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Briefs, December 22, 2012

22 Dec 2012

The central government yesterday appointed acting governors of two provinces. Li Qiang will serve in the eastern province of Zhejiang, where he will fill the vacancy left by Xia Baolong, who was...

Wen 'distressed' by Tibetan suicides

15 Mar 2012

The self-immolations of monks and nuns in Tibetan-populated areas were extreme actions that had disturbed and undermined social harmony, Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday.

Warning for Tibet's cadres on anniversary

29 Feb 2012

The top government official in Tibet has ordered all cadres in the region to be ready for duty around the clock next month in a bid to safeguard stability in the Himalayan region during the...

Laying down the lore

8 Jan 2012

When Sonam Dorje took his microphone to the windswept grasslands of eastern Qinghai province in September, he just wanted to record local folk tales.

The road to enlightenment

20 Nov 2011

When her best friend died from leukaemia last year, Ran Jing made a promise to herself; she would travel to Tibet as soon as she graduated from high school. Her classmate had been a Buddhist,...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Population and Society in Contemporary Tibet

Population and Society in Contemporary Tibet
by Ma Rong
Hong Kong University Press

This book is a valuable work of research for scholars, journalists and others...

Who said it?

There has never been a case of a previous Dalai determining the next Dalai

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei, on comments by the Dalai Lama (above) on choosing a successor

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Talking points

Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

How happy is Hong Kong? Survey to say

Who said it?

What can you do when you have such a stupid administration?

Legco Finance Committee chairwoman Emily Lau Wai-hing

We should ... smash any attempt to undermine stability...

What's being said on facebook.com/southchinamorningpost

On Beijing's anger at a White House meeting between the Dalai Lama and Barack Obama:

Xi vows to crush moves by Tibetan separatists

Any separatist attempts in Tibet would be crushed, Vice-President Xi Jinping vowed yesterday at a rally marking the 60th anniversary of the region's 'peaceful liberation'. Xi called the remote...