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The Tibet Connection
Your Radio Connection to Tibet
ON AIR & ON THE WEB (English Language)

Airing 9AM PST the last SUNDAY of the month on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara

and streaming live at kpfk.org

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OUR NEXT PROGRAM airs SUNDAY JULY 27 at 9 AM PST 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara & live at kpfk.org

Click player to listen to our latest program, aired June 29th 2008


The Tibet Connection relies on public support. We need your help more than ever to help us continue to connect you to Tibet... 

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TIBET IN 49 SECONDS...find out more

CAN YOU HELP TIBET? YES YOU CAN CLICK HERE

A Chinese Student's Interview with the Dalai Lama

Twelve Suggestions for Dealing with the Tibetan Situation by Some Chinese Intellectuals

The Loneliness of the Long- Distance Blogger by Jamyang Norbu

RESOURCES FOR CHINESE- TIBETAN COMMUNICATION

CHINESE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE WEBSITES

China Digital Times

Woeser's recent blogs in English

CHINESE LANGUAGE WEBSITES

http://www.secretchina.com/

http://news.boxun.com/

Tibet News from Taiwan

VIDEO of Buddhist monks in an emotional encounter with protesters in Dharamsala PLUS the monks from Johkang Temple in Lhasa speak out during a managed media tour of Tibet PLUS the DALAI LAMA leads an interfaith prayer meeting at Gandhi's crematorium
 

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VIDEO of the DALAI LAMA'S press conference in English, March 29, 2008 FILMED BY THE TIBET CONNECTION 
 

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PHOTOS documenting the killings of Tibetans in Amdo Ngaba. WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC  
 

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VIDEO of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Dharamsala, India
 

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AUDIO of House Speaker NANCY PELOSI'S speech in Dharamsala, India
 
 

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AUDIO of Nancy Pelosi's Press Conference with an introduction by the DALAI LAMA
 

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Interview with producer Julie Adler on PRX/NPR SHOWCASE featuring our story GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? THE GYUTO MONKS!

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OUR JUNE 2008 PROGRAM FEATURES:
 
KARMAPA IN AMERICA: A Special Report on the first visit to the West of the 17th Karmapa, a Tibetan teacher who is fast becoming the hope for generations young and old of both Tibetans and Western students of Buddhism.

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NEWS DESK: On the release of his new book, 'Why the Dalai Lama Matters' we speak with BOB THURMAN on why China should be talking to the Dalai Lama and the future of China-Tibet relations.

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KEN LEE'S TIBET CONNECTION Interview with our self-effacing Chief Engineer and musician Ken Lee about his experience as a Chinese-American in Tibetan exile communities in India.

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WHEN WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH: We hear about how the recent unrest in Tibet is bringing back painful memories for Tibetan kids in exile, and how a unique art program is helping them to express them.

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ASK TENZIN: The Tibet Connection's Answer Man tells us how Buddhism came to Tibet.

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BONUS FEATURES

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Things you didn't hear on the air...including bonus audio of interviews with activist TENZIN TSUNDUE and Buddhist scholar B. ALAN WALLACE

Tibet Connection producer LHAKPA KYIZOM interviewed by XENI JARDIN on BOING BOING TV about China's staged videos of Tibetan monks

TIBETAN MONKS FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN STAGED VIDEOS: THE TIBET CONNECTION has uncovered new information from Kirti Monastery that directly contradicts the recent claims of China's press agency, Xinhua

click here to download file

Tibet Connection producer Lhakpa Kyizom ON DEMOCRACY NOW

PHOTOS of the protests in Los Angeles of China's crackdown in Tibet, March 2008

CONNECT TO THE TIBET CONNECTION JOIN OUR EMAILING LIST for our monthly announcements...nothing more, we promise!

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"Why should we care about Tibet?"

CLICK PHOTO FOR BONUS AUDIO of Rebecca Novick's interview with Tibet scholar ROBERT THURMAN

LISTEN NOW to the DALAI LAMA'S talk in Seattle, Washington, US

CYBER WOES: NPR report about The Tibet Connection's hacking problem ...and we don't mean coughing

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In a World that Glorifies Fictional Superheroes, Will a True Act of Heroism be Forgotten? by Senior Producer Christal Smith (THE HUFFINGTON POST)

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SPOTLIGHT ON TIBET: Tibet Remains Unsettled by Associate Producer Julie Adler (LA YOGA)

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Tibet Scholar DR. ROBBIE BARNETT'S interview with The Tibet Connection on the KARMAPA'S US VISIT

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Tibetan Monks Sealed in Monastery in Sichuan Request Permission to Pray for Chinese Quake Victims (THE HUFFINGTON POST)

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Statement by the monks of Kirti Monastery in CHINESE [Secret China]

...and on Boxun

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WHY HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA MATTERS TO TIBET a talk by Human Rights Watch China Researcher

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PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE DALAI LAMA'S ENVOYS ON THE CHINA-TIBET TALKS

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Many thanks to the good folks at M-AUDIO for their support

The Adventures of Lex Pelger and the March to Tibet

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VIDEO FLASH: Lex gets arrested during New Delhi's Olympic torch relay...
 

LEX PELGER'S BLOG

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PART 1 We hear from Lex immediately after the marchers are arrested on the first day.
 

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PART 2 With the original marchers in jail, Lex describes walking with a new group of monks and nuns and a midnight run from the police.

Photos from torch rely in San Francisco
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by Senior Producer Christal Smith

Olympic Torch Relay: Views From the Ground

Articles by The Tibet Connection Producers from around the world in the HUFFINGTON POST...

One Chinese man bravely held up a sign: "Not in our name. Chinese-Americans say NO to the Beijing Olympics." He was besieged by red flag-waving Chinese people calling him names. "Who are you with?" I asked.  "It's just me. I wish I were with someone else." "You are now." I explained to him that I was Chinese. He looked pleased.

DALAI LAMA'S message to the CHINESE PEOPLE

See photos and read Chief Engineer Ken Lee's
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unique perspective on the protests

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