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China asks Nepal to talk to India, saying Lipulekh dispute is bilateral

(TibetanReview.net, Sep07’25) – China has told Nepal that it respects the latter’s claim over Lipulekh pass but refused to get involved when the issue was raised by visiting Prime Minister KPS Oli. Oli visited China for the Aug 31-Sep...

India’s top military officer cites Tibet-border dispute with China as biggest, continuing challenge

(TibetanReview.net, Sep06’25) – India’s biggest security challenge is the unresolved Tibet-boundary dispute with China while the next one is Pakistan’s proxy war via cross-border terrorism, India’s top military officer has said Sep 5 while speaking at a symposium. “I...

Issue raised in Australian parliament during Tibet Lobby Day

(TibetanReview.net, Sep05’25) – A group campaigning for a free Tibet with respect for human rights has just concluded its 14th annual Tibet Lobby Day at the Australian Parliament, Canberra, with the participation of 15 young Tibetan delegates from Tibetan...

Tibetan lama reported dead after China ill-treated, moved him around to four prisons

(TibetanReview.net, Sep04’25) – A locally prominent religious figure in Chamdo (Chinese: Changdu or Qamdo) City of Tibet Autonomous Region, jailed for his advocacy for the preservation of Tibetan culture and identity, has died recently after being moved around four...

Senators urge Secretary of State Rubio for immediate appointment of Tibet coordinator

(TibetanReview.net, Sep04’25) – Two members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and John Curtis (R-UT), have on Sep 3 written a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging the immediate appointment of a qualified...

Dharamshala conference held to interconnect Himalayan communities, Tibetans

(TibetanReview.net, Sep04’25) – A Tibet-Himalaya Relations Conference is being held in Dharamshala from Sep 3 to 7 to bring together a host of Himalayan communities to enable them to connect with each other through discussions, cultural shows, and other...

Exile Tibetans mark their 65th democracy day with Indian, Japanese lawmakers as top guests

(TibetanReview.net, Sep03’25) – The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) marked the 65th Tibetan Democracy Day Sep 2 morning on the Tsuglakhang courtyard by heaping praises on His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his foresight and concern For Tibet and its...

Tibetan Democracy Day: Sixty-Five Years of Exile, and Still Counting

OPINION Charisma fades, but institutions endure, and the Dalai Lama’s pivotal decision taken 65 years ago to democratize the exile Tibetan governance stands out as a rebuttal of China’s assumption that Tibetans cannot govern themselves, and as a symbol...

Dalai Lama returns to a rainy Dharamshala to hearty Tibetan welcome greetings

(TibetanReview.net, Sep02’25) – The Dalai Lama returned to his exile home of some 65 years at McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, today to a rainy but hearty welcome by local Tibetans after being away since Jul 12, including 45 days in...

Tibet-border difference continues to be sticking point as China and India move to improve ties

(TibetanReview.net, Sep01’25) – The Tibet-border issue continues to be a major sticking point as India and China pledged to be partners, not rivals, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping’s much-anticipated meeting on the sidelines of the...

Propaganda in Tibetan Cultural Life: Official Narratives vs. Recorded Traditions

OPINION As international scrutiny of Chinese policies in Tibet continues to intensify, the stark contrast between a fundamentally false official propaganda and recorded traditions becomes increasingly difficult for Beijing to obscure in the face of exile Tibetans’ efforts to...

China’s new law on advancing ethnic unity to give a new fillip to ongoing assimilation drive in Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Aug30’25) – On his arrival in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on Aug 20 – which was the eve of celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) – Chinese President Xi Jinping gave an...

China snubs UN rights experts to raise Tibetan environmental activist’s jail sentence

(TibetanReview.net, Aug29’25) – Rather than dropping the charges and releasing him unconditionally as advised by nine UN human rights experts way back in 2020, China has increased the jail sentence of a popular Tibetan social and environmental activist in...

Tibet’s Hidden Power: Rare Earths in a Land Under Occupation

To China, Tibet has always been Xizang, meaning the western treasure-house, and this belief turned into a strong realization after its first comprehensive geological surveys there, conducted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Geology between...

China arrests a major eastern Tibet monastery teacher, drives its administrator to suicide

(TibetanReview.net, Aug27’25) – The administrative head of a major monastery in eastern Tibet located in Ba (also called Gepasumdo / Kawasumdo / Thunte; Chinese: Tongde) county of Tsolho (Hainan) prefecture, Qinghai Province, has committed protest suicide recently while a...

China for more state-enterprise major projects in Tibet to ensure stability, unity

(TibetanReview.net, Aug26’25) – With the population of towns and cities in Tibet already overwhelmingly Chinese immigrants, Beijing wants to maintain, or even speed up, the momentum of the Sinicization there by ensuring for them urban infrastructure and facilities as...

Monsoon showers in Ladakh delay Dalai Lama’s return to Dharamshala

(TibetanReview.net, Aug26’25) – The Dalai Lama was scheduled to leave Ladakh’s capital Leh on Jun 26 after spending six weeks in the Union Territory of India, but had to postpone it due to heavy rain, reported the IANS news...

China’s Digital Crackdown in Tibet: A Regime of Silence in the Virtual Age

OPINION Aritra Banerjee* dwells on how China has weaponized technology to suppress faith, speech, and dissent on the Tibetan Plateau, cutting Tibetans off from each other, their diaspora, and the wider world, causing a profound erosion of cultural identity,...

China’s Panchen addresses symposium to mark 60th TAR anniversary

(TibetanReview.net, Aug24’25) – Well ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on Aug 20, leading a large central delegation to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Beijing-imposed Tibetan Buddhist...

Beijing delegation spreads Sinicization call across TAR during its 60th anniversary

(TibetanReview.net, Aug23’25) – China has been sweeping not only in its pronouncement of policies to assimilate Tibet under slogans of national unity, ethnic solidarity, strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, and Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism, but also...

Update: 12 dead, 4 missing after bridge-collapse on a key project of Sichuan-Qinghai Railway

(TibetanReview.net, Aug23’25) – Twelve people have died and four remain missing as of 6 pm Aug 22 due to a steel cable failure at a bridge construction site in Qinghai province for the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway which occurred earlier in...

China unhappy with New Delhi’s clarification on its Taiwan stand

(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’25) – China has on Aug 21 taken exception to India’s reiteration of its policy on Taiwan which refrained from any explicit mention of Beijing’s One China policy. “Some individuals in India are attempting to undermine China’s sovereignty...

7 dead, 9 missing after under-construction Sichuan-Qinghai Railway bridge collapsed

(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’25) – Seven people were killed and nine others left missing after a construction rope broke at a bridge under construction on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway around 3 am today, reported China’s official chinadaily.com.cn Aug...

President Xi emphasizes Sinicization during 60th Tibet Autonomous Region anniversary

(TibetanReview.net, Aug21’25) – In a visit meant to showcase who is in charge and strengthen control, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on Aug 20 and observed, on the following day, a grand parade and gathering...

Chinese president Xi in Lhasa to observe 60th Tibet Autonomous Region anniversary

(TibetanReview.net, Aug20’25) – Amid sweeping security measures and tight restrictions on local Tibetans, Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Tibet’s capital Lhasa today to take part in celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Tibet Autonomous...

30 more protesting Tibetans briefly held, India and China upbeat in their ties following foreign minister Wang’s visit

(TibetanReview.net, Aug20’25) – Around 30 Tibetans were briefly detained by police in India’s capital New Delhi on Aug 19 as they protested outside Hyderabad House. They shouted slogans like “Free Tibet” and “End repression” and waved Tibetan flags as...

Seven Tibetan protesters held during Chinese foreign minister’s high-profile India visit

(TibetanReview.net, Aug19’25) – Seven protesters from the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) have been detained by police in India’s capital New Delhi on Aug 18 evening as they protested in front of the Chinese embassy to highlight their demands on...

Dalai Lama hopes Buddhism’s growth in China will contribute to peace in the world

(TibetanReview.net, Aug18’25) – The Dalai Lama has on Aug 17 expressed happiness at the growing interest in Buddhism in China and hoped it will contribute towards the spread of peace and harmony in the word. The occasion was the...

Slogans of assimilation, false narratives greeted journalists on chaperoned tour of Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Aug17’25) – In late Jun 2025, Chinese officials in Tibet gave a group of journalists and others a chaperoned tour of the region where media access is strictly controlled. Greeted by slogans urging ethnic unity and glorifying Chinese...

China’s Xinjiang-Tibet Railway to be Strategic; most costly and difficult in the world

(TibetanReview.net, Aug16’25) – The Xinjiang -Tibet Railway which China plans to begin building later this year will be the most expensive as well as technically the most difficult to build in the world by far, reported ejinsight.com Aug 15,...