China and Dalai Lama Talking Again, Sarkozy Says He May Attend Games

French president Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday he might attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if talks announced Sunday between the Chinese government and representatives of the Dalai Lama make progress.
“If there was continued progress and if the Dalai Lama and the Chinese president acknowledged the progress, then the obstacle to my participation would […]

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IOC told it must request Chinese apology for offensive comments in Lhasa

Reporters Without Borders thinks that the International Olympic Committee has not gone far enough in its expression of “regret” today about the political message of hatred towards the Dalai Lama and his followers that two senior Communist Party officials made during the Olympic torch relay in Lhasa on 21 June.
“It is not enough for the […]

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China reopens Tibet to foreign tourists

BEIJING (AFP) — China re-opened Tibet to foreign tourists Wednesday after claiming victory over the worst unrest there in decades — which led Beijing to all but seal off the area from the outside world.
China’s crackdown in the wake of violent protests in Tibet in March drew international condemnation, and led to demonstrations in several […]

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Foreign Media Curbed as flame passes through Xinjiang & Tibet

Reporters Without Borders today accused China of breaking its promises to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by preventing foreign journalists from freely covering the journey of the Olympic flame through Xinjiang and Tibet.
Only a few were allowed to go to Kashgar, Urumqi and Lhasa, and they were forbidden to talk to local people. The authorities […]

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Grace Wang

Grace Wang is a Chinese student living in the US. From the Duke University, she tried to be a messenger betwwen the pro-Chinese and the pro-Tibet. She received death threats for that and her parents in China also had tourble. When sport make people crazy. She decided to tell her story in the Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041802635_pf.html

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The Olympic torch on the roof of the world.

Today, the flame went up the symbol of Tibet.
No information was released by the Chinese authorities, not even the weather forecast for this national event. That had to be protected from Human rights and pro Tibet NGOs. The Everest belongs to Tibet and Tibet is part of China. That had to be clear and it […]

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China punishes the Tibetan uprising.

We thought the communist party was ready to talk to the Tibetan government. Between approaches from the Dalai Lama, a positive communication, China now seems to position itself on the sports side only.
Their marketing is cheap. We can see that nobody will tell China what to do and China won’t let anybody’s rules. On April […]

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Tibet, truth and lie.

Since the Olympic torch was in Paris, a few anti-French demonstrations have started in China. The French people disrespected China by embracing the free Tibet cause.
Tibet is a part of China. French dissident can not understand why the Chinese government continues to prevent the Tibetan from independence and freedom, not only territorial independence but cultural […]

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