Tibet is Chinese For Palestine

The last thing China wanted, in the year it is to host the Olympic Games, was the world watching its army brutally suppressing protesters Things are not going as planned. The emblematic images of China in 2008 were supposed to be the magnificent......

March 20 (Xinhua) -- The rioting in Lhasa is a sabotage plotted by the Dalai Lama clique aimed at seceding Tibet from China, said Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai, a top political adviser. Thursday. "The unrest has a profound political backdrop and......

The men were said to have been discovered in a filthy 30sq m (320sq ft) room in Hulan, a city in the north-eastern province of Heilongjiang. At least three people were detained, suspected of keeping the slaves. College students reportedly saw a man.....

Ruling Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh Thursday reiterated criticism of his Kuomintang rival Ma Ying-jeou for threatening to boycott Beijing Olympics if China's crackdown on Tibet worsens. Hsieh said it would be more.....

Tibet Protests Spread to Other Provinces, Chinese Media Report Thursday, March 20, 2008 AP March 18: Protesters demonstrate against the Olympic Games in Beijing in front of the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. March 18: Protesters......

For farmers whose lives in this traditionally Tibetan area revolve around its Buddhist temple, an aluminum smelter that belches gray smoke in the distance is less a symbol of material progress than a daily reminder of Chinese disregard. “Look at ...

France's foreign minister backtracked from comments suggesting that he is open to a boycott of the Beijing Olympics' opening ceremonies, saying Wednesday that some economic decisions must be made "at the expense of human rights." Bernard Kouchner on....

China has acknowledged for the first time that anti-government protests have spread outside Tibet, and announced arrests following the riots in Lhasa. The state run Xinhua news agency today reported recent unrest in Sichuan and Gansu provinces,......

The clashes, which by some accounts have killed as many as 80 people, have left the small group feeling even more cut off from home. "It's very frustrating," said Dhondup Shola, director of Tibet restaurant on Kamergersky Pereulok, off Tverskaya......

Tibet authorities have arrested 24 suspects for "grave crimes" after troops cracked down on anti-Chinese riots that swept the mountain region, with fallout from the turmoil clouding diplomacy and Olympic preparations. The prosecutor's office in......