Freedom of Speech: American Style Note: Sadly Tripod chooses to insert ads based on words it finds on a web page.  You can see Tibetan commercialism in our American culture now in the ads popping up above.  Please know our site in no way supports these Tibetan commercials.  Thank you. Pertinent Articles Good Western or independent sources on Tibet Articles: Critical Links to Buddhism and Lamaism: The most comprehensive link list to a critical evaluation on Lamaism, compiled by Victor and Victoria Trimondi. How The Tibet Movement Can Backfire on America, by Alice Ewing, editor of Chinese American Media Watch.  Oct. 2001 issue of Chinese American Forum Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth, by Michael Parenti, Swans Commentary End the Fairy-Tale Reporting of Tibet, by Pamela Logan, L.A. Times From Taiwan to Tibet, U.S. Perceptions of China Dangeously out of Touch, by Foreign Policy In Focus Tibet: A Reality Check, Frontline, India's national magazine Tibet Through Chinese Eyes, by Peter Hessler, Altantic Monthly Dalai Lama greeted by protesters in Manhattan, by CNN His Material Highness, by Christopher Hitchens, Salon The American Yen for Zen, by Martha Sherrill, Slate Culture China Good?  China bad?, by Hank Hyena, Salon Myth and Reality, by Foster Stockwell Reassessing Tibet Policy, by Tom Grunfeld, Foreign Policy In Focus Tibet--Through the eyes of a forgotten minority, by Alice Ewing, Chinese American Media Watch Web sites: Kham Aid Foundation Tibetan Studies Press Office: Homepage of European Buddhist Study Groups Dorje Shugden International Coalition Tibet -- Through the eyes of a forgotten minority Shadow Circus--The CIA In Tibet Books: The Making of Modern Tibet, by A. Tom Grunfeld The Struggle for Modern Tibet : The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering, by William Siebenschuh, Tashi Tsering, Melvyn C. Goldstein Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet : Religious Revival and Cultural Identity by Melvyn C. Goldstein (Editor), Matthew Kapstein (Editor), Orville Schell Traveller in Space: In Search of Female Identity in Tibetan Buddhism, by June Campbell Contact us: Please email us at AmericanMediaWatch@yahoo.com if you have any comments.