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
16
“Love China”-Patriotic Activity Among Chinese Through Web
April 16, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Jojo
Chinese People around the world are expressing their love to China and their support to Beijing Olympics through MSN.
From the morning of April 16th, a message has been sent to one another through MSN, it appeals all Chinese to add a red heart +CHINA, in front of their names on MSN. Till afternoon, there [...]
Apr
3
Tibet Riot and China’s Threat
April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
3.14 Tibet event has happened for weeks, Chinese government define the chaos as “打砸抢烧” and its English translation is Tibet Riot. Many kinds of response regarding on Tibet issue came out. Angers were triggered by Western Media’s report, so anti-CNN was born under this condition. Dalai Lama sent an appeal and Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman response [...]
Apr
3
Chinese netizens’ war against western media
April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments
By Cindy Ru
In the wake of the Tibet unrest, many Chinese netizens are outraged by what they see as unfair and biased reporting from the western media in comparison to their knowledge of what the Tibetan militancy really did – as John Kennedy from Global Voices reports- “China: Bloggers declare war on Western media’s Tibet [...]
Apr
1
How much is a kidney?
April 1, 2008 | 2 Comments
By Wanching ( Week 8 )
According to Organs Watch, a task force of scientists and transplant surgeons who have launched a global investigation on organ trafficking, at least 15,000 human kidneys a year are sold and obtained through organ trafficking. Out of this 15,000 kidney “transactions”, many have been done through coercion, where victims of [...]
Mar
27
Why China fails to tame Tibet with GDP
March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Emily Tsang
Tibet’s GDP growth rate stay above 12% for the past seven years, thanks to the bringing in of new infrastructure and publicized tourism under the People’s Republic. For their material well-being, Tibetan is of benefit to be a part of China. However, the recent “free Tibet” riots in Lhasa has left the central government, the biggest believer in “good economy leads to stability”, clueless [...]
Mar
25
The aftermath of tibet uprising
March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Cindy Ru
Since March 14, the protests and riots that broke out in Tibet, and later to nearby provinces in China have attracted international attention and responses. Now more than 10 days later-as Xinhua claimed situation in Lhasa is returning to normal- many questions and topics are “pushed” onto the table and are generating heated [...]
Mar
25
Nuns’ Initiatives to Help Trafficked Sex workers
March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Wanching (Week 7)
Women religious and prostitutes have long been considered to be standing at the two extreme ends of the women spectrum. In recent years, however, they have been increasingly bonded together by the former’s Samaritan mission to help the victims of human trafficking, and the latter’s desperation to seek help to end their [...]
Mar
18
Illicit Small Arms Trade
March 18, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Wanching (Week 6)
Notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was arrested in Thailand in early March for allegedly supplying the Colombian rebels with arms and explosives. Dubbed the “Merchant of Death” and the “Lord of War”, he has been in his arms “business” for a decade and a half.
His “business” included providing cheap freight routes [...]
Mar
11
Illicit Art and Antiquity Trade
March 11, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Wanching (Week 5)
According to the Houston Journal of International Law, the income generated by illicit trade in art and antiquities was estimated to be as high as six billion US dollars per year. The loot comes mainly from private collectors, public museums, churches and archaeological sites. Only five to ten per cent of the [...]
