Tibet

Surprisingly, the biggest threat to Kate Harris and her cycling partner was traffic—not bad weather or bad people

Wary of upsetting allies who like the old, anti-Communist Harper, the Prime Minister welcomed the Dalai Lama

Feel free to export to China, he says–but sell them on your democratic values too

She likely did not appreciate the response, but Elizabeth May did get the Prime Minister on his feet with this question at the very end of QP yesterday.

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister recently said in Colombia that it was a matter of principle that Cuba should be excluded from the Summit of the Americas. As Communist China keeps buying up Canada, I am wondering where the principle is. While Cuba has a long way to go, it recently held an open mass where the Pope invited Cuban Catholics to worship. There is no such freedom of religion in China’s persecution of Tibetan monks, Falun Gong and Christians, which goes unimpeded.

By Tim Johnson

When Yann Martel stepped to the podium in Ottawa for a recent joint reading and on-stage interview with Steven Heighton, he described Heighton as a “man of letters.”

He’s adorable, yes, but just what is the Dalai Lama accomplishing?

A large gathering of Tibetans and their supporters arrived on Parliament Hill to mark the 50th anniversary of the Tibetans revolt against China’s invasion that resulted in the Dalai Lama fleeing to India into exile.

Must-reads: Doug Saunders in Belgrade; Graham Thomson on literacy-for-food in Afghanistan.

I’m interviewing Pico Iyer tomorrow about his new book on the Dalai Lama. One problem: I basically know squat about Tibet, especially the circumstances surrounding the events that led to the DL’s exile in 1959. Can anyone point me to — or better, send me — something I can read tonight that will give me enough background so I can fake it.

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