Tibet (2008): all articles

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Tibet protests

Legitimate protest or anti-Chinese prejudice? History or power politics? Feudalism or Imperialism?

Friday 23rd May

The Olympics’ “civilising” legacy: St Louis to Beijing

Susan Brownell, 23 May 2008
The progressive ideals of the Olympic movement are shadowed by colonial attitudes
Monday 19th May

China's soft-power failure

Li Datong, 19 May 2008

Tibet, the torch-relay and Sichuan's quake - Beijing's tense Olympics year highlights a governance deficit

Wednesday 14th May

China’s political colours: from monochrome to palette

Jeffrey N Wasserstrom, 14 May 2008
A China in social and intellectual ferment is finding new ways to slice the national past 
Thursday 8th May

Tibet: looking for the truth

Chang Ping, 8 May 2008
The Chinese netizens mobilising against western media distortions should also look in the mirror
Tuesday 6th May

China’s Olympics: after the storm

Kerry Brown, 6 May 2008
Beijing’s months of crisis may come to seem the product of a masterly public-relations campaign
Tuesday 22nd April

Tibet scholars and China: a letter

openDemocracy, 22 April 2008
A group of leading specialists on Tibet from around the world write to China's president
Tuesday 15th April

China and Tibet: the true path

Wang Lixiong, 15 April 2008
Beijing's policy in Tibet is not working. But the cycle of repression and resistance can change. Plus - Chinese intellectuals speak out on Tibet
Tuesday 8th April

China’s netizens and Tibet: a Guangzhou report

Ivy Wang, 8 April 2008
Tibet's unrest and Taiwan's vote provoke Chinese bloggers to action, report Ivy Wang and Bob Chen
Monday 7th April

Tibetan unrest, Chinese lens

Wenran Jiang, 7 April 2008
A new global cybernationalism is shaping Chinese perceptions of the Tibet and Olympic protests
Friday 4th April

Tibet: questions of revolt

Robert Barnett, 4 April 2008
The ingredients of the crisis that has exploded in Tibet were clear to all but an unprepared Beijing
Wednesday 2nd April

Tibet, China, and the west: empires of the mind

Dibyesh Anand, 2 April 2008
The clash over the status and future of Tibet has been transformed by the idea of sovereignty
Monday 31st March

How to think about Tibet

Donald S Lopez Jr, 31 March 2008
The experience of a small country in northwestern Europe offers insight into Tibet's turmoil and possible future
Friday 28th March

Tibet’s history, China’s power

George Fitzherbert, 28 March 2008
Behind the current wave of protest against Chinese rule in Tibet lies the growth of a pan-Tibetan identity
Thursday 27th March

The perils of forced modernity: China-Tibet, America-Iraq

Jeffrey N Wasserstrom, 27 March 2008
The actions of today's global-imperial powers echo those of Japan's 1930s colonial project
Tuesday 18th March

Tibet: revolt with memories

Gabriel Lafitte, 18 March 2008
The opposition to China’s oppressive rule evident in the Tibetan uprising is also an affirmation of the right to be different
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