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India fears 85% drop in Brahmaputra after China’s Mega-Dam in Tibet

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 27:  India has raised alarm over China’s planned construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet, warning that the project could reduce water flows of the Brahmaputra River by as much as 85% during the...

Blatant exercise of transnational repression as China targets exiled artist

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 27: Sai, a Myanmar artist and curator who fled Thailand after Chinese authorities forced the removal of Tibetan and other exiled artists’ works from an exhibition in Bangkok, says he does “not feel safe at all” even...

Tsang Monastery senior leader commits suicide amid Chinese oppression

August 27, 2025 On August 18, 2025, Shersang Gyatso, a 52-year-old senior leader at Tsang Monastery, took his own life after facing Chinese authorities’ intense scrutiny, intimidation, and repressive intrusions into his monastic community. His death followed heightened state...

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...

Traveling Photographer Spends 17 Years (And Counting) Documenting Indigenous Cultures

Traveling Photographer Spends 17 Years (And Counting) Documenting Indigenous Cultures Since 2008, photographer and ethnographer Alexander Khimushin has been traveling the world to study Indigenous cultures. Khimushin, who grew up in the remote reaches of Siberia, has immersed himself...

Sentence extension for environmental activist A-Nya Sengdra

The costs of protecting Tibet's environment: as one environmental campaigner has their sentence extended another is subjected to strict surveillance. Source

UK delays decision on China’s proposed ‘mega-embassy’ in London over transparency, security concerns

The UK government has delayed its decision regarding China's proposed large embassy in London after Beijing refused to provide complete and unredacted architectural plans for various buildings within the project, heightening an ongoing dispute concerning transparency and security. The...

China’s infrastructure push in Tibet aims to elevate investments on world’s roof

From giant dams to sprawling railways, Beijing has pledged to step up investments along the so-called roof of the world, led by state-owned enterprises, as China marks the 60th anniversary of the Tibet autonomous region’s establishment. The State-owned Assets...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Engages with Educational and Cultural Centres in Dharamshala Following Kullu-Manali Visit

Dharamshala: As part of his ongoing official tour in Dharamshala, following the successful conclusion of his visit to the Kullu-Manali region, Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) visited the Upper Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV) School. Upon...

Monk from Tsang Monastery Arrested as China Intensifies Tibet Crackdown

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMsALA 27 Aug:  A monk from the Tsang Monastery in Amdo region of occupied Tibet has been arbitrarily arrested by Chinese authorities allegedly for “sending money abroad” during the period surrounding the 90th birthday of the...