Tibet - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/tibet/?source=rss&aim=tibet en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT Let the games begin! By Gary Kamiya Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/08/05/beijing_olympics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/08/05/beijing_olympics/index.html?source=rss Every Olympics is a miniature world -- and leaves you feeling more hopeful about the human race than you were before. Movies not to miss: "Unmistaken Child" By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/06/unmistaken/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/06/unmistaken/index.html?source=rss A heartbroken monk looks for his lost master among 2-year-olds. Plus: Bisexuality, rediscovered yet again! China, Tibet and iTunes By Andrew Leonard Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/20/itunes_china_and_tibet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/20/itunes_china_and_tibet/index.html?source=rss The iTunes Music Store suddenly doesn't work in China. Angry downloaders say the Olympic popularity of "Songs for Tibet" is to blame Is torture an Olympic event? By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/08/11/fire_snow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/08/11/fire_snow/index.html?source=rss 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. Dalai Lama's time bomb By Salil Tripathi Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/01/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/01/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss Some Tibetans have had it with the spiritual leader's nonviolence. But as Gandhi showed, patience can be the deadliest of weapons. King Kaufman's Sports Daily By King Kaufman Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/04/10/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/04/10/thursday/index.html?source=rss The Olympic torch ducks out of sight in San Francisco, leaving the streets to thousands of politicians. Tibetan Orientalism By Andrew Leonard Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/02/sa_dingding_and_tibet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/02/sa_dingding_and_tibet/index.html?source=rss Chinese pop star Sa Dingding has big plans for taking her blend of Tibetan Buddhism and world music international. Is now the right time? Seduced by the Dalai Lama By Louis Bayard Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/03/25/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/03/25/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss 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? King Kaufman Sports Daily By King Kaufman Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/03/25/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/03/25/tuesday/index.html?source=rss IOC president Rogge's pretense that the Olympics aren't political has him defending China as it cracks down on freedoms. The Dalai Lama's moment of truth By Erich Follath and Wieland Wagner Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/03/24/tibet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/03/24/tibet/index.html?source=rss His Holiness struggles to defuse mounting violence between Tibet and China. How did China learn how to spin Tibet? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/21/china_tibet_spin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/21/china_tibet_spin/index.html?source=rss One well-known Chinese blogger suggests we can look to the White House for the answer. "The Beijing Olympics debacle has begun" By Andrew Leonard Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/20/beijing_olympic_debacle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/20/beijing_olympic_debacle/index.html?source=rss Riots and death in Tibet, out-of-control pollution, protests over Darfur: Beijing's ready for its close-up! A Buddhist approach to climate change By Andrew Leonard Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/12/bhutan_endless_knot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/12/bhutan_endless_knot/index.html?source=rss The endless knot tells us everything is mutually interdependent. Including, but not limited to, free software, Bhutan and the World Bank. Tibet: Lost in the Himalayas By Terence Clarke Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/02/04/tibet_johnson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/02/04/tibet_johnson/index.html?source=rss An American photographer who brought three children out of Tibet talks about how the country's legendary spiritual tradition is vanishing. The Dalai Lama By   Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/30/dalai/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/30/dalai/index.html?source=rss By Chris Colin The Dalai Lama By Chris Colin Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/11/28/dalai/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/11/28/dalai/index.html?source=rss 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. "Free Tibet" By Jeff Stark Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/2000/08/24/free_tibet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/2000/08/24/free_tibet/index.html?source=rss Half flimsy documentary, half unexceptional concert movie -- but Beck and Bjvrk are priceless. "Virtual Tibet" and "The Search for the Panchen Lama" By Gavin McNett Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/06/21/schell_hilton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/06/21/schell_hilton/index.html?source=rss Even the experts fail to grasp the banality of Tibet. The Elián González of the Himalayas By Carole Zimmer Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/28/karmapa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/28/karmapa/index.html?source=rss The 14-year-old Karmapa faces Chinese vengeance, accusations of espionage and the political intrigues of Tibetan Buddhism. People have the power By Seth Mnookin Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/log/2000/02/09/tibet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/log/2000/02/09/tibet/index.html?source=rss Patti Smith, David Byrne, Angelique Kidjo, Philip Glass and others throw a New Year's benefit party for Tibet. Two women and a monk By Shanti Menon Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/01/14/monastery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/01/14/monastery/index.html?source=rss On an innocent afternoon in Kumbum Monastery, we choked down yak cheese and learned about Paradise. Sacrificing Nepal By Jeff Greenwald Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/06/mustang/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/06/mustang/index.html?source=rss The extraordinarily scenic and untouristed area of Mustang is about to have its figurative throat slit -- by a greedy highway project. Letter from Ladakh By Steve Van Beek Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/10/26/ladakh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/10/26/ladakh/index.html?source=rss The rugged inhabitants of this starkly beautiful, isolated land are now preparing for the latest invader: Winter. Laughing with the Dalai Lama By Rachel Louise Snyder Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/10/05/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/10/05/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss From Lhasa to Dharamsala, a Westerner pieces together the poignant puzzle of Tibetan Buddhism and its exalted leader in exile. Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/08/16/bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/08/16/bush/index.html?source=rss George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" is a lie; Tibetans don't deserve their oppression; is "sex ed" just a way of controlling teenagers?