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Two former Defence ministers of China face life in jail without parole for corruption

(TibetanReview.net, May08’26) – Two recent former Chinese defence ministers of China, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, have been given suspended death sentences after being found guilty of corruption on May 7, the state news agency Xinhua has reported. A...

China confirms helping Pakistan down Indian aircraft last year

(TibetanReview.net, May08’26) – China has confirmed that its J-10CE fighter jets operated by Pakistan shot down at least one French-made Rafale fighter operated by India with the help of its on-site technical support in May last year, according to...

1 Campaign, 2 Targets: China’s Cyber Operations Hit Asian Governments and Dissidents Abroad

One track pursued traditional intelligence collection against Asian governments and defense entities; the other sought to surveil and silence overseas critics.

China hands suspended death sentences to former defence ministers

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, May 8: China has sentenced two former defence ministers, Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, to suspended death sentences on corruption charges, marking one of the harshest punishments handed to senior military officials under Chinese President Xi...

Apex court registers Case No. 22, Choejor petitioner seek injunction on election results

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, May 8: The Supreme Justice Commission (SJC), the apex court of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on Thursday registered Case No. 22, a legal petition filed by Lobsang Tsering, representing the six monasteries of Nepal’s Choejor...

Tibet Information Office Raises Concerns Over China’s “Ethnic Unity Law” in a Meeting with Human Rights Watch Australia

Canberra: Representative Karma Singey of the Tibet Information Office, accompanied by Dawa Sangmo, Chinese Liaison Officer of the Tibet Information Office, and renowned former Tibetan political prisoner and human rights advocate Golog Jigme, met with Daniela Gavshon, Australia Director...

Southasia Review of Books - 8 May 2026

Hello reader,Books have a way of revealing what states are most afraid of. That felt especially clear over the last few weeks with the Sri Lankan government’s continued detention of multiple titles by the Tamil writer Theepachelvan Piratheepan. Published in...

“Sinicizing” Tibetan Buddhism, One Inspection Tour at a Time

United Front chief Li Ganjie’s visit to historically Tibetan areas in Gansu and Sichuan was aimed at regulating the religion of Tibetans—and local Hui Islam—strictly according to Party standards. The post “Sinicizing” Tibetan Buddhism, One Inspection Tour at a...

Earthquake of magnitude 4.1 strikes Tibet

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Tibet in the early hours of Friday, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).