Beijing Wide Open

The Beijing Olympics begin in exactly one year's time. There is already a lot of media and other interest groups in Beijing.

Surely there would be far too many to try and censor. Even so, it takes a brave or foolish person to try and take on the might of the powerful regime.

Still, the blog by Lhadon Tethong, president of Students for a Free Tibet, makes for interesting reading, which is the point of it. It's called Beijing Wide Open.

Who is Lhadon?

A Tibetan woman born and raised in Canada, Lhadon Tethong has traveled the world, working to build a powerful youth movement for Tibetan independence. She has spoken to countless groups about the situation in Tibet, most notably to a crowd of 66,000 at the 1998 Tibetan Freedom Concert in Washington, D.C. She first became involved with Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) in 1996, when she founded a chapter at University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Since then, Lhadon has been a leading force in many strategic campaigns, including the unprecedented victory against China’s World Bank project in 2000.

Lhadon is a frequent spokesperson for the Tibetan independence movement, and serves as co-chair of the Olympics Campaign Working Group of the International Tibet Support Network. She has worked for SFT since March 1999 and currently serves as the Executive Director of Students for a Free Tibet International.

Students for a Free Tibet works in solidarity with the Tibetan people in their struggle for freedom and independence. SFT is a chapter-based network of young people and activists around the world. Through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action, SFT campaigns for Tibetans’ fundamental right to political freedom. SFT’s role is to empower and train youth as leaders in the worldwide movement for social justice.

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Today is Wednesday. I must remember to put out the garbage wheelie bin tomorrow morning.