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A Tibetan Activist Speaks Out About the Olympics

China has invited the world to visit in August 2008. Exactly one year out, I've traveled to the heart of the nation that has brutally occupied my homeland for over 50 years. Follow this blog, as I share what I see, feel, and experience... leaving Beijing wide open.

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In 2004, an Australian and an American displayed a banner in the "Ethnic Minorities Park"

Back in April, a group of Americans protested the Olympic torch route at Mount Everest

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