A report in the New York Times looks at the harsh crackdown in Tibetan regions which has heightened tensions between local residents and Han authorities and led 29 Tibetans from various walks of life to set themselves on fire in...
Read MoreTsering Woeser, a prominent Tibetan blogger who usually goes by her second name alone, has an essay in Foreign Policy calling on Han Chinese to speak up against the ongoing crackdown in Tibet in which several writers,...
Read MoreAfter repeated occurrences of self-immolation in Tibetan populated areas – the most recent by two women and an 18-year-old man, all laypersons – an article in The Economist asks if the practice is an effective form...
Read MoreRadio Free Asia is reporting that a Tibetan man has died after bombing a government building in Sichuan Province that was used to monitor local residents: The man, identified as Tashi, aged 32, died in the explosion, succumbing...
Read MoreCNN describes China’s apparent efforts since 2008 to erode the position of Tibetans in Nepal: “Since China has given Nepal a lot of money, the Nepali government doesn’t let Tibetans do much of anything. They...
Read MoreHexie Farm (蟹农场) is the name of a series of political cartoons created by an anonymous Chinese cartoonist who uses the pen name “疯蟹” or Crazy Crab. In recent months, his images have been widely and enthusiastically distributed...
Read MoreJust two weeks after Chinese authorities opened fire on Tibetan protesters in Sichuan province, three Tibetan livestock herders reportedly set themselves ablaze to protest continued repression by the Chinese government over the...
Read MoreTensions between Tibetans and Chinese officials are escalating to dangerous heights in many areas. Among a host of issues raised by Tibetans in protest of their treatment at the hands of Beijing is the requirement that Tibetan...
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch recently released its 22nd annual World Report, whose 676 pages include a country-by-country overview of human rights developments around the world and a series of essays on themes including the Arab Spring...
Read MoreFollowing yesterday’s reported shooting of Tibetan protesters in Drango, Kardze, Sichuan, reports have come in today of another shooting in a nearby town in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture as protests escalate in the...
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