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Obama Calls for Dialogue Between China and Tibet

Washington: US President Barack Obama duringa press conference in the East Room at the WhiteHouse in Washington, DC, on Wednesday calledhis Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to have dialoguewith the representatives of His Holiness the DalaiLama, the Tibet's political and spiritual leader, toresolve and address the concerns of the people ofTibet."Even as we, the United States, recognise thatTibet is part of the People's Republic of China, theUnited States continues to support further dialoguebetween the government of China and therepresentatives of the Dalai Lama to resolveconcerns and differences, including thepreservation of the religious and cultural identityof the Tibetan people," Obama said on 19 Januaryat a joint news conference with Hu at the WhiteHouse.U.S. president Obama gave a long answer to aquestion about human rights only to find out thatit had not been translated simultaneously. Heappeared visibly frustrated while waiting for aninterpreter to finish, and then Hu -- to theastonishment of U.S. journalists -- did not answerthe part of the question that had been directed tohim.When a second U.S. reporter followed up later, Husaid he had not heard the initial question and gavea prepared reply, glancing down at his podium at

China Claims Tibet to Promote as a“World Tourism Destination”

Tibetan nomad family in summer pastures near Madoi,Qinghai Province, 15 December 2002. Photo: TPI

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President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao take part in a joint news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 19,2011, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Photo: AP

A School for Tibetan Orphans

Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, the prime minister ofTibetan government in exile. Photo: TPI/ Sangay

By YC. Dhardhowa, The Tibet Post

By Ye-Rinne Park, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: Tibetans living inside Tibetshould not worry about His Holiness the DalaiLama's retirement plan said Thursday ProfSamdhong Rinpoche, the prime minister (KalonTripa ) of Tibetan government in exile, saying"His Holiness had clearly said he would continueto work for the cause of Tibet".According a report published by the Tibetanofficial media (Tibet Net), the prime minister wasspeaking to a large gathering of over 1,800

The red fort called Potala palace viewed from Jokhang temple in Lhasa city, the capital of Tibet. Photo: TPI

Dharamshala: China claimed that it wants todouble the annual number of tourists visitingTibet by the year 2015. According to a statemedia, more than 20 millions of tourists, amongwhich 1 million of foreigners, have visited theregion during the past five years. The numberof visits has increased by 30,6% every yearsince 2006.The local office of tourism announced it willcontinue to develop its infrastructures andservices to fulfill those ambitions. The centralgovernment has already spent 53 millions ofdollars between 2001 and 2005 to boost tourismin Tibet.

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Dharamshala: Impulsed by the so calledGrassland Law adopted in 1985, and thencompleted by a series of programs and variousguidelines such as the "Tuimu Huancao"("removing animals to grow grass") and the"Tuigeng Huanlin" ("returning Farmland toForest") policies, the resettlement of millions ofnomads in Tibet is not yet to end. According tothe so called regional government, another 185

Dharmshala: A Japanese-American holistic healerbased in New-York will help build a school forTibetan orphans in North India. ManjushreeOrphanage, located in Tawang in the Himalayanheighs, counts around 180 children.The project has already been endorsed by HisHoliness the Dalai Lama, whom she had met onmany occasions before. Dr. Kazuko Tatsumura, hasnow the task to raise funds in the U.S. and Japan tobuild the Tibetan-designed school at a cost of$360,000. Tibet House U.S. has agreed to serve asfiscal sponsor in the U.S. for contributions. This issaid to be the first joint project between the U.S.and Japan Tibet House, under the auspices of theOffice of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Japan.

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Three Die in Egypt Revolt

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Chandigarh: — Thousands of Tibetans bornin India between 1950 and 1986 may have areason to cheer. They can now become Indiancitizens under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act1986, according to a report in the Times of India.

A Tibetan Gril Gets Indian Citizenship



Dharamshala: At least three people have beenkilled in a rare anti-government protest in theEgyptian capital. The demonstrations, inspired bythe recent revolt in Tunisia, drew thousands ofpeople to the city centre as protesters in TahrirSquare vowed to

Heavy tear gas used to disperse thousands ofdemonstrators in central Cairo after a day of protests

against the government. Ajezera

His Holiness the The Dalai Lama asked a doctor in NYCto build a school for Tibetan orphans in India.

Photo courtesy of Dr. Kazuko Tatsumura.

times to read. White House spokesman Ben Changsaid the human rights question had been beentranslated when it was first asked.Obama said differences on human rights were an"occasional source of tension between our twogovernments.'' As the two leaders stood side-by-

side at a nationally televised news conference, hecalled on China to live up to human rights valuesthat he said were enshrined in the ChineseConstitution, adding that Americans "have somecore views as Americans about the universality ofcertain rights: freedom of speech, freedom of

The region hopes to double its income fromtourism thanks to this dynamism, with annualreceipts of around 2,5 billions of dollars by 2015.According to the report, more than 300 000 jobswill be created in this sector. The rural areas ofTibet are also included in the project, as thegovernment announced it wants to promotetourism in the entire region and wants "all thepeople" living there to "get rich" from this activity.However, many Tibetans living under Chineserule believe that all the investments anddevelopment projects mostly benefit Han Chinesemigrants and state-owned companies, whichdominate the economy.

Tibetan women from Dehradun settlement, Dehradun,India performing traditional opera. Photo: TPI

The Tibet Post2 TPI OPINIONS & COLUMNS31 January, 2011 Dharamsala

Nobel Laureates Liu in Prison,Obama Hosts State Dinner for Hu


YC. Dhardhowa

E-mail: [email protected]

Dharamshala: Around the world alleyes are on the US-China HumanRights talks, as Obama fails to bethe champion of democracy andHuman Rights. Unlike the previousmeeting, Obama hosted Hu, adictator with high profile with highesthospitality, unlike when he let the1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner,Tibet's spiritual and political leaderHis Holiness the Dalai Lama out aservice entrance.This meeting was hosted by 2009'sNobel Peace Prize winner, while Hukeeps the most recent winner of theNobel Peace Prize, Liu Xiaobo inprison under repression,harassment, incarceration andtorture.Moreover, it did not appear that USand Chinese leaders' several meetingsmoved the conversation forward ina substantial way past that of theeconomical issues to other's welfareand freedom. If Obama raisedconcerns about Hu of the hundredsof Chinese and Tibetan politicalprisoners including Liu Xiaobo, ajailed Chinese dissident and NobelPeace Prize winner, he did soprivately.At the senate, Majority Leader HarryReid called Hu a "dictator" beforetaking it back and saying it wasn't agood choice of words. HouseSpeaker John Boehner, R-Ohio,announced he would not attend thestate dinner being held in Hu's honor.Outside the White House gates,hundreds of Chinese and Tibetanprotesters massed for two days ofdemonstrations against Hu's visit andhis government's treatment of peoplein Tibet and China.It is not an unusual concern of USgovernment, as previous presidentshave contributed more for humanrights and democracy. For a littleconcern of his part, Obama calledon China to engage in talks withTibet's leader His Holiness the DalaiLama, and said he and Hu were"candid" in their discussion abouthuman rights, "I reaffirmedAmerica's fundamental commitmentto the universal rights of all people,and that includes basic human rightslike freedom of speech, of the press,of assembly, of association anddemonstration and of religion --rights that are recognized in theChinese constitution."In China, the discussion was editedby the government's Xinhua newsagency to cut out Pres. Hu'sadmission on Human Rights, andtelevision screens went blank duringthe BBC's live report, denyingChinese viewers the right to knowthe reality of the discussions.The dictator Hu Jintao is holdingthousands of political prisonersincluding activists, lawyers, writers,bloggers and especially the 11thPanchen Lama and the 2010 Nobel

Peace Prize winner in prison. Obamawho is the 2009 Nobel Peace PrizeWinner hosted a dinner for a dictatorholding the 2010 Nobel Peace PrizeWinner in prison, and both the worldleaders and journalists do notunderstand the irony of this at all. Imust say both the government andmedia are so fraudulent, they're toobusy running around chasingnegative issues, ignoring the keyissues of human rights.On a question about human rights,the communist head attempted toslither out of the answer by saying,"I did not hear the question. Ithought President Obama wasgoing to answer that." There's notalk about how they harvest organsfrom prisoners in easternTurkestan, Tibet and China andthere's Obama, telling the head ofthis depraved society that we're allpleased with his country'sprogress. Meanwhile, the very samemedia is attacking innocentAmerican citizens who have nothingto do with a horrible crime. Themoral compass of our media is juststunning, the media laughed whenHu Jintao side-stepped the questionabout human rights.Former president, Jimmy Carterwho also won a Nobel Peace Prizealso attended Hu's dinner. So youhad two American Nobel PeacePrize Winners effectively honoringthe head of a country who's holding2010's Peace Prize Winner in prisonand we had to listen to our fearlessleader talk about all the greatprogress the Chinese are makingand how pleased we are with all thatprogress.Later Hu sought to assuage concernsabout his country's rising economicand military power but made clearstatus of Tibet and Taiwan was offlimit as US legislators stronglyconveyed their concerns overBeijing's trampling of human rights.Relations between Washington andBeijing need to be governed by abelief in 'equality' and 'mutualrespect', and the US must recognizethat Taiwan and Tibet are 'issues thatconcern China's territorial integrityand China's core interests.'

YC. Dhardhowa

Obama and Hu, a Revealing Press ConferenceBy James Dunn, The Tibet Post

London: It was a unique moment inhistory, rarely does Hu Jintao step intothe Western media spotlight, away fromthe safety of Chinese media that avoidspolitically sensitive topics and censorsanything anti-Chinese. Even whenvisiting other countries he controls themedia agenda, like the cancelling of apress conference during his recent visitto France. However, his political andeconomic clout weren't enough to avoidthe US media during his visit toWashington this month andexpectations of what they were goingto ask the Chinese leader were feverishin the build up to the press conference,as he had no censorship curtain to hidebehind. However, many felt let downand cheated by what was or wasn't said,I'm not one of those.I felt that the press conference and themedia attention went a long way toilluminate both Obama's frustration atChina's human rights, but moreover, itshowed China's irresponsible andarrogant nature on an internationallevel. Across the Pacific, the two medias-American and Chinese- paintedexceedingly different story of events.In China, the visit was hailed as a "newchapter in relations", even though thegovernment resorted to censoring itsown leader to keep up the facade ofsuccess.The BBC in China was airing a clip ofthe press conference, however, whenthe topic reached that of human rights,the channel went blank and the feedwas cut. The government's strangleholdon printed media as well as broadcastedmeant that the Chinese people wereblissfully unaware of any talk on humanrights. Peoples Daily, China's leadingcommunist newspaper, contained a "fulland in-depth" article on Hu's visit,however, it failed to include anythingon the topic of human rights.In America, the visit was painted with a

much darker brush, stories of paidcrowds of supporters, presidentialdisapproval and members of the senatelabelling Hu a "dictator" and hisgovernment "a gangster regime thatmurders their own people". The paymentof up to $80 to Chinese students fromthe Greater D.C area, is a prime exampleof Chinese manufactured propaganda,that may well work in China, but failedspectacularly thanks to an investigativejournalist from the Epoch Times,catching them red handed.Mary Beth Markey, president of theInternational Campaign for Tibet (ICT)called Obama's statement on humanrights at the press conference, "nothingnew". I disagree; he brought his viewson human rights to the forefront of hispolitical agenda, a risky decisionconsidering most economic analystssay that America now needs Chinaeconomically to avoid a double diprecession. He talked about humanrights, Tibet and the Dalai Lama in hisopening address to the collected media,a deliberate and candid statement thatthese beliefs are paramount to thepresident. The most revealing momentcame when a journalist from theAssociate Press questioned Obama andHu on why America should link itselfwith a country with such bad humanrights record.The American president is known forrarely hesitating, on this occasionhowever, he was visibly hold himselfback, looking at the floor and speakingin a slow and pensive manner, statingthat human rights is a source of conflictfor the two countries and much is stillto do. Hu's answer was more revealing,or rather his lack of an answer, choosingto ignore the question all together. Hewas pressed upon his avoidance ofanswering later on during the pressconference, blaming the translator fornot translating the question correctly.His excuse has now been provedwrong as a White House statedpublically that there was no such

problem with the translator.When Hu eventually answered (afterbeing questioned by anotherjournalist) his answer was very clearlyscripted, constantly stressing theword "development". The use of thisword once again illustrates that Chinameasures human rights enhancementas the decrease of poverty, rather thanupholding basic human freedoms. Huis not saying that more needs to bedone for people's freedom but for theirincome, which is not human rights,its economics. This is an exceptionallydifferent definition than that of Obamaand the rest of the West, causingObama to define human rights duringthe press conference. Hu attemptedto defend his differing definition,saying that it is because his countryis poorer and its population is larger,yet India, who is in a similardevelopmental stage as China,strongly upholds its people's humanrights.All in all Hu Jintao's visit had a coldreception from start to finish, not onlyby human rights campaigners but alsoby journalists, politicians andpresidents alike, an atypical occurrenceand a unique moment in history.

James Dunn, European correspondent forThe Tibet Post International. Photo: TPI


Obama Calls for Unity:State of the Union '11

By Carly Selby-James, The Tibet Post

Tuesday: President Obama address Congress during his State of theUnion Address. Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John

Boehner listen from behind.Photo: AP

Dharamshala: President BarackObama has called for cooperationbetween the divided Democratic andRepublican parties in the US Congressduring his State of the Union address

on Tuesday night. The presidentadvocated the need for action to cutthe deficit and meet the challengesposed by competitors China and Indiato the American economy, claiming thenation was "poised for progress"

following the recession.In order to show unity, Republicansand Democrats broke from traditionand sat together to hear the speech,in which the president urgedinnovation and cooperation in orderfor the next generation to counterhigh unemployment caused bycompetition from developingeconomies. He also pledgedinvestment in biomedical research,information technology and clean-energy technology to help create jobsas well as investment in infrastructure,including internet accessibility.Republicans, however, expressedconcern over debt and conveyed theiropposition to public spendingincreases.The president also praised improvedrelations with both Russia and India andreaffirmed the US commitment inAfghanistan, also commending UScombat troops for ending the conflictin Iraq "with their heads held high."Another issue he said needed to beaddressed once and for all was that ofimmigration, though he added thatsociety needed to learn to value thechildren of undocumented workers andtheir vital contribution to the nation.

TPI VIEWS & ANALYSISThe Tibet Post 331 January, 2011 Dharamsala

Chinese Insult US withState Dinner Song

By Carly Selby James

Dharamshala: News is spreading inChina that a great victory has been wonover America, following theperformance of "My Motherland" bySino-American pianist Lang Langduring President Hu's State Dinner lastweek.The song was featured in 1956 in "Battleon Shangganling Mountain", a Chinesepropaganda movie about the KoreanWar, and is famous within China forstirring anti-American sentiment. LangLang, who lived in China until the ageof fourteen, can henceforth counthimself as one of millions of Chinesefallen victim to Communist Partymanipulation; and they in turn must beso proud of their little comrade.When asked whether he had wanted to"drop a note of nationalism" into thestate dinner, Lang Lang feignedinnocence, claiming it was "the lastthing he wanted to do". However,during an earlier interview with HongKong's Phoenix TV broadcast in Chinahe claimed the opposite, saying he hadwanted "to help us, as Chinese people,feel extremely proud of ourselves."Lang Lang later posted the followingon his blog: "Playing this song praisingChina to heads of state from around theworld seems to tell them that our Chinais formidable, that our Chinese peopleare united; I feel deeply honoured andproud." The word ‘formidable' standsout here as an arrogant assertion ofChina's imperialistic new attitude to theoutside world.The young pianist is apparentlyunaware that translators exist todecipher his comments from Chineseinto English.The news received a mixed reaction inChina, with some expressing shock andmany more displaying an aggressivenationalistic perception of superiorityand anti-American sentiment, whichmust have had CCP propogandaofficials proudly celebrating their ownvictory: that over the minds of Chineseyouth.

Lang Lang's song choice earned him asurprising hug of gratitude from theChinese President, who is usuallyreknowned for his reserved and cooldemeanor, but who was obviously sopleased at the smug insult to hisAmerican hosts that he couldn't resist.In the words of Chinese dissident WeiJingsheng in a letter to the US Congressand Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,"The song is the leading anti-Americanpropaganda by the Chinese CommunistParty.(...) Is that not an insult to the USAto play such kind of music at a statedinner hosted by the US President? Nowonder it made Hu Jintao really happy."It has been pointed out that the StateDinner was a meticulously plannedevent, for which every detail wascarefully reviewed by both sides. Hu,in that case, would have known aboutthe song choice before the dinner, andstill allowed it to be played. It is clearfrom the actions of organisers, and theimmature attitude of the Chinese inmatters of diplomacy, that the countryis not yet ready to sit at the big tablewith developped nations. It wouldappear the CCP, like the song, is stillstuck in the 1950s and wrapped up inoutdated ideologies.

Holbrooke’s Family Draws Attention toHis Connection with Tibet

By Tibetan Official Media: Tibet Net

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 14: (AFPOUT) (L - R) U.S. President Barack Obama,U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, andFormer U.S. President Bill Clinton attend amemorial service for Ambassador Richard

Holbrooke on January 14, 2011 at theKennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Holbrooke passed away in December afterundergoing heart surgery to repair a tear inhis aorta. (Photo by Kristoffer Tripplaar-

Pool/Getty Images)

Washington, DC: The widow and twosons of the late Richard Holbrookemade references to his connection withTibet during a memorial event inWashington, DC on 14 January 2011attended by President Barack Obama,and a host of American andinternational dignitaries.The event, celebrated as "A Tribute

Honoring the Life of Richard C.Holbrooke" was held at the KennedyCenter and began with the screeningof several photos depicting his life.Among them was one with theHolbrooke family and His Holiness theDalai Lama.Then during her remarks, Kati Marton,Holbrooke's widow, referred to causesfrom "Cyprus to Tibet" that he wasconcerned with. Son AnthonyHolbrooke, in his remarks, referred tohis travel with his father to Tibet andbeing with the nomads there. Anotherson, David Holbrooke, recalled a guestcommenting that theirs did not seemto be a normal family after seeingphotos of the family with His Holinessthe Dalai Lama as well as with Americanleaders at their home.Those who paid tribute includedPresident Barack Obama,stepdaughter Elizabeth Jennings,former State Department official StrobeTalbott, friends like James Johnson andLeslie Gelb, Ambassador Frank Wisner,NSC Senior Director Samantha Power,Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman AdmiralMichael Mullen, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, President Bill

Carly Selby James. Photo: TPI

Global Perspective of Tibet Has aHuge Role to Play

Wyoming, USA: My roommate set thealarm clock, it rang in the early morning,he silenced it, and then, he went backto sleep. However, it woke me upcompletely even though I am not anearly morning person. I neverunderstood the meaning of "early tobed, early to rise". Maybe this sayingwas valid back in the time when nothingcould be done in the evening. Now, withthe overwhelming influence andextraordinary growth of technology, weare glued to this small screen 24/7 whereanyone can take a peek at the world byjust laying down on their cozy couch.The note I am sharing now is the resultof this technology.Yesterday, on my facebook page, Ipunched this statement as my status,"An act of activism is meaningful onlywhen it helps to provide a significantdifference in finding a long-termsolution to the struggle of Tibet and itspeople" - A stateless DY. There were afew 'like's and comments. However, afterbeing pushed to wake up early thismorning, I was just reflecting on thisstatement while still cuddling with mycomforter and trying to get back tosleep. Sleep never came by. However,my reflection immediately whispered tomy ears to write this short note ofelaboration on the statement. I jumpedout of bed, threw my comforter aside,came out to my living room, and startedtapping my fingers with the laptop onmy lap and my back resting on my cozycouch.When I look at this entire act of activism,I always ask the question, "SOWHAT"? President Hu arrived;Tibetans organized a protest; Medialoves the hype; Tibetans shouted andperformed an impressive Skeleton inHu's Closet; Press and media flashedthe protest on their page, shared videoclips, political analyst did the analysis,and the general public read, heard, andenjoyed it. At the end of Hu's visit,Tibetans are back and busy with theirwork or study; press and media aremoving on to other hypes; and the

BY Tenzin Yeshi, The Tibet Post general public are back to reading andlistening to something else. At the end,I think it is important to ask ourselves,"SO WHAT" of this act of activism?Here is my take on it by looking at thisquestion as the driving framework.The first and immediate question thatalways comes to my mind is of theimpact of an act of activism. Tibetanshave been protesting since long backand we are getting better in making ourvoices heard. We have hardly missedthe opportunity to protest against anyof the visiting Chinese politburomembers. However, the question thatmatters the most to me is - does an actof activism contribute towards the long-term resolution of Tibet and its struggle?Okay, now let me take a glance at theglobal perspective of Tibet as a nation.The world, including its super powersand our immediate neighbours, firmlystood by the One China policy whereTibet is considered a part of China.Forget about recognizing Tibet as anindependent country. These countriesare not even recognizing Tibet as adisputed land. The United Nations isno exception here. I am not a fan of thisorganization. So, the question that nowcomes is - what does this have to dowith an act of activism?This global perspective of Tibet has ahuge role to play. While Tibet isconsidered part of China, no countrywill be directly involved in resolving anykind of issues or problems related toTibet. As China has been saying, Tibetis an internal matter. You can comparethis with the situation in India'sKashmir. Even though Kashmir isconsidered a disputed land, India neverwelcomes third party (or country)involvement. This is even more true withChina when it comes to Tibet. So What?Does it matter? It does matter, a lot.No matter how press and media help usto spread the word and no matter howthe general public takes a look at theTibet issue, the final ball of Tibet willalways fall in the court of China andONLY China (having said that, I am notdisregarding the role of Tibetans in thisentire struggle). As previously said,Tibet is an 'internal matter'. So, for me,what matters most is China and not themedia/press or the general public. If weare going to find a solution to anyissues concerning Tibet, it is only Chinathat can help or bring the neededchange. So, I believe we need to respectmore of this global perspective of Tibet.Many of us believe that press and themedia matter a lot to us. In some waythey do; they help spread the wordsout. It is the same with an act of activism.It has its own advantage. However, asyou know by now, the question I amraising is on the long-term impact.Some of the recent slogans were verydirect and personal to President Hu andobviously will be the same to many

Chinese fellows. How do we react whensomeone says anything against HisHoliness the Dalai Lama? The level ofthe feeling between Tibetans and theChinese may not be the same but thereis definitely a feeling of anger andhatred for such personally directedprotests, slogans, or statements. Iconsider President Hu as a person whocan resolve the problem of Tibet if hewishes to. However, are we not enraginghim with these personally directedslogans? As a person, how would youreact when someone shouts against youby disrespecting your name andposition? Would you work with thatperson? Would you help to resolve theproblem by negotiating with that personor a group of people? Would you care?The list of questions goes on....The point I want to make here is thatChina and the Chinese people are whatmatter the most to us. There is no waywe can beat them, so why not join them?Let's respect them as our Chinesefellows and if need be, protest againstthe CCP and its policies. Let's notenrage them. Let's ENGAGE them.The final point I want to make is: If everthe CCP breaks down (and I think it willsooner or later), and if we ask forindependence at that particular moment,what will matter the most is the will andsupport of the Chinese people. If they agree,then no one can deny independence toTibet. Are you hearing me?Finally, this note is in no way meaningto disrespect my fellow Tibetans whoare very involved and dedicated in thisentire act of activism. However, I hope,as my writing always does, this notewill make you THINK and DISCUSS.To conclude, I dedicate this note tomy roommate and his alarm clockwithout which this note would havenever existed. :-)About the authorTenzin Yeshi is a graduate student inthe Department of Professional Studiesat the University of Wyoming, US.You can reach him [email protected]

Mr Tenzin Yeshe . Photo: TPI

Clinton and Secretary Hillary Clinton.Those who attended the event,according to a report, included VicePresident Joseph Biden, serving andformer American leaders, includingNational Security Advisor TomDonilon, State Department policyplanning chief Anne Marie Slaughter,Undersecretary of Defense MicheleFlournoy, USAID administrator RajivShah, NSC senior director DerekChollet, NSC senior director DougLute, Rep. Jane Harman, MadeleineAlbright, Zalmay Khalilzad, RobertRubin, Pakistani President Asif Zardari,Georgian President MikheilSaakashvili, ambassadors of variouscountries and a host of American andinternational VIPs. One media reportsaid, "Three heads of state, over adozen foreign ministers, and hundredsmore familiar faces from around theforeign policy community were inattendance at the event."Special Envoy Lodi Gyari was invitedto the event but as he was traveling,Bhuchung K. Tsering attended on hisbehalf. Ambassador Richard Holbrookehad passed away in Washington, DCon 13 December 2010.


Tibetans who have come from Tibet toreceive His Holiness the Dalai Lama'steachings in Sarnath.Rinpoche said His Holiness the DalaiLama had spoken about takingcomplete retirement from theadministrative work of the CentralTibetan Administration in exile inMarch this year. The Tibetans livinginside Tibet expressed their deepconcerns over his remarks, he added.

"His Holiness the Dalai Lama hasrecently clarified his statement onretirement during his visit to Sikkim andKalimpong. He made it clear that exceptsome changes in his day to dayadministrative obligations, he wouldnever dis-associate from the Tibetanpeople as 99 percent of them pin theirhope and faith in him. He said he wouldcontinue to work for the cause ofTibet," Kalon Tripa said.

.....Not to Worry About His Holiness' Re-tirement, PM Tells People inside Tibet

The Tibet Post4 31 January, 2011 Dharamsala TPI INTERNATIONAL

The European Parliament to of-fer Internships for Tibetans

London: Two Members of theEuropean Parliament (MEPs) haveannounced that they are to offer twoseparate internships solely forTibetan youths in Europe. Theannouncement comes after constantrequests from the Bureau du TibetBrussels.The internships, aimed at Tibetanswho are over the age of 20 and havecompleted high school, startseparately on March 1st and May23rd and both last four weeks. Theyaim to provide Tibetan youths with afirsthand exposure to working in amulti-cultural environment, which isoften denied to them, according tomany Tibetan organizations inEurope. The interns will workalongside the MEP staff members togive them an in-depth understandingof the inner working of the EuropeanParliament and the other EUinstitutions at large. They will alsoget to travel to the EuropeanParliament in Strasbourg, France onceor twice during the four weeks for theplenary sessions there.

Chinese Embassy in USPays students to Welcome Hu

The European Parliament. Photo: musically.com

By James Dunn, The Tibet Post Europe

Dharamshala: The visit of ChinesePresident Hu Jintao to Washington,D.C. last week was heralded as a majorstep in China-U.S. relations, with theState dinner held in his honour beingthe first of its kind in thirteen years. ThePresident's four-day trip was the subjectof much planning and anticipation forthe White House, and as it has beenrevealed, also caused a few headachesfor the Chinese authorities.The Chinese Embassy in Wasingtonwas forced to pay between US$20-$80to each of a large number of Chinesestudents to convince them to show upand welcome their own President,reports have revealed. Photos taken byTibetan activists and posted by TheEpoch Times (TET) show studentsreceiving money from Chinese officials,and interviews with students byundercover journalists revealed thatthey had been paid to wave flags andchant slogans. One young man evenclaimed he was fearful of consequencesfor his family back in China, and onlyagreed to come to Washington so asnot to displease the Chineseauthorities.It was established by TET journalistsin phone conversations with ChineseStudent and Scholar Associations(CSSA) that the Chinese governmentalso paid the students' transportationand food costs, though officials keptthis information secret, as they wantedthe welcoming to seem natural andspontaneous. It is not clear if U.S.authorities actively cooperated in thefarce or simply allowed it so that Hu'sarrival would go smoothly.Organising convincing welcome partiesfor their political envoys is obviouslyan important job for the Chinese


A photograph of a photograph that shows money being apportioned to several individualsin the welcoming group mobilized for Chairman Hu Jintao's visit. A woman in a brown coaton the left is holding a name list, while a man in a black jacket stands in front of her with ahandful of cash. The photograph was taken surreptitiously by a Tibetan activist and shared

with The Epoch Times. This image is a photograph of the original image the Tibetanstook. (Lisa Fan/The Epoch Times )

religion, freedom of assembly.''The Tibetan issue along with that of thehuman rights was strongly raised byObama and his team during talks withthe Chinese delegation led by Hu.However, according to the U.S mediareports, there was no mention of Tibet inthe joint US-China statement issued laterin the day.Just ahead of the Obama-Hu talks, asmany as 39 Tibetan associations andsupport groups in the US had urgedObama in a letter to raise the issue ofTibet in particular human rightscondition there with Hu. "PresidentObama understands the Tibet problemas a trespass against the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights and achallenge to China's peaceful rise," saidMary Beth Markey, President of theInternational Campaign for Tibet.Observing that Tibet is an integral partof the US-China relationship for moral,historical and strategic reasons, the lettersaid the position the US has adopted onTibet creates an incumbent duty on thisAdministration to continue to raise theissue with Chinese leaders at the highestlevels."Tibet must be on the agenda of yoursummit with President Hu," demanded

the US-based Tibetan organisations.The Tibetan organisations also urgedObama that the Administration shouldcontinue to press China's leadership forresults-oriented negotiations to achievea political solution for Tibet and engageChina in topical areas, includingeducation policies pertaining toTibetans and regional discussions onwater security.Meanwhile, a number of Tibetanorganisations held a day longdemonstration in front of the WhiteHouse protesting against the allegedChinese brutalities in Tibet. Displayingbanners and shouting slogans; saying"Hu failed leader", "CCP dead prarty","free Tibet now", they were demandingfreedom and human rights for Tibetansin Tibet."Since the Tiananmen Square massacrein 1989, there has been bipartisanconcern in the Congress about thehuman rights situation in China andTibet, the support of the Chinesegovernment for rogue states, and China'sunfair trade practices, which haveballooned our trade deficit from USD 5billion a year to USD 5 billion a week."In recent years, climate change andclean energy has also been a key focus

of our relationship with China," saidNancy Pelosi, the Democratic Leader inthe US House of Representatives. "It ismy hope that Chinese President HuJintao's visit to the US is marked bycandor and progress on these issues,"said Pelosi in a statement.Pelosi, the former Speaker of the USHouse of Representatives, has been astrong supporter of the cause of theTibetan people. Earlier at aCongressional hearing, CongressmanChristopher Smith alleged that Hu wasresponsible for massacre of people inTibet."Let's not forget that in 1989, just a fewmonths before the massacre atTiananmen Square, Hu Jintao wasBeijing's iron fist in Tibet, the man whoordered the savage beating of Tibetannuns and monks, even children," saidthe US lawmaker from New Jersey. "Thereare eyewitness accounts of childrenbeing pummeled to death and the murderof hundreds of Tibetans. Hu Jintaopresides over a gulag state, clearly adictatorship," he said."President Hu is directly responsible forthe systematic detention and torture ofmillions of peaceful Chinese, Tibetansand Uighurs," Smith alleged.

.......Calls for Dialogue Between China and Tibet

Rigzin Choedon Genkhang, from theBureau du Tibet, told The Tibet PostInternational that internships aim toprovide Tibetans crucialopportunities to succeed in thestruggling employment market inEurope, "As Tibetans are stateless,many opportunities are out of reachto even the most brilliant of ouryouths and through such smallinitiatives as this internshipopportunity, we would like to addressthese needs in an effective way andto empower them with valuableworking experiences.""We would like to hope that this willbe a great stepping stone for ourinterns' future work prospects and thatthey will be able to use the experiencegained in this multi-culturalorganization and the network theyhave developed during the four weeksin their future careers and why not inthe development of our community,"she added.For more information, or to apply forthe internships email Rigzin ChoedonGenkhang at [email protected]

authorities. Photos of a joyful andfestive nature are needed as fuel for theXinhua propoganda machine withinChina's borders, and photos of angryprotesters holding placards and wavingTibetan flags would cause a great dealof embarrassment for the Chinese leader.In a democratic country, however, youcannot control the views of the publicnor prevent them from being expressed.As the bribed Chinese students put ontheir best false welcoming faces, theTibetan activists who witnessed thetransaction held up the incriminatingphotos, shouting "Shame! You werepaid!" as a number of other protestorswere shielded from the President's view.The high profile of Hu's visit clearlymade the Chinese Embassy nervous,knowing that on foreign soil they couldnot control public opinion as they canin China. They know well that Hu is

largely seen outside of China as acommunist dictator, albeit a slightlyawkward and ridiculous one. Obama andHu may have shaken hands, posed forlovely photos, and made a boldstatement of cooperation to the world,but the people waiting voluntarily togreet the State visitor showed a fardifferent reaction.While Obama was cautious with hiswords on the subjects of Tibet andTaiwan and failed to engage with Hu onany real issue, the protesting publicvoiced their true opinions andopposition to China's continued humanrights violations. It is not the first time aState visit from China has causedproblems, for both American organisersand the Chinese Embassy, and itcertainly won't be the last. After all,fooling 1.3 billion people is not an easything to do.

US Democratic Leader Calls for Sub-stantive China-Tibet Dialogue

Speaker Boehner and Congressional leaders meet with President Hu Jintao of China. January20, 2011. Photo courtesy of Speaker John Boehner's office


Washington: During his state visit tothe United States, Chinese President HuJintao would have sorely avoid theHuman Rights topic. After PresidentObama publicly raised the issue fewdays ago, Hu had to face interjectionsconcerning China's policy during anhour-long meeting with White Houseleaders on last Thursday."We raised our strong, ongoing

concerns with reports of human rightsviolations in China, including the denialof religious freedom, and the use ofcoercive abortion as a consequence ofthe ‘one child' policy. When it comes toguaranteeing the freedom and dignityof all her citizens, including andespecially the unborn, Chinese leadershave a responsibility to do better, and

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The Tibet Post 531 January, 2011 DharamsalaTPI TIBET

Human Error Caused DeadlyMudslide in Drugchu, Tibet

Dharamshala: Human developmentwas at the heart of last year's deadlymudslide at Druchu, in the province ofAmdo, eastern Tibet, said recently aChinese top researcher, Jiang Giaoming.The disaster, which happened lastAugust, killed 1,239 people while morethan 505 went missing.The mudslide was perceived as aconsequence of heavy rainfalls, thoughsome bloggers citing Chinese officialreports have already pinpointed the roleof human activities. In an articlepublished on the website ChinaDialogue, Jiang declared that "extremeweather played a central role in thisseries of tragedies, of course. But theability of humans to increase the riskand impact of such crises should notbe overlooked."Druchu "was once known for its forests,rich water resources, fertile land andpleasant climate. But after the felling oftens of billions of cubic metres of timberand the construction of huge numbersof hydropower dams, the area's hillshave been left barren and unable to

A view shows the landslide-hit Zhouqu County of Gannan Tibetan AutonomousPrefecture, Gansu Province August 9, 2010. Chinese rescuers armed with little more thanshovels and hoes on Monday hunted for survivors of a huge mudslide, as relatives of the

near 1,300 still missing trekked into the disaster zone to look for their loved ones.REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)


Quake-struck Eastern Tibet Recon-structed Under Chinese Name

A mother and son, victims of Kyigudo quake hit on 14th April2010. Photo: TPI


Dharamshala: Cities from the Tibetanarea of Yushu, eastern Tibet (Tib:Kham) destroyed after the earthquakeof April 2010 will soon be rebuilt undernew Chinese names, said a reportreleased by a Chinese official media.According to Xinhua, Qinghaiprovincial governor Luo Huiningannounced last week that "in light ofthe post-quake rebuilding work andQinghai's urbanization drive", YushuCounty will be transformed "into a citywith a new temporary name ofSanjiangyuan [The Three RiverSources]."Among the cities of that area, Chineseauthorities are said to be focusing onGyegu, where 3000 people died andmore than 100 000 resident were lefthomeless after the 7.1 magnitudeearthquake. "We will strive to buildGyegu Town into a commerce andlogistics center and a tourist city", saidMr Wang.This initiative causes more than a littleconcern to the Tibetan inhabitants who

....Forceful Resettlement of No-mads Still Ongoing in Tibet

000 families are expected to move intonew homes by 2013.Around 300 000 families in Tibet,involving 1.43 million nomads andfarmers were moved into new or fixedsettlement homes since 2006. Quotedby the Annual Report 2010 publishedby the Tibetan Centre for HumanRights and Democracy (TCHRD) thismonth, this vast initiative led by theChinese government has beencriticized by a bunch of associationsas a threat to the Tibetan nomadicculture.Also known as the WesternDevelopment Strategy, those programsare presented by Chinese as a way torespond to the degradation of pasturelands and to control disasters in thelow lands of the country. If the UNSpecial Rapporteur on the Right toFood, Olivier De Schutter, notes that

there is little doubt about the damages,he however pointed out the limits ofthis very process in a recent report.Highlighted as a "vulnerable group"in the document, Tibetan nomads haveno other option than to sell their herdsand resettle.The association Free Tibet explains onits website that the "livestock areseized, and often slaughtered.Compensation is often small andnomads' attempts to complain againstthe arbitrary measures are ignored bythe local authorities". Tibetan nomadsare said to have complained that afterone year of payment following theirsettlement, most of them haveremained without any means, orgovernment aid, to sustain themselves.For the newly settled nomads, their"lack of education and skills to findemployment in Tibet's increasinglyurban economy" often leave them in a


absorb rainfall", he explained.The article, entitled "Human Error",denounces deforestation, constructionof hydropower dams and lack of urbanplanning as the three main reasons ofthe disaster. "Unchecked tree felling andtrading eventually led to the county'sforestry resources diminishing by100,000 cubic metres per year", Jiangdeclared."The rapid flow as the [Bailong] riverpasses down through the mountainsmakes this an ideal area for buildinghydropower facilities - and many havebeen built. But with no thought givento upstream ecologies, such projectshave increased the likelihood ofmudslides", he added.Quoting the mudslide in Drugchu as a"powerful example" of the risk of humandevelopment, Mr Jiang concluded bysaying that the region "exploited itsmountains, its water and its rivers and,in return, suffered a powerful mudslide.(...) It is time for an approach to humandevelopment that avoids puttingenvironment, lives and property at risksimply for the sake of economicgrowth."

constitute 90% of the population.Despite their strong presence, Tibetanshave been excluded from thereconstruction process, controlled byChinese authorities.Mary Beth Markey, President of U.S.based NGO the InternationalCampaign for Tibet, explained that

"this contravenes [the Chinese] own‘ethnic autonomy' laws and createsfurther distress among those alreadydevastated by loss and dispossession.There is also a danger that historicTibetan buildings that survived thequake may now be razed in thereconstruction."

situation of poverty.Beside the practical issues and thenumber of critical consequences of theresettlement process, associations alsopoint out motivations that are not onlyenvironmental. Nicholas Bequelin, aChina researcher for Human RightsWatch, and author of a reportconcerning the topic, said Chinesespent hundreds of millions of dollarson resettling Tibetan nomads, partlyto better control them. "The baseline,of course, is that China has a problemwith the Tibetan population, Bequelinsaid. "They fear that their politicalloyalties are not with the Chinese state,

Tibetans and Indians Discuss Tibet'sEnvironmental Issues

Mrs Ngawang Lhamo, member of the standing committee of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile(3rd R) with members of Maharashtra state legislative assembly at the first-ever meeting of

Indo-Tibetan Friendship Society in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, on 2 January 2011/TPiEPhoto


Dharamshala: The newly establishedIndo-Tibetan Friendship Society (ITFS)in Aurangabad passed a resolutionseeking a 'Legislative Forum for Tibetin the Maharashtra State LegislativeAssembly' during its first meeting thismonth.Over 400 people, including the mayorof Aurangabad city and representativesof the Tibetan Government-in-Exilediscussed major issues concerningTibet on that occasion. The meetingespecially highlighted environmentalconcerns, as Mrs Ngawang Lhamo,member of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, denounced the deterioratingsituation of Tibet's environment and itsimpact on neighbouring countriesincluding India.The topic has been at the core ofdebates concerning Tibet for manyyears. His Holiness the Dalai Lamaalready tackled the problem in 1996,during a conference called "EndangeredTibet" held in Australia. He especiallyunderlined the importance of preservingforests and rivers. "Many of the rivers

which flow through large areas of Asia,through Pakistan, India, China, Vietnam,Laos and Cambodia, rivers such as theYellow river, Brahmaputra, Yangtse,Salween and Mekong, all originate inTibet. (...) The pollution of these rivershas a drastic effect on the down-stream

countries", he explained.Recently, a conference held in Delhidescribed Tibet's environment ascrucial for the survival issue of Indiaand other countries irrigated by thoserivers. Mrs Jaya Jaitley, a social activist,raised awareness on dams built on theBrahmaputra: "If India doesn't voice outagainst this then the whole of north-eastern region of India could one daybecome a desert if India is deprived ofthe water flowing from Tibet's glaciers",she said, adding that "it is in India'sinterest to see that Tibet's grazing landsare protected and that Tibet's watersare preserved".During the ITFS meeting inAurangabad, Mrs Lhamo also spoke onthe current status of the dialogueprocess between the envoys of HisHoliness the Dalai Lama and theChinese authorities. She appealed forthe support of the people and both thestate and central government of Indiafor the realisation of a constructivedialogue process.

and that they stand in the way ofexploiting the natural riches of theseareas, natural riches that are needed tofuel China's economic development."In his recent rapport, UN SpecialRapporteur, De Schutter, underlined thecontradictions of Chinese attitude, asthey ratified the International Covenanton Economic, Social and CulturalRights that prohibits depriving anypeople from its means of subsistence,and the 1992 Convention onBiodiversity which acknowledges theimportance of indigenous communitiesas guarantors and protectors ofbiodiversity (Art. 8 j).

6 31 January, 2011 Dharamsala The Tibet Post

The Tibet's Football Team Invited to Join2012 VIVA World Cup

By Ye-Rinee Park, The Tibet Post

Brussels Based Tibetan NGO Gives theExile Community New Mobility

Coordinators of this project are Dennis Barbion with a Tibetan student from TCV,Dharamshala, India. Photo: TPI


Dharamshala: A new project has beenannounced to provide Tibetanrefugees with a basic need that hasgone unfilled for some time- shoes! Theshoe-drive is being led by the Belgianorganisation "Tibetaanse VlaamseVriendenkring" (Tibetan Flemish Circleof Friends), which involves itself inwork of a cultural, educational andsocial nature for Tibet.The coordinators spear-heading theproject, Dennis Barbion (formerUNFFT Ambassador for Belgium andEurope) and Marijke Reynaer, firstdiscovered their love of the Tibetancommunity in October 2007, during athree-week Buddhist pilgrimagethrough India. The pair began theirjourney in Dharamsala, the largestoutpost for Tibetans-in-exile, and weredeeply moved by the stories they heardthere about life in Tibet under theChinese occupation, and the escapeof many to Nepal and India.They discovered that life will never beeasy for people who have been forcedto escape their own country and deal

Dharamshala: The Tibet NationalFootball Team will perhaps be part ofthe 2012 VIVA World Cup. Organisedby the NF-Board (Nouvelle Fédération-Board, unofficially Non-FIFA-Board),the international event seeks to gather"teams that represent nations,dependencies, unrecognized states,minorities, stateless peoples, regionsand micronations not affiliated toFIFA."On January 22, the Tibetan NationalSports Association (TNSA) attendedthe 7th meeting held by the NF-Boardin Barcelona, alongside France, Italy,Spain, Kurdistan, and many othernations.Ven. Thupten Wangchen, of the Casadel Tibet in Barcelona, introduced theTNSA through an audiovisualproduction presenting the Tibetansports body's functioning and itshistory. He talked about thetournaments and matches in which theTibetan national football team hadparticipated in the past and the selectionprocesses for the team. According toVen. Wangchen, the representatives atthe meeting appreciated the progress

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These Tibetans have 25-year-oldNamgyal Dolkar to thank, whoalthough born in India was declinedcitizenship and termed 'stateless'.Dolkar became the first Tibetan to getIndian citizenship after Delhi HighCourt ruled in her favour last month.''I am a Tibetan at heart, but now I aman Indian citizen. I believe one shouldbe aware of one's rights, and I got myrights due to my awareness,'' she toldTOI.Dolkar said she hoped her case wouldhelp others Tibetans struggling for anidentity in India. ' 'For one year,Dolkar's queries went unheard. Wesent a legal notice, but after it failedto get a response, we approached theDelhi High Court,'' said Roxna SSwamy, Dolkar's lawyer.' 'I found that Tibetans, who areeligible for citizenship as per theamended 1986 Citizenship Act, werenot aware of it,'' she said. ''Accordingto the Citizenship (Amendment) Act1986, any person born in India on orafter January 26, 1950, but prior to thecommencement of the 1986 Act on July

1, 1987, is citizen of India by birth.''Born in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, onApril 13, 1986, and brought up inDehradun, Dolkar never thought herquest for national identity would leadto a legal battle that would turn out tobe a milestone for her exiledcommunity.The battle began after she applied foran Indian passport in March 2008 inDelhi. The passport office rejected herapplication, saying her parents wereTibetans. In response to herapplication, the passport office wroteback on September 1, 2009 that theministry of external affairs had decidedthat she could not get a passport andbe treated as an Indian.Dolkar then approached the highcourt. Justice S Muralidhar onDecember 22, ruled Dolkar wasentitled to citizenship. The court hadalso ordered MEA to pay her acompensation of Rs 5,000, and giveher a passport within two months.Dolkar is no ordinary Tibetan. She isthe oldest of four siblings who claimdescent from Tibet's 33rd King

........India-Born Girl First Tibetan to GetIndian Citizenship

with the repercussions of an unjust warand invasion, and who then seekrefuge in a foreign land in search offreedom, the preservation of theirculture and education in their ownlanguage.In 2008, Dennis and Marijke returnedto Dharamshala to visit their Tibetanfriends. Upon asking those they metwhat they could bring for them the nexttime they visited the town, the replywas unanimous: "shoes"!So this was their project: to organise asmall fund-raising project to raisemoney for shoes. The project, thoughmodest, raised enough cash to provide80 pairs of shoes to the community, anunexpected success! Pictures of theproject can be seen on Flickr at http://w w w . f l i c k r . c o m / p h o t o s /dennisbarbion/New Year, New InitiativeRefugees often spend months or evenyears traveling through the Himalayassearching for safe passage to Nepaland India, and the long journey is oftenundertaken in a state of poor health

and without adequate clothing andfootwear. Life in Dharamshala is alsochallenging, as the roads and paths arerocky and in poor condition, andeverything must be done on foot. Therefugees often arrive with nothing anda new pair of shoes can be expensive.For just $ 20,00 (• 15,00 or £ 13,00) youcan donate a new pair of shoes andhelp give someone a new start. Putyourself in a refugee's shoes, and youmight not be very comfortable! Thecontribution you make will be greatlyappreciated by whomever gets to wearyour shoes, which will be bought anddelivered in April 2011 beginning at the"Jampaling elder's home", a home forelderly Tibetans.It is difficult to start all over again andproviding even one pair of shoes canhelp put someone 'back on their feet',so to speak!Tibetan refugees are ordinary peoplefaced with incredible hardships andobstacles, and overcoming them ismade infinitely more possible by asimple pair of shoes.To donate a pair of shoes, please send$ 20 (or the amount you wish to give!)to the special "Shoe Project 2011"account: BE25 9795 9253 2282 (BIC-code: ARSPBE22 - name of the bank:ARGENTA). Please add "Shoe project2011" to the transfer. If you wish tomake a transfer via Western Union, orknow more about the project, pleasecontact Dennis:[email protected] This e-mailaddress is being protected fromspambots. You need JavaScriptenabled to view it , tel. 0032-50.78.17.55We are hoping to raise more funds inthe 2011 project than before, and wehope you can find it in your heart tohelp us out.Make a donation of $ 20 and do yourpart to support refugees. Provide aTibetan refugee with a pair of shoes,and help get them back on their feet !

Songtsen Gampo, ruler of Tibet in the7th century. In June 2004, during acoronation ceremony presided overby the Dalai Lama, her youngerbrother, Namgyal Wangchuk TrichenLhagyari, was ordained descendent ofthe first dharma King SongtsenGampo.Dolkar said she hoped her case wouldhelp others Tibetans struggling for anidentity in India. ' 'For one year,Dolkar's queries went unheard. Wesent a legal notice, but after it failedto get a response, we approached theDelhi High Court,'' said Roxna SSwamy, Dolkar's lawyer.''I found that Tibetans, who are eligiblefor citizenship as per the amended 1986Citizenship Act, were not aware of it,''she said. ''According to the Citizenship(Amendment) Act 1986, any personborn in India on or after January 26,1950, but prior to the commencementof the 1986 Act on July 1, 1987, is citizenof India by birth.'' Born in HP andbrought up in Dehradun, Dolkar neverthought her quest for national identitywould lead to a legal battle.

Tibetan National Football Teme Photo: TPI files

the Tibetan football team had made inthe past considering its strict financialconstraints.Already a candidate for the VIVA WorldCup in 2010, the Tibet National FootballTeam, also known as ‘The Forbiddens",failed to be part of the event. The NF-Board explained that only 12 teams (8men's and 4 women's) were selectedamong the 18 registered that year. Theselection is said to be done mostly onan economical basis, and "teams likeTibet or Groenland for example will findsome difficulties paying out 55 000dollars to come and play."Launched for the first time in November2006 in Occitania (South of France), theVIVA World Cup was organised everyyear until 2010, before the NF-Boarddecided to hold it every two years,alternately with the Island Games,another international sportingcompetition.The Tibetan football team hasparticipated in two internationaltournaments in the past, the FIFI(Federation of International FootballIndependents) Wild Cup and the ELF(Equality, Liberty, Fraternity) Cup.

Tibetan Prime MinisterElection Opinion Poll

Now Open


Kalontripa election poll banner. Photo:TPI

Dharamshala: Following the officialannouncement of the final threeKalon Tripa (Tibet's prime minister)candidates by the ElectionCommission on January 19, anopinion poll has been opened onlineto provide a forum for Tibetanelectorates to share opinions andgenerate statistical data for analysis.Participants in the poll must beTibetan and registered to vote, andare al lowed to make ONE

contribution each. It takes only 2-3minutes to complete, and responsesare anonymous, so you will not berequired to identify yourself at anypoint.The closing date for the poll is the10th of March 2011, and participantsare encouraged to spread the newsto as many others as possible toincrease the amount of data available.The poll can be accessed with thefollowing link:

https://survey.uwyo.edu/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=m6KI953ML

Anyone wishing to know more aboutthe poll, or to help by serving as avolunteer, should contact the pollcoordinator Denzi Yishey by email:E-mail: [email protected] e-mail address is beingprotected from spambots. You needJavaScript enabled to view itWebsite: http://tenyeshi.blogspot.com

731 January, 2011 Dharamsala

Obama Urged to PressHu Jintao to Release

Nobel Peace Laureate


Cartoon by Kichka. Photo: RSF

The Tibet Post

Hu Jintao: Failed Leader, CCP:Dead Party: Tibetan Protesters

Hundreds of Chinese, Tibetans and supporters loudly demonstrated outside the WhiteHouse on Tuesday as Mr Hu Jintao Photo: TPI

Washington: Hundreds of Chinese,Tibetans and supporters loudlydemonstrated outside the White Houseon Tuesday as Mr Hu Jintao, thePresident of communist China began astate visit to the United States. An arrayof delicate issues will be on the tablefor discussion during Hu's visit. TheObama administration has vowed toexpress concerns over China'scurrency, national security stance andhuman rights record. "We will continueto have difficult conversations" with Hu,White House Press Secretary RobertGibbs said Tuesday."We are here today to cry out for ourhuman rights," Liu Tongxing, leader ofthe China Democracy Party, told AFP,as activists chanted slogans in Chinese.The protesters held up banners urgingPresident Barack Obama to "admonishHu" over human rights abuses and theconflict over Tibet when the two leadersmeet at the White House."We came here to live because in Chinawe were deprived of our human rights.We want China to be like the UnitedStates, where everyone can expresstheir opinion freely," Liu said throughan interpreter. "We want people to bejudged by the legal system, not bysomeone's personal opinion," he added,as the Chinese and US flags liningPennsylvania Avenue rippled in thechilly winter breeze.As Tibetan activists have planned threedays of protests in Washington duringHu's visit. Tibetan protesters marchedup and down the pavement outside theWhite House under an icy rain as theybrandished placards reading: "Tibet willbe free" and called on Obama to raisethe issue with Hu. The two leaders aredue to hold talks in the Oval Office onWednesday, the first full day of Hu'svisit."The activities of the Chinesegovernment, the economic exploitationin Tibet and the resulting environmental


Paris: Reporters Without Bordersreiterates its call for Nobel peacelaureate Liu Xiaobo's release andurges the US government to firmlyraise the issue of media freedom withChinese President Hu Jintao and hisdelegation during the visit to U.S. thatthey are due to begin this evening.Just four days ago, US secretary ofstate Hillary Clinton said: "Americawill continue to speak out and pressChina when it censors bloggers andimprisons activists, when religiousbelievers, particularly those inunregistered groups, are denied fullfreedom of worship, when lawyers andlegal advocates are sent to prisonsimply for representing clients whochallenge the government'spositions."Reporters Without Borders hailsClinton's statement and calls on theObama administration to put thesegood intentions into action."China is the world's biggest prisonfor journalists," Reporters WithoutBorders said. "This is an opportunityto criticise censorship's increasinghold over Chinese society and to askPresident Hu Jintao directly to free LiuXiaobo and the 106 journalists andnetizens detained in China. The USgovernment must seize thisopportunity. This is how it candemonstrate its commitment tofreedom of expression in China andelsewhere in the world."Reporters Without Borders alsodeplores the fact that the USgovernment allowed the Chinesedelegation's press centre to organizethe joint news conference that will begiven tomorrow, as only "officialreporters" will be allowed to askquestions.The latest developments affectingfreedom of expression in China:The start of 2011 has brought no signof any improvement in respect for freeexpression. This was highlighted bythe directives that the PropagandaDepartment has been giving tojournalists in the past few weeks.Control of news and information isbeing tightened, Internet censorshipis being reinforced, and theauthorities have been broadening therange of methods used to harassthose who defend free speech.The renowned writer and cyber-dissident Li Hong (real name ZhangJianhong), died on 31 December as a

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result a disease that that was nottreated during his three years inprison.A recently published interview hasrevealed that Gao Zhisheng, a humanrights lawyer who has been missingsince April 2010, was cruelly torturedduring detention in 2009. His wife,Geng He, will be in Washingtontomorrow.Three Tibetan writers, Kalsang Jinpa,Jangtse Donkho and Buddha, weresentenced to three or four years inprison on 30 December for articlesthey had written for the magazine SharDhung-Ri (Eastern Conch Hill).Tenpa Lodoe, a Tibetan writer whoedits the magazine Dhunkyod (Walk-Forward) and who is better known bythe pen-name of Gang-ga Champo,was arrested in Lhasa on 29 Decemberbecause of his writings and his activedefence of Tibetan culture. He is stillbeing held illegally and his family iswithout news of him.Han Han, the world's most widely readblogger with 440 million visits to hisblog (http://blog.sina.com.cn/twocold), announced on 28 Decemberthat he would no longer publish hismagazine, The Party, followingpressure from the authorities.Finally, Liu Xiaobo, now the world'smost famous prisoner of conscience,is still serving the 11-year sentencehe was given for campaigningpeacefully for democracy in China. Hiswife, Liu Xia, is still under housearrest, and his relatives andsupporters are still subject to all kindsof harassment by the authorities.Amnesty International, FreedomHouse, Human Rights First, HumanRights Watch, International Campaignfor Tibet, the Uyghur AmericanAssociation and Reporters WithoutBorders sent a joint letter to USPresident Barack Obama on 13January urging him to raise the issueof human rights with his Chinesecounterpart (http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/01/...).Reporters Without Borders todaylaunched an international campaign insupport of Liu Xiaobo in which peopleare urged to take pictures ofthemselves in the "Free Liu Xiaobo"T-shirt in recognizable locations allover the world.You too can support the appeal.For more information [email protected]

devastation of Tibet haveconsequences beyond Tibet'sborders," Tenzin Dorjee, executivedirector of Students for a Free Tibet,told AFP. He accused China of dammingrivers in Tibet that irrigate much of Asia,stripping the region of its mineral richesand killing off the nomadic and religiousway of life on the remote plateau."It is the responsibility of the entireworld, and particularly the USgovernment under the leadership ofPresident Obama, to speak directly tothe leadership responsible for theseactions, to ask President Hu Jintao tospeedily negotiate a resolution to thisissue," Dorjee said.Standing across the road in LafayetteSquare, where icicles hung from thestatues of heroes of the 18th-centuryUS revolutionary war, Sonam Wangduhanded out leaflets calling Hu a "failedleader.""There's no question the White Househears us," he said as the protesters usedmegaphones and wireless microphonesto amplify their chants. "But they don'ttake action, because economically theUS is under China. They can't do

anything," he said.US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW)last week released a scathingassessment of China's human rightsrecord and dismissed a plan presentedby Beijing two years ago to addresssuch issues. The Chinese governmentstill "tramples on many of the most basicrights," HRW's Asia advocacy directorSophie Richardson said, urging Obamaand US Secretary of State HillaryClinton to raise the thorny issue withHu.She slammed a 2009 statement byClinton that rights concerns would not"interfere" with US-China cooperation.Clinton said last week that human rightswere at "the heart" of US diplomacy, andstressed that China, a founding memberof the United Nations, "has committedto respecting the rights of all its citizens."Gibbs on Wednesday, also said that USofficials would forcefully address theissue of human rights during talks withHu. He added that they would discussthe plight of Obama's successor as Nobelpeace laureate Liu Xiaobo, who isserving an 11-year jail term for co-authoring a petition on political reform.

British Govt. Accused of Sidelining Chinese HumanRights Violations

British Prime Minister David Cameron. Photo: File

By James Dunn, The Tibet Post

London: The British organisation, FreeTibet yesterday delivered a scathingstatement on the UK-China HumanRights Dialogue, calling it, "a cosmetic,box-ticking exercise aimed at deflectingcriticism" rather than dealing with thehuman rights violations occuring inTibet.The statement follows a visit this weekby China's super trade mission to the UK,led by Li Keqiang, a prominent memberof the Chinese government, in whichhuman rights has received little politicalattention. Free Tibet has been highlycritical of this prioritisation, saying thatthe UK-China Human Rights Dialoguehas been used as an excuse to sidelinehuman rights talks both during BritishPrime Minister, David Cameron's visit toChina and the recent Chinese visit.The Director of Free Tibet, StephanieBrigden branded the British coalitiongovernment as a failure for not standingfirm on human right's violations in Chinadespite their manifesto commitment to,"seek a closer engagement with China,while standing firm on human rights". In

a recent press release she also adds thatthe British government's focus onstrengthening economic relations ratherthan China's human rights abuses,"betrays both the British public andpeople who are repressed by the Chineseregime". The betrayal of the Britishpeople, according to Ms Brigden, isbased upon an opinion poll by ICMresearch last November, which

concluded that 74 per cent of Britonsthought that human rights in China were"as important as" or "more importantthan" the question of boosting tradebetween the UK and China.London: The British organisation, FreeTibet yesterday delivered a scathingstatement on the UK-China HumanRights Dialogue, calling it, "a cosmetic,

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The Tibet Post8 31 January, 2011 Dharamsala TPI TIBET IN EXILECabinet and MPs Discussed 12 Points

of 1st General Meeting

The members of the Parliament's Standing Committee and the Kashag during a meeting onthe implementation of the First Tibetan General Meeting's final recommendation at the

secretariat on 15 January 2011/ Photo by Tenzin Gyaltsen/TPiE


Dharamshala: The Deputy Speaker ofthe Tibetan Parliament in Exile, MrsDolma Gyari, presided over a meetingheld on January 15 at the ParliamentarySecretariat, regarding theimplementation of the First TibetanGeneral Meeting's finalrecommendations, approved by theParliament during its 10th session.The 12-point recommendationconsisted of matters relating to thepolitical situation in Tibet, sustenanceof Tibetan settlements in exile, economyand education and the advocacy of theTibetan cause.It is the result of extensiveparliamentary disscusions between 16-18 December, during which time theParliament's Standing Committee

the United States has a responsibilityto hold them to account", declaredspeaker John A. Boehner after themeeting.Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi alsoasked China's President about theTibetan freedom movement. Known asa strong supporter of the cause of theTibetan people, Mrs Pelosi repeatedlypinpointed China's abuses andcrackdowns in Tibet in the past. LastJuly, the former House Speaker calledfor a negociated agreement on Tibetand expressed her hope for"substantive discussions" betweenChinese authorities and His Holinessthe Dalai Lama.During the meeting held last Thursday,

Nancy Pelosi also tackled the detentionof 2010 Nobel Peace Price, Liu Xiabo. "Ihad the opportunity to relay theconcerns by Members of Congress onboth sides of the aisle that Chinesehuman rights activist Liu Xiaobo wasnot permitted to travel to Norway toaccept the Nobel Peace Prize inDecember, and about the continueddetention of Liu and his wife Liu Xia,for peacefully exercising their rights tofree expression", she said in a statement.Due to her positions and involvmentfor human rights, China is said to havebeen "scared to death" over her visitin the country two years ago, andrejected her request to visit to Tibet,according to files recently displayed

by Wikileaks.As an answer to critics against China'spolicy, Hu Jintao denied his countryhad any expansionist intentions.He also said that Taiwan and Tibet"concern China's sovereignty andterritorial integrity and they representChina's core interests" during aluncheon with senior US officials andbusiness leaders. "A review of thehistory of our relations tells us thatUS-China relations will enjoy smoothand steady growth when the twocountries handle well issues involvingeach other's major interests," Hu added."Otherwise our relations will sufferconstant trouble or even tension," hewarned.

............US Democratic Leader Calls for SubstantiveChina-Tibet Dialogue

Tibetan EC Announces theFinal list of Candidates

for 2011 Elections

Chief Election Commissioner Mr Jamphel Choesang (C) and the two additional electioncommissioners, Ven. Geshe Rigzin Choedak (R) and Mr Jeper Yangkho Gyal, (L) during a

press conference which held in Dharamshala, India, Wednesday, 19 Jan 2011. Photo: TPI/Sangyal Dorjee

Dharamshala: Two months before thefinal round of the Kalon Tripa (PrimeMinister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile) election, three names are still inthe running for next Tibet's PM.Wednesday, the Central ElectionComission presented Mr LobsangSangay, Mr Tenzin Namgyal Tethongand Mr Tashi Wangdi as the remainingcandidates for the elections.The preliminary polls, held on October3, offered Mr Lobsang Sangay acomfortable first position with 22,489votes out of the total 47,000 votes cast.Mr Tethong, Prime Minister of theTibetan Government-in-Exile from 1993to 1996, registered 12 319 votes, whileMr Wangdi, who served theGovernment-in-Exile as a cabinetminister, collected 2101 votes."Initially, there were six candidates, buttoday, only three remain. We could haveallowed them to contest for the finalelections but some of them withdrew,some of them resigned", explained theChief Election Comissioner, Mr JamphelChoesang. For instance, Mrs DolmaGyari, who was on the third positionwith 2733 votes, gave up after thepreliminary round, justifying herdecision by "the huge gap in the numberof votes" she received, adding that shefeels "very strongly that the public hasgiven [to the first and the secondcandidate] the mandate for the run".Alongside the Kalon Tripa election, theTibetan community in exile will vote for


the Parliamentary elections. 94candidates are running for 44 seats."The role of Tibetan Parliament is moreimportant than the one of the KalonTripa", explained Mr Choesang. "If theKalon Tripa doesn't perform his dutyaccording tho rules of regulation (writtenin the election statutory book), theParliament can impeach him and ask himto resign before the completion of hisfive years of duty.On the other side, the Kalon Tripadoesn't have the power to desolve theParliament. Moreover, the Kalon Tripa isthe head of our executive but he has toseek people's mandate, according to thedemocratic system. He cannot doanything individualy, unless heconsultes the Tibetan Parliament, or, at alarger extend, the Tibetan people at large.That's why the Kalon Tripa's political roleis more limited than our Parliament's one",he added.During the press conference held onWednesday, Mr Choesang also raisedthe question of the participation, asabstention spectacularly went down from73,2% at the last elections in 2006, toapproximately 39% this year at thepreliminary polls. The ElectionComission announced it is still expectingmore voters for the last polls on March20, as it presented fresh registrationdates from November 30, 2010, toJanuary 17, 2011, for eligible voters whodidn't go to the polls on the preliminaryround in October.

finalised its implimentation. 12 of thesefinal recommendations were presented

and discussed with the Kashag duringthe January 15 meeting.

Condolences for Loss of the DeputySpeaker of Sudtirol Parliament

Late Seppl Lamprecht, the former vice president of South Tyrol Parliament, Ital. Photo: file


Dharamshala: In being a voice for theVoiceless Tibetan people, The Tibet PostInternational is sad to hear the news aboutthe passing away of Seppl Lamprecht, theformer vice president of South TyrolParliament, Italy. The Tibet PostInternational remembers his long-termsupports for Tibetan people and Tibetcause in general.Responding to a condolence letter to SouthTyrol Parliament, Italy, the Tibetanparliament in exile on Sataurday (15January) says "we, the standing committeeof the Tibetan parliament, are thankful toreceive the copy of condolence letter fromThe Tibet Post International, with its greatattention of sending condolences for thepassing away of Mr. Seppl Lamprecht, theformer vice president of South TyrolParliament, Italy.""Unfortunately, my successor SepplLamprecht was passed away on Dec 28,2010, after a heart-attack. He had gone tofor medical checkups, and later died afterhe suffered heart-attack. It's a big lost forall of us, late Mr. Lamprecht was also goodfriend of Tibetan people and the cause ofTibet," said in a letter sent on 10 Januaryby Dr Franz Pahl the former president ofSouth Tyrol Parliament.We are deeply grieved to learn aboutpassing away of Mr. Seppl Lamprecht, mycolleagues in The Tibet Post Internationaland Tibetan people convey our deepestand profound condolences to the family

members of late Mr. Seppl Lamprecht andshare this moment of sorrow andbereavement.Seppl Lamprecht served many years in theSouth Tyrolean parliament, has been theyoungest MP and after electedsimultaneously in the Regional Council ofTrentino-Alto Adige.In the legislative period from 2003 to 2008he was chairman of the SVP-RegionalGroup and in the parliamentary electionsin 2008; he scored 10 713 preference votesand was elected as Vice President of theRegional Council.The 1-page resolution, passed on April 162008, further expresses the regionalparliament's solidarity to the Tibetanpeople, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, theTibetan Government and the TibetanParliament in exile, saying it "supports thevalues of democracy and non-violencealso in a context of globalization".

The Regional Council of South Tyrolsupports for many Tibet initiatives for manyyears. The former Regional President Dr.Franz Pahl expressed his strong supportfor Tibet many occasions, saying "Tibet isalways at my heart", for example, in 2008,approved a resolution for Tibet under hischairmanship table that reaffirms thesolidarity with the Tibetan people.In 2010, Seppl Lamprecht, met with Mr.Penpa Tsering, the speaker of the Tibetanexile parliament in exile at the RegionalCouncil of Bolzano. During their meeting,the late Seppl Lamprecht said despite thenational and regional parliaments closeeconomic ties with the People's Republicof China, his people and government willsupport for the freedom expression of theTibetan people and the Regional Trentino- South Tyrol will also continue its effortsin the future support for the people ofTibet."

...........Three Die in Egypt RevoltBy Carly Selby-James, The Tibet Post

camp out all night and made appeals onFacebook for food and blankets. Policeforces moved in around 0100 local timeand began using tear gas and watercanons to disperse the crowds, who hadpushed their way through to theparliament building, with reports ofbeatings occurring during the conflict.Eyewitnesses say demonstratorsstormed the city chanting calls for thedemission of President Hosni Mubarak,who has ruled since 1981.

Reports have surfaced that many newsand social networking websites hadbeen blocked by Egyptian authorities,with one Swedish site accusing officialsof trying to control the news agenda.Riots also broke out in other cities withcrowds in Alexandria shouting"Revolution, revolution, like a volcano,against Mubarak the coward." By dawnthe protesters had been cleared, andcleaners were seen sweeping litter anddebris from the streets.

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931 January, 2011 DharamsalaThe Tibet Post

Tibetans and Supporters UrgeObama to Raise Tibet with Hu

US President Barack Obama. Photo: Center for American Progress Action Fund

Dharamshala: - A coalition of 39Tibetan organizations and Tibetsupport groups across the UnitedStates sent a letter today to PresidentBarack Obama asking that Tibet be asubstantive part of the agenda duringhis meeting with Chinese President HuJintao on January 19th."President Obama and hisadministration must publicly andvigorously raise Tibet and humanrights when he meets ChinesePresident Hu Jintao," said TenzinDorjee, Executive Director of Studentsfor a Free Tibet. "Human rights andfreedom for Tibetans - and indeed allpeople - are universal values thatAmericans hold dear and wantchampioned when our leaders talk toChina."The letter states that the United States'"long-standing history of supportingthe Tibetan people creates anincumbent duty on this Administration


TPI INTERNATIONAL

EU Internships on Offer to Tibetan Youths

MEPs voting in Strasbourg,plenary session 22-25 November 2010 Photo: www.europarl.europa.eu

Brussels: Two internships of fourweeks each are being offered byMembers of the European Parliament(MEPs) to Tibetan youths in Europe:the first starting on March 1 and thesecond in late May. The internshipswere attained by the Bureau du TibetBrussels, in the aim of giving Tibetanyouths the opportunity to gain anunderstanding of the EuropeanParliament and other EU institutions,working in a multicultural environment.Applicants must be over twenty yearsold (25 for Internship 1) and must havecompleted high school, and be able toprovide a CV with cover letter in Englishto:Rigzin Choedon GenkhangSpecial AssistantRepresentative of H.H. the Dalai LamaBureau du TibetAvenue des Arts 24

box-ticking exercise aimed at deflectingcriticism" rather than dealing with thehuman rights violations occuring inTibet.The statement follows a visit this weekby China's super trade mission to theUK, led by Li Keqiang, a prominentmember of the Chinese government, inwhich human rights has received littlepolitical attention. Free Tibet has beenhighly critical of this prioritisation,saying that the UK-China Human RightsDialogue has been used as an excuse tosideline human rights talks both duringBritish Prime Minister, David Cameron'svisit to China and the recent Chinesevisit.The Director of Free Tibet, StephanieBrigden branded the British coalitiongovernment as a failure for not standingfirm on human right's violations in Chinadespite their manifesto commitment to,"seek a closer engagement with China,while standing firm on human rights". Ina recent press release she also adds thatthe British government's focus onstrengthening economic relations ratherthan China's human rights abuses,"betrays both the British public andpeople who are repressed by the Chineseregime". The betrayal of the Britishpeople, according to Ms Brigden, isbased upon an opinion poll by ICMresearch last November, whichconcluded that 74 per cent of Britonsthought that human rights in China were"as important as" or "more important

than" the question of boosting tradebetween the UK and China.The UK-China Human Rights Dialogue,which will conclude it's 19th sessiontoday, in London, has also been highlycriticised by Tibetan campaigners, dueto its apparent lack of results.British officials say the dialogue allowsthe government to "raise the UK's mostserious areas of concern about thetreatment of Chinese dissidents, whilealso presenting opportunities for moredetailed, technical-level exchanges". AForeign and Commonwealth Officeofficial added: "Its main advantage is thatit enables us to engage directly withpolicymakers in a constructive way."However, the Foreign Affairs SelectCommittee in its most recent annualreport stated, "there is little evidence thatthe British Government's policy ofconstructive dialogue with China has ledto any significant improvements in thehuman rights situation."The results of the dialogue, accordingto Ms Brigden, are unimportant to theBritish government, as she says theexistence of the dialogue "allows bothgovernments to say they addresshuman rights concerns." This has ledto the director of Free Tibet to call forthe immediate suspension of thedialogue "until China demonstrates thatit takes the process seriously," addingthat such a move "would send a strongmessage to the Chinese regime thatBritain means business when it comes

to human rights".The UK-China HumanRights Dialogue, which will concludeit's 19th session today, in London, hasalso been highly criticised by Tibetancampaigners, due to its apparent lackof results.British officials say the dialogue allowsthe government to "raise the UK's mostserious areas of concern about thetreatment of Chinese dissidents, whilealso presenting opportunities for moredetailed, technical-level exchanges". AForeign and Commonwealth Officeofficial added: "Its main advantage isthat it enables us to engage directly withpolicymakers in a constructive way."However, the Foreign Affairs SelectCommittee in its most recent annualreport stated, "there is little evidencethat the British Government's policy ofconstructive dialogue with China hasled to any significant improvements inthe human rights situation."The results of the dialogue, accordingto Ms Brigden, are unimportant to theBritish government, as she says theexistence of the dialogue "allows bothgovernments to say they addresshuman rights concerns." This has ledto the director of Free Tibet to call forthe immediate suspension of thedialogue "until China demonstrates thatit takes the process seriously," addingthat such a move "would send a strongmessage to the Chinese regime thatBritain means business when it comesto human rights".

......Accused of Sidelining Chinese Human Rights Violations

to continue to raise the issue withChinese leaders at the highest levels."The visit comes at a time when Chineseleaders are escalating their violent andrepressive policies in Tibet, includinga full-scale attack against Tibetanwriters, artists and intellectuals.The letter argues that China's failedpolicies in Tibet have consequencesfar beyond Tibet's borders. China'swide-scale construction of dams on theupper-reaches of Asia's largest riversoriginating on the Tibetan plateau thatflow into India, Cambodia and otherneighboring countries, are fastbecoming a potential source of regionalinstability.Students for a Free Tibet is planning aseries of protests from January 18th-20th in Washington, D.C. to coincidewith Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit.A full schedule of the protests isavailable at: http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/hujintao


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Tibet's Cause Was Part of the Mumbai Marathon 2011

Mahesh Yadav team for Tibet and peace. Photo: TPI

Dharamshala: The Mumbai Marathonwelcomed three pro-tibetan activists inits rows for its eight edition last sunday.Gandhian Peace Activist, Dr. MaheshYadav, along with Siddharth Bhatia andBharat Mewade, created awarenessamong participants while holdingpictures of Mahatma Gandhi and Tibet'sspiritual and political leader HisHoliness the Dalai Lama.They also distributed brochures onTibet among the public and to theIndian and foreign tourists. "52 yearshave passed since the bloody captureof Tibet by the Killer China and still the


World Community is silent over theTibet issue whereas we shout loudlyover the rights of meek animals andbirds," explains M. Yadav.The Mumbai Marathon is known as oneof the biggest road running competitionin Asia. Thousands of participants,among which dignitaries and celebrities,participate every year to the event withbanners supporting various causes.For M. Yadav, this event was anoccasion to pursue a series of actions,as he aslo took thousands of signaturesfrom the general public and dignitaries

on a 52 feet long banners in the supportof Tibet Freedom in a press conferenceorganized on January 13th.He is also on a Global Peace March andSignature Campaign for Free Tibet fromSanchi to Lumbini to UN Office, Geneva.This Peace March started on the eve ofHuman Rights Day, December 09, 2010from Sanchi and will conclude on March10th, 2011 with a Satyagrah in front ofthe UN Office in Geneva. The 52 feetbanner will be presented to the UnitedNations to gain support for the TibetCause by all the World Leaders.

The Tibet Post10 31 January, 2011 Dharamsala TPI H.H DALAI LAMA

Tibet's Leader CondolesFamilies of Brazilian

flood Victims

His Holiness the Dalai lama of Tibet. Photo: TPI


Dharamshala: His Holiness the 14thDalai Lama, the spiritual and politicalleader of Tibet on Friday, has sent Brazilhis condolences, prayers and solidarityfollowing the recent floods thatengulfed some parts of that country thisweek.In a letter sent to President Dilma VanaRousseff dated 14 January, "HisHoliness the Dalai Lama offered hisprayers and condolences to those wholost their lives and the families and othersaffected by the recent devastatingflooding in Brazil."Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness theDalai Lama said "he is deeply saddenedby the loss of so many lives andproperty as a result of what isconsidered the worst natural disasterin Brazil's history that has ravaged thesouth-eastern parts of the country".President Dilma Rousseff visited theaffected areas and described the

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama inaugurates foundation day function of SampurnanandSanskrit University, Varanasi, India on 17 January 2011. Photo: TPI

By YC. Dhardhardhowa, The Tibet Post

Tibet's Leader Graces the 220thfounding anniv. ceremony of SSU

Dharamshala: Sampurnanand SanskritUniversity celebrated its 220thfoundation day in Varaanasi on January17, 2011. A three-day seminar wasorganized to commemorate theoccasion. Tibet's political and spiritualleader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lamainaugurated the function.Sampurnanand Sanskrit Universityvice-chancellor V Kutumb Shastridelivered the keynote address on theimportance of Sanskrit learning andcontributions of the university.According to a report by Times ofIndia, under a proposal of JonathanDuncan, the then resident of East IndiaCompany and the approval ofGovernor General Lord Cornwallis, thisinstitution-- then Government SanskritCollege-- was established in 1791. In1956 Varanaseya Sanskrit UniversityAct was passedObjectives of the university:To establish an international centre forthe study of and research in theSanskrit literatureTo co-ordinate the oriental andoccidental currents of thoughts whilepreserving the ancient traditionTo provide for the traditional methodof study, teaching etc, of the Sanskrit,Pali and Prakrit Languages and thesubject connected with them on theancient IndiaTo study and do researches in thecomparative critical study of Indianculture as well as the culturesconnected therewith so that is may beco-ordinate, as far as possible, with thehuman cultureTo produce new and talented scholarswho are well-versed in the knowledgeof traditional Sanskrit and who are fullyacquainted with modern thoughts, andare capable of carrying on comparativestudy on modern lines

catastrophe as "overwhelming andshocking."Thousands of people have beenrendered homeless as ravaging floodwaters inundated thousands ofresidential homes. Rescuers are usinghelicopters to search for survivors inthe worst hit areas of Teresopolis,Nueva Friburgo and Petropolis. Heavyrainfall continues to hamper rescueoperations and the fear of increase indeath toll keeps on mounting.At least 350 people were killed astorrents of water and mud sweptthrough the several mountain townsnear Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday,burying many families as they slept. Theheavy rains also killed 13 people in SaoPaulo state on Tuesday. The totalofficial number of people killed in thefloods is not clear, but media reportsfrom that country indicate that it mighthave climbed to 500.

To expend, spread and enlarge theSanskrit language and the Indianculture in all directions

St. Joseph College Gears up forHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Visit


Bangalore; January, 23-Tibt's spiritualand political leader, His Holiness theDalai Lama, the noble peace prizelaureate is scheduled to visit St. Josephcollege of Arts and Science, Bangaloreon coming Sunday."His Holiness the Dalai Lama has beeninvited to attend S. Nijalingappamemorial function at Chitraduga 500

Kilometers from Bangalore on comingSaturday." Said Tashi Phuntsok, thechief representative of Central TibetanAdministration in South India (CTA).It is said that Mr. Nijalingappa was thefirst Karnataka chief minister, and theone who initially welcomed the Tibetanrefugees into Karnataka state.The address at the college will befollowed by a public talk on "Finding

Happiness in Troubled Times,"organized by the Foundation for thepreservation of the Mahayana Tradition(FPMT) and Choe Khor Sum Ling atthe National College Ground,Basanavagudi in the afternoon.Being asked, how the idea of invitingDalai Lama came up, Dr. (Fr.) AmbrosePinto, the principal of St. Joseph Collegesaid that the Dalai Lama is the symbolof love and peace and a universal leader."Our college is open for all communitiesirrespective of sex, caste, color, race andnationality, and we have 116 Tibetanstudents in our college as of now, " Theprincipal said. "Supporting Dalai Lamameans denouncing the oppression, andsuppression, and as well as announcinghope, determination, and brotherhood.""Entry for the talk at both the places inthe city on Sunday is open for all, andafter the talk, His Holiness will leave forMungud; one of the biggest Tibetanrefugee settlements in India." Said TashiPhuntsok.About the authorTendar Tsering is a graduate student inthe the Indian Institute of Journalism &New Media (IIJNM), Bangalore, India.You can reach him at [email protected]

To collect and publish rare Sanskritbooks and to revise, edit and publishimportant Sanskrit manuscripts

Tibetan Leader ThanksPeople of Himalayan Region

For Support

His Holiness the Dalai Lama waves to the audience before the teachings in Sarnath, India, onJanuary 15th, 2011. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL


Dharamshala: Tibet's spiritual andpolitical leader His Holiness the DalaiLama expressed his gratitude to thepeople of the Himalayan region for theirefforts in preserving Tibet's culturalheritage, which he said is facingdestruction under the Chinesegovernment's wrong policy, onThursday, 13 January 2010 in Varanasi,India.His Holiness was speaking to anexclusive gathering of over 7,000Buddhist devotees from the Himalyanregions of Ladakh, Bhutan, ArunachalPradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal,Kalimpong, Darjeeling, and Sikkim.His Holiness described genuineautonomy as the solution to the survivalof Tibet. "The issue of Tibet is not onlypolitical, but also related with Buddhism.The latter cannot exist unless Tibet getsfreedom on genuine autonomy. TheChinese government last year tried tobring about an education policy to teachall subjects in Chinese, thereby makingTibetan language ineffective. TheTibetan culture is rooted in its language

and to weaken the source of Tibet'sreligion and culture is a long-termmalicious intention."His Holiness commended the growingnumber of students from India'sHimalayan region such as Ladakh,Kinnaur, Tawang and others joiningTibetan monasteries in India to studyBuddhism.His Holiness recounted how in earliertimes people of the Himalayan regionsfaced great difficulties to go to farawayTibet for study. "It is good for them thatTibetans are in exile, as they get easyaccess to many Tibetan Buddhistlearning centres in India," he said.His Holiness emphasised theimportance of developing inner valuesalong the material progress. "Evenscientists are showing keen interest onmoral ethics as the need of today'sworld," he said.His Holiness told the devotees to studyBuddha's teachings to bring positivechanges within themselves.He also told them follow and preserveone's own ancestral Buddhist religion.

KAGYU OFFICE ANNOUNCEMENTOur lineage and His Holiness the Karmapa enjoy the love, trust andfaith of millions across the world. We have a rich history of publicservice made possible through financial dealings that are entirelytransparent. We will certainly answer all questions that the pressand the public have, but for now we respectfully request you to allowus to concentrate on complying fully with the investigation that isunderway.

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