
No. 274 / December 1995
Tibet
A cause for courage
Letter
from this month's editor
- The great escape
A group of Tibetans have just arrived in Nepal after fleeing over the highest mountain range in the world. Vanessa Baird begins her report on Tibet by asking them why they did it.
- Map
Tibet's a big country, rich in mineral and natural resources.
- Adventures with Tintin
A tourist visa into Tibet... Arriving in the 'forbidden city' of Lhasa.
- Shadows, videos and mobile phones
Down into the Barkhor, the old Tibetan heart of Lhasa where protesters face China's iron fist.
- Learning from the enemy
A trip to Drepung, breeding ground for rebellious monks.
- If I die, it's nothing
Zimpa Pharmo tells her harrowing tale.
- TIBET - THE FACTS
- Yaks, pats and daredevils
Out in the country, in search of the real Tibet.
- A visual history of Tibet
- Dreams, schemes and prayer wheels
Arrival in Dharamsala, Indian home of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile.
- The man himself
An interview with the Dalai Lama.
- Exit the dragon
Can the Chinese be persuaded to relinquish their hold on Tibet? Views differ, dissent is rife - but hope is by no means dead.
- Action directory
- Letters
- Letter from Chechnya
- Update
- The NI Interview with Hanan-al-Shaykh
- Reviews: including Costa-Gavras classic
- Curiosities
- Endpiece by Gareth Evans
- Country profile: Guinea
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