Tibet Update

'Dalai Lama holds talks with radical Tibetan exiles'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/19/2194749.htm?section=justin

- The Dalai Lama is facing challenges as the leader of the exile movement with stronger calls from the Tibetan Youth Congress for independence, instead of the Dalai Lama's 'Middle Way' policy which simply calls for greater autonomy from China for the region.

- Foreign journalists have been blocked by the Chinese authorities from reporting on the current Tibetan unrest, and some have been threatened. There is little regard for press freedom.

- The Chinese authorities state that the initial plan for the Olympic torch to pass through Tibet will go ahead.

- Protests against Chinese rule and oppression continue.


'Resentment runs deep in Tibet'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/19/2193763.htm?section=world