iTunes is back after being blocked for offering pro-Tibet secession music. What has changed? Apple has made a change without removing the album. This is a smart accommodation, not unlike Google's method of operating in China without sacrificing its global principles, which this writer has defended in the past.

Unless China dropped a nuclear bomb on Tibet, there was never any doubt in my mind that Mr. Bush would attend the opening ceremony. When he was asked about his decision to attend at a press conference in Japan on Sunday, the President stated that “the Chinese people are watching very carefully about the decisions by world leaders and I happen to believe that not going to the opening ceremony for the games would be an affront to the Chinese people, which may make it more difficult to be able to speak frankly with the Chinese leadership.” He was almost right...

A balanced, comprehensive, and persuasive account of the recent riots and protests. Plus a review of Pico Iyer's recent book on the Dalai Lama.

Led by Major Wang Kangle, Chinese Seventh Banner Elite Troups have detected a bomb device built and installed by the Dalai Lama himself and his clique in a Beijing Hotel the name of which cannot be disclosed...

On Tuesday, April 15th, Chinese students staged a massive protest against a pro-Tibet rally at UCLA. Here is a translation of the call to arms, as it were. Also pictures and video.