on july 1st, china opens its tibet railway. tibetans oppose the railway on the grounds that it is a tool beijing will use to overwhelm the tibetan population, exploit tibet's resources, dilute tibetan culture and devastate the tibetan environment. we declare july 1st a black day for tibet, and wear these black armbands to express our rejection of the railway. we reject the railway just as we reject china's illegitimate rule in tibet. reads on the reject the railway website. voices of the world makes us aware of the ongoing discussions.

wenn der ausbau von verkehrsnetzen auch gerne als fortschritt gesehen und gepriesen wird, so kann dies auch grundlegend anders eingeschätzt werden, in tibet etwa. mehr darüber hier von savetibet.org (pdf, englisch).