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Buddhism with Chinese characteristics: Panchen Lama pushes President Xi Jinping’s version of religion in Tibet
Lhasa (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
Voice 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
-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
Experts 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
-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
The 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
-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
Sangyal 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 →
Tibetan Festival Allowed by China to Resume After 20-Year Ban
Radio Free Asia – by Sangyal Kunchok The festival had been shut down by China following the arrest in 2002 of Tulku Tenzin Delek. A Tibetan community festival, banned for 20 years after the arrest of a popular religious leader, has been allowed by Chinese authorities to resume with no read more →
Tibet Dy Speaker Hails Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit; ‘China Must Know How Democratic World Works’
Republic World – by Aniket Mishra Tibet Dy Speaker Teykhang questioned China’s concerns over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The leader also schooled Beijing on ‘democracy’. Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament (in-exile) Dolma Tsering Teykhang questioned China’s concerns over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Deputy Speaker Teykhang further read more →
Pelosi talks to wide range of China repression targets in Taiwan meeting
Written in English by Paul Eckert for Radio Free Asia. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wound up her visit to Taiwan in a symbolic meeting with rights activists, from former political prisoners from Taiwan’s authoritarian past to Chinese pro-democracy leaders and members of the beleaguered Uyghur and Tibetan ethnic minorities. read more →
Yarchen Gar Buddhist Novice Nuns Deported Back to Tibet for “Reeducation”
Bitter Winter – by He Yuyan (3 August 2022) Because of quotas limiting the number of nuns in Tibet, they went to the large monastery in Sichuan. The long arm of the CCP found them there. Yarchen Gar used to be the largest monastery in the world. It is located read more →
Senator Janet Rice’s Speech in the Australian Parliament on 2 August 2022 on Recently Held 8th WPCT
Senator Janet Rice spoke in the Australian Parliament on 2 August 2022 on the recently held 8th World Parliamentary Convention on Tibet and called upon the Parliament members to meet with Tibetans when they visit Parliament in September for the Tibet Lobby Day and join the Australian All-Party Parliamentary Group read more →
TIBETAN WOMEN TO CONTINUE THEIR FREEDOM STRUGGLE DESPITE ALL CHINESE ATTROCITIES
Vijay Kranti, CHASE Chinese Communist Party using forced abortion, coercive sterilization to restrict Tibetan population and pushIing marriage with Han settlers as a tool of cultural genocide New Delhi, Milano, Taipei & Dharamshala: 30 July Experts in an international webinar on ‘Tibetan Women and Human Rights Under China’s Colonial Rule’ read more →
Chinese scholars say new bill will strengthen US policy on Tibet-China
Several overseas Chinese scholars contacted by the International Campaign for Tibet have declared that the new bipartisan bill on Tibet introduced in the US Congress will have a “profound impact” on the Tibet issue, helping to clarify the position of the United States and other democratic countries on the Tibet-China conflict. read more →