In the span of a week, court cases targeting individuals from a variety of backgrounds have demonstrated the repressive and arbitrary nature of the Chinese judicial system. Journalists, activists, intellectuals, and monks from...
Starting in March 2008, Tibetans across the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan took to the streets to call for religious freedom and an end to oppressive political and social controls and economic...
A new Human Rights Watch Report on the secret trials of four Tibetan monks has shed light on repression in Tibet. At The Guardian, Helen Davidson summarized HRW’s report on the raid against a small monastery in the foothills of...
In Tibet, the Party is pushing a political education campaign to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the region’s annexation. This latest campaign comes amid a widespread “Sinicization” effort that critics claim has severely...
Two recent articles refocus attention on Tibetans who have self-immolated to express protest against Beijing’s policies in Tibet. A total of at least 155 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since 2009; most of them have...
Since 2014, the aging Dalai Lama has repeatedly suggested that he could be the last incarnation...
In an interview with Himal Southasian, University of British Columbia historian Tsering Shakya...
Last month, German carmaker Daimler repeatedly apologized for hurting Chinese feelings, disavowing...
Executives from Mercedes parent company Daimler have issued a second apology for an Instagram post...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
The Dalai Lama will be visiting the small southern African nation of Botswana next month, where he...
A Tibetan monk has died after self-immolating to protest Beijing’s policies in Tibet, the...
A bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation led by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi visited the...
The 14th Dalai Lama today reached Tawang, a small Himalayan district which while historically part...
Addressing annual meetings of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress in...
On February 2, the University of California San Diego announced confirmation of their invited...
The fatal self-immolation last week of Tashi Rabten, a 33-year-old Tibetan father of three, was...
Last month, the Dalai Lama traveled to Mongolia, a country with long religious and cultural ties...
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