China isn't the only country that can inflict damage & use cyberspace to their advantage.

Tibet though small can be a mighty thorn in the flesh to China by harnessing hacking power from around the world to further their cause.

Sympathizers around the world lining up alongside this tiny nation to wage cyberwarfare.

And lets face it even the small can take on the mighty in cyberspace.

An excerpt from SIFY Online explains...

The Tibetan government-in-exile here uses the internet as a potent weapon to draw attention to the Tibetan cause and counter the Chinese propaganda. While the exiled Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has its own website (www.tibet.net), other arms of the Tibetan establishment too rely heavily on the Internet.

The Tibetan Solidarity Committee (TSC), which came into being in March to coordinate the Tibetan issue after violent anti-China protests broke out in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics, also has its own website that is updated daily.

“The internet is a good weapon to have at times to counter Chinese propaganda. But this is a short-term thing because the Chinese manage to block Tibetan websites inside China. These websites cannot exist inside Tibet or China for more than three-four days,” points out the exiled government's Prime Minister (Kalon Tripa) Samdhong Rinpoche.

"Using the internet to highlight the Tibetan cause is a good weapon for us," Rinpoche told IANS.

Tibetan spiritual head the Dalai Lama has his own website (www.dalailama.com) and so also the Karmapa Lama - the third highest figure in Tibetan religious hierarchy.

In fact, a single website, www.tibetsites.com, provides links to scores of Tibetan websites across the globe. These include websites of the exiled government and its several agencies, Tibetan NGOs like Tibetan Youth Congress, Friends of Tibet and Students for Free Tibet

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