China's secret plot to tame Tibet. "Internal Communist party documents have revealed that China is planning a programme of harsh political repression in Tibet despite a public show of moderation to win over world opinion before the Olympic Games next month." Meanwhile, the military has sealed off several monasteries in Lhasa, keeping over 1,000 monks locked up. Another 1,000 monks have mysteriously disappeared, and may have been sent to prisons in a neighbouring province to keep them silent through the Olympics.
posted on Jul 13, 2008 - View this thread

Buddha’s Caves: The Caves of Dunhuang.
posted on Jul 6, 2008 - View this thread

Risking all: the Burmese jokers who laugh in the face of danger. In Burma (Myanmar), comedians are targets in the junta's war on words. [Via BB.]
posted on Oct 17, 2007 - View this thread

China bans reincarnation without government permission.
(Coming soon: right to exist first requires government permit.)
posted on Aug 29, 2007 - View this thread

Wutaishan: Pilgrimage to Five Peak Mountain.
posted on Aug 22, 2007 - View this thread

Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion. The complete documentary (1 hr 43 min) on Google Video.
posted on Dec 29, 2006 - View this thread

Tibetan Buddhist art of Sichuan Province, China.
posted on May 8, 2004 - View this thread

The International Dunhuang Project, developed jointly by the British Library and the National Library of China, makes thousands manuscripts and paintings from ancient caves and temples along the Silk Road viewable to the public. The artifacts were found in the Dunhuang cave in China in 1900 and dispersed to museums around the world, but now they have been brought together on the web. And if you want some appropriate music to go with it, check out Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Project.
posted on Nov 12, 2002 - View this thread