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US state suspends scholarships at four schools accepting Chinese propaganda funding

(TibetanReview.net, Sep24’23) – Taking direct action on schools accepting Chinese government propaganda funding, the office of the US state of Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis has on Sep 22 announced the suspension of school choice scholarships to four schools over...

Delegation of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Visits Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

Dharamshala: A delegation of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from North Zone visited Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and met with Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang today on 23rd September 2023. During their interaction with the Deputy Speaker, the RSS delegates were briefed on...

India strongly protests China’s regular visa denial to its Arunachali Asian Games athletes, minister cancels participation

(TibetanReview.net, Sep23’23) – India has on Sep 22 lodged a strong protest to China for denying accreditation and entry to three of its wushu sportswomen who belong to its border state of Arunachal Pradesh to the 19th Asian Games...

Tibetan parliament derailed by members demanding clearance of colleague from suggestions he may have met with a Chinese official

(TibetanReview.net, Sep22’23) – While much of exile Tibetans waited, although more with pessimism than hope, to see if the 6th session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE) will finally be able to amend the Charter of Tibetans...

China bars three Arunachali Wushu sportswomen from Asian Games

(TibetanReview.net, Sep22’23) – China has again prevented three wushu sportswomen from the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh from travelling to its city of Hangzhou to participate in the Asian Games which opened on Sep 22. China calls the state...

Taiwan and the new ‘Great Game’

When Rudyard Kipling wrote the novel Kim in 1901, he popularized British intelligence officer Arthur Conolly’s phrase, “The Great Game.” The game was the 19th-century geopolitical struggle b...

India protests after 3 athletes unable to enter China for Asian Games

Female martial arts athletes are from India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, a region that is claimed by China.

Bringing Its ‘Asian Coachella’ to Guangzhou, U.S.-Based 88rising Tries to Bridge China Divide

88rising is bringing its flagship Head in the Clouds music festival to Guangzhou, but it’ll have to navigate the risks of delicate geopolitical tensions and historic censoriousness.

Integrated Healthcare Meeting Held in Dharamshala Discusses Preventive Measures and Strategies to Curb Prevalent Diseases

Dharamshala: An integrated healthcare meeting was held in Dharamshala on 15-16 September organised by the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Insitute.  Additional Secretary of Health attended the inaugural meeting which had participants from ten settlements who discussed and deliberated on...

China bars 3 Wushu athletes of Arunachal Pradesh from Asian Games, India lodges strong protest

The three women wushu fighters are from the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, a region claimed almost in full by Beijing as 'South Tibet'

China bars three female Indian athletes from Asian Games: Reports

Trio are from northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, region claimed almost in full by Beijing as 'South Tibet'.

Dharamshala Tibetan Settlement Officer Kunchok Migmar Calls on Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

Dharamshala: During the ongoing session of Vidhan Sabha at the state capital Shimla, Tibetan Settlement Officer Kunchok Migmar paid a call to Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at the latter’s office. The Tibetan Settlement Officer, after expressing his good...

Parliament suspended as MPs refuse to join house following row over an MP’s alleged meeting with Chinese government staff

By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Sept 22: The parliament of the exile Tibetan government has been suspended as the necessary quorum for assembly according to Article 49 of the Charter, of at least two third of MPs, is unfulfilled on...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Inaugurate Khamgar Druk Dharmakara College of Buddhist Cultural and Welfare Charitable Trust at Tashi Jong

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama is set to inaugurate the Khamgar Druk Dharmakara College of Buddhist Cultural and Welfare Charitable Trust located in Tashi Jong on 27 September. His Holiness will give a short teaching...

The Anatomy of One China in the One China Policy

The Foundation for Non-Violent Alternatives (FNVA) held a conference titled “The Weaponization of the One China Policy” in Delhi on the 1st and 2nd of August, 2023, one that placed focus on the importance of China not just for...

Activists group protests against Chinese Vice President Han Zheng at UN headquarters

By Tenzin Dedan DHARAMSHALA, SEPT. 22: Activist group Student for Free Tibet (SFT), a prominent Tibetan student organization, staged a protest outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Wednesday during the visit of Chinese Vice President...

Third Day of the Sixth Session of 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

Dharamshala, 21 September 2023: Presided by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, the third day of the sixth session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile deliberated on the reports of the Department of Religion and Culture (DoR&C). Today’s session also had a delegation...

New Nepal-Tibet trade route from Mustang set for opening

(TibetanReview.net, Sep21’23) – In further opening or reopening of trade routes with Nepal, China has given the go-ahead for establishing a new border trading facility in a village in occupied Tibet for which construction has been completed, as is...

Minister Wu returns from St Kitts and Nevis

Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) on Wednesday returned from Saint Kitts and Nevis, where he attended the celebration of the nation’s 40th anniversary of independence and signed an agreem...

What Biden’s Xi remarks mean

During a news conference in Vietnam on Sept. 10, a reporter asked US President Joe Biden about the possibility of China invading Taiwan. Biden replied that Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) is too...

A Delegation of Bharat Tibbat Sangh Visits Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

Dharamshala, 21 September 2023: A delegation of Bharat Tibbat Sangh visited the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today and had an interactive meeting with Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang at the Standing Committee’s hall. The visiting delegation observed the ongoing session where...

Representative Rigzin Genkhang Calls on MEP David Lega

Brussels: On Wednesday, Representative Genkhang met with David Lega, Member of the European Parliament. During the meeting Representative Genkhang expressed her gratitude for his support to the initiatives undertaken by the Office of Tibet, Brussels, in the European Parliament....

Erasing Tibet From the World Map: China’s Nomenclature Aggression

Beijing is seeking to erase Tibet from the global stage under the guise of academia, using cherry-picked scholars to promote the renaming of Tibet as “Xizang.”   Abstract: The Chinese Communist Party leadership has acquired a new vile passion to wipe …

ICT Calls for Information on Disappeared Tibetans at UN Human Rights Council

-by International Campaign for Tibet BERLIN—At the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has once again highlighted the worrying pattern of enforced disappearances and arbitrary arrests in Tibet. In...

New China-Nepal trade route to open soon as Tibet facility gets green light

Lizi Port, some 4,600 metres above sea level, has passed an inspection by the commerce ministry. With Nechung, 12km away in Nepal, it will be the fourth trading channel along the border.

Exile Tibetan parliament begins session amid public campaign for restoration of apex judiciary

(TibetanReview.net, Sep20’23) – Into the second of its five-year term, the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) began its 6th half-yearly session on Sep 19 with no certainty that it will finally move to allow the Charter of Tibetans in Exile...

Education ban on Afghan girls is a worsening crisis

Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education. Now, the rights of Afghan women and chil...

Second Day of Sixth Session of 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

Dharamshala, 20th September 2023: Chaired by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, the second day of the 6th session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile convened at 9:30 am with the continuation of debate over the official solidarity resolution from the previous...

TSO Mundgod Organises Teaching on Gesha Langri Thangpa’s Eight Versus of Lojong for Tibetan Residents

Mundgod: Abbot of the Gaden Shartse Thoesam Norling Monastery, Kyabje Jangchup Sangye, conferred a teaching to the residents of Doeguling Tibetan Settlement in Mundgod on Gesha Langri Thangpa’s “Eight Verses of Training Mind” on 20 September 2023 at the...

Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association in Portland Celebrates its 30th Founding Anniversary

Washington DC: Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association (NWTCA), a Tibetan Weekend School affiliated to Portland Tibetan Association, commemorated its 30th founding anniversary on 16 September 2023 with the gracious presence of Representative Dr Namgyal Choedup from the Office of Tibet,...