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Tibetan Review
Propaganda in Tibetan Cultural Life: Official Narratives vs. Recorded Traditions
OPINION As international scrutiny of Chinese policies in Tibet continues to intensify, the stark contrast between a fundamentally false official propaganda and recorded traditions becomes increasingly difficult for Beijing to obscure in the face of exile Tibetans’ efforts to...
China’s new law on advancing ethnic unity to give a new fillip to ongoing assimilation drive in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Aug30’25) – On his arrival in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on Aug 20 – which was the eve of celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) – Chinese President Xi Jinping gave an...
China snubs UN rights experts to raise Tibetan environmental activist’s jail sentence
(TibetanReview.net, Aug29’25) – Rather than dropping the charges and releasing him unconditionally as advised by nine UN human rights experts way back in 2020, China has increased the jail sentence of a popular Tibetan social and environmental activist in...
Tibet’s Hidden Power: Rare Earths in a Land Under Occupation
To China, Tibet has always been Xizang, meaning the western treasure-house, and this belief turned into a strong realization after its first comprehensive geological surveys there, conducted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Geology between...
China arrests a major eastern Tibet monastery teacher, drives its administrator to suicide
(TibetanReview.net, Aug27’25) – The administrative head of a major monastery in eastern Tibet located in Ba (also called Gepasumdo / Kawasumdo / Thunte; Chinese: Tongde) county of Tsolho (Hainan) prefecture, Qinghai Province, has committed protest suicide recently while a...
China for more state-enterprise major projects in Tibet to ensure stability, unity
(TibetanReview.net, Aug26’25) – With the population of towns and cities in Tibet already overwhelmingly Chinese immigrants, Beijing wants to maintain, or even speed up, the momentum of the Sinicization there by ensuring for them urban infrastructure and facilities as...
Monsoon showers in Ladakh delay Dalai Lama’s return to Dharamshala
(TibetanReview.net, Aug26’25) – The Dalai Lama was scheduled to leave Ladakh’s capital Leh on Jun 26 after spending six weeks in the Union Territory of India, but had to postpone it due to heavy rain, reported the IANS news...
China’s Digital Crackdown in Tibet: A Regime of Silence in the Virtual Age
OPINION Aritra Banerjee* dwells on how China has weaponized technology to suppress faith, speech, and dissent on the Tibetan Plateau, cutting Tibetans off from each other, their diaspora, and the wider world, causing a profound erosion of cultural identity,...
China’s Panchen addresses symposium to mark 60th TAR anniversary
(TibetanReview.net, Aug24’25) – Well ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on Aug 20, leading a large central delegation to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Beijing-imposed Tibetan Buddhist...
Beijing delegation spreads Sinicization call across TAR during its 60th anniversary
(TibetanReview.net, Aug23’25) – China has been sweeping not only in its pronouncement of policies to assimilate Tibet under slogans of national unity, ethnic solidarity, strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, and Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism, but also...
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