Olympics

Philip Glass’s Satyagraha at the Met; Tibet Rally in Union Square

Philip Glass’s opera “Satyagraha” premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on Friday. Here’s some video from it, and a review from the New York Times. For more Satyagraha events, visit the Satyagraha Forum. In Union Square today,…

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Apr 13, 2008

Bush to attend Olympics

Bush will attend the Olympics, and is unlikely to skip the opening ceremonies, as several European heads of states have said they would do. Chinese President Hu Jintao says Tibet is an internal issue for China…

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Apr 12, 2008

More on, what else? The torch

The U.S. has hurt China’s feelings again: An indignant China said Friday the U.S. “seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people” when Congress passed a resolution calling on Beijing to stop cracking down on Tibetan…

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Apr 11, 2008

China and the IOC

There is some daylight between China and the IOC. How to Cook Your Life was great. Ed Brown seems like someone who could be difficult at times in the kitchen, but who isn’t? And the part…

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Apr 10, 2008

The Games Must Go On – DL

The Dalai Lama on the ’08 Games: The Dalai Lama said Thursday that he supported Beijing’s hosting of the Summer Olympics, but he insisted that pro-Tibet demonstrators had the right to voice their opinions during the…

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Apr 10, 2008

The Torch in San Francisco; Tutu

Archbishop Desmond Tutu addressed protesters in San Francisco: “We’re not at a moment where we are calling for a boycott of the games because the athletes have spent a lot of time preparing, and you don’t…

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Apr 09, 2008

China vows to send torch through Tibet; Rudd’s blunt message; another media tour goes awry

China vows the torch will go to Tibet. That’s what you call sticking to your guns. Violence won’t help Tibet’s cause, says Australia’s Courier-Mail: Peaceful protest is one thing; violence, water, fire extinguishers and angry mobs…

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Apr 09, 2008

The Torch and the Golden Gate

The protests move to San Francisco, the only American city the torch will visit. A least six protesters arrested so far. They were worried about this — the city being a famous hotbed of protest and…

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Apr 07, 2008

8 killed in Kardze

Police fired on monks and civilians in Kardze in eastern Tibet, killing eight. Radio Free Asia has a lot of info on this. The monks objected to a re-education program they were forced to undergo, and…

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Apr 05, 2008