Will the Dalai Lama Twitter in Chinese? Apparently Not. #2

February 8th, 2009 at 11:53 am (Uncategorized)

UPDATE: Turns out that it was a Twitter impersonator. My optimism was misplaced.

The Dalai Lama (or his office, at any rate) has opened a Twitter account @OHHDL. Last March, I argued that according to his own stated beliefs the Dalai Lama and his supporters ought to be using technology like Twitter and Fanfou to engage Chinese Internet users. Now three more steps:

1) Follow some Chinese people

2) Tweet in Chinese

3) Get a funkier Twitter avatar. Baby pictures can be good:

Photo of the Dalai Lama when he was 3, courtesy of The Tibet Album: British Photography in Central Tibet 1920-1950

2 Comments

  1. Jenny said,

    February 9, 2009 at 7:45 pm

    Twitter announced that the Dalai Lama’s page was a fake.
    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2340662,00.asp

  2. Juandy said,

    February 25, 2009 at 6:20 am

    It will be cool if Dalai lama really appears on twitter as well as other leaders who opposed him too :)

    It’s just nice to see…

    http://chinese-tales.blogspot.com

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