Hail, torrential rain leave at least 31 dead in Tibetan-populated areas of China
August 25, 2022-By Radio Free Asia The wild weather also kills thousands of heads of livestock and damages property. Hail and heavy rain caused the deaths of at least 31 people in Tibetan-populated counties in northwestern China’s Qinghai and Gansu provinces, Tibetan sources said. More than 2,000 heads of livestock were also killed read more →
Foreign Politicians Support Resolve Tibet Act
August 25, 2022-By International Campaign for Tibet The Resolve Tibet Act has only been in Congress for a few weeks, but it’s already getting support from leaders in other countries. A British Member of Parliament praised the bill in a written post shortly after Reps. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, introduced read more →
Buddhism with Chinese characteristics: Panchen Lama pushes President Xi Jinping’s version of religion in Tibet
August 20, 2022Lhasa (Tibet): China appointed Panchen Lama or more accurately puppet Lama Gyaltsen Norbu recently grabbed headlines for pushing the Chinese claim of Tibetan Buddhism with Chinese characteristics. This version of Buddhism being presented by Gyaltsen Norbu is the vision that President Xi Jinping wants to enforce in Tibet, according to Tibet read more →
UN Rapporteur Finds Evidence of Forced Labor in Xinjiang, Tibet
August 19, 2022Voice of America – by Asim Kashgarian WASHINGTON – Coerced labor among Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other ethnic groups has been taking place in China’s Xinjiang and Tibet, according to a report released by Tomoya Obokata, the U.N. special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery. Special rapporteurs, according to the American Civil read more →
COVID in Tibet: Tibetans Say Dismissal of Three Officials Merely Symbolic
August 19, 2022-By International Campaign for Tibet Chinese authorities in Tibet’s capital of Lhasa have dismissed three officials in the health bureau amid a botched response to a COVID-19 outbreak there. However, Tibetans tell the International Campaign for Tibet the dismissals are not meaningful. State media reported on Aug. 14 that Fan read more →
Solid Alliance of all Chinese Colonies and Threatened Countries is Needed to End Chinese Colonialism
August 17, 2022Experts and leaders of Chinese colonies like Tibet, East Turkistan, Southern Mongolia and Hong Kong and Taiwan speak on a rare common platform New Delhi: On 13th August Leaders of China’s major colonies like Tibet, East Turkistan (Xinjiang), Southern Mongolia, and Hong Kong and experts belonging to Taiwan, democracy movement read more →
Chinese tourists suspected cause of COVID outbreak in Tibetan cities
August 13, 2022-By International Campaign for Tibet The reported COVID-19 outbreaks in Tibet may be the result of Chinese tourism encouraged by the Chinese government, according to observers inside Tibet. Commenters have also been complaining about inadequate infrastructure to combat the pandemic in Tibet. Although China almost never allows journalists, diplomats and tourists read more →
Sense of universal responsibility is biggest contribution of Tibetan culture to world: Hollywood star Richard Gere
August 13, 2022The Print. Lhasa [Tibet], August 11 (ANI): The 14th Dalai Lama’s idea of Universal Responsibility is that of a global responsibility that every human being should carry within and it is the biggest contribution of Tibetan culture to the world today, said Hollywood actor Richard Gere, a special guest at read more →
China Closes Tibet’s Iconic Potala Palace Amid COVID Outbreak
August 10, 2022-By Market Watch BEIJING — Chinese authorities have closed Tibet’s famed Potala Palace after a minor outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in the Himalayan region. The action underscores China’s continued adherence to its “zero-COVID” policy, mandating lockdowns, routine testing, quarantines and travel restrictions, even while most other countries have reopened. A notice on read more →
China warns Tibetans not to post birthday wishes online for exiled abbot
August 6, 2022Sangyal Kunchok for Radio Free Asia. The Chinese government has ramped up restrictions ahead of the birthday of a preeminent Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, calling on local leaders in two Tibetan regions to prevent people from posting his photo or well wishes online, sources with knowledge of the situation said read more →