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China frees Tibetan environment rights protester, subject to tight restrictions

(TibetanReview.net, Jul21’25) – China has released on Jul 8 after eight months a Tibetan environment rights protester in Sichuan province who should never have been jailed in the first place, subject to stringent conditions that severely curtails his freedom,...

China begins building world’s biggest hydropower dam in seismically active Himalayan Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Jul20’25) – Chinese Premier Li Qiang has announced on Jul 19 the start of the construction of the world’s biggest hydropower dam over the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Metog county of Nyingchi (Tibetan: Nyingtri) prefecture, Tibet, close to...

Urgent reforms needed to sustain the TCV schools

OPINION Tenzin Jigmey* argues that While TCV has undoubtedly succeeded in preserving cultural continuity and providing moral guidance rooted in Tibetan values and Buddhist principles, it has fallen short in delivering the rigorous academic foundation required for those under...

China nets young Tibetan singer in Dalai Lama birthday crackdown

(TibetanReview.net, Jul19’25) – As Tibetans across the free world commemorate the 90th birthday Jul 6 of His Holiness the Dalai Lama with a year-long series of events, China has taken extra security measures to ensure that no festive displays...

US state showers historic honours on Dalai Lama for his ‘Year of Compassion’ 90th birthday

(TibetanReview.net, Jul18’25) – The US state of Massachusetts, which is officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on Jul 10 unveiled what has been described as a historic series of actions to honour His Holiness the Dalai Lama for...

China’s Quiet War on Tibetan Identity: The Boarding School Crisis

OPINION Aritra Banerjee* notes that while China officially seeks to present its state-run boarding school system in Tibet as pathways to education, to Tibetans it is a crisis that stands at the heart of Beijing’s assault on their culture,...

Former Tibet party chief, top Qinghai official get suspended death sentences for corruption

(TibetanReview.net, Jul17’25) – A court in Beijing on Jul 16 sentenced former party chief of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to death, with a two-year reprieve, for accepting bribes totalling more than 343 million yuan ($47.78 million), reported China’s official...

US Senate declares Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday as ‘Day of Compassion’

(TibetanReview.net, Jul16’25) – The US Senate has on Jul 14 unanimously approved a resolution, declaring the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a “Day of Compassion”. A House version of the resolution is expected to come up...

Veteran Indian journalist pays visual tribute to Dalai Lama on latter’s 90th birthday

(TibetanReview.net, Jul16’25) – Veteran Indian Journalist Vijay Kranti, whose association with the Tibet issue and the Dalai Lama began in 1972, has paid a richly reminiscing visual tribute to the exile spiritual leader of Tibet on his 90th birthday,...

Indian foreign minister raises series of issues in China amid ‘good progress’ in ties

(TibetanReview.net, Jul15’25) – India’s External Affairs Minister Mr S Jaishankar has said Jul 14 that India-China relations had made good progress in the last nine months as he met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during his ongoing three-day...