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Tibetans forced to move to make way for Chinese power plant
-By Radio Free Asia Tibetans living in a monastery and nearby village have been ordered to relocate ‘regardless of the cost’. Residents of a Tibetan village in northwestern China’s Qinghai province are being forced from their homes to make way for a government-ordered hydropower station, with monks living in a read more →
How 17th century climate change may have doomed a Tibetan kingdom
By Echo Xie, South China Morning Post – 15 May 2022 The collapse of a Tibetan kingdom in the 17th century may have been caused by falling temperatures, researchers have said. The Guge kingdom was founded in western Tibet at the end of the 10th century and flourished for about read more →
Reports of Chinese Panchen Lama visit to Nepal a political gimmick: Penpa
Namrata Biji Ahuja for The Week. The curious case of China’s Panchen Lama trying to visit Nepal on May 16 to coincide his visit with the celebration of Buddha Purnima at the birth place of Gautam Buddha has drawn attention of not just Indian and Nepalese security agencies but some read more →
Tibetans hail PM Modi’s visit to Lumbini, warn Nepal to be wary of Chinese manoeuvres
-By The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: Connected by the noble thread of Buddhism, India and Nepal are deepening cooperation in many spheres, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his first visit to the birthplace of Lord Buddha, Lumbini, on Monday. Besides India and Nepal, Tibetans too were upbeat about read more →
170 Tibetans detained after opposing land confiscation
-By Free Tibet Authorities in Golog, Eastern Tibet, are enforcing laws allowing authorities to strip land from Tibetan nomads. On Tuesday 10 May, Chinese authorities in Cheudru Village in Gade County detained over 170 nomadic Tibetans and questioned them one by one at the county police station due to disagreements read more →
Dalai Lama, peace are synonyms for each other
-The Print Lhasa [Tibet], May 12 (ANI): These days the word ‘Dalai Lama’ and ‘peace’ have become synonyms for each other. In a popular television show, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, a British-American comedian and television host asked his American audience to describe the Dalai Lama. The spiritual guru read more →
China targeting younger Tibetans
Taipei Times – by Dolma Tsering There have recently been another two tragic self-immolation cases in Tibet. Both raised eyebrows within the Tibetan community and on Chinese media platforms. One involved a well-known Tibetan singer named Tsewang Norbu on Feb. 25. Norbu’s case sparked many questions, but most importantly it read more →
Experts Accuse China Of Trying To ‘deTibetanize’ Tibetans Through Education Policy
Ajeet Kumar for Republic World. During an international webinar held on Monday, Tibetan experts raised serious concerns over the increasing interference of the Chinese government in the education system of Tibet. According to a report by Tibet Press, the experts held an extensive discussion on “China Using Education as the Last Tool of read more →
China threatens consequences if Canada interferes in Tibet-related issues
By Amarachi Amadike, National Post – 10 May 2022 The Chinese government has expressed concern about the Central Tibetan Administration’s visit to Canada’s House of Commons. An embassy spokesperson referred to the delegation as a Tibetan “government-in-exile” – a separatist group. “China requires Canada to immediately stop interfering in China’s read more →
Ambassador Khatri meets the special coordinator for Tibet issues
The Annapurna Express – 11 May 2022 Nepali Ambassador to America Shridar Khatri has met US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Uzra Zeya in Washington DC. In her tweet post, the US official said they ‘discussed the strong U.S.-Nepal partnership in advancing democracy, women’s rights, and inclusivity for all. Two read more →
Photos: Roundtable Discussion with His Excellency, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, President of the Central Tibetan Administration
May 10, 2022 – MLI On May 5, 2022, the Macdonald Laurier Institute (MLI), in partnership with the Canada Tibet Committee, hosted a special private roundtable discussion with the visiting delegation of the Central Tibetan Administration headed by His Excellency, the Sikyong Penpa Tsering, President of the Central Tibetan Administration. read more →
China attempting for long to erase Tibetan language: Report
ANI for The Print. Lhasa [Tibet], May 8 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been attempting for decades to suppress and ultimately eradicate the Tibetan language using means like forcing children to study in colonial style boarding schools and arresting teachers, even as the locals resist the subversion attempt, read more →
World community should challenge Chinese government over ‘de-Tibetanizing’ of Tibetan children by using education as a colonial tool
–News Report by VIJAY KRANTI International experts on Tibet and China see the Chinese Boarding School System in today’s Tibet as a replay of similar Residential-School System which was adopted by the white settlers of America, Canada and Australia to wipe out the original culture and identity of local aborigines read more →
Tibetan political prisoner in poor health said to be released from jail
Radio Free Asia – by Sangyal Kunchok Norzin Wangmo was sentenced to 3 years in prison in 2020 for sharing news about a Tibetan who self-immolated. Chinese authorities have released Tibetan political prisoner Norzin Wangmo, who was arrested in 2020 and sentenced to three years in prison for sharing information read more →
Another Tibetan man arrested for WeChat comments
-By Free Tibet Palsang allegedly posted criticism of China’s increasingly tight restrictions on the Tibetan language. Tibet Watch has learned of the arrest of a Tibetan man in eastern Tibet in November 2021 in connection with posts he made in the messaging app WeChat. Palsang, a 24 year old man read more →