Tibet

Sydney Wignall

Sydney Wignall, explorer, spy and marine archaeologist, died on April 6th, aged 89(5)

Tibetan activism: No impact

Tibetan protests seem increasingly ineffective(133)

Self-immolation in India: Frighteningly common

RUNNING in a ball of flames for some 50 metres, Jampa Yeshi, a Tibetan in his late-20s, screamed and then collapsed in front of a crowd of journalists and fellow protesters gathered near India’s parliament, in Delhi. It was early afternoon on March 26th as several hundred Tibetans held placards, some proclaiming that “Tibet is burning”, while calling for freedom for their countrymen across the northern border. They tried to beat out the flames on the young man’s body, then police rushed him to hospital.(509)

Hitler and the Dalai Lama: Godwin some, Xinhua lose some

Chinese propagandists provide evidence for one of the internet’s golden laws(359)

Banyan: The Buddha and the tigress

In Tibet, self-destruction has become the latest form of defiance(696)

Nepal and its neighbours: Yam yesterday, yam today

Talking about new heights with China, while trying to maintain old ones with India(112)

China’s restive Tibetan regions: No mercy

Self-immolations continue, as do the Communist Party’s hardline policies(989)

China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama: Lamas at loggerheads

Three articles look at China and religion. First, a war of attrition over Tibet; next, China v the Vatican; third, a Chinese project at the Buddha’s birthplace(417)

Politics this week

Tibet, China and America: Toward the light?

China’s next leader takes a hard line on Tibet(489)

China and Tibet: Go back to law school

An elected leader is the last Tibetan China wants to talk to(361)

China and Tibet: No way, Sangay

China will have nothing to do with exiled Tibetans' new prime minister(405)

China's Tibetan problem: More turbulent monks

The open wound that is Tibetan resentment of Chinese rule refuses to heal(1020)

Travel in Tibet: In pursuit of understanding

How different cultures confront the fact of death(13)

The Dalai Lama resigns: So long, farewell

Tibet's spiritual leader tries removing himself from his political role(231)

Banyan: The indispensable incarnation

Talk of the Dalai Lama’s “retirement” shows how much Tibet still needs him. Yet so does China(497)

Banyan: Going gaga over Tibet

The perils of letting China dictate the terms of the debate(778)

India and China: A Himalayan rivalry

Asia’s two giants are still unsure what to make of each other. But as they grow, they are coming closer—for good and bad(255)

Looking back on Tibet: Through the eyes of witnesses

Reading the first comprehensive examination of the post-riot crackdown in Tibet(233)

Banyan: Splittism on the roof of the world

Geneticists say Chinese and Tibetans were once one. The news appears to be welcome to neither side(597)