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Explained: China’s ‘ethnic unity and progress promotion’ law
Could a law passed in China actually reach you, thousands of miles away? Beijing's new law says yes.
Xi’s Top Advisor Tours Tibet to Enforce Controversial Ethnic Unity Law, Tighten Control Over Disputed Border Area
Wang’s visit to Tibet has multiple purposes, including managing the backlash caused by the law and interference with religious affairs, analysts said.
Why a Tibetan Protester Set Himself on Fire Outside the United Nations
Loga Rangzen’s self-immolation was intended to force Tibet back onto the international agenda. Instead, it exposed the challenges Tibetans face amid China's growing global influence.
Chinese police arrest Uyghur sisters and mother in Urumqi for sending goods to Turkey
Their eldest sister, who had been receiving the goods, said they were arrested for “supporting terrorists.”
Tibet supporters in Taipei mourn activist, protest China's ethnic unity law
Taipei, July 15 (CNA) Around 300 people gathered at Liberty Square in Taipei on Wednesday evening to commemorate Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen, who died after self-immolating outside the United Nations (U.N.) headquarters in New York earlier this month.
China’s erasure of Tibet is accelerating
In recent years, the international community has stood idly by while China has systematically eradicated Tibetan culture and identity.
Composting and water cremation: how the eco credentials of alternatives to burial add up
Burial grounds are filling up but are new methods any more green than traditional options?
What Lobga Rangzen’s Self-Immolation in New York Tells the Uyghurs
A Tibetan offered his life for freedom. Uyghurs and Tibetans stand together against the same colonial machinery of oppression. The post What Lobga Rangzen’s Self-Immolation in New York Tells the Uyghurs first appeared on Bitter Winter.
Thailand: Don’t Forcibly Return Chinese Dissidents
Click to expand Image The immigration detention center at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok, Thailand, February 27, 2025. © 2025 Narong Sangnak/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (Bangkok) – The Thai government should not forcibly return detained Chinese dissidents to China, Human Rights Watch said today....
Thailand: Don’t Forcibly Return Chinese Dissidents
Click to expand Image The immigration detention center at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok, Thailand, February 27, 2025. © 2025 Narong Sangnak/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (Bangkok) – The Thai government should not forcibly return detained Chinese dissidents to China, Human Rights Watch said today....
Tibetan Advocate Warns CCP’s ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law Aimed at ‘Forced Assimilation’
Kyinzom Dhongdue warns the new law could have a chilling effect on Tibetans in Australia.
After a Tibetan Set Himself on Fire in New York: How Tibetans React
The self-immolation is viewed very differently by Tibetans than by Western observers, who often miss the context. The post After a Tibetan Set Himself on Fire in New York: How Tibetans React first appeared on Bitter Winter.
China’s erasure of Tibet is accelerating
The self-immolation of exiled Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen outside UN headquarters in New York on July 2 was not an expression of personal despair. It was a desperate attempt to jolt the world out o...
Minitrue: 718 Leaked Directives from Video Platform LeTV
CDT recently published a large set of leaked internal instructions for online content management from the Chinese platform Leshi Video, or LeTV. They were issued to LeTV between March 2, 2017 and March 10, 2020 by the Cyberspace Administration...
Tibet’s Role in China’s Green Energy Supply Chain
Tibet stands at the forefront of China’s wind, solar, and hydropower. But the Tibetan people have no say over how their resources are used.
Tibetan activists chain themselves to UN gates after fatal self-immolation
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China Is Already Trying to Control Who the Next Dalai Lama Will Be
The fight over the 91-year-old’s reincarnation is becoming a test of China’s power over Tibet—and whether his spiritual legacy can outlast him.
US Reaffirms Support for Tibetan Cultural Preservation After Activist’s Self-Immolation
The State Department supports Tibetans’ human rights and urges precondition-free dialogue with China after the death of Lobga Rangzen near U.N. headquarters.
Trump administration reignites Tibet fight with new challenge to China
The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it will continue to call on China to return to dialogue with the Dalai Lama, after a Tibetan man set himself on fire near U.N. headquarters last week
Chinese man awarded US$73,500 for video featuring Tibet’s beauty, garnering 21 million likes
The tourism authority of Tibet has announced a 500,000-yuan (US$73,500) award for an online influencer whose viral road trip video promoted local tourism and garnered millions of likes The blogger, who goes by the handle @Liyaode, released the video...
Active fault line threatens world’s biggest hydropower project, Chinese geologists warn
Chinese geologists have determined that an active fault line directly beneath the world’s largest hydropower project poses a threat to the mega dam now being built on Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River. The scientists said a fracture in the...
U.S. reiterates backing Tibet in preserving culture after man set himself on fire
International human-rights groups and exiles have routinely condemned what they call China's oppressive rule in Tibetan areas.
China Will Use AI to Shape the International Narrative on Tibet
A “communication conference” on “Xizang” in Lhasa proposed using new technologies to influence Western perceptions of Tibet. The post China Will Use AI to Shape the International Narrative on Tibet first appeared on Bitter Winter.
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