Dalai Lama Says He Could Reincarnate in India
Since 2014, the aging Dalai Lama has repeatedly suggested that he could be the last incarnation...
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LatestPolitical Demands Highlight Pressure on Religion
As part of the Chinese government’s national campaign to “Sinicize” religion, authorities...
Buddhist Abbot Shi Xuecheng Accused of Sexual Abuse
The Chinese incarnation of the #MeToo movement gained momentum last week after several well known...
Tsering Shakya on Tibet, Development, and Diversity
In an interview with Himal Southasian, University of British Columbia historian Tsering Shakya...
Party vs Profit in Tug of War Over Chinese Buddhism
Amid a renewed domestic interest in Buddhism, sacred Chinese Buddhist sites have in recent years...
“Almost Total Suppression of Information” After Tibet Fire
Lhasa’s Jokhang temple, a sacred Tibetan Buddhist site dating back in parts to the seventh...
Religious Repression and Revival in China
U.S.-based democracy and human rights advocacy group Freedom House this week released the report...
Beijing Positions Preferred Successor to Dalai Lama
As political appointments set the stage for one leadership transition in China, authorities are...
Beijing-backed Panchen Lama Performs Ritual in Tibet
According to Xinhua, Chinese government-backed Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu began a four-day...
Mogao Buddhist Caves Face a New Threat: Tourists
The Mogao Caves in Gansu’s historic city of Dunhuang are a trove of Buddhist and Silk Road...
Xi Warns of Foreign Infiltration Through Religion
Addressing top government officials at a two-day national conference on religion this past...
Growing in China, Buddhism Remains in Legal Limbo
At TIME, Yang Siqi reports on Buddhism’s role in the well-documented religious revival...
Badiucao (巴丢草): Shaolin Vows and Zhejiang Crosses
In a recent cartoon, Badiucao focuses on two ongoing cases related to the state control of...
Religious Affairs Bureau to Probe Shaolin Abbot
The abbot of Henan’s Shaolin Monastery, the Chan Buddhist institution famous for being the...
Rich Chinese Seek Spiritual Fulfillment
The Wall Street Journal’s Wei Gu reports that some of China’s wealthy increasingly...
When the Dalai Lama Met a Chinese Government Official
Jonathan Sudworth reports on his encounter with Xiao Wunan, a former high-ranking CCP official who...
Hacker-hit Tibetan Monks ‘Detach From Attachments’
A new study from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab examines how civil society...
In Scarred Tibetan City, Devotion to Sanctity of Life
Following the devastating 2010 earthquake that killed thousands in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous...
