Temtsel Hao

Temtsel Hao, who has a PhD in international relations from the LSE, is a journalist working for the BBC World Service.

My cultural revolution: a child’s memory

China in the mid-1960s plunged into a social ferment lasting a decade. The experiences of those directly affected may be complex, as this recollection shows.

By Temtsel Hao

/ 17 May 2016

Mo Yan and China's prize

The award of the Nobel literature prize to a Chinese writer favoured by the authorities provoked disputes both on the Chinese internet and in Swedish public life, says Temtsel Hao.

By Temtsel Hao

/ 19 Dec 2012

Mao Zedong in video-history's gaze

A schoolteacher’s witty online lectures on Chinese history have earned both adulation and scorn. But when Yuan Tengfei breaks the taboo on Chairman Mao, his irreverence becomes political provocation. Temtsel Hao reports.

By Temtsel Hao

/ 12 Jul 2010

China’s seasonal politics

The changing shape of China’s cultural calendar raises sensitive questions of politics, class and ethnicity that its authorities can only evade, says Temtsel Hao.

By Temtsel Hao

/ 4 May 2010

Xinjiang, Tibet, beyond: China's ethnic relations

The ethnic protests and clashes in China's westernmost region of Xinjiang on 5-6 July 2009 and the following days have caused around 200 deaths. The deadly violence, mainly

By Temtsel Hao

/ 27 Jul 2009

Dharamsala: forging Tibetans’ future

The attitude of the authorities in the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the Dalai Lama and exiled Tibetans is reminiscent of the response of Joseph Stalin when

By Temtsel Hao

/ 7 May 2009