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Kunleng is simulcast on television via satellite, on shortwave radio, and via the Internet in real time. Tune in every Wednesday and Friday at 1400-1500 UTC, 10:00 pm Lhasa time. Call us live during the program with  your comments and questions: From Tibet and China: 108888 at&t 866 837 5159 From anywhere else: 1-202-619-3774 FREE TELEPHONE CALL Tell the operator to reverse the charges and the call is free. If you are not able to join us in person please send your questions to us: Email tibetanTV@voanews.com Fax: 1-202- 382 5596

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Leaving Fear Behind
Kunleng invites Tsutim Gyatso, a member of the "Filming for Tibet" and a relative of one of the filmmakers, to discuss about the documentary and how the footage was smuggled out
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Understanding the Unrest in Xinjiang
Kunleng invites Mr. Nury Turkel, a Washington-based attorney and former president of the Uighur American Association, to discuss Xinjiang's past and the events that have led to this current crisis.
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‘Patriotic Re-Education’
Kunleng invites Arjia Rinpoche to discuss the current widespread use of ‘patriotic reeducation’ throughout Tibet to force compliance to the will of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Good China, Bad China
Kunleng invites RFA reporter Tseten Dolkar, who traveled with the President to China, and Tenzin Dorje, Vice President of Students for Free Tibet, to discuss the current and post Olympic scenario for rights activism in Tibet and China.
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Tibet Action for 08.08.08
On the eve and day of the Beijing Games, Tibet supporters across the globe call on the Chinese Communist Party to end the repression in Tibet, and to restore political, human and religious rights to Tibetans.
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Issues of Identity
Kunleng invites Gedun Rabsal, former Tibet Times editor and Tibetan instructor at University of Indiana, to discuss the strategies and challenges inherent in this project.
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Dharamsala Beijing Dialog
Kunleng invites Envoy Lodi Gyari for a discussion on the past and future of the dialog process with representatives of the Chinese Communist Party.
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The No Fun Olympics
Kunleng invites Dechen Pemba, a UK born Tibetan who was suddenly deported from Beijing for specified reasons after having worked in China for 3 years  and enrolled at Beijing University.
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Tenshug in Madison, USA
Tibetans wished the Dalai Lama a long and happy life on Thursday with an elaborate Buddhist ritual performed for the first time in the U.S.
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The Dalai Lama Reconnects
Kunleng invites Tibetan Service staffers Tseten Chodon and Norbu Samphel who covered events to discuss the Dalai Lama’s visit to Pennsylvania and New York.
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Education in Exile
Kunleng invites Mrs. Jetsun Pema, Chairperson of the Executive Committee of Tibetan Children’s Village to discuss the past and present state of education for Tibetan refugees and the growing population of children who arrive in India from Tibet. 
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First Contact
Kunleng invites Mr. Juchen Thupten, former chief Cabinet Minister of the Tibetan government in exile, who led that first mission to Tibet in 1979 and was a part of two subsequent delegations who visited China for exploratory talks in 1982 and 1984.
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Dialog or Cross Talk
Today’s Kunleng will discuss the statements on the meeting from both the Tibetan and Chinese sides and look at the issues involved in the larger context of Chinese politics, Tibetan struggle, International attention and the Olympics
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The Informed Tibetan
Kunleng invites Dolkar, RFA call-in show host and blogger, and Tsering Dhondup, a writer, musician and blogger, to discuss the increasing impact of communication technologies on  how Tibetans stay informed and share information in the 21st century.
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Happy Independence Day
As America celebrates its Independence Day on July 4th with fireworks, street parades, Kunleng examines the environment and processes involved that have allowed some societies to gain or regain their independence or autonomy in recent history.
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Bhutan: Traditions and changes
Kunleng invites Tseten Wangchuk, VOA Tibetan Service Editor, who has traveled widely in Bhutan and observed the changes within the country, to discuss the topic from a Tibetan perspective.
Two recently issued government text books on Religious Policies and Laws and Regulations given to Tibetan monks at a monastery near Xiahe, western China's Gansu province, Thursday, May 8, 2008.
The ‘Patriotic Re-education’ Backlash
Kunleng invites Tsering Wangchuk, former reporter for Lhasa based Tibet Radio, and Ven. Adruk Tsetan, a recent arrival from Tibet to discuss the topic.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures during a press conference at the Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, June 12, 2008
Dalai Lama's Visit to Australia
To discuss the highlights of Dalai Lama's visit the meeting with Chris Evans, the acting prime minister of Australia, also met with Chinese people and Chinese reporters.
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The Earthquake’s Aftershocks in Tibetan Society
Kunleng invites Kalsang Tsering, secretary of Tibetan Association of New York and New Jersey, and Ven. Ngawang Dorje, the founder and resident teacher of the Tashi Choling Buddhist Learning Center, Charlottesville.
Olympic Torch to Tibet  Video clip available
Kunleng invites Dakpo Sonam, secretary in the Information Dept of the Tibetan government in Dharamsala, and Tsering Palden, President of the Tibetan Youth Congress of New York and New Jersey to discuss the opposing views on the topic.
Representing Tibet  Video clip available
This weeks Kunleng to discuss who best represents the voices of the Tibetans in Tibet - the Beijing picked Tibetan communist cadres, or the Dalai Lama and the elected leaders of the exiled Tibetan community.
Unrest in Kham Kardze, Tibet  Video clip available
Kunleng Special  invites two guests, originally from the same area in Tibet, to talk about the most recent unrest mainly by Tibetan Buddhist nuns.
The March to Tibet  Video clip available
Kunleng invites Tenzin Dorjee, from SFT, and Tsering Palden, from TYC New York to discuss the possibility of the Marchers reaching Tibet, and the role that the March has played thus far in fulfilling the larger goals of the Uprising movement.
Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Dharamsala-Beijing contact post the uprising in Tibet  Video clip available
Kunleng invites Lodi Gyari, Special Envoy and lead negotiator for the Dalai Lama to discuss the last meeting in Shenzen, the state of Sino-Tibetan relations today, and the up coming meeting with Beijing.