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The purpose of this document is to provide central access point to online resources dealing with Tibetan politics.

The document is a part of the Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library. Please mail tmciolek@ciolek.com if you know of relevant networked resource not in this page.

Tibetan Studies - Politics

• The Government of Tibet in Exile, London's Web Page (www.tibet.com,UK)
  [Site contents: The Status of Tibet; Sino-Tibetan Negotiations; Present situation in Tibet; Environmental situation in Tibet; His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama -1996; The Panchen Lama; Tibetan Buddhism; Tibetan Medicine and Astrology; Structure of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile; Guidelines for Future Tibet's Polity; Tibet : Proving Truth From Facts; Resolutions on Tibet; World Parliamentary Convention on Tibet; Guidelines for International Development Projects in Tibet; Films and Videos on Tibet; Tibetan Women; Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts; Tibet House Trust; Addresses' Directory, Charter of the Tibetans in-Exile]
• Charter of the Tibetans in-Exile (draft translation) (Office of Tibet - London, UK)
  [Contents [114 Articles organised in 11 Chapters]: (I) Fundamental Principles; (II) Fundamental Rights and Duties; (III) Directive Principles of The Tibetan Administration; (IV) The Executive (the Kashag); (V) The Legislature; (VI) The Judiciary; (VII) The Administration of Tibetan Settlements; (VIII) The Tibetan Election Commission; (IX) The Public Service Commission; (X) The Tibetan Audit Commission; (XI) Amendment of The Charter and Transitional Provisions; Six Appendices. [A single page, 112Kb document - ed.]
• The Dalai Lama Official Homepage (www.tibet.com, UK)
  [The first official homepage of H.H, the 14th Dalai Lama. The site contains biographical information, a list of his publications, list of received awards, links to online texts of his addresses and speeches]
• The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (www.dalailama.com)
  [The official site of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, www.dalailama.com, launched 10 Dec 2005. Site contents: Latest News, Biography, Office, FAQs, Contact, Teachings, Messages/Speeches, Photo Gallery, Schedule]
• What the Chinese scholars say about Tibet (www.tibet.com, UK)
  [Wei Jingsheng's letter to Deng Xiaoping (1992), * Chinese scholars from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong: Draft Constitution For a Federal China - Gives Referendum to Tibet (1994) Yan Jiaqi: Towards the Federal Republic of China (1992) and other documents.]
• The Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre (TPPRC) (www.tpprc.org, India)
  [Joint project of the Friedrich-Naumann Foundation, a public funded German institution, committed to liberal democratic ideals and engaged in strengthening pluralist development and the Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies (ATPD), Tibet's Parliament in exile.]
• What the Chinese scholars say about Tibet (www.tibet.com, UK)
  [Wei Jingsheng's letter to Deng Xiaoping (1992), * Chinese scholars from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong: Draft Constitution For a Federal China - Gives Referendum to Tibet (1994) Yan Jiaqi: Towards the Federal Republic of China (1992) and other documents.]
• Australia Tibet Council (ATC)
  [Australia Tibet Council campaigns for the right of the Tibetan people to decide their own future and for an end to violations of their fundamental rights and freedoms. It is an independent non-profit organisation funded solely by its members and supporters.]
• British Intelligence and policy files on China in Tibet, 1903-1950 (www.idc.nl,The Netherlands)
  [Unique primary source for the historical background to the nature of China's present position in Tibet. Specifically selected from the papers of the Political & Secret Department in the India Office Records. Files on the discovery of the 14th (the present) Dalai Lama in 1937-39. These formerly classified files and associated confidential print were accumulated at the India Office in London during the first half of the twentieth century. This edition is fully endorsed by the British Library - Oriental and India Office Collections (OIOC); 303 files; 576 microfiche, printed and online guide by A.J. Farrington, former Deputy Director, OIOC, British Library, London]
• Citizens Against Communist Chinese Propaganda (www.caccp.org, USA)
  [Protest action against the inclusion of 'minority' (Tibetan, Eastern Turkestan and Inner Mongolian) and religious exhibits at the Chinese Communist Party owned and operated Florida Splendid China theme park in Kissimmee, Florida. Press Releases & Newspapers Clippings, History of the Protest, Bibliography]
• China's Public Relations Strategy on Tibet: Classified Documents from the Beijing Propaganda Conference in March 1993 (International Campaign for Tibet (ITC), USA)
  [The documents were prepared for a March, 1993 meeting of [Chinese - ed.] government officials to review an external propaganda strategy regarding Tibet [...] The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) obtained these classified documents from an anonymous source in China. The translation has been done faithfully from the Chinese, and the Chinese language documents, while not reproduced here, are available from ICT.
  Site contents: * Introduction; * International Implications (Portrayal of the United States; Implications for Most Favored Nation Status; Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in Exile; Sino-Tibetan Negotiations; United Nations; Tibetans in Exile; Media Strategy Inside Tibet; Tibet and Taiwan; Conclusion); * Excerpts of the Documents on Key Issues (Importance of Tibet for China's World Image; Strategy Towards the Dalai Lama; Criticism of the United States; The United Nations and Non-Governmental; Organizations; 'Eradicating' the Tibetan Opposition; Suppressing Negative Domestic News; West is 'Main Target'; Overall Strategy on foreign Media; Role of Academics and Research; Manipulation of foreign Media; Policy of Dividing Tibetans in Exile; Attitude Toward Negotiations over Tibet; News only for foreign Consumption; Political Use of Cultural Exchanges; On Preparing Effective Propaganda Materials); * The Documents: 1. Speech by Zeng Jian-Hui; 2. Organization of External Propaganda 3. Speech by Tenzin; 4. Summary Speech by Zeng Jian-Hui; * Notes.]
• Free Tibet Campaign (www.freetibet.org,UK)
  [Free Tibet Campaign stands for the Tibetans' right to determine their own future. It campaigns for an end to the Chinese occupation of Tibet and for the Tibetans' fundamental human rights to be respected. It is independent of all governments and is funded by its members and supporters. Free Tibet Campaign, established in 1988, is an independent membership organisation. By January 2004 Free Tibet Campaign had more than 17,000 supporters.]
• International Campaign for Tibet (www.savetibet.org, USA/Netherlands/Germany)
  [Tibet - the Issues, About ICT, ICT Campaigns, ICT Programs, News & Information, Donate Now, Calendar of Events, Feedback]
• International Tibet Independence Movement (ITIM) (ITIM, USA)
  [International Tibet Independence Movement PO Box 194 Fishers, Indiana 46038-0194 United States e-mail: rangzen@aol.com]
• White Papers of the Chinese Government (www.china.org.cn, China)
  [Published by the Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, PRC.
  Site contents: Several papers, including
  Ecological Improvement and Environmental Protection in Tibet; Family Planning in China; Fifty Years of Progress in China's Human Rights; Freedom of Religious Belief in China; History and Development of Xinjiang; National Minorities Policy and Its Practice in China; New Progress in Human Rights in the Tibet Autonomous Region; Regional Ethnic Autonomy in Tibet; The Development of Tibetan Culture; Tibet's March Toward Modernization; Tibet--Its Ownership And Human Rights Situation;
  The documents are a part of the official "White Papers" site (www.china.org.cn/e-white/) with English language documents from the period 1997-2005.
  Acc. to the 'National Minorities' paper (2005) there are 56 ethnic groups identified and confirmed by the Central Government, namely, the Han (91.96 percent of the of the country's total population in 1990, 91.59 percent in 2000), and the national minorities (8.04 percent in 1990, 8.41 percent in 2000): Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Uygur, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Bouyei, Korean, Manchu, Dong, Yao, Bai, Tujia, Hani, Kazak, Dai, Li, Lisu, Va, She, Gaoshan, Lahu, Shui, Dongxiang, Naxi, Jingpo, Kirgiz, Tu, Daur, Mulam, Qiang, Blang, Salar, Maonan, Gelo, Xibe, Achang, Pumi, Tajik, Nu, Ozbek, Russian, Ewenki, Deang, Bonan, Yugur, Jing, Tatar, Drung, Oroqen, Hezhen, Moinba, Lhoba and Jino.]
• National Report on Tibetan Women (www.ciolek.com, Australia)
  [August 1995 report, prepared by the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, documents the conditions of Tibetan women inside occupied-Tibet as well as in exile. It touches upon the concerns of Tibetan women]
• National Report on Tibetan Women (tibet.dharmakara.net,Canada)
  [August 1995 report - alternative site]
• The Tibetan Administration on Controversy Surrounding Dorjee Shugden Practice (www.tibet.com, UK)
  [Site content: The Shuk-Den Affair: Origins of a Controversy; His Holiness the Dalai Lama's response to media a question on Shugden at the press conference in Indianapolis on August 16, 1999; Tibetan Administration on the Shugden issue; A Brief History of Opposition To Shugden, and other documents.]
• Documents on the Dorje Shugden - New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) Controversy (www.cesnur.org, Italy)
  [Links and a commentary from Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), Torino, Italy]
• Sino-Tibetan Relations: Prospects for the Future (1992 Conference) (Columbia Univ. Libraries, USA)
  [Online proceedings of The Potomac Conference, October 5-6, 1992 'Sino-Tibetan Relations: Prospects for the Future', organized by the Tibet Forum and the Center for Modern China Site contents: Historical Perspectives; Environment & Economic Development; Cultural & Changing Perceptions; New World Order (Sino-Indian Security and Other Asian Strategic Issues; Applicability of Int'l Principles of HR/Self-Determination; Collapse of Communism/Breakup of Soviet Union/Implications); Future: Intl Policy/Scenarios/Models; Biographies of Speakers and Moderators; Selected Bibliography; Text of Strasbourg Proposal, HH the Dalai Lama.]
• Talk.Politics.Tibet (www.faqs.org, USA)
  [Version 4.40 (8 Dec 1997), 65Kb, www document compiled by Peter.Kauffner@tclbbs.com. Coverage: Historical Issues, Statistical Issues, Human Rights, Further Information, Bibliography, Glossary of terms]
• The Milarepa Fund (www.milarepa.org,USA)
  [A non-profit organization that actively supports the Tibetan peoples' nonviolent struggle to regain independence]
• Tibet, China, and the United States: Reflections on the Tibet Question (omni.cc.purdue.edu, USA)
  [April 1995 paper, 48Kb, by Melvyn C. Goldstein, Case Western Reserve University, USA
  See also a May 1992 comment by Prof. Jamyang Norbu on 'Atrocity and Amnesia: Goldstein and the Revision of Tibetan History']
• Tibetan Government in Exile - Structure (The Office of Tibet,UK)
  [Structure of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Democratisation of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, The Charter of the Tibetans in-Exile, 12th Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies, Election - Names of Ministers of the Kashag (Cabinet), Profile of Tibetan Ministers, Dept of Education, Dept of Health, Office of Tibet - London, Tibetan Refugee Community - Integrated Development Plan - II (1995-2000)]
• TIBET-INFO.ORG (www.tibet-info.org, Belgium)
  [ The French language site 'd'Information sur la question du Tibet'. Formely, 'Alliance Francophone Pour le Tibet Libre' (AFTL)]
• Tibetan Aid Project (www.tibetanaidproject.org,USA)
  [TAP was founded in 1969 to provide emergency relief to Tibetan refugees exiled in India and the Himalayas in the wake of the Chinese invasion of Tibet. In recent years it has concentrated on supporting Tibetan monks and nuns in Tibet, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sikkim, rebuilding monasteries in Tibet, distributing texts, art, and ritual objects to monasteries in Tibet and other Asian lands, organizing pilgrimages for Westerners, and disseminating current information on the situation inside Tibet]
• Tibet Current Affairs (www.ciolek.com, Australia)
  [An on-line archive of current affairs analyses and news bulletins by TIN - Tibet Information Network, City Cloisters, 188-196 Old St, London EC1 9FR, United Kingdom, email: (tin@gn.apc.org)]
• Tibet Information Network (TIN) (London, UK)
  [Publications, News Updates, Tibet File, Reports from Tibet, Search, Links]
• Tibet Justice Center (www.tibetjustice.org, USA)
  [Formely International Committee of Lawyers for Tibet. Site contents: About Us; Projects; Events; News & Press Releases; Reports & Publications; Tibetan Asylum and Immigration Project; Tibet News; Join Tibet Justice Center; Subscription Center; Contact; Donate. ]
• Tibetan Women's Association (www.tibetanwomen.org,Canada/India)
  [The Tibetan Women's Association was originally founded on march 12, 1959 in Tibet when thousands of Tibetan women in Lhasa gathered together to protest against the illegal occupation of our homeland. ]
• See also: Tibet Online Resource Gathering (www.tibet.org, USA)
  [Information on Tibet and Tibetan culture, tools and virtual community space for Tibet Support Groups]
• See also: Toward a Free Tibet (towardafreetibet.org, USA)
  [Tibet current affairs, history, essential links. Contemporary Tibetan music, films on Tibet, and poetry written for Tibet. All content in support of Tibet as an autonomous country and culture.]
• See also: Tibetan Focus Databases (ANU, Australia)
  
• See also: Tibetan Human Rights Issues (www.ciolek.com, Australia)

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