Posted by Ben Carrdus | Feb 3rd, 2010
One of the more jarring assertions made by members of the United Front Work Department at the press conference following the just-concluded ninth round of Sino-Tibetan dialogue in Beijing, was that the...
Posted by Todd Stein | Jan 26th, 2010
The following is a list of public reactions thus far (January 26) from national capitals on the announcement that the representatives of the Dalai Lama are in Beijing for the ninth round of their dialogue...
Posted by Leslie Butterfield | Jan 25th, 2010
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the Chinese authorities have removed the 2D version of “Avatar” from all 4,500 theaters in China currently playing the blockbuster movie (the...
Posted by Heidi Minx | Jan 15th, 2010
Guest Blog by Heidi Minx
ICT staffers provide the content for ICT’s blog, but we occasionally like to offer space to others in the movement to share views and ideas. This guest blog is by Heidi Minx,...
Posted by Todd Stein | Jan 13th, 2010
By now, the news that Google has decided not to censor the Chinese version of its search engine in China and has threatened to pull out of the Chinese market in response to cyberattacks has made it around...
Posted by Lesley Rich | Jan 13th, 2010
In its effort to add official censorship to the myriad items it exports to America, Chinese officials are finding that a tussle over free expression in the U.S. can lead to free publicity … for the film...
Posted by Bhuchung K. Tsering | Jan 12th, 2010
The Chinese Government confirmed on January 12, 2010 that both Lekchok (Ch: Legqog), the Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) People’s Congress, and Jampa Phuntsok (Ch: Qiangba Puncog), the...
Posted by Bhuchung K. Tsering | Dec 28th, 2009
The passing away of Kasur Ngapo Ngawang Jigme marks the disappearance from the scene of one of the main personalities in modern Tibetan history. As a member of the team led by the envoys of His Holiness...