Tibetan Review
16 teams to compete in exile Tibetans’ top sporting event this year
(TibetanReview.net, May28’25) – This year’s Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup (GCMGC) football tournament, the exile Tibetans’ top sporting event, will be dedicated to the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and will feature 16 teams. Also, for...
EU hopes to convince China that forced assimilation is not needed to maintain national unity
(TibetanReview.net, May28’25) – The European Union (EU) hopes to convince China that forced assimilation is not the best solution to integrating its so-called ethnic minority regions by showcasing its own experience in the Tyrol region, according to the scmp.com...
World’s Poorest 75 nations owe China $22bn debt repayments this year alone
(TibetanReview.net, May27’25) – The most vulnerable nations on Earth are facing a “tidal wave” of debt repayments from this year as a Chinese lending boom starts to be called in, reported theguardian.com May 27, citing a new report published...
Tibet-occupying China, Not Pakistan, is India’s ‘primary adversary’, says US intelligence report
(TibetanReview.net, May26’25) – Following its armed invasion and illegal annexation of Tibet in the middle of the last century, China is now India’s “primary adversary” and its defence priorities focus on countering the threats posed by this new neighbour....
After Kailash-Mansarovar, locals seek resumption of Shipki La-Tibet border trade
(TibetanReview.net, May25’25) – As hopes rise for the revival of border trade between India and Tibet through Shipki La in Kinnaur district, of Himachal Pradesh state and residents have urged the local authorities to take up the issue with...
China to highlight ‘Xizang’ on 60th TAR anniversary?
(TibetanReview.net, May24’25) – China appears to be preparing to make a big deal of celebrating the 60th anniversary of its establishment of Tibet Autonomous Region, following its annexation of the Himalayan Buddhist country in 1951. Apart from everything else, a...
Scotland stands with Tibetan people on Dalai Lama reincarnation issue
(TibetanReview.net, May23’25) – As Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, nears his 90th birthday, with the possibility of making an announcement on the issue of his reincarnation, which China plans to derail, the government of Scotland has added...
China militarily aligns itself with India’s archenemy Pakistan
(TibetanReview.net, May23’25) – As India’s Operation Sindoor continues, with a ceasefire declared after four days of military operations, China has taken further steps to align itself militarily with Pakistan even as it claims to stand for a peaceful settlement...
750 names drawn for Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrimage in western Tibet after five years
(TibetanReview.net, May22’25) – China’s plan – in agreement with New Delhi – to open western Tibet’s Purang county of Ngari Prefecture for pilgrimage to Mt Kailash and Lake Mansarovar has moved forward with a total of 750 pilgrims being...
Prof. Pokala Lakshmi Narasu, the Buddhist Prodigy of the 19th Century (1861-1934)
Dr A B Sai Prasad* discusses the role played by Professor Pokala Lakshmi Narasu, ‘an uncompromising opponent of Religion’, in popularizing Buddhism in the 19th century, the mantle currently borne by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. “In history textbooks,”...















