Topic: Tibet

Tibetan Miners Buried in Landslide

AP Photo

Chinese state media has reported that 83 workers have been buried in a massive landslide in Tibet, but that efforts are being made to bring them out alive. Those efforts aren't looking too good.

By David Wagner

Dec 13, 2012

Today's Best

Five Best Thursday Columns

Michael Bloomberg on the fiscal cliff, Ezra Klein on conservative fiscal policies, Amy Davidson on Antonin Scalia, Michael Mazza on North Korea, and Xu Zhiyong on Tibet. 

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Dec 10, 2012

China Is Serious About Charging Self-Immolators with Murder

Police have arrested a monk and his nephew for allegedly helping eight people set themselves on fire, as a backward kind of new law begins to take effect: self-immolators and anyone who helps them can now be charged with murder.

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By David Wagner

Nov 13, 2012

Today's Best

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Andrew Ross Sorkin on J.C. Penney, Jon Lee Anderson on Petraeus, Michael Tomasky on the death of Reaganomics, Saransh Sehgal on Tibet, and Christine Ockrent on François Hollande. 

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Mar 28, 2012

In Death, Jamphel Yeshi Has Become the Face of Tibetan Dissent

Jamphel Yeshi, a Tibetan exile who set himself on fire to protest Chinese rule, died from his burns in New Delhi on Wednesday--and has now become the symbol and a martyr for Tibetan suffering.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Jan 24, 2012

Tensions and Violence on the Rise in Tibet

At least one protester was killed and perhaps as many as 50 others wounded in western China on Monday, as violence between Tibetan activists and Chinese security forces continues to escalate. 

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By Caitlin Dickson

Jul 5, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Tuesday Columns

On drug labels, Tibet, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn

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By John Hudson

Apr 27, 2011

Meet the Dalai Lama's Harvard-Educated Replacement

Tibet's new prime minister is 43-years-old and has lived in the U.S. for the last 16 years

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By John Hudson

Mar 10, 2011

What the Dalai Lama's Political Resignation Means for Tibet

On Thursday the Tibetan spiritual leader announced he's relinquishing his political power

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