Tibet, Myanmar, and AVAAZ

About a month ago I was talking to a friend about being in Mae Hong Son province in northern Thailand in 2006 and meeting some of the Burmese refugees that had fled the violent Myanmar regime. One of the few that spoke English told me about his buddy, a farmer, that had stepped on a [...]

Tibet, TLG, and the Olympics

I don’t normally get into these things, but I have some strong feelings about China and the Tibet situation. Beware, I have decided to vent my negative chi into something positive with this post! This is a petition to try to get the Chinese government to come to the table and talk rather than sending [...]

One more day

“Mei you” Baba was shaking his head no with the phone in his hand. No more buses to Cheng-du today, so looks like I get one more sunny day in Lijiang. I can tell when it is time to leave a place. New faces begin to arrive, the conversations (mostly about the gorge or Tibet) [...]

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