About SFT, Tibet & China - basic information no Tibet supporter should be without
A Censored Chinese Media Tour - a BBC News reporter goes to Tibet
The 17-Point Agreement - Signed
in 1951 to officiate China's Hostile Takeover of Tibet ('cause "Peaceful Liberation" is a joke). Check out just
how many of its own promises the Chinese goverment has blatantly broken.
"Bear Witness" - an account of an American traveling and teaching in China and Tibet.
Blue-Jean Buddhists - the young generation (also check out the book)
If you've got some Tibet-related piece, be it a
story, article, poem, whatever, please feel free
to submit it to inventedbifocal@homail.com.
Welcome to the RU-SFT Reading Room
This page contains, among other tings: things you need
to know about Tibet & China, archived articles from other websites,
SFT members' own writings in the form of anecdotes & research papers (possibly),
and much more, all with the intent of expanding our collective knowledge.
ARTICLES & FEATURES
China Falls for Tibet Chic - Despite Beijing's criticisms
of lamas and their culture, citizens are getting into prayer-wheel kitsch (Time Mag, Jan '01)
Chinese Puzzle - article by Orville Schell, renowned China scholar
The Last Days of the Mountain Kingdom - recent events in Nepal, from Outside Online, Sept. 2001
Tibet: Changing & Unchanged - photos and articles from the NY Times (register to access)
Toys For Tots & Profits - an ABC News Special Report about the capitalist ventures of China's People's Liberation Army OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, REPORTS, & RESEARCH MATERIAL
China/Tibet World Report 2001 - from Human Rights Watch
Position Papers & Bibliography - more Knowledge from ICT PERSONAL ACCOUNTS & ESSAYS
A Reflection on Independence -
a short essay by Kevin Coffey
Tibetan kids tell tales of woe - stories from young refugees INDIVIDUALS
The Bodhisattva of PR - the Dalai Lama. Click here for more.
Ngawang Choephel - an article about his release and the Free Tibet movement, by one of our own.
the Drapchi 14 - nuns in Tibet's worst prison
Jamyang Norbu - interview of the Tibetan writer & freedom-fighter
Ani Pachen - the late Tibetan activist (read her book, too)
Adam Yauch (1) - interview of the Beastie Boy
Adam Yauch (2) - another one, focused more on Buddhism