Colorado Friends of Tibet

Colorado Friends of Tibet is a group of people who work to help Tibet and to preserve this unique cultural heritage. With hundreds of members throughout the State of Colorado, we have joined in the international effort to publicize what the International Tribune of Jurists call the "genocide" in Tibet.

This article is reprinted from the Lothun (Colorado Friends of Tibet) newsletter:

Leaked Document Reveals Detailed Chinese PR Campaign Against Dalai Lama

An intricate and orchestrated external public relations campaign to support China's hard-line positions toward the Dalai Lama is outlined in a 22 page Chinese government document, leaked by an official in Beijing. The document gives a rare and detailed glimpse into the inner workings of a plan to aggressively influence Western public opinion. Much of the government works to create anti-American sentiment and pressure its academics and intellectuals to develop better theories to support the governments positions. "It is difficult to reverse the present situation where the enemy's fortune on the international arena is running high and ours low" says the document, so it exhorts scholars and academics to produce better intellectual arguments which need to be "understandable and acceptable to the international community." The document underscores the challenges of a totalitarian government to mobilize its academic and scholarly community against Western concepts of international laws, human rights and self-determination. The document also summarizes the strategy and campaigns of the "Dalai clique" making reference to cutting off the "World Bank loan to our population transfer program in Tulan county", disrupting "PetroChina's entry into the American stock market" and the Third Tibet Support Group Conference held in Berlin in May, 2000. The document will be of intense interest to Western Tibet scholars because they are a central part of Beijing's strategy. Beijing plans to reach out more aggressively to Western scholars in order to "encourage a considerable number of foreign specialist and intellectuals to speak out on our behalf."

How You Can Help Tibet

"I truly believe that individuals can make a difference in society. Since periods of great change such as the present one come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world."

-His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, 1992

Tibet needs your support and you can make a difference! Here are a few ways for you to get involved:

Read informational literature about Tibet and Tibetans. Then spread the word whenever you can.
Participate in the series of events CFT organizes throughout the year. Click on the links above and put your name on their mailing list.
Write about Tibet to newspapers and magazines.
Demand urgent action for the missing child Panchen Lama and for the immediate release of the Tibetan music scholar Ngawang Choephel and 71 year old Tanak Jigme Sangpo.
Call 303-499-4168 and help sponsor Tibetan refugees in India.
Become a member of the Colorado Friends of Tibet. Click on the links above and sign up or call 303-499-4168