Tag Archives: Dalai Lama

David Cameron meets Dalai Lama, hurts feelings of the Chinese people

The Beijing Morning Post is a commercial daily under the Beijing Daily Press Group, controlled by municipal authorities. Today’s front page features the following assortment of headlines: “China strongly condemns the British Prime Minister’s meeting the Dalai Lama”, “Subsidized housing that is being … Continue reading

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Nobel news blackout lifted: The Party Strikes Back

Rebel scum (Wikipedia) On October 14th, the Chinese Communist Party’s Propaganda Department relaxed their total news blackout around Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. Major online news portals, including Netease and Sina, seem to have been instructed to prominently position … Continue reading

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Lunch at the Bird’s Nest

The Beijing News (新京报) features a fish kill on the front page and an insert of migrant workers at the Bird’s Nest.

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CCTV broadcasts One World without the Super Girls

CCTV vs. Super Girls; student interviews DL, who has envoys in Beijing; HK media on the torch; historical and geographic perspectives on the boycotts; book reviews; sketchy underwear ads at Xinjiekou.

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France apologizes, Paris makes Dalai Lama honorary citizen

Here comes trouble for France in China: the Dalai Lama to be honorary citizen of Paris.

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Yang Rui, the Dalai Lama and a scary caller from Iowa

Link and summary of NPR show about China, nationalism, Tibet etc.

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