Apr
19
Goldstein’s Tibet Study (1)
April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Cindy Ru
I mentioned Melvyn C. Goldstein in one of my previous Tibet post. Dr. Goldstein is a world renowned Tibet scholar and social anthropologist. He has conducted research in Tibet, inland China, India, northwest Nepal and western Mongolia on various issues related to the Tibetan history and its socio-economic changes. Several of his publication [...]
Apr
19
For Sudan athletes, Olympics signifies hope
April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Cindy Ru
Many Darfur activists take the Beijing Olympics as a great chance to exert pressure on the Chinese government, but for the twelve Sudan athletes that are busy training for the Games in a shabby stadium in Khartoum, the talk of boycotting the Olympics is rather absurd. For them, it is an event to [...]
