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Old chestnuts about the Karmapa and the Dalai Lama

Alex W — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:05:39 +0000

My good friend Dave Lawson sent me a link to an article in the Times Online by Michael Binyon. Written some three or four weeks ago, it is entitled Disunity threatens the Dalai Lama’s timeless authority. It is full of tired old chestnuts, and the comments that have been added by others are sadly [...]

Tiananmen Square

Alex — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:33:00 +0000

Let us not forget. 20 years ago tomorrow. Here is one article in the Wall Street Journal.

John Powers

Alex — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:58:00 +0000

John Powers gave a presentation in Sydney University yesterday under the auspices of the AABS. Entitled “Tortured Logic”, he dealt with the presentation of Tibet and of Tibetan Buddhism as provided by the Chinese Communist Party, as against its mirror image provided by the Central Tibetan Administration. Very informative, very clear.

John P is [...]

Thank you to the SMH

Alex — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:24:00 +0000

The Sydney Morning Herald is probably the best paper around here, although the word “radical” would be a tad excessive. But this morning they not only put a story (1m 45s) about a video entitled ‘China’s brutality in Tibet exposed’ into their video section (at http://media.smh.com.au/ – though I’m not sure how long they [...]

Firing up the crowd

Alex — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:40:00 +0000

Revisiting March 10:

Loud chanting of battle cries, lots of cameras – when people have suffered, it’s hardly surprising that younger demonstrators can get carried away by the urge to somehow, anyhow do something!

50th anniversary of the uprising

Alex — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:52:00 +0000

Woke up before the 4:00 a.m. alarm to catch the bus down to Central Station for 5:00. The Sydney contingent was two full coaches plus a minibus. Dozing on the 4-hour trip to Canberra was slightly successful. Arrived late.

There were speeches outside Parliament House, a march to the Chinese Embassy, a touch [...]

March 10th – 50 years

Alex — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0000

This March 10 is the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule – the Chinese had invaded in the early 1950s, of course.

Repression has been particularly savage all year, hence the general cancellation of the more joyful celebrations usually associated with the new year; that in turn, has brought more repression, [...]

Am I a 98er?

Alex — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:20:00 +0000

Last night SBS broadcast Murder in the Snow. Of course, when we see those figures falling into the snow, knowing that we are seeing, for instance, 17-year old nun Kelsang Namtso being shot dead, we react in the obvious way – outrage at the behaviour of the Chinese soldiers is not far away.

But [...]