Despite Chinas tight control over information flow within its society, a growing number of Tibetan literary elites are playing an important role writing, blogging and interacting with the Chinese populace, voicing their minds through stories, poems, and blogs. The focus of our discussion today is Tsering Woeser, who is at the forefront of this movement, speaking, blogging and constantly challenging Chinese authorities, fighting hackers, arrests and detention. She remains unemployed, her blogs shut down, and her movements restricted but yet she has become one of Chinas greatest woman writers. Our panelists today will speak of her life in context with this new movement of Tibetan literary elites and the struggles that they have to overcome everyday.
The Associated Press reports that the Chinese government has sentenced fifty-five people in connection with the riots in Tibet this past March.
The Agence France-Presse reports on His Holiness the Dalai Lama, while teaching in Japan, commented that “preserving Tibet’s culture of compassion was more important than ever in a world that is steeped in greed and materialism.”
Reuters contemplates the the possible outcomes of the upcoming meeting of TIbetan leaders in Dharmasala.
