Category Archives: Opinions

  • Kuldip Nayar Who sheds tears for Tibet? 12 July 2012 | Kuldip Nayar no comments

    Tibet today is like an occupied territory, without the people there having any say in governance. Beijing must let the Tibetans live the way they want to because that alone gives them their entity. ...

  • Ajai Shukla Batting for the McMahon Line 11 July 2012 | Ajai Shukla no comments

    Having already given away Hong Kong and forsaken Taiwan with a one-China policy, the British hand was left with Tibet as the lone card that mattered desperately to Beijing. But London gifted it away. ...

  • Peter Hartcher Dreams of a leader of a land he has never seen 26 June 2012 | Peter Hartcher no comments

    Any political leader feeling unhappy with their lot might consider the situation of Lobsang Sangay. He is the Prime Minister of a government that doesn't exist, representing a land he has never visited. ...

  • Choephel Thubten Tibet in flames: can we pour some water on? 24 June 2012 | Choephel Thubten no comments

    The tragic wave of self-immolations by Tibetans has claimed forty two lives since 2009, clearly demonstrating that the Tibetans are no longer able to bear the draconian Chinese rule in their homeland. ...

  • Terry Reis Kennedy Thanksgiving at Auschwitz 23 June 2012 | Terry Reis Kennedy no comments

    I'd pictured myself alone, on the threshold of some anonymous cell, admitting that the world had learned its awful lesson. Never, no never again, would man's inhumanity to man surface. ...

  • Dibyesh Anand India’s Tibet problem 19 June 2012 | Dibyesh Anand no comments

    India should not forget that Chinese-controlled Tibet is its neighbour. The current Indian leadership's ignorance of Tibetans goes against principles of justice, humanity and ignores historic Indo-Tibetan relations. ...

  • Julian Baggini Why it’s not the Dalai Lama’s job to break the silence on Tibet 19 June 2012 | Julian Baggini no comments

    Disappointment in the Dalai Lama tells us more about the unrealistic expectations of the critics than it does the failings of the man himself. ...

  • Adele Wilde-Blavatsky A “Free Tibet” without Tibetans? No thanks 17 June 2012 | Adele Wilde-Blavatsky no comments

    Can an NGO that purports to benefit or represent a particular ethnic group do so with any legitimacy if there are no members of that ethnic group within the organisation? ...

  • Elizabeth C Economy Beijing mixes business and politics? 27 May 2012 | Elizabeth C Economy no comments

    China has long mixed business with politics in a most unattractive fashion; it just hasn't been willing to admit it. Will it make a difference if Beijing finally fesses up? ...

  • Claude Arpi China needs Dalai Lama 27 May 2012 | Claude Arpi no comments

    The Dalai Lama has recently revealed his fears about the Chinese plot to kill him. However, the Tibetan resistance to China will only grow, and even turn more aggressive, after the Dalai Lama's exit. ...