GEOG 1982 Maymester 2008 Remember to put your name on your assignment

Assignment 5: Olympics, China, Tibet

Due: Tuesday, May 27

Read this entire article http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7304144.stm, then write a summary (from memory) of the recent events in Tibet and China’s reactions. The summary should be 3-4 sentences long.

Re-read the article to see what you missed in your summary. Add to your summary what you missed (possibly adding one or two sentences), and correct what you might have gotten wrong. Turn in only the corrected version.

(4 points)

Read about the official position that the government of China (“Beijing”) takes on Tibet:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7410745.stm

Then read about the official view of the Tibetan government-in-exile about Tibet’s relationship with China:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7411011.stm

On what points do the two accounts disagree and how? – Summarize three specific differences.

(4 points)

Read about the reactions of people in San Francisco to the re-routing of the Olympic torch:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7339923.stm

One woman says that the torch relay is “not about politics, but uniting the world in peace and harmony.”

What do you think about the protests that interrupt the torch’s path? (1-2 sentences)

(2 points)