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...
In an interview with Himal Southasian, University of British Columbia historian Tsering Shakya...
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Lhasa’s Jokhang temple, a sacred Tibetan Buddhist site dating back in parts to the seventh...
Award-winning Tibetan director Pema Tseden has been hospitalized since Monday with injuries...
American fast food giant Yum! Brands—a company that’s seen its share of profit and scandal...
The New York Times’ Edward Wong reports on the erosion of Tibetan language by official...
The Tibetan Review reports that thousands of Tibetans in the province of Sichuan defied government...
Photographer Laurent Zyblerman and writer Eric Meyer were two of the first Western journalists...
Outside Magazine has published a slideshow of photos by Phil Borges from his new book, Tibet: Culture on the Edge. The book documents Tibet as it confronts the triple threat of, “global warming, development, and cultural...
Beautiful scenic photos of Tibet are a controversial matter. Posting them on Twitter will often lead to rebuke from vocal activists who argue that they gloss over the realities of Chinese rule: Typical #Tool used by #China...
India’s Sunday Guardian discusses the information war and repression of Tibetan identity in the context of a viral Tibetan rap video titled “Shapale,” named after the Tibetan meat dumpling hanging from the...
Rinchen Samdrup, brother of recently jailed Karma Samdrup, for inciting to split the country. From Reuters: A Chinese court on Saturday sentenced a Tibetan environmentalist who organized villagers to pick up litter and plant...
The New York Times reports on the trial of Tibetan businessman Karma Samdrup, as part of a broader crackdown on prominent members of the Tibetan community since the riots in Lhasa in 2008: Exile groups and rights advocates say...
A Tibetan documentary filmmaker has been sentenced to six years for a film he made that was critical of Beijing’s policies in Tibet. From the Guardian: Dhongdup Wangchen and his friend Golog Jigme, a monk, were detained...
The Shanghaiist remarks on the debut of special Tibetan Barbie dolls from toymaker Mattel in Gonggar Airport in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region: The plastic princesses are part of a line of special edition...
While tensions rise in Tibet and surrounding areas in the run-up to March 10, the Christian Science Monitor reports on how Tibetans are preserving their culture and language through the education of their children in exile: This...
Explore.org made a documentary film on China two years ago to explore the issues of environment, human rights, public health, social changes, philosophy and education, via Link TV. Below is its introduction: With a population of...
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