Tsering Shakya on Tibet, Development, and Diversity
In an interview with Himal Southasian, University of British Columbia historian Tsering Shakya...
Tibetan exiles
China’s Surveillance State: Henan, Xinjiang, and Beyond
As new Chinese surveillance technology spreads across the country and beyond, Sixth Tone’s...
Tibet Closed to Foreigners Again, But Tourism Booms
At CNN, Katie Hunt reports that the Tibet Autonomous Region is closed to all foreign visitors and...
Beijing Reasserts Right to Name 15th Dalai Lama
Despite optimism from the Dalai Lama about progress towards his goal of Tibetan autonomy within Xi...
FireEye: Chinese Hackers Likely Targeting India
A new report from California-based Internet security company FireEye says that a cyberespionage...
China Urged to Release Panchen Lama After 20 Years
May 17 marked the 20-year anniversary of the disappearance of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the Tibetan...
Beyond the Dalai Lama: Woeser and Wang Lixiong
In a two-part interview at The New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson talks to Tibetan writer...
Tibetans Divided Over Right to Vote in India
48,000 Tibetans in India are eligible to vote for the first time this year following a rule change...
Robert Barnett: The Long Wait for Tibetan Freedom
At Al Jazeera, Robert Barnett, the director of modern Tibetan studies at Columbia...
Soccer Dreams of Tibetan Exiles
Tibetan exiles share the hardships and struggles they have encountered to establish a “national soccer team” without a recognized “nation”. From Radhika Oberoi at The New York Times: The Tibetan national...
Tibet’s National Spirit Advisor
At Foreign Policy, Jeffrey Bartholet talks to Thupten Ngodup, medium or kuten for the Nechung Oracle which is said to have warned the Dalai Lama to flee Tibet in 1959. They discuss the processes of selection and consultation,...
Conversations with Tibet’s Exiled Prime Minister
Harvard educated Dr. Lobsang Sangay was elected as the Tibetan government-in-exile’s equivalent of prime minister in 2011 — he was the second to be directly elected to this position, and the first to be head of the Central...
Chinese Inroads in Nepal Stanch Tibetan Influx
Nepal has long been “a mouse trapped between elephants”, with a historically close relationship with India and more recently growing links to China. As Beijing’s influence increases, some in the country’s...
100th Self-Immolation Within Tibet; Another in Nepal
After a Tibetan man set himself on fire in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, exile and activist groups reported that the 100th self-immolation protest within Tibet had taken place in Ngaba on February 3rd. From...
88th, 89th Self-Immolations Reported, as Protests Strain Middle Way
Dharamsala-based Phayul.com reports that the 88th and 89th Tibetan self-immolations since 2009 took place on Wednesday and Thursday respectively, bringing the total for November to 27. Sources have identified the Tibetan man as...
87th Self-Immolation, Death of Earlier Protester Reported
Dharamsala-based Phayul.com reports the 25th self-immolation case this month and news of one of the five Tibetans who set fire to themselves on November 7th, on the eve of China’s 18th Party Congress. The man is said to...
Fifty Years On, Sino-Indian Border Still Unsettled
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1962 Sino-Indian War on Saturday, The Economist visited the disputed region of Arunachal Pradesh over which it was fought. The area, sometimes known in China as “South...
Nepal’s Tibetans ‘Suffocated’ by Chinese Influence
AFP reports on the deteriorating situation of Nepal’s 20,000 Tibetan exiles as China’s influence in the country grows. For decades, Nepal has been a safe haven for Tibetans fleeing China but activists say their...
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