Tibet News (5.20.09)

by Danny Fisher

Image via Tibet Will Be Free.
Here’s the latest Tibet-related news:

  • Tibet Will Be Free brings us news and photos of Tibetans and Tibetan activists in London marking the missing Panchen Lama‘s 20th birthday.
  • The Agence France-Presse reports that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will “attend a summit with Europe this week to show Beijing’s desire to work with the EU…while warning European nations against welcoming the Dalai Lama.”
  • The AFP also reports that a senior Chinese tourism official told them that “Chinese tourists are avoiding France because of President Nicolas Sarkozy and his country’s attitude toward Tibet.”
  • Phayul reports that “two more Tibetans involved in last year’s protests against Chinese rule in Tibet have reached India after avoiding arrests for more than a year.”
  • EarthTimes reports that China has confirmed a fourth infection with the new strain of the H1N1 influenza virus in “a 59-year-old man and said initial tests suggested that an Italian woman travelling in Tibet was also infected.”