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Thousands Protest Over Forced Chinese-Language in Tibet “China ruled by man, not Nobel Committee by law” Angers China Page 8 Page 6 International Vol. 01, Issue 29, 30 OctoBer 2010 Bod-Kyi-Cha-Trin Bi-Monthly www.thetibetpost.com Rs.5 H.H Receives Freedom Award Thousands Protest Over Forced Chinese-language in Tibet By James Dunn, The Tibet Post Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama is Dharamshala: Protests by Tibetan students over presented with the 2010 International Freedom their right to study their own language in school Conductor Award by the Rev. Damon Lynch Jr. , right, have spread throughout other areas of north-west Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, at the National Underground China, The Tibet Post has learned. Railroad Freedom Center luncheon in Cincinnati. Photo: TPI Thousands of Tibetan students from six schools in Amdho region of eastern Tibet took to the Ohio: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the streets on Tuesday (19th October) in protest over Dalai Lama was honored yesterday (20th October) the new forced study of Chinese language. Since in Ohio for his contribution towards world then the protests spread to two adjacent Tibetan freedom. The National Underground Railroad prefectures. Freedom Centre presented His Holiness the Dalai On Wednesday (20th October), up to 2,000 Continues on Page 2 students from four separate schools in Chabcha, Indian Activists Demonstrate for Tibet Tsolho have protested outside government buildings shouting slogans such as "We want freedom for the Tibetan language". In Dawu town on Thurday (21st October) students also protested on Thursday. Police responded by preventing local residents from going out into the streets. The area has seen increased numbers of security personnel in the last few days, in an attempt to Tibetan Students Protest Language Change By Chinese Authorities in Rekong region of Amdho, eastern Tibet. subdue the student protests. Photo: TPI Demonstrate in Swiss Indian Activists Call on UN for Concern about Tibet in Chamdo Exhibition Marks 60th Bhopal, MP, India on 23 October 2010. Photo: TPI/ Mahesh Hadav Dharamshala: Three Indian peace Activists Anniversary of Chinese Invasion Saturday (23 October 2010) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, urged the United Nations to concentrate us to cherish the present, and gives about the Tibet cause. They demonstrated by us hope for a better future". painting with their own blood, supporting Tibetan On October 19, 1950, Chinese people. People's Liberation Army troops Dr Mahesh Yadav, President of World Tibet marched into Chamdo, the capital Congress along with his associates Ajay Jain and of Eastern Tibet, receiving limited Pooja Rai on the eve of United Nations Day Tibetans in Swiss demonstrate to against China's resistance from the peaceful demonstrated, by way of writing the message education policy in Tibet, 26, October 2010. Photo: Tibetan army. The Governor- Continues on Page 4 TPI/Mr. Dominik Kelsang Erne, press relations General Ngapo Ngawang Jigme officer TYAE Second Congress of Tibetan Europe quickly surrendered, and the Zurich: Over 350 people took part in a peaceful following year all of Tibet was demonstration outside of the Chinese consulate under Chinese rule after the in Zurich yesterday (26th October). The protest controversial Seventeen Point of solidarity in the Swiss capital was sparked by Agreement signed in Beijing on May 23, 1951. Ngapo, who signed Continues on Page 4 the agreement, proceeded to have a long career within the Chinese Supported for students in Tibet Communist Administration of File photo taken in the year 1957 shows Military trucks Tibet. arrives at the Potala Palace in Lhasa to further invasion Chinese media prefer to view these events as a over whole Tibet. The Tso-Ngon-Lhasa highway and "peaceful liberation", and emphasise economic Sichuan-eastern Tibet highway, which opened to traffic Paris: 55 Tibetan delegates from 12 European in the year 1954. Photo: File progress in the region since then. The GDP of countries met in Paris, the capitla of France, this Chamdo Prefecture was 5.8 billion yuan last year, week, for the second Tibetan Congress in Europe. By Matthew Hayes, The Tibet Post 140 times the figure for 1958. The event took place from the 15th till the 17th Qi Fei, the chief of the local transport bureau, said with the discussion centered on the methods in Dharamshala: An exhibition has opened in that Chamdo "had no roads in the 1950s", but has which to develop Tibetans communities in Chamdo Prefecture, Eastern Tibet, to mark the 60th 9,164km of roads today, linking 72.5% of all villages. Europe. There were many workshop focus groups Anniversary of the Chinese invasion of the region. The government is also building an inter-provincial aiming to create new dialogue and cooperation The exhibition, which opened on Monday October highway to connect Chamdo with major cities in between the different Tibetan communities 18, charts the history of Chamdo, and emphasises Western China, such as Lhasa, Chengdu, Xining Tibetan students from 3 major Schools in South India scattered across Europe. the region's continued development. and Kunming. holding a candle light virgil in solidarity of the ongoing At the concluding session of Congress, a debate protests in eatern Tibet, South India on 23 October The exhibition, visited by around 1000 people, The exhibition follows the 11th Reba Arts Festival, was held concerning the parliamentary election 2010. Photo: TPI/Lobsang Yeshi next March, which allowed the candidates to put displays the heritage of Chamdo region with held in Dengqen County, which featured song and Bylakuppe: Last evening, in Solidarity with the forward their vision for Tibet's future. historic photos, multimedia presentations, sand dance celebrating life over the last 60 years. A full Tibetan school students' ongoing Protest in Tibet, The countries that sent delegates were: Austria, tables, and publications in both Mandarin and celebration of the "peaceful liberation" is to be Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Tibetan. held on October 23 and is to include art over 655 Tibetan school students from 3 major the Netherlands, the Norway, Poland, Spain and Kelsing, a local Chinese official, praised the performances and the launching of new schools of Bylakuppe namely SOS TCV School, the United Kingdom.. exhibition, stating that "a review of the past tells construction projects. Continues on Page 7 2 30 October, 2010 Dharamsala TPI EDITORIAL The Tibet Post International China's Fury Over Nobel Peace China Genocides Tibet's Lan- Prize Continues guage: Violating UN Law Europe Editor - James Dunn Editor in Chief - YC. Dhardhowa E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Dharamshala: An article published Monday (25 October) in China's state controlled media, so called "China Tibet Information Center" has once again demonstrated their objection to Liu Xiaobo winning the Noble Peace Prize, calling it "anything but the legitimate judgment of peace." The opinion article entitled "Nobel Prize has nothing to do with Peace" accuses the rest of the world of not understanding peace, on the contrary it can be seen that China itself does not understand peace as this week diplomats claim that China is attempting to block the publication of a United Nations report which links Chinese weapons with attacks on UN and African Union peacekeepers in One of the only surviving original texts of Tibetan, written by Thönmi Sambhota, during Sudan's troubled Darfur region. The article also contains the reign of King Songtsen Gampo (c.617-698 CE). Photo: TPI vast and angry views on Norwegians saying "The fact that Norway has long kept neutral in wars and showed Dharamshala: In world history, The Chinese Government is its support for resolution through language is maintained as a matter guilty of "Language Genocide", mediation and arbitration does not of national identity, language defines against the Tibetans for breaching mean the Norwegians possess a a culture. The current genocide of articles of the United Nations deeper understanding of the the Tibetan language by the Chinese Genocide Convention. The complexity of achieving world peace government aims to make Chinese Convention defines genocide as any as well as the essence of maintaining children out of Tibetan children. of a number of acts committed with the peace". They state that the jury Buddhism and culture the intent to destroy, in whole or in of five people, all of whom were depend on the rich and developed part, a national, ethnic, racial or members of the Norwegian language that we call Tibetan. religious group. Therefore, the government, have no right to chose Standard Tibetan is based on the Tibetan people can bring the Chinese the winner, however, the decision speech of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, Government to justice by complaining being made by a committee of five also Ü-Tsang dialect belonging to the in International Court over the people chosen by the Norwegian Central Tibetan languages. For this injustice done by China for not Parliament was prearranged in Alfred reason, Standard Tibetan is often complying with the UN Articles and Nobel's last will and testament. called Central Tibetan. It is in turn the "Genocide of the Tibetan In his will he states that the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is seen in this undated photo released by his family on October 3, 2010. Jailed Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace one of several branches of the Language". winner should strive for "for the The Chinese Government Prize on October 8, 2010, an announcement that Beijing had anticipated and bitterly Tibetan languages, the others being abolition or reduction of standing criticised. Photo: Reuters Kham (Tibetan: Kham kad) and Amdo should treat all citizens equally within armies and for the holding and (Tibetan: Amdo kad). Written the law and without any promotion of peace congresses." Liu The writer touches on Tibet Obama, Al Gore and Martin Luther Standard Tibetan is based on discrimination.
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