Archive for the 'China' Category

Tibet… as viewed from China

18Mar08

While we are geographically closer than most of our friends and family to the events in the streets of Lhasa, we are paradoxically much less informed… The official Chinese response to the events remains the same and follows from their perspective on Tibet which goes like this: Tibet was always part of China. The PLA […]

The great firewall of China

15Mar08

We were out and about in the mountains for the last couple of days and it seems the censors have been busy in the meantime. Upon our return, the BBC website and the Guardian have been censored: only the main page was accessible last night. Other western media work sporadically. English speaking medias seem to […]