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March 2009
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WITNESS TO HISTORY: Fifty years ago, Tibet’s capital city of Lhasa was in turmoil. A massive popular uprising was in full swing against China’s takeover, which spread to surrounding areas and ultimately led to the death of over 86,000 Tibetans. While the city fell around her, Dolma was just giving birth to a baby girl. She came to the US in 1989 and is now a resident of Southern California. Pema Dhondup brings this report about what Dolma, now 81 years old, saw on those fateful days in March 1959.

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NEWS ROUND UP: Chinese government announces 50th anniversary celebrations of "democratic reform" in Tibet and marks March 28th as "Serf Liberation Day; Tibetans boycott New Year; authorities round up suspected protesters; Tibetan youth dies in custody; clashes with police and monks in Eastern Tibet; Chinese premier Wen Jiao Bao faces Tibet protest in London; Chinese media edits Obama's speech, and more...

New Human Rights Watch report on Tibet

Monks taken for re-education before Tibet uprising aniversary (TIMES ONLINE)

Chinese police search houses in Lhasa for non-Tibetans (THE TELEGRAPH)

Grand Celebrations to be Held for Serf Emanicipation Day (XINHUA)

Full text of China's new White Paper on Tibet

Tibet day in Taiwan (TAIWAN NEWS)

50 Years After Revolt, Clampdown on Tibetans (NY TIMES)

China 'Strikes Hard' in Tibet (RFA)

China Fires Back with Report on US Human Rights (USA TODAY)

Police 'shot monk' who Set Himself on Fire (THE GUARDIAN)

Website proprietor arrested (PHAYUL)

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More on Pico Iyer

FROM THE NEWS DESK: WHAT’S ON THE DALAI LAMA’S MIND? Acclaimed travel writer and essayist PICO IYER has enjoyed a three decade-long friendship with the Dalai Lama and has come to know him in a way that few can claim. He speaks with Christal Smith about how the Tibetan leader is thinking at this critical historical juncture. Pico Iyer is the author of The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Dalai Lama.

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More on Dr. John Powers

THE SERF QUESTION: China’s communist government has repeatedly claimed that Tibet was a brutal feudal serfdom before 1959, where the oppressed underclass lived in abject misery. We speak with DR. JOHN POWERS, a professor of Asian Studies and Histories at Australian National University who has done extensive research on Tibet’s history and asked him, did China liberate Tibetans from the yoke of feudalism as Beijing claims?

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Lhakpa Kyizom

TIBET UPDATE REPORT: From the capital of Tibet in exile, Dharamsala, Executive Producer and Asian Correspondent Rebecca Novick speaks with reporter LHAKPA KYIZOM about what Tibetans in Tibet are feeling and why they continue to protest even in the face of China’s severe crackdown.

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