Full coverage: Tibet

10.10.2003 A new report by a Tibetan group says the Chinese government has built up a network of portals portraying Tibet as a backward but integral part of China, sparking a counter-offensive by independent Tibetan groups for whom the Internet is the only battleground. The report, China's Tibet Online: Tibet and Tibetans in People's Republic China (PRC) Government Websites, has been released at a time when global human rights groups have accused China of imposing restrictions on the use of the Internet in the Asian nation.

06.10.2003 In recent years the Chinese government has built a network of portals which provide an insight of Tibet in Chinese terms. A Tibetan group studies these sites and finds that Tibet is depicted as a wilderness, a backward place and an inseparable part of the Chinese nation.