By Khedroob Thondup For decades, Beijing has pursued the project of Sinicisation in Tibet—an attempt to erase Tibetan identity and replace it with a homogenised Chinese one. Schools are stripped of the Tibetan language, monasteries are surveilled and hollowed...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 22 Oct: Eight Tibetan homes and three large residential compounds were forcibly demolished by Chinese authorities on 16 October in the Nyi-woe residential area of Darlag County, located in the Golok region of Amdo, eastern...

By Khedroob Thondup In the high grasslands of Golog, where nomadic families have long relied on community schools to preserve their language and culture, three doors have been slammed shut. The Golok Tadrak Orphan School, the Ra‑Gya Jigme Gyaltsen...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 21 Oct: Chinese authorities have forcibly closed at least three privately run Tibetan schools in occupied Tibet’s Golok region of Amdo between August and September 2026, depriving children of educational institutions that prioritised Tibetan language,...

By Khedroob Thondup For sixty-seven years, Tibet has endured the heavy hand of Communist China’s occupation. If Tibetans were ever given a genuine choice, the majority would not choose to remain under Beijing’s rule. The lived experience of generations—marked...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 20 Oct: The US has ordered civilian federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence tools developed by the Chinese startup DeepSeek, citing concerns that the tools could expose sensitive government information to Chinese authorities.

By Khedroob Thondup The story of a woman on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet who was stopped at a checkpoint and confronted with photographs of her participation in a reception at the Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) representative...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 19 Oct: The 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, has confirmed that he plans to visit Sikkim "very soon," accepting a renewed invitation extended directly by Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang during a recent high-level...

By Khedroob Thondup The question of whether Tibetan lamas living in exile should return to Tibet on invitations orchestrated by Beijing’s United Front Work Department (UFWD) is not a matter of mere travel. It is a test of political...

By Khedroob Thondup Tibet today is one of the most monitored societies on earth. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has transformed the plateau into a laboratory of surveillance, combining military presence, digital monitoring, and intrusive policing. What Beijing calls...