For nearly three decades, Radio Free Asia has reported epochal moments in the history of modern Tibet.

Exploring the sacred ritual dances of Vajrayana Buddhism The post Embodying Enlightenment appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

The 2023–27 Five-Year Plan for Sinicizing Chinese Buddhism is reaching the end of its first two-and-a-half-year period. An event in Beijing discussed its results so far. The post Sinicization of Chinese Buddhism: What Does It Mean? first appeared on...

A mainland Chinese student who pleaded guilty to offences related to using fake Ivy League qualifications to gain admission to the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been jailed for nearly eight months. Li Sixuan appeared at the Sha...

The Chinese Communist Party is attempting to rename the Tibetan people’s homeland, part of a wider effort to eradicate Tibet’s cultural identity. For Tibet, it’s more than just a name. Source

On Thursday, Parliament adopted human rights resolutions on Tanzania, Russia and Tibet.Subcommittee on Human Rights Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

A Hong Kong man has been jailed for one year after he pleaded guilty to publishing over 100 Facebook posts that the court said incited hatred against police, judges, and the government. Li Chun-kit, 36, was sentenced on Thursday...

Incredible Winners of the 1839 Awards 2025 Color Photography Contest The 1839 Awards once again celebrates the art of color photography by announcing the winners of the 2025 Color Photography Contest. In an era when AI is making everyone...

Intimate Portraits of Tibetan Refugees Offer a Glimpse Into Resilience, Peace, and Compassion [Interview] By the time he met the young Tibetan woman behind the organization Tibetan Rights Campaign, Phil Borges had grown restless. A few years before then,...

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By publishing novels of their own, challenging the famous end-of-the-world franchise, the group presented its post-tribulationist millennialism.  The post The Jesus Christians. 5. Answering the “Left Behind” Book Series first appeared on Bitter Winter.

At a meeting in Wuhan, they were told they should devote more space to Xi Jinping and Party documents. The post China, Christian Media Mobilized for CCP Propaganda first appeared on Bitter Winter.

The life and controversial teachings of Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen The post The Philosophy of Other-Emptiness appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

China is tightening control over Tibet and flexing its strategic roof of the world advantage by cyber-spying on the Dalai Lama’s supporters “worldwide from Lhasa to London,” opening Tibet’s international airport to Singapore and Nepal, and building the world’s...

Today on World Press Freedom Day, there are warnings that US attempts to withdraw from promoting independent journalism will have far-reaching effectsAs Donald Trump’s executive order in March led to the shuttering of Voice of America (VOA) – the...

The Hindu Kush–Himalaya–Karakoram mountain range—often referred to as the “Third Pole” due to its vast glacial reserves—acts as a critical freshwater source for people in South Asia, especially in India and Pakistan.  These ice reserves feed into rivers that...

Radio Free Asia said Friday it will lay off almost all of its staff and close production in several languages, including a rare Uyghur service, after President Donald Trump cut off funding. Radio Free Asia — created by the...

Uyghur, Tibetan, Burmese will halt content production, programming on May 9

Financial challenges, authoritarian governments are sources of unrelenting pressure on independent reporting.

The roots of this decades-long conflict between India and Pakistan go back to the turbulent partition of 1947.

It’s a long way from China’s Great Wall to Egypt’s pyramids, but for the first time, Chinese and Egyptian warplanes are conducting a joint military exercise above the Nile River, extending Beijing’s reach into the African continent. Chinese fighter...

A training course told present and future imams that “Sinicizing” the religion means putting Xi Jinping’s thought at the center of Islamic activities. The post “Sinicization” of Islam continues at Full Speed first appeared on Bitter Winter.

China’s partnership with Pakistan has long served as a key instrument in Beijing’s efforts to unsettle India. While official narratives frame the two nations’ alliance as one of economic cooperation and regional stability, the underlying strategy suggests a deliberate attempt to check India’s rise through military, economic and diplomatic maneuvering.

Before the October 2023 flood in Sikkim, scientists and different agencies of the Government of India were working on installing an early warning system for glacial floods from the lake. It was known that cloudbursts could pose a severe...