Tibetan Review
Education Beyond Theory: A Personal Journey Inspired by Dewey and Ama-la
OPINION If John Dewey, as the architect of progressive education, changed how the world understands education, Ama Jetsun Pema-la – through her decades of running the TCV schools under a holistic educational system which integrated academic learning, cultural preservation,...
China’s top party leader on religious, minority affairs inspects Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism in Gansu, Sichuan
(TibetanReview.net, Apr23’26) – China’s top Party leader responsible for minority and religious affairs has toured the historically Tibetan regions of Gansu and Sichuan provinces from Apr 18 to 22 to supervise the enforcement of the recently adopted, much-criticised law...
UN experts question legality of China’s ethnic unity law, concerned by its minority targeting
(TibetanReview.net, Apr22’26) – Eight human rights experts at the United Nations have on Apr 16 issued a joint communication, rasing serious concern on China’s recently adopted Law, ostensibly, on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. They have questioned its legality...
Issue sensitive, but hosting of Tibetan refugees to continue – Nepal to visiting US assistant secretary
(TibetanReview.net, Apr22’26) – Apart from discussing US investment in Nepal as the main agenda of his visit, US Assistant Secretary of State Samir Paul Kapur has also raised the plight of Tibetan refugees languishing in the country without any...
China denying care to 2 jailed Tibetan political prisoners in precarious health
(TibetanReview.net, Apr21’26) – China is accused of ill-treating and then ignoring even urgently needed medical attention to Tibetan political prisoners while moving them to different prisons when their cases are raised internationally. Two such most recently reported cases are...
Is Evident Reality Always Empirical?
6 Levels of Remedial Measures OPINION Following Tenzin Norsang’s article titled “The Stick Must Stop: Ending Corporal Punishment in Our Tibetan Schools” (tibetanreview.net, Apr 11, 2026), Tenzing Rapgyal* explains how he has effectively dealt with errant students in a...
India and China huddle for SCO bilateral consultations as bilateral ties improve
(TibetanReview.net, Apr19’26) – India and China held Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Bilateral Consultations in New Delhi over Apr 16-17 in what is seen as a thaw in their relations following their mid-2020 border clash in Ladakh. The two sides...
New textbooks introduced to inculcate Chinese students with party-state ideology
(TibetanReview.net, Apr18’26) – In China, the party is the state and the state the party. In order to drive this message home, the party-state has introduced new school textbooks even as existing teaching materials are already heavily saturated with...
Mandarin learning law already being actively implemented in Tibet’s monasteries
(TibetanReview.net, Apr17’26) – Following China’s adoption last month of its law on so-called promoting ethnic unity and progress, mandating the predominance of Mandarin learning and use across the PRC, monks in Tibet are now required to take time off...
Russia deports Tibetan Buddhist monks from India on baseless missionary work allegation
(TibetanReview.net, Apr17’26) – Russia, whose war of aggression against Ukraine is said to be sustained by China’s help, has caused the cancellation of a Buddhist festival in capital Moscow after it deported on Apr 8 a group of Tibetan...















