Dharamshala: On 18 May 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering visited the Tibetan Language and Culture School of the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre (TCCC) to address the students there. The event began with a briefing of the school’s annual report by...

The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is scheduled to restart in June 2025 across Sikkim's Nathula Pass following a five-year break.

Over 200 Tibetans and rights advocates gathered in Zurich to mark 30 years since the disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. The event, part of a global movement, called on China to reveal his whereabouts and...

Beijing: An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter Scale jolted China on Sunday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.As per NCS, the tremors occurred at 11:00 pm IST, with its epicentre located at a latitude of 33.84...

Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering made his maiden official visit to the Bay of Quinte region on 17 May 2025 to meet with the Belleville-Trenton Tibetan Community, as the democratically elected political leader of the Tibetan community in exile. This...

Washington DC: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday demanded the immediate release of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, who was abducted by Chinese authorities 30 years ago at the age of six."Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urges China to release 11th Panchen Lama, abducted as a child in 1995. His whereabouts remain unknown 30 years later.

China continues to “Sinicize” geographical names in an Indian state it claims as its own. Enough, says the Indian government. The post China’s Name War in Indian Arunachal Pradesh Continues first appeared on Bitter Winter.

An emergency crew in China which illegitimately used its ambulance siren and flashing lights to clear a way on a popular tourist highway in Tibet has triggered a public backlash. The incident happened on the 117km-long road that connects...

On May 17, 1995, just three days after the Dalai Lama recognised him, the six-year-old Panchen Lama and his family were abducted by the Chinese Communist Party. Subsequently, Beijing appointed another child as the Panchen Lama in a clear...