General Web and Email Resources for China-Tibet Studies
General info and databases
- YouTube video playlists for Anth364: Global Tibet
- Tibet on Flickr (Thousands of recent photos by tourists, journalists, artists, activists, etc)
- Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library (collection of links and information, curated by an Australian academic)
- Indiana University Tibet Interest listserv (News and discussion, searchable archives back to 1993)
- Tibet Online (List of major Tibet sites and online resources, works with the Tibetan gov't in exile)
- "Tibetan Culture" (Xizang Wenhua) Website (in Chinese)
- Columbia Online Research Guide for Modern Tibetan Studies (bibliographies and other resources from Columbia University)
- Center for Research on Tibet (projects and references from the anthropology dept. at Case Western)
- China Media Project (examining Chinese journalism, from the University of Hong Kong)
- Tibetan and Himalayan Library (research and web hosting on regional culture and issues, supported by the University of Virginia - in transition from older version)
- Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library (literature and image databases, from the Trace Foundation)
- Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library (multimedia database)
- Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (image and text database)
- Imaginechina (database of news photo agency, headquartered in Shanghai)
- The Tibet Album: British photography in Central Tibet 1920-1950 (curated by the University of Oxford and the British Museum)
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News and entertainment media
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NGOs and activist organizations
- International Tibet Support Network (international coalition of pro-Tibet NGOs, based in London)
- Students for a Free Tibet
(international network of pro-Tibet student groups, originally based in New York City)
- Canada Tibet Committee (Tibetan-Canadian activist NGO)
- Chinese Students and Scholars Associations (generally pro-China, Google search lists US and international groups based at universities)
- Tibetan Youth Congress (Tibetan nationalist group, founded in 1970 under the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala)
- Tibetan Women's Association
(international network of chapters, based in
Dharamsala)
- Tibet Society (group supporting the Tibetan nationalist movement, out of the UK)
- International Campaign for Tibet (activist and lobbyist group, based in Washington D.C.)
- Human Rights China (Informational and news website under auspices of CND, based in Beijing. Has links on Tibet, ethnic groups in China, photos and more. Also in Chinese.)
- Crossroads (news and commentary on corporate social responsibility in China, supported by CSR and environmentalist NGOs)
- Jonang Foundation (supports preservation of Tibetan Buddhist culture, non-profit status in the US)
- Foundation for Universal Responsibility (Dalai Lama's interfaith world peace effort)
- TibetBridges (Tibet-specific web hosting)
- Gay Tibet (news and social networking for gay Tibetans, associated with Free Tibet movement)
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Official government sites
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Blogs
- Tibet Blogs (directory of Tibetan blogs, links to Free Tibet movement)
- China Blog List (List of Chinese blogs in English, mantained by an American in Shanghai)
- Chinalyst (List of Chinese blogs in English, maintained by a Hong Kong grad student)
- Twitter (social networking communication site, used for news dissemination and organizing)
- Life on the Tibetan Plateau (blog run by Tibet tour guide)
- Anti-CNN (alternative news and discussion, pro-China)
- Inside-Out China (cultural and political commentary by a Chinese academic in Boston)
- Stupid Pig’s Part-Time China Blog (political economy from a Beijing blogger, graduate of UC Berkeley)
- Shadow Tibet (blog by Jamyang Norbu, writer and Tibetan nationalist activist)
- Invisible Tibet - Woeser's blog (in Chinese, prominent dissident Tibetan based in Beijing)
- Mysterious China Blog (news and culture from a Han Chinese in Mongolia)
- High Peaks Pure Earth (commentary on Tibet issues)
- Beijing Wide Open (criticism of the PRC from Lhadon Tethong, a Tibetan-Canadian activist)
- Agam's Gecko (human rights coverage from a Bangkok blogger)
- Tibet Writes (political commentary and personal accounts, "a not-for-profit site dedicated to Tibet and Tibetan people")
- Fool’s Mountain: Blogging for China (news and history, lots of discussion in post comments)
- Lost Laowai (American? expat bloggers in China)
- Mask of China (Canadian blogger in Dalian and Hong Kong)
- CN Reviews (Business and culture in China by US-educated Chinese entrepreneurs)
- The Peking Duck (commentary by an American in Beijing)
- EastSouthWestNorth (English translations of Chinese news articles)
- Global Voices Online: China (news and commentary from international network of volunteer bloggers)
- China Law Blog (legal news and commentary by international corporate law firm Harris & Moure)
- China Government Watch (political commentary by a Washington D.C. law student)
- The China Beat (meta-media analysis from China scholars of Western news on China)
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2008 Beijing Olympics
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Documentary and feature films
- Tibet Film Archive (non-profit preservationist organization, based in NYC)
- Films and Videos on Tibet (long list from the Tibetan gov't in exile site)
- Koknor Film Archive
- China Independent Documentary Film Archive (CIDFA, This group distributes documentary films made in China for non-commercial purposes, some of which may not have been able to acquire govt sanction.)
- "Trouble in Exile" (Dateline documentary piece from 2006, 25mins)
- "Milarepa" (legend of an 11th century Buddhist mystic, directed by a Tibetan lama)
- "50 Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet: Striding Through History" (TV documentary from CCTV, ~100 mins)
- "His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Conversation with Rajiv Mehrotra" (Broadcasted on Indian National Channel Doordarshan on 31st March 2009, via Phayul, 50 mins)
- "Leaving Fear Behind" (2008 documentary with Tibetan testimony concerning the Olympics, 25 mins)
- "Recollecting Tibet" (2008 documentary of Tibetans in exile)
- "Tibetan Refugee" (Testimony from Tibetans in exile, ~50 mins)
- "Unmade in China" (Film arguing for Tibetan independence in response to the Olympics)
- "Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion" (Documentary on history and politics of Tibet, ~100 mins)
- "Eagle Flute" (trailer, award-winning film about Tibetan nomads)
- "Missing in Tibet" (documentary on Ngawang Choephel, Tibetan exile arrested by China, ~30 mins)
- Meridian Trust (production house for documentaries of Tibetan Buddhists)
- Blindsight (feature documentary about blind Tibetans climbing Mt. Everest)
- "Voices in Exile" (2005 documentary on exiled Tibetans)
- "Though I am Gone" (Chinese documentary on the Cultural Revolution)
- "Boomtown Beijing" (documentary on changes in Beijing around the 2008 Olympics)
- "Give me back the natural scenery" (documentary on development in China)
- "Yeti" (2008 online documentary about nonviolent Tibetan freedom movement and the Olympics, 30 mins, watch on Veoh)
- "Distorted Propaganda" (2006, historical documentary from indy filmmaker in Tibet about Chinese propaganda campaigns)
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Arts
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Commercial Tibetan products
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