Every Olympics is a miniature world -- and leaves you feeling more hopeful about the human race than you were before.
By Gary Kamiya Aug 5, 2008
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A heartbroken monk looks for his lost master among 2-year-olds. Plus: Bisexuality, rediscovered yet again!
By Andrew O'Hehir
June 6, 2009
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The iTunes Music Store suddenly doesn't work in China. Angry downloaders say the Olympic popularity of "Songs for Tibet" is to blame
By Andrew Leonard
August 20, 2008
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After 33 years of abuse and imprisonment, one Tibetan monk says no to the Beijing Olympics -- and to the Dalai Lama's accommodation with tyranny.
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 11, 2008
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Some Tibetans have had it with the spiritual leader's nonviolence. But as Gandhi showed, patience can be the deadliest of weapons.
By Salil Tripathi
July 1, 2008
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The Olympic torch ducks out of sight in San Francisco, leaving the streets to thousands of politicians.
By King Kaufman
April 10, 2008
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Chinese pop star Sa Dingding has big plans for taking her blend of Tibetan Buddhism and world music international. Is now the right time?
By Andrew Leonard
April 2, 2008
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He may be a global icon of goodness, as Pico Iyer's biography reminds us. But is the Dalai Lama the political leader Tibet needs?
By Louis Bayard
March 25, 2008
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IOC president Rogge's pretense that the Olympics aren't political has him defending China as it cracks down on freedoms.
By King Kaufman
March 25, 2008
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His Holiness struggles to defuse mounting violence between Tibet and China.
By Erich Follath and Wieland Wagner
March 24, 2008
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One well-known Chinese blogger suggests we can look to the White House for the answer.
By Andrew Leonard
March 21, 2008
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Riots and death in Tibet, out-of-control pollution, protests over Darfur: Beijing's ready for its close-up!
By Andrew Leonard
March 20, 2008
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The endless knot tells us everything is mutually interdependent. Including, but not limited to, free software, Bhutan and the World Bank.
By Andrew Leonard
November 12, 2007
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An American photographer who brought three children out of Tibet talks about how the country's legendary spiritual tradition is vanishing.
By Terence Clarke
February 4, 2002
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By Chris Colin
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November 30, 2000
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China hates him, the West wants to hug him. The spiritual leader of Tibet isn't just the bodhisattva of compassion -- he's one heck of a marketer.
By Chris Colin
November 28, 2000
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Half flimsy documentary, half unexceptional concert movie -- but Beck and Bjvrk are priceless.
By Jeff Stark
August 24, 2000
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Even the experts fail to grasp the banality of Tibet.
By Gavin McNett
June 21, 2000
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The 14-year-old Karmapa faces Chinese vengeance, accusations of espionage and the political intrigues of Tibetan Buddhism.
By Carole Zimmer
February 28, 2000
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Patti Smith, David Byrne, Angelique Kidjo, Philip Glass and others throw a New Year's benefit party for Tibet.
By Seth Mnookin
February 9, 2000
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On an innocent afternoon in Kumbum Monastery, we choked down yak cheese and learned about Paradise.
By Shanti Menon
January 14, 2000
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The extraordinarily scenic and untouristed area of Mustang is about to have its figurative throat slit -- by a greedy highway project.
By Jeff Greenwald
November 6, 1999
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The rugged inhabitants of this starkly beautiful, isolated land are now preparing for the latest invader: Winter.
By Steve Van Beek
October 26, 1999
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From Lhasa to Dharamsala, a Westerner pieces together the poignant puzzle of Tibetan Buddhism and its exalted leader in exile.
By Rachel Louise Snyder
October 5, 1999
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George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" is a lie; Tibetans don't deserve their oppression; is "sex ed" just a way of controlling teenagers?
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