Tibetan Review
Exile parliament resumes session after Sep 2023 walkout, told no material evidence exists of a member being spy
(TibetanReview.net, Mar14’24) —The 6th session of the current, 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE), disrupted by an unsavoury walkout by a quorum-busting section of its members in Sep 2023 after sitting for just three days, resumed on Mar 13....
Tibetan mother dead, depressed by China’s prolonged incommunicado detention of her son
(TibetanReview.net, Mar13’24) — A Tibetan mother in Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) prefecture of Sichuan province was reported to have died on Feb 17 due to severe depression stemming from China’s continued refusal to provide any information on her son who...
US intelligence sees risk of India-China armed conflict in current border standoff
(TibetanReview.net, Mar13’24) —China’s intentions to maintain “large troop deployments and sporadic encounters” with India (across occupied Tibet’s border) could risk “miscalculation and escalation into armed conflict”, reported indiatoday.in Mar 12, citing the United States’ 2024 Annual Threat Assessment released...
Roundup 2: China’s continued occupation of Tibet condemned across continents on 65th uprising anniversary
(TibetanReview.net, Mar12’24) — Amid more reports of more protest rallies held across the continents to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan national uprising against Chinese occupation rule, a House resolution was introduced in the US Congress on Mar...
India rejects China’s criticism of PM Modi’s visit to state bordering occupied Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Mar12’24) — India has on Mar 12 pointedly rejected China’s criticism and protest over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country’s Tibet-border state of Arunachal Pradesh and his inauguration of a strategic tunnel there. China claims the...
Roundup 1: China’s continued occupation of Tibet condemned across continents on 65th uprising anniversary
(TibetanReview.net, Mar11’24) — The 65th anniversary of the Tibetan national uprising against Chinese occupation rule was commemorated Mar 10 by Tibetans and their campaign supporters across the free world but again banned in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu which feared that...
Leading UK university sidelines teacher after Chinese students’ nationalist callout
(TibetanReview.net, Mar10’24) — The University College London (UCL) has come under criticism after a professor said she had been banned from teaching a course about China in order to avoid putting Chinese students off from applying to be taught...
Well-equipped, resourced Chinese-backed hacking group targeting Tibetan networks
(TibetanReview.net, Mar09’24) — A Chinese-backed hacking group, Evasive Panda (also known as BRONZE HIGHLAND and Daggerfly), has launched a cyberespionage campaign targeting Tibetans globally, reported hackread.com Mar 8, citing Antivirus and Internet Security Solutions provider ESET. The report said...
Trustworthiness-challenged China criticizes India’s Tibet-border redeployment move
(TibetanReview.net, Mar09’24) — In light of its latest assessment of threats posed by an expansionist China from across occupied Tibet, India has freed nearly 10,000 soldiers from its western border to redeploy them under a new command to its...
Edible Flowers: A series of undying love for the mundane
Tibetan artist Tenzin Gyurmey Dorjee has told Choekyi Lhamo* that his storytelling through art layers complex issues with simple themes I met Tenzin Gyurmey Dorjee on a cold winter morning prior to his second solo exhibition in the foothills...
China’s continued crackdown targets Tibetans who might have sent out Dege dam protest videos
(TibetanReview.net, Mar08’24) – While China released a few dozen Tibetans on Feb 27 after the arrest of more than 1,000 in Dege County of Kardze prefecture in Sichuan province some days earlier, the crackdown continues with those who may...
England cricket players meet Dalai Lama ahead of final Test match in local stadium
(TibetanReview.net, Mar07’24) – Members of England’s cricket team have met with the Dalai Lama at his exile home in Dharamshala on Mar 6, ahead of their fifth and final Test match against India to be held in the picturesque...
China’s claim of no ‘mass incidents’ in ‘Tibet’ last year rejected
(TibetanReview.net, Mar07’24) – China has claimed Mar 6 that there were no “mass incidents” last year in Tibet, a euphemism for protests. But it was obviously referring only to the situation in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), which is roughly...
Philippines urges neighbours’ unity against expansionist China
(TibetanReview.net, Mar07’24) – Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo on Mar 4 urged regional maritime neighbours to stand together more strongly in upholding the rule of law in the South China Sea, where China had constructed garrisons on several artificial...
China’s dam building rush in Tibet top threat to survival of one-fifth of Mekong fish species in downstream countries
(TibetanReview.net, Mar07’24) – Unsustainable development, especially proliferating hydropower dams in the upriver Tibetan Plateau region, threatens the health and diverse fish populations of the Mekong river, with one-fifth of fish species in Southeast Asia’s main artery facing extinction, reported...
UN rights chief decries lack of fundamental rights in China-ruled Tibet, Xinjiang
(TibetanReview.net, Mar05’24) – In a departure from the much-criticised reticence of most of his predecessors towards taking on China over its abysmal record in occupied Tibet, the top UN human rights official has on Mar 4 called on Beijing...
Tibetans’ leadership role makes them second class citizens under Chinese rule
(TibetanReview.net, Mar05’24) – In what may be seen as proof that Chinese rule in Tibet is typically colonial, debunking the official designation of the historical Tibetan territories, broken up and placed under the authoritarian rule of the Chinese Communist...
Chinese Premier to avoid year’s only media interaction event
(TibetanReview.net, Mar04’24) – As questions swirl about the country’s struggling economy and governmental transparency in the face of disappeared high-profile ministers, Premier Li Qiang is not holding a news conference at the conclusion of the Chinese parliament’s annual meeting...
China urges Indian media to uphold One China policy, berating a Taiwan foreign Minister interview
(TibetanReview.net, Mar04’24) – China wants the media in India to follow its so-called One China policy after the television channel NewsX aired on Feb 29 an interview with Taiwan’s foreign minister Joseph Wu. The Communist Party of China (CPC)-state...
Online reports of fatalities due to flood damage to dam in Qinghai province denied
(TibetanReview.net, Mar02’24) – Online reports suggested that dozens of people had died and thousands had gone missing after a dam was damaged by flooding recently in the previously earthquake-hit Maduo (Tibetan: Matoe) county in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai...
China-ruled Tibet is second least free country, territory in rights group’s annual survey
(TibetanReview.net, Mar01’24) – With an abysmal -2 out of 40 for Political Rights and just 2 out of 60 for Civil Liberties, China-ruled Tibet has scored a total of zero out of 100 for “Freedom” in the international rights...
China awards 12 top Tibetan Buddhist degrees in Tibet, compared to over 300 in India in last four years
(TibetanReview.net, Mar01’24) – China reported Feb 28 that 12 monks had been awarded the degree of Geshe Lharampa following a sutra debate that day in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), apparently to make the point that religious freedom is respected...
Further fall from grace for disappeared former foreign, defence ministers in opaque world of China
(TibetanReview.net, Mar01’24) – China said Feb 27 that the resignation from the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) by the months-long disappeared former foreign minister Qin Gang had been accepted, without any information on his whereabouts or current status. China...
China imposes lockdown on monasteries earmarked for destruction for dam at centre of Tibetan protests
(TibetanReview.net, Feb28’24) – China has imposed a lockdown on the seven monasteries along the two banks of eastern Tibet’s Drichu (Chinese: Jinsha) river which it is set to demolish to make way for a massive hydropower dam project in...
Int’l outrage grows over China’s brutal ill-treatment of Tibetan dam protesters
(TibetanReview.net, Feb27’24) – The United States’ top official on Tibetan issues has on Feb 25 added her voice to the growing outpouring of international outrage on the scale and brutality of China’s ongoing repression of Tibetans in Dege County,...
Tibet campaign, support groups conclude 9th int’l meet in Brussels
(TibetanReview.net, Feb26’24) – A three-day conference of over 170 members representing “Tibet support Groups” from 44 countries concluded in Belgium’s capital Brussels on Feb 25, reported the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), which facilitated the event, on its Tibet.net website....
Tibetans arrested for Dege dam protests being severely beaten by Chinese police
(TibetanReview.net, Feb25’24) – Chinese police in Dege County of Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) prefecture, Sichuan province, had begun interrogating the more than 1,000 Tibetans they had arrested for protesting against the building of a massive hydropower dam complex in their...
US town to mark 65th Tibetan national uprising anniversary
(TibetanReview.net, Feb25’24) – The Amherst Town in the US state of Massachusetts is to commemorate the 65th Tibetan Uprising Day on Mar 10 by flying the Tibetan national flag as a way to express solidarity with the Tibetan people...
China’s Panchen gets an earful on perfecting his role to help Sinicize Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism
(TibetanReview.net, Feb25’24) – China’s politburo leader on ethnic minority and religious affairs has on Feb 21 met with its replacement 11th Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu in Beijing and called on him to step up in carrying out his role...
China’s biggest gold producer cleared to massively expand Tibet copper mine project
(TibetanReview.net, Feb24’24) – Zijin Mining Group, China’s biggest listed gold producer,has received local government approval for the second phase expansion of its Julong copper project in Tibet, reported Reuters Feb 23, citing the company in a filing with the...


































