(TibetanReview.net, Dec20’23) – Monasteries with their distinct architectural designs, prayer flags fluttering in the wind, and mani stone piles remain enduring symbols of Tibetan Buddhist identity. But now, China appears to have begun cracking down on the mani stone...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec20’23) – The death toll in the powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake which hit Gansu province and affected neighbouring Qinghai province at 11:59 pm on Dec 18 night has risen to 131, including to 18 in Qinghai. As of 5:30...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec20’23) – The latest report on EU-China relations adopted by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament on Nov 16, and by the whole Parliament on Dec 13, has condemned China’s assimilationist policies in Tibet as well...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec19’23) – A magnitude-6.2 earthquake which rocked an ethnic county in China’s Gansu Province around midnight on Dec 18 has killed at least 118 people as of Dec 19 morning, including 13 in neighbouring Qinghai province, reported China’s...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec19’23) – The Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has decided to invite seers, priests and religious leaders from across the country, as well as top leaders of people from all walks of life, including industrialists, scientists, actors,...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec18’23) – Stung by the international media’s coverage of its Dec 14 resolution on “the abduction of Tibetan children and forced assimilation practices through Chinese boarding schools in Tibet”, China’s official media has lashed out at the European...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec17’23) – Just hours before the China-patriot government of Hong Kong announced HK$1 million (US$128,000) bounties on five more pro-democracy opposition figures, bringing their total to 13, members of the US House select committee on China have pledged...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec16’23) – China has opened on Dec 15 an exhibition of cultural relics on the theme of the successive Panchen Lamas and Buddhism art in its Macao Special Administrative Region in an apparent move to further promote Gyaincain...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec16’23) – Questioned on its inadequate and disproportionate response to the gravity of the human rights situation in Chinese ruled Tibet thus far, the government of UK has told parliament on Dec 15 that it will continue to...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec15’23) – Citing its previous resolutions on China and Tibet and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the European Parliament has on Dec 14 called on China to immediately abolish its boarding school system in...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec15’23) – For the second day on Dec 13, China has attacked the Indian Supreme Court’s Dec 11 decision on the status of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, while laying claim over the “western section of the China-India...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec13’23) – The assault on protesters, including Tibetans, by pro-Beijing counter-demonstrators and the police inaction during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in San Francisco in the middle of last month smacked of orders “from above” and...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec13’23) – Voicing support for its all-weather friend and India’s arch-enemy Pakistan, China has said Dec 12 that the Kashmir issue should be resolved through dialogue and consultation between India and Pakistan. India’s position is that the Kashmir...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec12’23) – China on Dec 11 reacted with bitter anger at a statement issued the day before by the EU delegation in China on the occasion of the international Human Rights Day which marked the 75th anniversary of...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec12’23) – China said Dec 11 that it had completed building nearly half the planned height of its largest capacity dam on the Jinsha (Tibetan: Drichu) River which is located in Tibet at the junction of Baiyu (Palyul)...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec11’23) – The 34th anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace prize on His Holiness the Dalai Lama was marked in conjunction with the world Human Rights Day on Dec 10 with the inauguration of the award...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec10’23) – China not only avoided using “Tibet” to refer to Tibet or Tibet Autonomous Region in the latest white paper on Tibet it issued on Nov 10, but its official media has dramatically increased the use of...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec10’23) – Following online chatter that its Dec 23 cover art was an oblique criticism of China’s Party chief and state president Xi Jinping, a popular periodical featuring essays and nonfiction writing has announced that it was suspending...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec10’23) – Citing, political, democracy, and human rights issues, including Tibet, a Republican legislator in Pennsylvania is spearheading a long-overdue effort to end state investment in companies controlled by the government of China, with the state Treasurer concurring,...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec09’23) – Once rare, senior officials of Chinese ruled Tibet have been making a series of overseas trips recently. The move is seen by analysts as an attempt, in part, to win support for Beijing’s plan to choose...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec09’23) – The Chinese government-appointed Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu has concluded on Dec 6 a six-month tour of Xizang Autonomous Region, engaging in a series of Buddhist and social activities, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency Dec...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec07’23) – The Chinese government in Tibet Autonomous Region blocked entry to nearly 50,000 pilgrims from India this year while letting in visitors from all other countries, compelling many to visit Nepal instead, reported the kathmandupost.com Dec 6....

(TibetanReview.net, Dec06’23) – Chinese authorities are reported to have detained two Tibetan women, who are sisters, for what they apparently saw as making religiously inspired appeals for donations to their charity work that helps the poor and needy in...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec06’23) – The two 17th Karmapa reincarnations, each recognized by different top lamas within the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, have issued a joint statement Dec 4, outlining their mutual plans to work together toward the recognition, education,...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec05’23) – India’s Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment has on Dec 4 called on Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in Dharamshala to invite him for the Dhamma Diksha, an international conference on Buddhism,...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec05’23) – Environmental inspectors sent by Beijing have criticised authorities in Qinghai Province for turning a blind eye to illegal mining activities of Chinese companies operating there while also failing to implement China’s environmental protection guidelines, reported the...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec04’23) – Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said Nov 30 that it had taken down thousands of fake accounts from several networks that were part of a China-based influence campaign to spread polarising political...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec04’23) – Chinese authorities in Golog (Chinese: Guoluo) prefecture of Qinghai Province have jailed a Tibetan singer for apparently sharing on social media a patriotic Tibetan song, according to Dharamshala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Dec...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec03’23) – As their border standoff across occupied Tibet in the Ladakh region continues, China and India are still talking and have agreed Nov 30 to hold the 21st round of commander-level talks at the earliest opportunity to...

(TibetanReview.net, Dec02’23) – Although Bhutan previously denied it, China has continued its unsanctioned programme of settlement construction across the contested border in the kingdom’s Himalayan north, reported chathamhouse.org Dec 1, citing satellite imagery from Sep 2023. The report felt...