Tsering Shakya on Tibet, Development, and Diversity
In an interview with Himal Southasian, University of British Columbia historian Tsering Shakya...
Jun 25, 2018
In an interview with Himal Southasian, University of British Columbia historian Tsering Shakya...
Feb 6, 2018
As new Chinese surveillance technology spreads across the country and beyond, Sixth Tone’s...
Feb 26, 2016
At CNN, Katie Hunt reports that the Tibet Autonomous Region is closed to all foreign visitors and...
Dec 3, 2015
Despite optimism from the Dalai Lama about progress towards his goal of Tibetan autonomy within Xi...
Aug 21, 2015
A new report from California-based Internet security company FireEye says that a cyberespionage...
May 18, 2015
May 17 marked the 20-year anniversary of the disappearance of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the Tibetan...
Aug 8, 2014
In a two-part interview at The New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson talks to Tibetan writer...
May 8, 2014
48,000 Tibetans in India are eligible to vote for the first time this year following a rule change...
Mar 24, 2014
At Al Jazeera, Robert Barnett, the director of modern Tibetan studies at Columbia...
Aug 9, 2013
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...
Jul 16, 2013
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,...
May 16, 2013
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...
Apr 15, 2013
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...
Feb 13, 2013
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...
Nov 29, 2012
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...
Nov 28, 2012
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...
Oct 19, 2012
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...
Mar 12, 2012
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...