NEWSFEED: China tightens grip on Tibet's business class: TIME ..... Rescuers sent to search for landslide victims in Gansu: BBC ..... Officials seek to regulate Yushu quake donations: ASIAONE ..... Court rejects appeal from Tibetan environmentalist: WASHINGTON POST ..... Is development killing the Tibetan way of life?: BBC article ..... BBC taken on rare escorted tour of Tibet: BBC video ..... China hosts British Foreign Secretary: CANADIAN PRESS ..... Watch BFI archive footage of the Dalai Lama's enthronement ..... Archbishop Desmond Tutu joins Free Tibet to wish the Dalai Lama a happy birthday: PDF ..... China jails Tibet environmental activist for five years ..... Large scale military presence at Mount Kailash ceremony: video ..... China jails Tibet environmentalist: BBC ..... Tibetan environmentalist says Chinese jailers tortured him: GUARDIAN ..... Google seeks support over China's web censorship: PA ..... China bans evidence from torture: BBC ..... Tibetan given suspended death sentence: AP ..... Chinese Minister's UK visit shines a spotlight on forced sterilizations in Tibet: READ MORE ..... Tibetans shot in protest against factory pollution: READ MORE ..... China's propaganda: 'Tibet Pavilion' at the Shanghai Expo: PRESS RELEASE ..... Quake sees Buddhist monks assert roles: REUTERS ..... Chinese rescuers step up search for quake survivors: BBC ..... Earthquake in China's Qinghai province kills hundreds of people: ECONOMIST ..... Cyber-spies based in China target Indian government and Dalai Lama: GUARDIAN ..... Google stops censoring search results in China: BBC ..... US Department of State releases its 2010 report on human rights in China and Tibet ..... Hundreds rounded up in Tibet crackdown: TIMES ..... China promotes puppet Panchen Lama to key political role: PRESS RELEASE & China says missing Panchen Lama is living in Tibet: TIMES ..... China insider sees revolution brewing: SYDNEY MORNING HERALD ..... Dalai Lama video interview: China denies problem in Tibet: CNN ..... The Dalai Lama meets President Obama: GUARDIAN REPORT ..... Thousands rejoice in Tibet as Obama meets Dalai Lama: PHAYUL ..... Almost 75% of Americans think Tibet should be an independent country: CNN poll ..... Hundreds of Tibetans mark Tibetan New Year by protesting in Ngaba: PRESS RELEASE

Shanghai Exposed

This week marks Tibet Week at the Shanghai Expo.

China is using the Expo to tell a story of Tibet which is a far cry from reality. While the Tibet Pavilion, named 'Heavenly Tibet', attempts to show Tibetans as living merrily under Chinese rule, Free Tibet exposes the reality of China's occupation.

Despite vast amounts of investment in the last decade in the Tibet Autonomous Regions, these funds have not benefitted the Tibetan people.

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State control of religion

A senior Communist Party official has called for monasteries to be run by monks and nuns who are 'politically reliable'.
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Reports of shooting

Unconfirmed reports suggest at least one man was shot dead during a protest at against a gold mine in eastern Tibet.
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