March 2009 show

Witness to his­tory: 1959: An eye­wit­ness account of the pop­u­lar upris­ing in Lhasa against the Chinese takeover in March 1959.

Pico Iyer: What’s on the Dalai Lama’s mind: Author Pico Iyer, who’s known the Dalai Lama for around 30 years, talks about how the Tibetan leader is think­ing at this crit­i­cal his­tor­i­cal juncture.

News roundup March 2009: China’s 50th anniver­sary cel­e­bra­tions of “reform” in Tibet, Tibetans boy­cott New Year, clashes with police and monks in Eastern Tibet, Chinese media edits Obama’s speech, and more.

Examining the ‘serf ques­tion’: We tackle the ques­tion: Did China actu­ally lib­er­ate Tibetans from the yoke of feu­dal­ism, as Beijing claims?

Tibet Update Report: A dis­cus­sion of what Tibetans in Tibet are feel­ing and why they con­tinue to protest even in the face of China’s severe crackdown.