Tibetan directors, who all live outside Tibet, deliver a quartet of films that explore the pain of separation and migrationThe wrench of exile is the theme of this quartet of short films from Tibetan directors, who themselves all live...

Maggie O’Farrell, Yann Martel and Julian Barnes are among the authors publishing new novels this year The beginning of the books calendar is usually dominated by debuts, but January 2026 sees releases from some of the year’s biggest authors....

The conviction of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong is another hostile act. How can Britain ignore Beijing’s provocations and human rights abuses?The UK pushed hard to secure the release of Jimmy Lai, the newspaper publisher and British citizen who...

Arrested in 2013 on India’s Himalayan border after fleeing Beijing’s ‘genocide’ against Muslims in Xinjiang, the siblings have been imprisoned indefinitely ever since thenOn the evening of 12 June 2013, according to court documents, three “Chinese intruders” were arrested...

Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goalsIn the summer of 2023, I arrived in Dharamshala, an Indian town celebrated as the home of the Dalai...

Til, the remotest of three villages in the Limi valley on the Tibetan border, was already wrestling with a dwindling population but a series of natural disasters has led many to consider where their future should beOn the night...

No casualties reported after section of 758-metre structure helping to link Sichuan province to Tibet falls to piecesA newly opened bridge in south-west China collapsed on Tuesday, sending slabs of concrete and plumes of dust into the mountainside and...

In a bid to exercise absolute power, today’s crop of authoritarian leaders is recruiting – and exploiting – believersDonald Trump’s crusading threat to invade Nigeria and save Christians from Islamist terrorists is typical attention-seeking. Surely even he must realise...

From a Celtic shield and a horned helmet to baloney, magenta and tarantula, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Who travelled in search of “the hooly blisful martir”?2 In what combat sport are competitors divided into east and...

Directors ask for their films not to be shown at IndieChina festival, which was due to launch this weekendAn independent film festival due to start in New York this weekend has been cancelled after several film-makers pulled out due...