From 2008 to 2015 I wrote ~25 articles about Tibet issues for US and UK media outlets including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Financial Times, The Nation, TheAtlantic.com, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, NPR, Voice of America, Slate (Double X), Buddha Dharma magazine (Lion’s Roar), Roads & Kingdoms, Far Eastern Economic Review.
Select articles on Tibet issues:
Monsoon Takes A Break; Tibetans Celebrate Dalai Lama’s 80th Birthday
NPR (National Public Radio)
July 6, 2014
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/07/06/419569207/monsoon-takes-break-so-tibetans-can-celebrate-dalai-lamas-birthday
In Australia, New Tibetan Migrants Learn to Swim
Voice of America (radio)
April 10, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/in-australia-new-tibetan-migrants-learn-to-swim/2713806.html
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/julep-gandhi/in-australia-new-tibetan-migrants-learn-to-swim
Tibetans in Australia Focus on Tradition During New Year Celebrations
Voice of America (radio)
February 20, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/tibetans-in-australia-focus-on-tradition-during-new-year-celebrations/2651510.html
Listen:
Far From the Rooftop of the World (~5,000 words)
Roads and Kingdoms
March 20, 2014
http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/far-from-the-rooftop-of-the-world/
A second chance for Tibetan youth in exile
Christian Science Monitor
August 17, 2013
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2013/0817/A-second-chance-for-Tibetan-youth-in-exile
Working on Tibet’s Future, From India
New York Times Weekly
August 2, 2013
http://nytweekly.com/columns/intelarchives/08-02-13/
Tibetans Sacrifice Their Lives for Their Faith
Wall Street Journal
August 17, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444184704577588830883146056.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion
Dalai Lama’s envoys to China resign in frustration
Christian Science Monitor
June 7, 2012
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2012/0607/Dalai-Lama-s-envoys-to-China-resign-in-frustration
Breaking Through
After twenty-one years of intensive study,Kelsang Wangmo, a German-born Tibetan Buddhist nun, has become the first woman to receive the prestigious geshe degree.
Buddha Dharma magazine
February 11, 2012
http://www.lionsroar.com/breaking-through/
Young lawyer aids exile Tibetans with his language and legal skills In Dharmasala:
lawyer Vinayak Sharma uses his language and legal skills to help Tibetans facing India’s complex legal system.
The Christian Science Monitor
September 6, 2011
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2011/0906/Young-lawyer-aids-exile-Tibetans-with-his-language-and-legal-skills
The New Leader of Tibetans on the Dalai Lama, China, Harvard, and More
The Atlantic.com
August 8, 2011
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/08/the-new-leader-of-tibetans-on-the-dalai-lama-china-harvard-and-more/243254/
Indian monastery aids Tibetan monks facing crackdown
The Christian Science Monitor
July 11, 2011
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2011/0711/Indian-monastery-aids-Tibetan-monks-facing-crackdown
After the Dalai Lama: Tibetans in exile build new institutions as their spiritual leader leaves politics.
Wall Street Journal Asia
June 10, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304259304576373220884117578.html?KEYWORDS=amy+yee
The Dalai Lama resigns: So long, farewell
The Economist
March 14, 2011
http://www.economist.com/blogs/asiaview/2011/03/dalai_lama_resigns
Smithsonian has hand in Indian science exhibit planned by Tibetan monks
Washington Post
December 17, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/17/AR2010121705432.html
Tibetans Find Freedom in Exile
The Wall Street Journal
October 8, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703843804575534372072487894.html?KEYWORDS=amy+yee
The Next Dalai Lama Should Be a Woman
Slate (Double X)
October 8, 2009
http://www.doublex.com/section/news-politics/next-dalai-lama-should-be-woman?page=0,0
Tibetan Monks and Nuns Turn Their Minds Toward Science
At the Dalai Lama’s urging, exiled monastics seek more physical knowledge.
New York Times
June 29, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/science/30monks.html?scp=1sq=Tibetan%20Monks%20and%20Nuns%20Turn%20Their%20Minds%20Toward%20Science&st=cse
Dalai Lama takes his case to Chinese émigrés
The Christian Science Monitor
June 12, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2009/0612/p06s01-woap.html
Pro-Justice, Not Anti-China
Far Eastern Economic Review
May 11, 2009
http://www.feer.com/authors-corner/2009/may56/Pro-Justice-Not-Anti-China
They Shall Overcome
Fifty years after the Dalai Lama was exiled from his homeland, young Tibetan activists draw inspiration from Rosa Parks, Gandhi and the Ruckus Society.The Nation
March 2009
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090316/yee?rel=hp_picks
‘Murder in the Snow’
Far Eastern Economic Review
March 2008
http://www.feer.com/international-relations/20098/march58/Murder-in-the-Snow
Tibetan Education Thrives in Exile
The Christian Science Monitor:
March 6, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0306/p07s03-wosc.html
Tibetan Exiles: We Shall Overcome
The Nation
February 25, 2009
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/tibetan-exiles-we-shall-overcome/
The Dalai Lama’s Embrace
Financial Times
March 20, 2008
A Rainbow on Top of the World
The Asian Wall Street Journal
29 January 1999
Amy Yee 