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05 Aug 2008 Tibetans Find Power in Words (The WIP, August 08)
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With the 2008 Olympics in China beginning this week, protests from the Tibetan refugee community in India are intensifying. But since the Tibetan spiritual leader—the 14th Dalai Lama—discourages Tibetans from picking up arms, a small but powerful segment of Tibetans have picked up another weapon—their pens.

Their language of choice—Tibetan, English, and surprisingly, now even Mandarin.

Read it here:
http://thewip.net/contributors/2008/08/tibetans_find_power_in_words.html