Tibetan Review
Exile Tibetan parliament members lobby for Indian lawmakers’ support during monsoon session
(TibetanReview.net, Aug01’26) – A delegation of members of the Standing Committee of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE), led by Deputy Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, has on Jul 31 concluded a six-day lobbying effort during the ongoing monsoon session of the...
Tibetan Everest a new peak in US-China rivalry in drone technology?
(TibetanReview.net, Jul31’26) – China has established a dedicated high-altitude drone research and development centre in Tibet near Mount Everest, aiming to advance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology for border patrols, security, logistics, transport and emergency operations in extreme plateau...
China’s Panchen back in Tibet Autonomous Region to resume his ‘duties’
(TibetanReview.net, Jul31’26) – Gyaltsen Norbu, the “11th Panchen Lama” chosen and installed by China after abducting the Dalai Lama-recognized throne-holder Gedhun Choekyi Nyima with his family, is back in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to “begin performing his official duties”,...
No casualties reported as over 35,000 evacuated after two earthquakes in Amdo Tsigorthang
(TibetanReview.net, Jul30’26) – More than 35,000 people were relocated after two earthquakes exceeding magnitude 5.0 struck Tsigorthang County in eastern Tibet’s Amdo region on Jul 28. No casualties have been reported, said China’s official chinadaily.com.cn Jul 29. The report...
China’s state media airs Nepali communists’ criticism of a school compound Dalai Lama birthday event
(TibetanReview.net, Jul30’26) – China’s state media has on Jul 29 expressed support for Nepal’s communist party leaders’ outlandish claim that allowing Tibetans to mark the Dalai Lama’s birthday even out of public view, in a school compound, on Jul...
China forced to defend India against its propaganda-inspired social media users’ anger
(TibetanReview.net, Jul29’26) – The Chinese government has found itself in the unusual, somewhat embarrassing position of having to defend its steps towards normalising relations with India when taunted by ultranationalist Chinese social media users glued to its state media’s...
Border peace highlighted as India’s foreign secretary concludes two-day Beijing visit
(TibetanReview.net, Jul29’26) – With China creating no more border incidents since the Galwan Valley clashes of 2020, its move to normalise ties with India continues to be in an upward swing and on Jul 28 the latter’s Foreign Secretary...
China sends top political monk to Nepal ahead of int’l gathering of Tibetan studies experts
(TibetanReview.net, Jul28’26) – China is showing undue interest in a reputed international seminar on Tibetan studies scheduled to be held in Nepal next month, which led to an involuntary withdrawal of researchers from an exile Tibetan think tank, according...
China’s grouse compels CTA withdrawal from upcoming Tibetan studies int’l conference in Nepal
(TibetanReview.net, Jul27’26) – It has now emerged that China’s concern about the 17th International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) Conference to be held in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu over Aug 23-29 was on the planned participation of researchers from the...
How free was Tibet to Indian pilgrims, other travellers before China annexed it
(TibetanReview.net, Jul26’26) – Two books just published on India’s forgotten civilizational geography in and beyond the Himalayas are stated to trace the ancient roads, Buddhist centres, caravan towns and cultural networks that once connected the Indian subcontinent with Tibet,...














