"The Hero Propagated by Nationalists" By Woeser

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser written in July 2011 for the Tibetan service of Radio Free Asia and posted on her blog on August 4, 2011.

Woeser's article focuses on the historical figure of Zhao Erfeng, known as the last Qing Amban in Tibet. Although Woeser has mentioned Zhao Erfeng in previous blogposts, this is the first article to focus solely on him. Woeser also mentions Chinese scholar Wang Hui, High Peaks Pure Earth readers shouldn't miss Woeser's previous article about Chinese scholars on Tibet titled "Who Are The Real Orientalists?".

Photo of Zhao Erfeng facing execution

"Who Are the Real “Orientalists”?" By Woeser

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser written on June 27, 2011 for the Tibetan service of Radio Free Asia and posted on her blog on August 9, 2011.

In this blogpost, Woeser writes a searing criticism of Chinese scholars with regard to their stance on Tibet, in particular Wang Hui and Shen Weirong.

And in other news, High Peaks Pure Earth congratulates Woeser on receiving a Prince Claus Award from the Dutch Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development. In their press release, the Prince Claus Fund describes Woeser as "an audacious writer/blogger from Tibet, whose work provides a unique outlook on the complexity of present-day Tibet."


Read a French translation of this post: http://woeser.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/qui-sont-les-vrais-%C2%AB-orientalistes-%C2%BB/