October 2008 | Free Tibet

October 2008

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OCTOBER 2008

AFP: US asks China to review Tibet policies
AL JAZEERA: US presses China on Tibet policies
AP: Dalai Lama envoys to arrive in Beijing
AFP: Dalai Lama in Japan
REUTERS: China plans ethnic tour for Dalai Lama envoys
AP: Six die as snowstorms hit Tibet
NEW YORK TIMES: China meeting for Dalai Lama envoys
BBC: Dalai Lama makes China warning
AFP: Dalai Lama says he will talk to China if Beijing 'honestly' wants dialogue
VOICE OF AMERICA: Dalai Lama says he has lost hope on China talks
TELEGRAPH: Dalai Lama has 'given up hope' of negotiations with China
AP: Dalai Lama says he has given up on China talks

REUTERS: Dalai Lama losing hope for Tibetan autonomy- aide
REUTERS: Chinese dissident wins top EU rights prize
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: German-Chinese business ties unaffected by human rights issues
ZEE NEWS: Britain welcomes Chinese press freedoms- minister
MONSTERS & CRITICS: Merkel to raise human rights issue in Beijing
AFP: China dissidents eye uncertain post-Olympic landscape
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS: Monk filmmaker says he was tortured while detained
STRAITS TIMES: Tibetan monk tortured
TIMES ONLINE: China relaxes decades-old restrictions on media
THIRD SECTOR: Joanna Lumley at Third Sector awards

AFP: China wants stable ties with US after election
TIMES OF INDIA: China to train cadre of monks to counter Dalai Lama
VOICE OF AMERICA: China eases restrictions on journalists, Tibet remains closed
WASHINGTON POST: Olympic media rules preserved in China
SKY NEWS: New press clampdown by China?
TECHRADAR: China to photograph all 'net cafe users
AFP: Rights group urges China to extend press freedom to domestic media
AFP: Tibet ticket prices cut to boost tourism
BBC: How free are reporters in China?

KHL: New dams and 750 power stations planned for Tibet
SPIEGEL: Is China a Partner or Ward?
BBC: China press freedoms due to end
PR INSIDE: China security report for 3rd quarter
BBC: Dalai Lama leaves hospital
THE ATLANTIC: Their own worst enemy?
CHINA DIGITAL TIMES: Netizens find space to comment on Tibet
TELEGRAPH: How you, I and Gordon Brown now own a piece of the Chinese government
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: China Jails Tibetan monks

TELEGRAPH: Chinese democracy- reformer's words signal new debate on reform
AFP: Tibetan monks jailed for bomb blast
REUTERS: China Western Mining to start up Tibet copper plant
TELEGRAPH: China will be a democracy by 2020, says senior party member
AP: China jails Tibetan monks convicted of bomb blast
TELEGRAPH: China plans to build dams across Tibet
AP: Dalai Lama to leave hospital in India
EPOCH TIMES: Fight to re-instate independent Chinese TV channel
AP: Dalai Lama to be released from hospital soon
AP: Finland's Ahtisaari wins Peace Prize, critcism for not highlighting Chinese nominees
UNPO: Tibet 'at a crossroads'
USA TODAY: Dalai Lama's daunting teachings on reality
AP: Rescuers search rubble as at least 10 killed in Tibet quake
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Tibet earthquakes kill at least 30
BBC: Tibetan earthquake kills dozens
CONVERGE: Cyberwarfare
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: Tourism still suffering in Tibet
INDEPENDENT: Quake hits Tibetan regions
AUSTRALIAN: China's purge of sacred music seems profane
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: China's eye on web chatter
BLOOMBERG: Nobel Peace Prize may go to Chinese activist, angering Beijing
AFP: Dalai Lama to have medical checkup
DOWN TO EARTH: Ladakh's pastures gone
METRO: China 'spying' on political text messages
GUARDIAN: Tension as armed police clamp down in Lhasa

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