A Showcase of Tibetan Culture Serves Beijing
At The New York Times, Edward Wong reports on this year’s government run horse festival in...
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LatestTranslation: Sham Imams, Toppled Mosques
The Hui ethnic minority, descendants of Silk Road traders who settled and married in China, look...
Troubled Times: Voices of Tibetan Refugees, Part 4
This is the final post in a four-part series. Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. In the summer of...
Troubled Times: Voices of Tibetan Refugees, Part 3
This is part three of a four-part series. Read Part 1 and Part 2 here. In the summer of 2010,...
Dashed Dreams Four Years After Quake
In remote Jyekundo (Yushu), Qinghai Province, a 7.1 earthquake hit in April 2010, killing at least...
Troubled Times: Voices of Tibetan Refugees, Part 1
In the summer of 2010, writer and filmmaker Tang Danhong and the young Tibetan translator Sangjey...
More Provinces Easing One-child Policy
Following last November’s adjustment to China’s one-child policy, Sutirtho Patranobis...
RFA Reports First Tibetan Self-Immolation of 2014
Radio Free Asia reports that a Tibetan man in northwestern Qinghai province self-immolated...
Sources: Monk Self Immolates in Qinghai
A Tibetan monk set himself on fire in Qinghai province on Monday, according to Radio Free Asia:...
Monks Protect Snow Leopards; Restaurateur Saves Turtle
Amid frequent bad news about wildlife issues in and involving China, LiveScience’s Tia Ghose...
China Reaffirms “Absolute Fight” Against Dalai Lama
An article by a Central Party School scholar and reports of experimental concessions in some Tibetan areas have recently given rise to hopes that China might adopt a softer line towards the Dalai Lama. But after police allegedly...
Wary Tibetans Quietly Mark Dalai Lama’s Birthday
Thousands of Tibetans gathered in the southern Indian town of Bylakuppe on Saturday to mark the Dalai Lama’s 78th birthday. The exiled religious leader said that the 150,000-strong Tibetan diaspora represents “six...
Caution Over Possible Shift in Tibet Policy
Reports of a relaxation of anti-Dalai Lama policies in Sichuan, Qinghai and even the Tibetan Autonomous Region surfaced last week, only to be swiftly denied by both government and monastery officials. Tibetan writer Woeser added...
HRW: End Involuntary Resettlement of Tibetans
Tantalizing signs have recently emerged of possible change in China’s Tibet policy: arguments by a Central Party School scholar, a visit to Tibet this week by U.S. ambassador Gary Locke, and reports that strictly religious...
Dalai Lama: Self-Immolations “Very Very Sad”
The Dalai Lama on Thursday said that Tibetan self-immolations have had little impact on Chinese policies. From Reuters: “It’s a sad thing that happens. Of course it’s very very sad. In the meantime, I express I...
Christian Fundamentalists Targeting Tibetans
While some Christian missionaries in China aim to fill spaces left by the suppression of traditional values and decline of Maoism, others work to convert members of already beleaguered minority cultures such as Tibetan Buddhism....
Putting Tibet Back On The Map
One of the central grievances behind recent unrest in Tibet is the marginalization of Tibetan language. While Tibetan is not among the 40% of China’s minority languages already threatened with extinction, policies such as...
TVs, Satellite Dishes Confiscated in Tibetan Areas
Authorities in Qinghai are increasing patrols, confiscating TVs, dismantling satellite dishes and tightening travel restrictions in Tibetan areas in response to recent self-immolations and general unrest. From Brian Spegele at...
