23 November 2008
by Sean
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Very big headlines coming out of Dharamsala, India, this weekend, perhaps the most important of which is that the Tibetan Government-in-Exile has agreed to stick with His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s “middle way” approach, despite the fact that, in my view, it … Continue reading
10 August 2008
by Sean
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I said I wasn’t going to do it, and I honestly thought I could resist. But in the end, like most of the rest of the world, I caved. I watched the Olympic Opening Ceremony. Not once, but three times. … Continue reading
6 August 2008
by Sean
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BEIJING – Foreign activists unfurled pro-Tibet banners at a key Olympics venue Wednesday and spoke out against China’s rights record in Tiananmen Square, in the first attempts to use the spotlight of the games to raise other issues. One athlete, … Continue reading
5 August 2008
by Sean
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With the Summer Olympics now upon us, I’ve turned the question of Tibet over in my mind a hundred times, trying to reconcile the grievous actions taken there by the Chinese Communists with the fact that the world is now … Continue reading
8 April 2008
by Sean
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Shame on the International Olympic Committee for calling protests against the torch relay “a blasphemy of the Olympic spirit.” Although the Communist Chinese government claims to support basic human rights, its track record shows that it will use any means … Continue reading