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“Those Who Took Photos of the Cultural Revolution in Tibet” – An Interview That Made Me Continue to Think About the Cultural Revolution in Tibet Part 2 By Woeser

0 by High Peaks Pure Earth / on 26/04/2018, 10:44 / in Comment, History, Latest, Woeser

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser, originally written for the Mandarin service of Radio Free Asia and published on her blog on November 23, 2017. This is the second essay in a long series of posts about the Cultural Revolution in Tibet. The subsequent posts will be published in the coming weeks.

“The Cultural Revolution Has By No Means Ended” An Interview That Made Me Continue to Think About the Cultural Revolution in Tibet Part 1 By Woeser

0 by High Peaks Pure Earth / on 18/04/2018, 20:55 / in History, Latest, Woeser

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser, originally written for the Mandarin service of Radio Free Asia and published on her blog on September 24, 2017.

“‘An Unbroken Blank’: A Commemorative Book” By Woeser

0 by High Peaks Pure Earth / on 04/04/2018, 17:57 / in Comment, History, Latest, Woeser

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser, originally written for the Mandarin service of Radio Free Asia and published on her blog on March 14, 2018.

Poem: “Heavy Curtains and Deep Sleep Within Darkness” By Woeser

0 by High Peaks Pure Earth / on 28/03/2018, 19:45 / in Latest, Poetry, Woeser

High Peaks Pure Earth presents the English translation of a new poem by Woeser titled “Heavy Curtains and Deep Sleep Within Darkness” which was published by the Mandarin service of Radio Free Asia on March 8, 2018 and then posted on her blog on March 9, 2018.

Guest Post: “The Silence of the State: The Jokhang Fire and the Response of the Chinese Government” By Françoise Robin

0 by High Peaks Pure Earth / on 21/03/2018, 16:30 / in Comment, Guest Post, Latest

High Peaks Pure Earth presents a guest post by Paris based Tibet scholar Françoise Robin about the recent fire at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.

Poem: “Eye of the Empire” By Woeser

0 by High Peaks Pure Earth / on 10/03/2018, 11:10 / in Latest, Poetry, Woeser

High Peaks Pure Earth presents an English translation by Palden Gyal of Woeser’s poem “Eye of the Empire, originally published by the Mandarin service of Radio Free Asia and published on her blog on February 9, 2018.

Tibet Enters into the Era of Facial Recognition ATMs

2 by High Peaks Pure Earth / on 08/03/2018, 17:06 / in Comment, Latest, News

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated an article from WeChat posted on December 29, 2017, about new facial recognition ATMs in Tibet.

Social Media Responses to 4G Services Coming to Lhasa

0 by High Peaks Pure Earth / on 10/01/2018, 15:28 / in News, Woeser

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a few responses by Tibetans on social media platforms to the arrival of functioning 4G in Lhasa at the end of last year.

Tibet’s Youngest Principal Cellist on Her 20 Year Long Musical Journey

1 by High Peaks Pure Earth / on 07/12/2017, 17:14 / in Comment, Interview, Music, Music, People

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a profile of professional Tibetan cellist Dolma Tsering from Shigatse. The profile was published on WeChat on August 7, 2017 but has since been deleted. The piece can still be found online such as on this website, from which the accompanying images were extracted.

“The Scissors Woman, Freedom of Speech and ‘Sino-Tibetan Exchange’ etc.” (Part 2) By Woeser

1 by High Peaks Pure Earth / on 30/11/2017, 12:29 / in Comment, Woeser

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated the second (and final) part of this piece by Woeser originally written for the Mandarin service of Radio Free Asia and published on her blog on October 14, 2017.