On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising and the exile of the Dalai Lama, China has increased security on the border with South Asian countries. From Xinhua: “We have made due deployment and...
Read MoreFrom the YaleGlobal: The West expresses increasing concern as China seems bent on hewing its own course, even on domestic matters such as handling unrest in Tibet, while China naturally resents foreign interference in domestic...
Read MoreAs Tibetan exiles meet in Dharamsala, India to discuss their strategy in dealing with the Chinese government, Chinese officials have been keeping a tight rein on Tibetan areas. From the Los Angeles Times: Although it is...
Read MoreA Tibetan monk who was detained on suspicion of involvement with the riots that broke out in Lhasa in March has provided details to the AP of his experience: What followed, according to Jigme, was two months of interrogation and...
Read MoreRichard Spencer reports in the Telegraph: Monks with “attitude problems”, or who refuse to change their thinking in line with official demands, will be dismissed or jailed. Abbots and other leaders who fail to carry...
Read MoreKathleen McLaughlin has been a journalist in China for more than seven years and has covered regional issues including economics, the environment and governmental regulation. Recently she applied for a foreign journalist’s...
Read MoreForeigners are once again permitted to travel to Tibet following unrest there in March, according to an AP report: The Himalayan region has been all but closed to the outside world since the biggest protests against Chinese rule...
Read MoreFrom AFP: China re-opened Tibet to foreign tourists Wednesday after claiming victory over the worst unrest there in decades — which led Beijing to all but seal off the area from the outside world. China’s crackdown...
Read MoreEver since the Sichuan earthquake hit, there has been little news about events in Tibet. But now that earthquake news is quieting down, reporters are again looking at what is happening in Tibetan regions and in relations between...
Read MoreWritten by Dan Southerland, Vice President of Programming and Executive Editor of Radio Free Asia (RFA), from China Brief: The Chinese government is now locking down Tibet while attempting to placate the outside world by meeting...
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