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...Even today, Tibetans in Tibet live in constant fear.' THE DALAI LAMA, marking the 50th anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising...
...examples of continuing foreign disdain for the Middle Kingdom. Song Qiang, who contributed to both China Can Say No and Unhappy China, writes in the latest work that China should reduce the importance of Sino-French relations because of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's meeting with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader that Beijing says is promoting separatism in the restive Himalayan region. (See pictures of China goes to Africa...
...Shield Project." Thousands of websites (many porn-related) are blocked outright, and destinations such as YouTube, Flickr and Wikipedia are heavily restricted. Web users in Internet cafes - where the vast majority of Chinese go online - must supply personal information in order to sign on. (See pictures of the Dalai Lama...
...unemployment problem has roots stretching back to the first wave of migrants - about 80,000 of them - who followed the Dalai Lama to India in 1959. Many of them were unschooled, unskilled nomads who found only low-wage jobs in road construction. A few thousand were allotted uninhabited jungle land in southern and northeastern India and given training to become farmers. Later, some received subsidies to help market traditional handicrafts. But the vast majority of migrants settled in Dharamsala along with the Dalai Lama. The local economy was unable to absorb them. A mere lucky few found odd jobs...
...pictures of the Dalai Lama at home in Dharamsala...