• Beijing
    Clear Clear
    25°F

  • Shanghai
    Showers Showers
    41°F

  • Hong Kong
    Mostly cloudy with thundershowers Mostly cloudy with thundershowers
    61°F

  • Taipei
    Partly sunny with thundershowers Partly sunny with thundershowers
    63°F

  • Lhasa
    Showers Showers
    37°F

  • Urumqi
    Snow Snow
    5°F

  • Chongqing
    Snow Snow
    41°F

  • Chengdu
    Snow Snow
    43°F

  • Changsha
    Snow Snow
    37°F

  • Harbin
    Dreary (overcast) Dreary (overcast)
    -4°F

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    SUMMARY/EXCERPT:

    Tibet has been vulnerable to outside powers for centuries, but now its troubles are internal:

    “The country may be on the brink of an uprising but it lacks the political direction without which the Lhasa spring will never bear fruit.”


    Tibet: Tremor on the roof of the world

    Tibet has been vulnerable to outside powers for centuries, but now its troubles are internal. “The country may be on the brink of an uprising but it lacks the political direction without which the Lhasa spring will never bear fruit.” [Read]



    By Mathieu Vernerey // At Le Monde Diplomatique // On April 2008

    Filed In Articles // On May 1, 2008 // Under tibet



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