By Tenzin Pema, Dorjee Damdul, Lobsang Gelek, Passang Tsering, Abby Seiff, and Passang Dhonden In the tranquil hills of Nepal’s Gandaki province, where the land rises in its northern district of Mustang toward the border with Tibet, the pace of...

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed this week is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world

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A handful of former warriors, as old as 100, share stories of a vital chapter in modern Tibetan history.

Group says lives of Tibetan children are ‘irrevocably altered to serve the purposes of the Chinese government’

(Columbia)The singer’s ninth album has grand ambitions but – despite some sparkling songcraft – falls short of its mind-altering promises and the hits that made her a starMiley Cyrus has made some very grand claims for her ninth album....

'Rightful' Panchen Lama now missing for over 30 years as Beijing denies allegations

China’s most powerful destroyer can now strike beyond visual-range targets with pinpoint precision by linking to an airborne early warning system – the same technology used by the Pakistan Air Force in the recent Kashmir conflict – according to...

May 28, 2025 Contact: Lhadon Tethong, Tibet Action Institute +1 (917) 418-4181 Children Face Abuse, Loss of Language and Culture in Chinese Government Boarding School System DOWNLOAD PDF REPORT HERE Boston – New evidence shows that Tibetan children face...

Team in China demostrate that multiple geological factors contribute to a landscape’s predistribution to landslidesWe know that steep slopes and heavy rain help to trigger landslides, but are some types of landscape more susceptible than others? A study suggests...

As Chinese retailer Pop Mart temporarily halts sales of its keychain gremlin doll Labubu in UK stores, Ellie Muir speaks to proud connoisseurs of the toy and luxury goods experts about why accessorising bags has taken over fashion runways...

Kami Rita Sherpa is a "global symbol of Everest itself", says the expedition organiser.

On April 22, an attack occurred in the Baisaran Valley, located in the mountainous region of Kashmir in the western part of the Indian subcontinent, sparking a brief military conflict between New Delhi and Islamabad. India received support from...

ENHANCED CONTROLS: Users of the Internet in China’s Henan Province face five times more blocked Web sites than the average user, researchers have found

Tips for the beginner meditator from a Tibetan Buddhist monk The post Entering Shamatha Meditation appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Activists Urge General Assembly to Establish New Investigative Body

AFCL has worked to hold power to account and inform the public with clarity and rigor.

China on May 23, 1951, imposed the so-called “17-Point Agreement” to formally annex Tibet. In March, China in its 18th White Paper misleadingly said it laid “firm foundations for the region’s human rights cause.”

The 1979 Sino-Tibetan dialogue marked a historic moment, one filled with promise and disappointment. It was a rare instance where representatives of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government directly discussed the fate of Tibet and its people.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued a statement calling on the Chinese Communist Party to immediately release Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism, who as of May 17 has been missing for 30...

China compelled them to leave their country. Exiled, they still speak with a powerful voice, Kunsang Dolma said. The post A New Book on Tibetan Women Writers in Exile first appeared on Bitter Winter.

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Chiharu Shiota’s Newest Exhibition Highlights “Emptiness” by Filling the Void With Webs of Thread Despite working predominantly with thread, Chiharu Shiota wants to be clear: her art should be read as paintings, not as cobwebs. For the Japanese artist,...

A writer invokes the Hindu sage Vyāsa in a meditation on old age. The post The End of Time appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Quake-ravaged Tibet has had to contend with censorship and political repression.