Friday, January 11, 2013

Week Ending January 11, 2013

Week Ending January 11, 2013

Protests and Restrictions in Tibet

Tibetan Language Classes Closed - Radio Free Asia 10 January | Chinese authorities forcibly cancel classes on Tibetan language and culture provided by volunteers to students during winter break.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/classes-01102013145912.html

China plans information blackout in eastern Tibet - Phayul 10 January | Hundreds of satellite dishes and equipment was seized and burned and Tibetans are subject to pay fines for listening to Radio Free Asia and Voice of America.
http://phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=32815&article=China+plan+information+blackout+in+eastern+Tibet%2c+Burn+satellite+dishes

Official stresses patriotism among monks - Global Times 8 January | A senior Chinese official calls on Buddhist monks and nuns to be ‘patriotic’ by following the rule of law for a ‘unified and strong motherland’.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/754509.shtml

Legal Daily report on mass incidents in China in 2012 - Dan Wei
6 January | A quantitative study on mass riots, civil unrest, and protest incidents in China in the past year. Methods behind the study have yet to be detailed.
http://www.danwei.com/a-report-on-mass-incidents-in-china-in-2012/#more-7151

Enforced Disappearance of Three Tibetan Monks Following Arrests - Reporters Without Borders
4 January | Sungrab Gyatso, Yeshi Sangpo, and Draksang from Khyamru Monastery were arrested in early December in Chabcha and their condition and whereabouts are currently unknown.
http://en.rsf.org/chine-enforced-disappearance-of-three-04-01-2013,43860.html


Opinion and Analysis

WHY LHAKAR MATTERS: The Elements of Tibetan Freedom - Tibetan Political Review
10 January | Tendor writes about the imperative to keep the future of Lhakar, a grassroots Tibetan cultural resistance movement, open and adaptable.
http://www.tibetanpoliticalreview.org/articles/whylhakarmatterstheelementsoftibetanfreedom

Tang Danhong: Fire Between Dark and Cold - China Digital Times
9 January | Chinese poet Tang Danhong empathetically explores the relationship between the ongoing occupation of Tibet and the determination of the Tibetan protestors who self-immolate.
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/01/tang-danhong-fire-between-the-dark-and-the-cold/

Lhakar: proud to be Tibetan - Open Democracy
7 January | Fiona McConnell and Tenzin Tsering trace the emergence of Lhakar and the role of music, arts, and literature.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/fiona-mcconnell-tenzin-tsering/lhakar-proud-to-be-tibetan

A Chinese Voice in the Wilderness: Breaking the Silence on Tibetan Self-immolations - Democracy Digest
31 December | Tenzin Palkyi and Louisa Greve write on a touchpoint of solidarity reached between Han Chinese intellectuals and Tibetans with regard to the self-immolations.
http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2012/12/a-chinese-voice-in-the-wilderness-breaking-the-silence-on-tibetan-self-immolations/