Theos-Talk Archives (November 1998 Message tl00075)

> I have just been in Tibet and I found some Internet-cafes in Lhasa,
> rigth in front of the Jokhang - the holiest place in Tibet. Nowadays
> the chinese still control all medias, it is not possible to get
> foreign news. On TV they send only motherland-propaganda. But the
> number of computers with internet will increase and the Chinese cannot
> stop this evolution. So even the local minority - the tibetans - will
> get the chance to communicate with the world. They are nearly starving
> for information! We were asked all the time during our stay, what is
> going on with Dalai Lama and so on. 
> PS the small dry riverbed between the holy lake Manasarovar and
> Rakshas Tal had a little bit water this autumn. It was the first time
> since a very long time and it is considered to be a good omen. We hope
> so too.
> 
> Martina Mittelberger
> E.Mail: martina.mittelberger@vlr.gv.at