T-Salon

Leylop: "I got an email from my hosting company, they asked me to get registered in a government's site. It's a new policy from the information department or something; if I don't do it, my website will be closed and I'll be fined. I just checked the government's site, I have to give them my full name, ID number, address, cell phone number... So they'll know who I am and they'll be watching me. I guess if I say something they don't like, they can go and catch me easily. Stupid, next year I'll find a hosting company outside China."

By the way, Leylop just travelled to Mcleod Ganj, where the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in exile are. She talked to some Tibetans and local people there and brought all the conversations she had to a blog post. It is a very good piece. Not much narratives, but just Tibetan people talking about what they think and how they live their lives.

"Some western media describes these Tibetans as 'escapers' from China, I don't totally agree. I'm sure there're many sad stories behind. But many Tibetans I met told me they want to return to Tibet, life is better at home, after all that's their homeland...

When I was in Mcleod Ganj, I felt like a journalist. I wanted to talk to more people and I wanted to get more information. When I was talking with them, I was always thinking a lot. After I went back to my guesthouse, I'd write everything down. I've got a good memory of remembering conversations. I don’t take notes and I ask questions randomly, sometimes just listen, but usually I can remember everything vividly. When I was younger I thought about being a journalist, but now I'm kinda losing faith in the integrity of media, it’s either controlled by central government or corporations. But I haven't totally given up yet, at least independent voices still count."