Da settembre 2009, il campo di lavoro forzato femminile di Pechino non permette più le visite faccia a faccia ai praticanti del Falun Gong. Ora queste visite devono essere fatte attraverso una parete di vetro o per telefono. Il campo di lavoro forzato ha abbandonato completamente la sua facciata di cosiddetta “amministrazione umanistica”.

Qualche giorno fa ci era giunta notizia di una protesta a Drakyab ma non eravamo riusciti ad avere altri particolari in quanto le comunicazioni con il Kham erano interrotte.
Oggi, grazie all’amico Tenzin Y. S. D. ,abbiamo saputo che centinaia di tibetani hanno manifestato nei pressi della locale sede del governo comunista cinese chiedendo libertà per il Tibet ed inneggiando al Dalai Lama.
La polizia cinese ha subito disperso la manifestazione e arrestato un gruppo di tibetani accusati di essere gli organizzatori della protesta .

Acccording to information received from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Dondup Wangchen has been refused an appeal by the communist Chinese regime. Along with other rights-based organizations, the CPJ had called upon the Xining City provincial court in Amdo (renamed by as so-called Qinghai Province following communist China’s invasion in 1950) to grant the documentary filmmaker an appeal against the sentence which was imposed December 28, 2009.
In a statement sent to Tibettruth the CPJ report:

The Chinese authorities in Barkham County banned the third annual winter session of religious congregation, which was to be held at Gyalrong Tsodhun Kirti monastery. The annual religious event which was first held at Tagtsang Lhamo Kirti monastery in the year 2007 was subsequently decided to be organised by the four major Kirti monasteries namely Tagtsang Lhamo Kirti monastery, Ngaba Kirti monastery, Tsodhun Kirti monastery and Hortsang Kirti monastery turn wise.

A Chinese court had sentenced two Tibetan nuns up to three years in prison on November 17, 2009.
A Tibetan monk of Sera monastery in exile told that Nordon and Lhawang Dekyi, both nuns of Nyimagetsul nunnery in Dhartsedo, Kardze (TAP), were arrested on March 17, 2009 for carrying out a “peaceful protest” in Kardze. Nordon received two years’ sentence while Lhawang Dekyi got three years from the Dharstedo Intermediate People's Court.

Noted Chinese economist He Qinglian discusses China’s economic conundrum
China’s economic strength as touted by Beijing propaganda does not square with the observations of the international financial community.
Beijing congratulates itself on its economic viability in the face of the worldwide economic crisis, promoting a “Noah’s Ark” allegory: “Made in China” will redeem the world’s economy, and China will be the “engine” to pull the world’s economy out of the quagmire.

Thousands of Hong Kong residents marched to the Chinese government's liaison office today, calling on Beijing to grant full democracy to the semi-autonomous financial hub.
Chanting "one man, one vote to choose our leader" and carrying signs reading "democracy now", demonstrators set off from a crowded street in the heart of Hong Kong's Central financial district.
Dozens tried but failed to breach a police cordon at the Chinese government compound. Instead, they staged a peaceful sit-in and were joined by hundreds of others.