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Hundreds of Tibetans, supporters at US Capitol to lobby for Tibet, mark 90th Dalai Lama birthday

(TibetanReview.net, Jun24’25) – Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters have arrived at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, today to lobby for Tibet, with the two-day event set to culminate in a commemoration for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th...

India condemns ‘double standards’ on terrorism in veiled attack on China over Pakistan

(TibetanReview.net, Jun24’25) – India has on Jun 24 called on China, without naming it, to “shun double standards” in the fight against terrorism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Beijing, Addressing the SCO summit, India’s National Security...

Dalai Lama set for Ladakh summer itinerary next month

(TibetanReview.net, Jun23’25) – The Dalai Lama is to visit Ladakh next month and will spend at least more than a month there, resuming an annual schedule disrupted by his knee replacement surgery in the USA in Jun 2024, reported...

Britain’s Labour gov’t set to approve controversial Chinese super-embassy plan amid continuing fierce opposition

TibetanReview.net, Jun23’25) – Despite strong opposition from the United States, human rights groups and local residents, Britain’s Labour government is set to approve China’s super-embassy plan in London’s financial districts, reported standard.co.uk Jun 22. The Labour government has pivoted...

China’s United Front chief stresses ‘Sinicization of religions’ as Dalai Lama’s move on his reincarnation plan nears

(TibetanReview.net, Jun21’25) – The head of China’s United Front Work Department, the Communist Party body that oversees religious organisations, has warned faith groups to guard against “hidden dangers in the religious field and resolutely resist foreign infiltration,” becoming only...

Will the Dalai Lama address the issue of his succession early next month?

(TibetanReview.net, Jun20’25) – Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is expected to issue a message on Jul 2, few days before his 90th birthday, which will possibly address the issue of his succession, reported the AFP Jun 19, citing the Sikyong...

Report: Researchers, publishers in China lack ethical publishing knowledge

(TibetanReview.net, Jun19’25) – Research works in China lack trustworthiness because their authors and publishers lack knowledge of ethical publishing practices, reported phys.org Jun 16, citing a new study published in the Journal Data and Information Science.  A new survey has revealed a...

China’s top security official’s Qinghai visit linked to Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday apprehensions?

(TibetanReview.net, Jun18’25) – In what is seen as a step up of crackdown on Tibetans ahead of a possible announcement on the recognition  of his reincarnation, or otherwise the appointment of his successor, by the Dalai Lama on or...

UN rights chief criticizes China’s record in Tibet in his global assessment report

(TibetanReview.net, Jun18’25) – The UN’s top human rights official has on Jun 16 criticized China’s record in Tibet during the Jun 17 presentation of his assessment of the current global human rights landscape at the UN Human Rights Council...

Resolution introduced in US Congress to mark Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday as ‘A Day of Compassion’

(TibetanReview.net, Jun17’25) – Ahead of world-wide launch of a year-long series of events commemorating the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a bipartisan resolution has been introduced in the US Congress on Jun 16, proposing to designate...

China jails two Tibetan monastery leaders for appealing, protesting, seeking legal help against dam project

(TibetanReview.net, Jun17’25) – China is learnt to have jailed two top religious leaders of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Dege County of Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, for their alleged role in peaceful protests against a major hydropower...

For China, rights dialogue is just a propaganda charade

EDITORIAL (TibetanReview.net, Jun15’25) – China expressed disdain for “so-called issues such as freedom of expression, religion and belief” during the 40th EU-China Human Rights Dialogue in Brussels on Jun 13, according to an opinion piece posted on China’s official...

Dalai Lama succession, Panchen Lama disappearance raised during EU-China rights dialogue

(TibetanReview.net, Jun15’25) – Any raising of any human rights issue with China is bound to be thorny and so it especially was when the European Union questioned it on its unabashed interference in the process for the recognition of...

Tibet-dependent China now able to extract critical mineral rubidium from brine for first time

(TibetanReview.net, Jun15’25) – Chinese scientists have achieved a breakthrough in the commercial extraction of the critical metal rubidium directly from salt lake brine and whose more accessible form it mines primarily from the historically Tibetan-inhabited province of Qinghai and...

Dalai Lama congratulates Mongolia’s new PM, recalls historical twin-brother ties

(TibetanReview.net, Jun14’25) – The Dalai Lama has on Jun 13 congratulated Mongolia’s new Prime Minister Zandanshatar Gombojav, recalling his several visits to the country since 1979 and the uniquely close historical ties the two sides shared. Zandanshatar was appointed...

China’s 7th Tibetan Buddhism Doctrinal Interpretation Seminar included Sinicization experts, party officials

(TibetanReview.net, Jun14’25) – As a part of its continuing campaign for the so-called Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism, China has kicked off on Jun 12 its 7th Tibetan Buddhism Doctrinal Interpretation Seminar in Tibet’s capital Lhasa. Given its objective, the...

Was the auctioning of Sir Basil Gould’s papers a sale of Tibet’s history?

(TibetanReview.net, Jun13’25) – A China-suspicion has arisen regarding a mysterious online bidder who paid nearly $19,000 for the private papers of Sir Basil Gould, formerly of the Indian Civil Service, who was the political officer for 10 years in...

Hong Kong bans video game where Tibetans etc could fight to overthrow communist rule

(TibetanReview.net, Jun13’25) – Citing a draconian security law imposed by Beijing, police in Hong Kong – which is supposedly autonomous with democratic freedoms and government system – have warned residents against downloading a mobile game application which gives players...

China gives state funeral to top Tibetan collaborator Ragdi

(TibetanReview.net, Jun12’25) – China has on Jun 12 given state funeral to Ragdi (also written as Raidi), one of top Tibetan collaborators in its occupation rule in Tibet. He topped his career under Chinese rule as a vice chairman...

Nepali artists condemn Kathmandu int’l film festival organizers’ ‘Xizang’ erasure of Tibetan identity

(TibetanReview.net, Jun11’25) – A group of Nepali artists in the fields of painting, filmmaking and culture has issued a strongly-worded statement on Jun 10, condemning the organizers of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) for helping to spread...

India to host Chinese vice foreign minister on road towards restoring normal ties

(TibetanReview.net, Jun11’25) – The long road to fully normalizing Sino-India relations after the 2020 Galwan Valley breakup continues with Chinese vice foreign minister Sun Weidong being likely to visit India this week for what will be the second high-level...

India opens Shipki La Tibet-border pass in Himachal for tourism

(TibetanReview.net, Jun11’25) – From being open only for yearly seasonal trading activities, India is to open the Shipki La pass on the India-Tibet border in Himachal Pradesh state to tourists and local public for the first time since independence...

US strongly opposed to China’s ‘super-embassy’ project in London’s financial districts

(TibetanReview.net, Jun10’25) – Atter continuing to keep the option to allow China to construct a “super-embassy” in London’s financial districts alive despite strong opposition from human rights groups and other critics of Beijing, as well as local residents, UK’s...

US vows military action to thwart any Chinese takeover of Taiwan

(TibetanReview.net, Jun10’25) – As the China threat appeared to grow and loom large, the US is increasingly setting aside its strategic ambiguity on policy towards Taiwan, speaking of defending it militarily. After former President Joe Biden, current Defence Secretary...

President Xi seeks greater progress in China-appointed Panchen’s acceptability report card

(TibetanReview.net, Jun08’25) – As if to underline its importance, China’s official Xinhua news agency issued reports and updates on President Xi Jinping’s Jun 6 meeting with Chinese government appointed 11th Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu for the third day today,...

Acclaimed director Scorsese admires Dalai Lama at special screening of Kundun

(TibetanReview.net, Jun07’25) – A special 35 mm screening of Kundun, the 1997 Oscar nominated biopic on the early life of the Dalai Lama, was held on Jun 6 as part of the annual Tribeca Film Festival, a highly-anticipated cinematic...

India sees China as key factor in its Pakistan rivalry

(TibetanReview.net, Jun07’25) – Any move by India to improve its relations with China is easily thwarted by Pakistan towards which the latter feels an overwhelming degree of commitment, Indian National Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said Jun 5, leading...

China directs anger at Japan for world parliamentarians’ Tokyo meet

(TibetanReview.net, Jun06’25) – China has strongly objected to Japan over the holding of the 9th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet in Tokyo over Jun 3-4, with the venue being the International Conference Hall of the Japanese Parliament building complex....

China-appointed 11th Panchen Lama meets Xi Jinping in Zhongnanhai

(TibetanReview.net, Jun06’25) – The Chinese-government-appointed 11th Panchen Lama, Gyaincain Norbu, has on Jun 6 called on President Xi Jinping to receive a lecture on playing greater role in winning Tibetan loyalty to the Communist Party of China-state. The report...

Lawmakers from across countries renew resolve to build solidarity for Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Jun06’25) – Lawmakers from 29 countries, joined by democracy and human rights critiques of the Communist Party of China, have on Jun 4 reiterated their resolve to build a global solidarity for Tibet, counter the Chinese government’s influence,...