I will never forget my first dinosaur wing. I was a college student, on my first international expedition, preparing to venture into the mountains of Tibet in search of Jurassic dinosaurs. Our team assembled in Beijing, and as we rushed through the galleries and storehouses of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, I stole a fleeting glance, from across the room. A skeleton of the little carnivore Microraptor, its long arms unfurled, adorned with feathers forming a broad sheet. The wings sparkled in the low light; I was mesmerised. And then we were hustled along.

After the 2018 agreement, pressure on Chinese Catholics is escalating amid apparent indifference from the Vatican, a Human Rights Watch Report says. The post No Real Freedom for the Catholic Church in China first appeared on Bitter Winter.

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A Chinese Christian explains that obtaining a Bible legally is difficult—and getting one illegally will land you in jail. The post The Bible Dilemma of China’s House Church Believers first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Tibetans outside Chinese control vote on Sunday for a government-in-exile, an election of heightened significance as they brace for an inevitable, eventual, future without their revered spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. The India-based Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) — condemned...

Tibetans living outside Chinese control vote on Sunday for a government-in-exile in a ballot seen as increasingly significant as they prepare for an eventual future without their revered spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. The India-based Central Tibetan Administration remains...

A crypto tycoon is giving record-breaking amounts to Farage’s party. But little is known about his motivesShortly before Christmas 2022, Chakrit Sakunkrit, owner of the Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary on the Thai island of Koh Samui, invited 200 guests to spend...

From Taiwan to Tibet, French President Emmanuel Macron has touched Beijing’s nerves on a range of sensitive issues over the past few weeks. On a trip to Japan earlier this month, he and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi “emphasised...

About 240 Indians claiming descent from a Biblical tribe landed at Tel Aviv airport on Thursday as part of a government operation to relocate them to Israel.The newcomers p...

Eight UN experts have called on China to account for new legislation that escalates Xi Jinping's campaign of forced assimilation in Tibet and extends its reach beyond PRC borders. Source

Around 240 Bnei Menashe from northeast India landed in Israel as part of a government-backed plan to relocate 6,000 members of the community claiming descent from a lost biblical tribe.

A campaign in Lishui, Zhejiang, shows how the fight against “heterodox teachings” now targets even young pupils. The post China’s New Front Line Against “Illegal Religion”: Primary School Classrooms first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Sherpas cannot prepare the route to the world's highest peak because a huge block of ice is in the way.

A senior Chinese official who oversees religious and ethnic minority affairs has called for China to “strengthen” the education, training and management of Tibetan Buddhist personnel. Li Ganjie, head of the Communist Party’s United Front Work Department and a...

China's recent denigration of Tibetan elections lays bare its ignorance of Tibetan democracy and exile legitimacy, and its hollow claims to democratic values. The post Refuting Beijing's Claims About Tibetan Diaspora and Democracy first appeared on JAPAN Forward.

The detentions of Samten Gyatso and Jamyang Samten highlight the ongoing repression of support for the Dalai Lama in Tibetan monasteries. The post Two Tibetan Monks “Disappeared” into the Chinese Jail System first appeared on Bitter Winter.

The battle over the next Dalai Lama, between religious tradition and state power, is set to become one of the defining geopolitical stories of the coming decade.

Residents of the fire-hit Wang Fuk Court housing estate in Tai Po have begun returning home to collect personal belongings for the first time since the deadly tragedy in November. Around 270 people returned to their flats in Wang...

China’s 10 new “incentives” are “sugar-coated poison,” an official said yesterday, adding that Taiwanese businesses see them clearly for what they are, but that Beijing would inevitably find some loca...

Click to expand Image North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) greets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 10, 2026. © 2026 Korea Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Photo Earlier this month, Chinese...

A traditional Tibetan Bathing Festival sees men and women of all ages bathing together in natural waters in a joyous tradition during which young people can meet potential romantic partners. Every year in early July of the Tibetan calendar,...

The trans-Himalayan arc, a high-altitude desert landscape spanning from Leh and Lhasa to Gilgit and Thimphu, has long been romanticized as a pristine, stoic wilderness of ice and silence. Yet, today, a grittier and more urgent reality is unfolding...

The controversy reveals a form of externalised censorship.

Organization Tibet Action Institute’s dynamic and curated global team of campaigners, technology experts and thought leaders carry over 2 decades of experience, working with Tibetans and other communities living under repression by promoting human rights through educational programs, training,...

Human Rights Watch, in a detailed new report, says Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics