leaders travel abroad, and grumbled loudly over the Dalai Lama’s continued popularity among world citizens and world governments. » Read the rest of this entry «
“When people decide to be free, there is no power in the world that can stop them.”
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The Tibetan people have decided to be free. You can see them in the streets. You can see them shouting. You can see them riding on horses and hoisting Tibetan flags atop Chinese government buildings. You can also see them burning Chinese flags, razing police stations to the ground, and breaking mostly things that belong to the Chinese government. After 50 years of living under oppression, Tibetans are desperate and we’re showing it. We’re crying out that we too want the same freedom that the rest of the world enjoys.
It saddens us to see many in the mainstream media sensationalizing and focusing on the story of “Tibetan violence.” Is this really the story? Are Tibetans really the perpetrators of the violence? » Read the rest of this entry «
These photos came in last night (warning: they are very graphic) just before we went to bed. They destroyed all of us here for a while. It’s one thing to talk about what is happening inside Tibet, but it’s another to see it. The monks of Kirti Monastery received another batch of photos today. People inside are doing everything in their power to get the story out.
As we struggled to confirm how many are dead, their names and their ages, we received news that one of the victims was related to our dear friend Lobsang. But our community is small and that’s how it turned out. I talked to Lobsang on Skype today. I asked him how he was doing. He said he was ok and gave me his beautiful smile. It was 4:30m in New York and the office was alive with activity. He’d spent all day trying to piece together the stories of Amdo Ngaba, where he is from. I told him I want to be an honourary Amdo; that his people are tough. He laughed. And went back to work.
As China’s so-called “surrender” deadline for Tibetan protesters approached, dozens of Tibetan students in Beijing held a candle light
vigil at the Central University for Nationalities. This simple yet courageous expression of solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet took place as Tibetans protested at Chinese consulate and embassies around the world, many for the 5th or 6th day in a row.
Please read the statement below written by my colleague Tendor and know that your courage and conviction keeps us strong.
Tibetans living in foreign lands constantly carry a burden of loneliness. At times like these, when the Chinese government is killing hundreds of Tibetans in Lhasa and shooting at thousands of peaceful protesters in other parts of Tibet, it must truly be lonely and scary to be a Tibetan living in Beijing.
In a small but powerful show of courage and solidarity, dozens of Tibetan students in Beijing held a candle light vigil inside the Central University for Nationalities. We deeply admire the young Tibetans for this brave and risky act. We support your actions. We are with you.
Tibetans all over the world, including India, Nepal, Europe, Australia and North America are rising up and surrounding the Chinese embassies and consulates to show the Chinese government that until and unless they resolve the Tibet issue, we will never allow them a moment of rest.
China’s puppet governor of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), Jampa Phuntsok, wants the world to believe that Chinese forces “did not carry or use any lethal weapons.” And the authorities continue to threaten harsh punishment for any Tibetan protesters that do not “surrender” before midnight tonight.
The surrender order is copied below.
Tibet Autonomous Region High People’s Court, Tibet Autonomous Regions High People’s Procuratorate, Tibet Autonomous Region Public Security Department
Notice
No. 1
March 15, 2008, 07:23
Since March 10 2008, a small number of illegal monks in the Lhasa area have continued to cause trouble, doing their utmost to cause social chaos. This has been a meticulously planned attempt by the Dalai clique to separate Tibet from the Motherland, and a plot to destroy the peace and security, harmony and normal productive lives of all nationalities in Tibet. » Read the rest of this entry «
The Olympic Torch will be lit in ancient Olympia tomorrow and everything it stands for is being compromised and undermined by China’s brutal policies in Tibet, East Turkestan, Southern Mongolia, Darfur, and, of course, China itself.
