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Amid environmental concerns, China looks to mine lithium near Mt Everest from its third largest reserve

(TibetanReview.net, Oct14’25) – China is actively exploring the potential for large-scale mining operations at a globally ranking lithium reserve it discovered recently in Tibet in the ecologically fragile Mt Everest region, raising serious concern among scientists, reported energy-reporters.com Oct...

‘Free Tibet’ bogeyman raised against naming Humla youth as Minister in Nepal’s interim government

(TibetanReview.net, Oct13’25) – As Nepal’s interim Prime Minister considers appointing a woman, apparently of Tibetan Buddhist heritage, from the country’s border with Tibet as a minister, the Gen Z leaders from her province have demanded that her citizenship be...

China to begin building highly costly, strategically vital Hotan-Lhasa railway line next month

(TibetanReview.net, Oct12’25) – China is to begin building next month a highly costly but strategically vital railway line linking Hotan in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) with Tibet’s capital Lhasa, reported scmp.com Oct 12. The report described it as one of...

China bristles at UN criticisms of its human rights record

(TibetanReview.net, Oct12’25) – China has strongly criticized a number of democratic countries for their criticism of it for its deplorable human rights record in Tibet etc at the United Nations General Assembly, which opened on Sep 9, but has...

Chinese youth branded for life for failing to adapt to PLA posting in Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Oct11’25) – China has punished a young graduate for the rest of his life for failing to adapt to being posted in Tibet after he joined the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) earlier this year, reported stratnewsglobal.com Oct 11....

China now receiving much more in debt repayments than it lends to poor nations

(TibetanReview.net, Oct11’25) – Developing nations are now repaying much more to China than they receive in new loans, showing a growing strain on economies already battling debt distress and underinvestment in climate action, reported africa.businessinsider.com Oct 11, citing a...

UN rights experts have asked China, Vietnam to account for Tibetan abbot’s tragic transborder death

(TibetanReview.net, Oct09’25) – Four UN rights experts and expert groups have on Aug 8 asked China and Vietnam in separate joint communications to account for the questionable manner in which a locally prominent religious leader from Tibet was detained,...

Exile Tibetans to vote on Feb 1, Apr 26 to elect new leaders for next five years

(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) announced at a press conference in Dharamshala, India, Oct 7 morning that voting for the election of the Sikyong, the executive head of the CTA, and the...

All blizzard-stranded hikers, guides and porters at Mt Everest, Qilian Mountains rescued

(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – All the nearly 900 hikers and local hiking service personnel stranded by heavy snowfall in Tibet’s Mt Everest County of Dingri County, Shigatse City, emerged safely by Oct 7, reported China’s state news agency Xinhua Oct...

Ahead of COP30, Stockholm paper raises alarm over lack of global climate diplomacy on environmental devastation in Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Oct07’25) – China has transformed the Tibetan Plateau, one of the world’s most fragile environments, into a zone of extreme ecological stress under its state‑centric model of infrastructure expansion, militarisation, and resource extraction, reported the IANS new service...