Lhasa

The State of the Internet

March 18, 2008

in Censorship, China, Expat Life, Lhasa

The New York Times reports today that China is restricting Internet access to many news websites and other pages with information on the situation in Tibet. How true is this for me and my neighbors here in Shandong Province? China’s internet service providers are not always unified in their censorship – when pages are blocked [...]

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Lhasa is Burning

March 16, 2008

in Censorship, China, Lhasa

and to ensure that we in the rest of the country don’t know anything about it, YouTube has been blocked, once again. There are news reports on Chinese websites about the protests/riots, but as you would expect, the Tibetans and the Dalai Lama are squarely to blame. Chinese bloggers are saying the usual (as usual, [...]

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I Was There!

May 11, 2007

in Lhasa

My recent trip to Tibet was a bit of a rush and, unfortunately, I didn’t get to see as much of the land as I wanted. Still, I was completely moved by the Tibetan people’s religious fervor and devotion, as well as their ability to survive in such a harsh environment. They were friendly and [...]

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