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Features archive - August 2008

• Transforming Tibet
  INDIA, 26 August 2008 (Frontline)
  There is no evidence of “impoverished, marginalised and excluded” Tibetans in Lhasa or in any other part of Tibet. ...
• After glow of games, what next for China?
  BEIJING, China, 24 August 2008 (NY Times)
  The elaborate closing ceremony that ended the Olympic Games on Sunday also ended nearly a decade in which the ruling Communist Party had made the Games an organizing principle in national life. ...
• Will China keep the flame alight?
  BEIJING, China, 23 August 2008 (The Independent)
  Clear blue skies. A shiny, fast-moving new city. The warm applause of a global audience. And a fantastic haul of gold medals to boot. ...
• A mission of dissent in the heart of Beijing
  BEIJING, China, 23 August 2008 (Washington Post)
  Sam Maron came to China posing as a tourist excited about his first trip to the country. With his point-and-shoot camera and monotone T-shirts, he blended into the crowds ...
• The real story behind the 'roof of the world'
  21 August 2008 (LiveScience)
  It's called the "Roof of the World" with good reason — the Tibetan Plateau stands over 3 miles above sea level and is surrounded by imposing mountain ranges ...