The Chinese authorities hope flame will draw visitors to China, but tourist visas to Tibet remain suspended ...full story at Observer
from Observer on Thu, Apr 10 2008
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FREE TIBET UK, OLYMPIC TORCH, LONDON »
YouTube video MASS RALLY DEMANDING FOR THE FREEDOM OF TIBET IN CENTRAL LONDON,AND THE END OF CHINESE RULE IN TIBET. BHO GYALO. |
| 06 Apr 08 |
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Breaking News: Olympic torch nearly extinguished in London » Shanghaiist A protestor is wrestled to the ground after attempting to extinguish the Olympic flame in London. Photo from Andrew Gill Unsurprisingly, given recent events, there have been huge problems with the London leg of the Olympic torch relay in the UK today.... |
| 22 Jun 08 |
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Torch run thrills Golmud residents » Shanghai Daily THE Olympic torch relay launched its leg through Qinghai Province yesterday, with local residents and torchbearers greeting the flame in Golmud. The Olympic flame arrived by plane from Tibet Autonomous Region's... |
| 07 Apr 08 |
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Olympic flame crosses London amid snow » People's Daily The heavy snow in London exerted slim effect on people's passion of seeing Beijing Olympic flame as large crowds lined along the street to greet the relay of torch on Sunday in the host city of 2012 Games. London boasted the longest ... |
| 21 Apr 08 |
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On Tibet, the torch and Dick Pound » Tim Johnson Utterly contradictory stories are emerging about how long Tibet will remain shut down to tourists. I bet it will stay sealed off till after the Olympics in August. You may recall how China said a few weeks ago that Tibet... |
| 13 Jan 08 |
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Tourist buses » Shanghai Daily TIBET has introduced 775 more tourist buses to cope with the increasing number of visitors. Tibet received four million tourists in 2007, up 60 percent from 2006. |