Tibet News (4.5.09)

by Danny Fisher

Here are some recent news items and opinion pieces about Tibet:

  • The Associated Press reports that China has reopened Tibet to foreign tourists.
  • According to Phayul, His Holiness the Dalai Lama “urged India to be at the forefront of a renewed global movement for peace and non-violence” this weekend. He is quoted as saying, “India has great potential to bring or to educate the rest of the world on non-violence and compassion.”
  • Lastly, the great Tibetologist Elliott Sperling writes an essential piece about China’s “Serf Emancipation Day” for the Far Eastern Economic Review