KATHMANDU -- Nepal's government has forced a major Tibetan studies conference out of Kathmandu after China objected to the gathering, prompting accusations of state interference in academic freedom.

China is using an artificial intelligence-driven fish identification system to conduct round-the-clock tracking of species passing along a fishway on a dam on Tibet’s largest river. Monitoring the route once relied on labour-intensive manual counts, but it now uses...

An international academic conference on Tibet due to take place in Nepal this month has been pushed online, organisers said Saturday, calling it a “worrying development”. Nepal’s government denied that it had ordered the change, though the country is...

No one knew what Lobga Rangzen was planning. Not the monk who was his friend of 30 years, not his niece in New York. The niece was watching the World Cup on TV in Queens when she heard from...

No one knew what Lobga Rangzen was planning. Not the monk who was his friend of 30 years, not his niece in New York.

Kalsang Lhamo traces a series of vertical strokes, slow but firm, practicing Tibetan calligraphy. A 73-year-old retired nurse, she has spoken Tibetan all her life but never learned to write it. Now, i...

A conference on Tibetan studies in Nepal has been canceled at the request of government officials

A 73-year-old retired nurse's decision to learn to write Tibetan language offers a glimpse into how some embrace their language and cultural identity in Tibet.

In July, China implemented a new Ethnic Unity Law, which aims to strengthen patriotism across all regions of the country, including those populated by peoples who are not part of China's dominant Han ethnic group. One such region is...

No one doubted the intensity of Lobga Rangzen’s commitment to a Tibet free of Chinese control. But they were not prepared for what he did next.

A 73-year-old retired nurse spoke her native Tibetan all her life but never learned to write it — until now

China’s new ethnic unity law reaches across borders. The danger is not that it does so. It is what it criminalizes, whom it targets, and how it enforces.

Yesterday marked one month since Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen self-immolated in protest, and his family hoped the date would act as a “global action day,” calling on Tibetan communities and human...

Taipei, Aug. 2 (CNA) Several dozen people protested outside the Bank of China's Taipei branch on Sunday, marking one month since Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen set himself on fire outside United Nations (U.N.) headquarters in New York to protest...

Once home to a 99-foot Buddha statue in Sengdeng Village, the sacred site has been converted since 2023 into a racecourse. Source

High in the eastern Himalayas, where yak caravans once carried silk and salt between empires, a border crossing closed by suspicion six years ago is stirring back to life. The Nathu La Pass, a remote border trading post connecting...

Zhang Yi, a former student leader at Tiananmen Square who was later imprisoned and tortured, is being held at the Lhasa Detention Centre. Source

The launch of the centre comes as the technology competition between the US and China intensified, with high-altitude drone logistics around Everest emerging as a testing ground for supremacy.

Lobga Rangzen, a longtime Tibetan activist, died on July 2 after performing the first known Tibetan self-immolation on U.S. soil in protest against Chinese policies in Tibet. The post Lobga Rangzen Dedicated His Life to Tibet. His Final Protest...

This year marks the 75th anniversary of what China calls the “peaceful liberation” of Tibet in 1951, which critics describe as an invasion that has widely curtailed the rights and culture of Tibetans.

The tragedy of Lobga Rangzen is a reminder of how easily unresolved questions can fade from international discourse without ever truly being resolved. The post Is the Tibetan Cause Fading from the World’s Attention? first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Beijing has launched a drone research hub in Tibet near Mount Everest in an effort to exploit its high-altitude advantage in the ongoing competition for technological dominance between the US and China. The Plateau Drone R&D Application Centre was...

The inspection follows a similar tour of Xinjiang and asks for more political pressure, religious supervision, and intensified social management. The post Wang Huning Tours Tibet to Enforce the New Ethnic Unity Law first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Could a law passed in China actually reach you, thousands of miles away? Beijing's new law says yes.

Wang’s visit to Tibet has multiple purposes, including managing the backlash caused by the law and interference with religious affairs, analysts said.