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China: Tibetan children forced to assimilate, independent rights experts fear
United Nations “We are very disturbed that in recent years the residential school system for Tibetan children appears to act as a mandatory large-scale programme intended to assimilate Tibetans into majority Han culture, contrary to international human rights standards,” they said in a statement. Erosion of identity Residential schools provide educational content and read more →
Chinese Authorities Impose Communications Crackdown on Tibetans in Drago County
– By Radio Free Asia China has tightened restrictions on Tibetan residents of a county in Sichuan province that has been a hotbed of resistance to Chinese rule, imposing measures to prevent contact with people outside the area, sources with knowledge of the situation said. The communications clampdown in Drago read more →
China Imposes New Cybersecurity Rules in Tibet
Analysts say the law will have a negative impact on Tibetans’ ability to communicate. -By Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities imposed a new cyber law in Tibet that went into effect Wednesday, with the government announcing tougher punishments for anyone creating “public disorder by engaging in separatist acts.” The law, read more →
Xi Jinping and China in the Historic Year of 2023
With his term extended for an historic additional five years, Xi Jinping may be feeling invincible and strong. But he must know that nothing is permanent. – By Dr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya for Japan Forward It has been over three years since a coronavirus from the Chinese city of Wuhan read more →
Covid deaths increase in Tibet due to restrictions on access to hospitals, medical facilities
Lhasa [Tibet], January 26 (ANI): The Covid mortality surge has made lives of Tibetans increasingly difficult due to current restrictions on access to hospitals and other medical facilities, reported Tibet Press. Tibetans are not allowed to use the medical facilities, and the entire problem is being handled behind closed doors read more →
Chinese Authorities Detain Tibetan Writer for Contacting People in Exile
30-year-old man was detained amid a string of crackdowns targeting Tibetans in China -By Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities in Tibet have detained a 30-year-old Tibetan writer and former teacher for allegedly contacting exiles outside the country, sources told Radio Free Asia. The writer, known only as Palgon, was arrested read more →
Japanese Buddhists Back Selection of Next Dalai Lama by Tibetans, Not China
– By Radio Free Asia Japanese Buddhists say they believe Tibetans should determine the successor to the Dalai Lama in accordance with their Buddhist belief in the principle of rebirth, and that the Chinese government should have no say in the controversial centuries-old selection method. China, which annexed Tibet in read more →
For Tibetans, Getting Information Past China’s Barriers is Harder Than Ever
– By James Griffiths for the Globe and Mail On Feb. 25, 2022, Tibetan pop star Tsewang Norbu walked to a monument in central Lhasa near the Potala Palace, former home of the Dalai Lama. Amid a crowd of tourists and commuters, he doused his body in fuel and set himself read more →
Authorities Refuse to Let Family of Ill Tibetan Businessman Visit Him in Prison
-By Radio Free Asia The brother of an imprisoned Tibetan businessman has posted videos of himself pleading with authorities to allow relatives to visit his jailed sibling, including a protest he staged in front of the prison in the western Chinese autonomous region where the younger brother, who is in read more →
Xi Jinping and CCP to Pay Heavy Price for Opaqueness on Covid-19
Experts from Europe and Tibet discuss the consequences of Xi Jinping’s failure on Wuhan virus By Vijay Kranti Paris, Milano, Toronto and New Delhi – 15 January One common observation of the speakers in an international webinar on “Consequences of Xi Jinping’s Failure on Covid-19 Front” was that because of read more →
BOOK REVIEW | On Tibet: ‘Harnessing the Dragon’s Fume’ by Dr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya
Dr Arya’s book subtitled “Challenging the Chinese Communist Party’s Distorted Tibet Narratives” penetrates the dictatorship’s lies to reveal the true Tibet. – By Jason Morgan (Reitaku University) for Japan Forward Many people around the world have come to understand that the much-touted “rise” of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is not read more →
China Bans Photos, Videos of Cemeteries as COVID Deaths Surge in Tibet
-By Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities in Tibet are clamping down on the taking of photos or video recordings at local cemeteries in a bid to keep news of rising COVID deaths in the region from reaching the outside world, Radio Free Asia has learned. Deaths in Tibetan areas of read more →
China Will Interfere With Dalai Lama Succession: Tibet’s President-In-Exile
-By NDTV Kolkata: China is expected to interfere in the succession of the Dalai Lama, and anticipating that eventuality, the Tibetan government-in-exile has worked out a plan for a democratic transition of the leadership role by the spiritual . In an interview to PTI, President of the Tibetan government-in-exile Penpa Tsering read more →
COVID Deaths Surge in Tibet After Lockdowns End
-By Radio Free Asia COVID deaths are surging in Tibetan areas of China after strict lockdowns aimed at controlling the spread of the disease were ended by Chinese authorities in early December, Tibetan sources say. More than 100 people have died in Tibet’s capital Lhasa since restrictions under Beijing’s zero-COVID read more →
Concern Grows Over Tibetan Women Detained Amid COVID Lockdowns
The four women were arrested in Sichuan’s Kardze prefecture after returning from the provincial capital Chengdu. -By Radio Free Asia Concern is growing over the fate of four Tibetan women detained by China for protesting strict COVID lockdowns in Sichuan, with no word given yet by authorities concerning their whereabouts, read more →