http://uyghuramerican.org en-us http://uyghuramerican.org N/A zarapshan@gmail.com Mon, 12 May 2008 00:05:30 -0700 20 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1691/1/China-Tibet-and-the-Strategic-Power-of-Water-Pollution-and-Global-Warming-Threaten-Asias-Most-Important-Freshwater-Source/index.html Almost two years after a 710-mile (1,100 kilometer)railroad across the world's highest plateau opened from central China to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1686/1/Chinese-govt-continues-crackdown/index.html As China continues preparations for the Olympics, the communist government has launched a campaign against house churches in one region of the country. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1684/1/China-lays-out-ground-rules-for-Tibet-talks/index.html China on Tuesday laid out ground rules for further talks with the Dalai Lama, saying he must first stop pushing for Tibetan independence and provoking deadly unrest in his Himalayan homeland. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1671/1/Activists-China-persecuting-Buddhist-monks-in-Tibet/index.html  China has stepped up persecution of Buddhist monks with mass detentions, Tibet activists said Wednesday, as China prepares to take the Olympic torch to the top of Mount Everest. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1664/1/Dalai-Lama-says-no-use-talking-if-China-not-serious/index.html The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says talks with China would be pointless unless Beijing is "serious" about finding a solution to the Tibetan issue. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1615/1/Free-Tibet-later/index.html While it is admitted here that the people of Tibet have a history that goes back 3,000 years and the Chinese did not officially claim sovereignty over the Tibetan Plateau until around 1900, the realities of the 21st century make the liberation of Tibet from Chinese rule almost an impossible dream. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1611/1/Will-the-Olympic-Torch-Burn-China/index.html China is dealing with visible and invisible opposition in the months before the Beijing Olympics begin. The visible was front-and-center in the world media as the OIympic torch made its way through various countries on a circuitous route to the Games. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1592/1/Diplomats-not-allowed-free-access-to-Tibetans/index.html A group of diplomats making their first visit to Lhasa since the wave of Tibetan protests were prohibited by China from having any independent contact with locals - those imprisoned after the protests or even those on the street. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1587/1/Tibetan-protestors-Bush-should-skip-Olympics/index.html Tibetans and friends of Tibetans are marching today in Washington, with a rally starting in the park across the street from the White House, calling on President Bush to skip the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing this summer. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1583/1/Trudy-Rubin-Chinas-Tibet-policy-is-an-Olympic-nightmare/index.html Tibet policy pokes holes in the image China has so carefully cultivated ahead of the Olympics zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1582/1/China-makes-suicide-squad-claim-/index.html China claims that Tibetan "independence forces" are planning to launch suicide attacks as part of a wider uprising to establish an independent Tibet. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1575/1/The-Cry-of-Tibet/index.html The recent troubles in Tibet are a replay of events that happened two decades ago. On Oct. 1, 1987, Buddhist monks were demonstrating peacefully at the Barkor -- the famous market street around the central cathedral in Lhasa -- when police began beating and arresting them. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1574/1/Bush-urges-restraint-by-China-on-Tibet-talks/index.html U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday urged China to exercise restraint in dealing with protests in Tibet and to talk with representatives of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1573/1/Dalai-Lama-pleads-for-peaceful-dialogue-on-Tibet/index.html The Dalai Lama Friday rejected a series of allegations from the Chinese government, saying he does not seek the separation of Tibet and has no desire to "sabotage" the Olympic games. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1572/1/Diplomats-visit-Tibet-as-EU-split-on-Olympic-opening-boycott-by-Peter-Harmsen/index.html China on Friday allowed the first foreign diplomats to visit Tibet following deadly riots, as European nations appeared split on the idea of boycotting the Beijing Olympics opening. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1567/1/Protesters-Disrupt-Lighting-of-Torch-In-Ancient-Olympia/index.html  Demonstrators denouncing China's record on human rights breached tight security in Ancient Olympia on Monday and disrupted a torch-lighting ceremony that launched the Olympic flame's long journey to Beijing. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1565/1/The-great-call-of-China-fight-a-free-Tibet/index.html Two weeks of often violent Tibetan protests have triggered a surge of angry nationalism across China, helping the Communist Party maintain its grip on the country but also sharply limiting its ability to offer any compromise. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1564/1/French-Leader-Considers-Olympic-Boycott/index.html French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday that he cannot rule out the possibility he might boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if China continues its crackdown in Tibet. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1563/1/EU-tells-China-to-stop-using-force-against-Tibetan-protesters-/index.html  The European Union, United States and other Western nations urged China on Tuesday to stop using force against Tibetan protesters, and said the demonstrations should be peaceful. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1560/1/China-accuses-Dalai-Lama-of-being-a-terrorist-/index.html Far from heeding international calls for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, China has accused Tibet's exiled god-king of colluding with Muslim terrorists to destabilise the country before the Olympic Games. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1559/1/IOC-president-Rogge-in-silent-diplomacy-with-China-on-Tibet-and-rights-/index.html IOC president Jacques Rogge said Monday he is engaged in "silent diplomacy" with China on Tibet and other human rights issues in advance of the Beijing Olympics. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1557/1/Pope-Easter-message-seeks-peace-in-Tibet-Iraq-Darfur/index.html Pope Benedict called in his Easter message on Sunday for an end to injustice, hatred and violence around the world, including in Tibet, Iraq and Darfur. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1556/1/McCain-says-Chinas-conduct-in-Tibet-unacceptable/index.html U.S. presidential hopeful John McCain said on Friday that China was behaving unacceptably in Tibet and he urged Beijing to look for a peaceful end to clashes between anti-government protestors and police. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1555/1/China-angry-at-US-Olympics-warning/index.html China blasted as 'irresponsible' a US State Department warning to American citizens not to expect much privacy during the Beijing Olympics, and argued its surveillance was nothing out of the ordinary. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1554/1/China-blasts-Pelosi-on-Tibet/index.html Happy Easter, Madam Speaker: China’s state-controlled media lit into Nancy Pelosi on Sunday for meeting with the Dalai Lama last week in India. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1553/1/Tibet-could-be-a-public-relations-fiasco-for-Beijing-/index.html The Tibetan crisis is once again revealing some serious weaknesses in the way China handles threats to its much-vaunted quest for harmony. The riots in Tibet have also put to the test China’s slogan for the games: “One world, one dream”. In one part of the Himalayas at least, that dream is fast turning into a nightmare. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1552/1/Forget-the-Olympic-Torch-Free-Tibet-/index.html With Beijing hosting the Olympics in August, “Free Tibet” should be the Bay Area’s battle cry. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1551/1/China-Might-Bar-Tiananmen-Broadcasts/index.html China might bar live television broadcasts from Tiananmen Square during the Beijing Olympics, apparently unnerved by the recent outburst of unrest among Tibetans and fearful of protests in the heart of the Chinese capital. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1550/1/China-accuses-Dalai-Lama-of-taking-Olympics-quothostagequot/index.html China accused the Dalai Lama on Sunday of using unrest in Tibet to back demands for Tibetan independence ahead of the August Olympic Games in Beijing. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1549/1/Kosovo-Taiwan-Tibet-rattle-China/index.html Why is China behaving as it is in Tibet? What makes Tibet so important to the government in Beijing? At the heart of the matter is the fact that nothing worries China's rulers more than when the country's unity is called into question. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1548/1/Chinese-intellectuals-condemn-Tibet-crackdown-/index.html A group of prominent Chinese intellectuals has circulated a petition urging the government to stop what it calls a "one-sided" propaganda campaign on Tibet and initiate dialogue with the Dalai Lama. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1547/1/Speak-Out-on-Tibet-/index.html China has cracked down on Tibet and neighboring provinces. It sent more troops into restive regions and made scores of arrests in Lhasa. It acknowledged firing on demonstrators in Sichuan. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1545/1/Ethnic-repression-in-Tibet-masterminded-by-faceless-trio/index.html The architects of Chinese repression in Tibet are three senior bureaucrats little known to the outside world but destined to be the focus of condemnation from human rights groups in the months ahead. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1544/1/Playing-the-Games/index.html Even when he's not filming, Richard Gere knows how to do drama. In the wake of the deadly protests in Tibet, Gere, a longtime Tibet activist and friend of the Dalai Lama, made a splashy announcement. The Hollywood star declared that "if [the protests] are not handled correctly, yes, we should boycott [the Olympics]. Everyone should boycott." zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1542/1/Chinas-Olympic-Image-Trap-/index.html Tibet's unrest could be just the beginning of trouble for Beijing’s attempt to sell a good Olympic vision of itself to the world and corporate sponsors zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1541/1/One-Dream-ideal-now-a-Beijing-nightmare-waiting-to-happen/index.html The IOC has been guilty of moral cowardice by failing to monitor China's progress on human rights zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1535/1/World-Cannot-Turn-a-Blind-Eye-Rebiya-Kadeer/index.html Exiled leaders of the Uyghur ethnic group, the other large, restive minority in western China, are expressing support for protesting Tibetans, but experts say that's unlikely to spark a parallel wave of Uyghur unrest. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1534/1/Tibet-unrest-raises-quandary-for-US-on-Olympics/index.html  With images of Olympic stadiums amid footage of Tibetan protesters and Chinese riot police, the U.S. and other governments face the thorny question of how much support to give to the 2008 Summer Games and its powerful host, China. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1533/1/China-mum-on-evidence-for-Tibet-conspiracy-claims/index.html China refused on Thursday to detail evidence against the Dalai Lama or the nature of his "clique", which it says masterminded the most violent anti-government protests in its ethnic Tibetan areas in 20 years. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1532/1/Beijing-confirms-that-protests-have-spread-beyond-Tibet-/index.html China acknowledged Thursday that anti-government riots had spread to other provinces since sweeping through Tibet last week, as the Communist authorities announced the first group of arrests for the violence. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1530/1/Tibetan-Youth-Challenge-Beijing----and-Dalai-Lama/index.html India -- A new generation of impatient activists is vying to seize control of the Tibetan freedom movement from the Dalai Lama. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1529/1/Dalai-Lama-powerless-to-stop-protests/index.html Tibet's spiritual leader Thursday said he was powerless to stop anti-Chinese violence as authorities in Beijing acknowledged for the first time that unrest had spread into neighboring Chinese provinces. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1526/1/Tibet-and-the-Olympics/index.html World leaders must hold China accountable for violating the commitments it made in order to host the Games. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1522/1/Security-tightened-after-Chinese-embassy-wall-spray-painted/index.html US authorities tightened security on Monday around the Chinese embassy a day after its front wall was splashed with red paint and its glass windows smashed. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1521/1/China-offers-talks-with-Dalai-Lama/index.html The Chinese Premier says his door is open for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, despite claiming he has evidence to prove the exiled spiritual leader masterminded the bloody riots that have swept through Tibet and neighbouring province. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1520/1/Young-Tibetans-reject-Dalai-Lamas-lead/index.html While the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet, many younger Tibetans do not follow him on a crucial question -- whether Tibet should have genuine autonomy or independence from China. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1517/1/Tibetan-protests-fed-by-years-of-frustration-/index.html Chinese leaders have blamed "splittists" led by the exiled Dalai Lama for spurring violent protests in Tibet and orchestrating a public relations sneak attack on the Communist Party as it gears up to host the Olympics Games this summer. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1516/1/Years-of-grievances-erupt-into-rage/index.html Tibetans are weary of what they say is 'cultural genocide' and second-class status. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1515/1/God-and-Man-in-China/index.html The violent protests in Tibet that began last week and have since spread across (and beyond) China are frequently depicted as a secessionist threat to Beijing. But the regime's deeper problem in the current crisis is neither ethnic nor territorial. It's religious. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1514/1/Tyranny-in-Tibet/index.html With the 2008 Olympics in Beijing just months away, the Communist Party of China should be reveling in the proof of global emergence as a world power. Instead, the uprising in Tibet has been a brutal reminder that, for all its economic might, China is a global laggard on the crucial issues of human rights and democratic freedoms. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1513/1/China-Terrorizes-Tibet-/index.html It was impossible not to notice that the United States removed China from its list of top 10 human rights violators just as the biggest anti-China protests in 20 years erupted in Tibet. Even when handed that undeserved dispensation, the Beijing government cannot control its authoritarian nature. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1511/1/Tibetan-students-hold-vigil-in-Beijing/index.html Tibetan students held a silent vigil in Beijing today to honor the courage of Tibetan protestors in Tibet. The group of around 50 students sat silently in a circle with heads bowed outside the Central Minorities University in the Haidian district of western Beijing this evening for around six hours. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1506/1/Ethnic-Unrest-Flares/index.html Despite Beijing’s efforts to tighten control over dissent in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, ethnic tensions involving independence-minded Tibetans and also Muslim Uighurs are flaring up dramatically. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1505/1/Another-Tibet-Challenge-for-Hu-Jintao-/index.html In 1988, Buddhist monks staged anti-Chinese protests in Lahsa, the capital of Tibet. When the authorities at the scene were unable to suppress the large-scale resistance, joined by the residents, Beijing dispatched one Hu Jintao, then the military commander and secretary of the Communist Party of China in the Guizhou Provincial Committee. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1504/1/The-Tibet-Riots-Hu-Jintao-is-the-Biggest-Loser-/index.html President Hu Jintao and his “Tibet Faction” have turned out to be the biggest losers in the wake of the most horrendous disturbances in Tibet and adjacent provinces since the 1959 Tibet Insurrection. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1503/1/UNPO-Statement-of-Solidarity/index.html The Presidency of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), led by President Mr Ledum Mitee, expresses its solidarity on behalf of all UNPO Members with the people of Tibet in this period of extreme tension and reiterates its support for their decades-long nonviolent campaign against Chinese suppression. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1502/1/China-Defends-Response-in-Tibet-/index.html China raised the death toll from the violent anti-Chinese protests in Tibet last week to 16 on Monday but said security forces had avoided using lethal force, countering Tibetan exile groups who asserted at least 80 had been killed. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1500/1/China-and-Tibet-An-uneasy-past--/index.html There is some irony that as Hu Jintao faces what may be his biggest challenge, his recently reconfirmed position as China's president is based to a large extent on his past ability to suppress unrest in Tibet. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1499/1/LETTERS-Reject-Chinas-hypocrisy/index.html Recently I was watching the Cable News Network and noticed how China "rejected" criticism of its human rights abuses as reported by the US. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1498/1/Violent-Tibet-protests-spreading-in-China/index.html Defying a major deployment of Chinese security forces, ethnic Tibetan protesters unfurled their forbidden national flag and set fire to a police station as the violence that by some reports has claimed 80 lives spread into Sichuan province and other parts of western China. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1497/1/Police-Crack-Down-on-Anti-Chinese-Violence-in-Tibet/index.html Vowing a harsh crackdown, Chinese police conducted house-to-house searches in central Lhasa Monday and rounded up hundreds of Tibetans suspected of participating in a deadly outburst of anti-Chinese violence, exile groups and residents reported. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1496/1/Dalai-Lama-fears-reprisals-from-Chinese-ultimatum-to-Tibetans-to-surrender-Eyewitness-accounts-from-Lhasa/index.html The Dalai Lama has said that he feared about the reprisals that will follow from the Chinese government's ultimatum to the Tibetans who have been demonstrating in Lhasa and other areas to surrender by midnight today. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700