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Two Tibetan Students Detained for Opposing Chinese-Only Instruction in School
Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney. Middle School students Gyuldrak and Yangrik had opposed a new Chinese education policy mandating classroom instruction only in the Chinese language. Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province have detained two Tibetan students read more →
Claude Arpi | China’s new ethnic ploy in Tibet: Unity via marriage?
Claude Arpi for The Asian Age China wants us to believe that it liberated Tibet 70 years ago. It didn’t really happen like that. It’s true that on May 23, 1951, Tibet and China signed an “Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet”, also known as the 17-Point read more →
Mass Arrest of Tibetans in Sichuan Over Dalai Lama Photos
Reported by Pema Ngodup for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Police in western China’s Sichuan province arrested about 60 Tibetans found with photos of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama this week, intensifying a campaign against possession of the banned images, read more →
China’s PLA conducts large scale military drills in Tibet plateau
WION Web Team, Aug 26, 2021. According to China’s state-run Global Times, People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Tibet military command recently conducted large-scale joint exercises in the Tibet plateau region The Chinese army reportedly practised “multidimensional tactics with the goal of target elimination”. The military exercise was held at an elevation of 4,500 meters named “Snowfield Duty-2021”. At read more →
How China’s ultra-loyal web army silences Beijing’s critics
Bloomberg news. August 26, 2021. Chinese virologist Zhang Wenhong, is among a slew of recent high-profile targets in a campaign by nationalist web users to harass anyone they deem critical of China’s government and pressure officials and websites to censor them. They say Zhang undermined Beijing’s Covid-zero strategy by suggesting that read more →
China warns Tibet climate risks could soar despite short-term gains
Reporting by David Stanway, Editing by Christian Schmollinger for Reuters. 24 August 2021. SHANGHAI, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Rapid climate change in China’s Qinghai-Tibet plateau could destabilise water supplies and cause more frequent disasters, even though warmer temperatures have improved conditions in the short term, scientists said after an expedition read more →
Renowned Tibetan school ordered to teach in Chinese or face shutdown
Staff writer for FreeTibet.org. 23 August 2021. Founded by a revered Rinpoche, Gyalten Getsa Tibetan school is recognised for its outstanding contributions Free Tibet’s research partner Tibet Watch has learned that in early August this year, Chinese authorities in Tehor Rongbacha Township (Tib:མདོ་ཁམས་ཏྲེ་ཧོར་རོང་པ་ཚ་) in Kham Karze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture has read more →
Tibetan poet dies of alcohol-related health issues after arrests, interrogation
Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Tsepa, also called Chenbang, had written articles criticizing Chinese polices in Tibet, leading to several arrests. A Tibetan poet known for publishing works critical of Chinese policies in Tibet died last week read more →
China Seeks to Push its Language and Culture in Tibet
The Associated Press and Reuters reported on this story. Bryan Lynn adapted the reports for VOA Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor. A top Chinese official has called for “all-round efforts” to ensure Tibetans speak and write in Chinese. The official, Wang Yang, spoke at a recent ceremony in read more →
Tibetans Chafe at Repression as China Celebrates 70 Years of Rule over Tibet
Reported by Kalden Lodoe and Yangdon Demo for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickey. Written in English by Paul Eckert. The secrecy and security of celebrations underscore lack of support for Beijing in the Himalayan region, says a Tibetan monk. China flew in political heavyweights, pumped up a propaganda read more →
Embrace Communist rule, China tells Tibet on 70th anniversary of invasion
The Guardian, 21 August 2021 All Tibetans should embrace Communist party rule and share the “cultural symbols and images of the Chinese nation”, a senior Chinese official has said at an event celebrating 70 years since the People’s Liberation Army invaded Tibet. Wang Yang, a member of the politburo standing read more →
‘Peaceful liberation’ of Tibet festivities no cause to celebrate
By International Campaign for Tibet|August 18, 2021. Although China is holding large festivities to mark 70 years of its authoritarian rule in Tibet, the Tibetan people themselves have no reason to celebrate, the International Campaign for Tibet said today. China is organizing a series of events for Aug. 19, 2021 in read more →
Teenage Tibetan petitioner arrested in Ngaba by Chinese police authorities
Local sources have stated Sherab Dorjee may have been arrested for appealing for education in the Tibetan language On a school summer holiday on 16 August 2021, a 19-year old Tibetan boy was arrested and taken into custody by Chinese police in Trotsik Township (Tib:སྤྲོ་ཚིག་ཡུལ་ཚོ་) on allegations of rebelling against read more →
Testimony reveals pre-trial torture of Tibetan businessman-philanthropist
By International Campaign for Tibet|August 16, 2021. “To tell you in simple words, even if we kill or handicap you, we are not liable under the law.” Newly revealed testimony from a Tibetan businessman and philanthropist who is in critical health after years of torture and imprisonment documents the horrifying abuse read more →
Chinese Police Stop Tibetan Travelers, Pushing One Into River and Shooting Another
Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Chinese police have been conducting random inspections of Tibetans in Yushu since July, searching especially for politically sensitive content carried on social media on mobile phones. Police in western China’s Qinghai province read more →