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Tibetan exhibition opens in Taipei

A week-long exhibition on modern Tibetan history and the Dalai Lama’s global advocacy opened yesterday in Taipei, featuring quotes and artworks highlighting human r...

UK navy unveils plans near Taiwan

The UK plans to conduct more freedom of navigation operations in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, British Secretary of ...

The world’s support for Tibet must continue

From Tuesday to Wednesday last week, more than 142 participants, largely comprised of parliamentarians from 29 countries, took part in the World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet (WPCT) in Tokyo. This was the ninth such convention, with the first one held in New Delhi in 1994.

EDITORIAL: Denmark shift a boost to CCP lawfare

Speaking at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit on May 13, former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said that democracies must remain united and that “Taiwan’s security is essential to regional stability and to defending democratic values amid mounting authoritarianism.”

Say goodbye to China Airlines

When US budget carrier Southwest Airlines last week announced a new partnership with China Airlines, Southwest’s social media were filled with comments from travelers excited by the new opportunity to visit China. Of course, China Airlines is not based in China, but in Taiwan, and the new partnership connects Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport with 30 cities across the US.

India preserving Tibetan identity

For more than six decades, India has been the lifeline of Tibetan culture, traditions and religious studies. Since the Dalai Lama’s exile in 1959, India has not only provided refuge to thousands of Tibetans, but has also played a crucial role in ensuring their cultural survival.

Taiwan is freer than many people might think

More than 30 years ago when I immigrated to the US, applied for citizenship and took the 100-question civics test, the one part of the naturalization process that left the deepest impression on me was...

US, Chinese parallels on secession

When China passed its “Anti-Secession” Law in 2005, much of the democratic world saw it as yet another sign of Beijing’s authoritarianism, its contempt for international law and its aggressive posture toward Taiwan.

Huge rise in regional online censorship in China: study

ENHANCED CONTROLS: Users of the Internet in China’s Henan Province face five times more blocked Web sites than the average user, researchers have found

Realities of Sino-Tibetan dialogue

The 1979 Sino-Tibetan dialogue marked a historic moment, one filled with promise and disappointment. It was a rare instance where representatives of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government directly discussed the fate of Tibet and its people.

The 17-point agreement is invalid

China on May 23, 1951, imposed the so-called “17-Point Agreement” to formally annex Tibet. In March, China in its 18th White Paper misleadingly said it laid “firm foundations for the region’s human rights cause.”

Cabinet defends site changes amid ‘Han Chinese’ row

‘ABSURD’: A KMT lawmaker said the site recognized the ethnicity of minority groups comprising only 3.8% of the population, but referred to the majority as simply ‘the rest’

China’s Pakistan strategy: Disruption for India

China’s partnership with Pakistan has long served as a key instrument in Beijing’s efforts to unsettle India. While official narratives frame the two nations’ alliance as one of economic cooperation and regional stability, the underlying strategy suggests a deliberate attempt to check India’s rise through military, economic and diplomatic maneuvering.

VOA, RFA vital in countering China

The gutting of Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA) by US President Donald Trump’s administration poses a serious threat to the global voice of freedom, particularly for those living un...

Xi’s intensifying war on Tibetans

The Chinese government on March 29 sent shock waves through the Tibetan Buddhist community by announcing the untimely death of one of its most revered spiritual figures, Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche.

Jaw fossil backs theory of ancient humans’ range

TROPICAL DENISOVAN? A mandible dredged up from the seafloor near Penghu is the first fossil evidence of a theory that ancient Denisovans had reached Oceania

Chinese spyware targets activists: intelligence agencies

Western intelligence agencies on Tuesday warned of an increasing threat from Beijing’s security services to use malicious mobile phone applications to surveil Taiwanese independence activists, Tibetan rights advocates and others opposed by the Chinese government.

Peace not at the cost of submission

In her recent New York Times opinion piece, former minister of culture Lung Ying-tai (龍應台) paints a bleak picture of Taiwan’s future

China to intensify crackdown on independence backers

Beijing’s cross-border crackdown on Taiwanese independence supporters is expected to escalate, extending beyond China and its territories to “China-friendy” countries and those with Chinese police stations, national security officials said yesterday.

Book review: Chinese identity with Xi Jinping characteristics

Journalist Emily Feng collects her decade of reporting in Asia with a series of powerfully told, personal stories that chronicle a deterioration in China’s civil liberties

The Dalai Lama’s reincarnation

The reincarnation of the Dalai Lama has become one of the most crucial levers for China’s control over Tibet. To understand why, it is essential to examine the deep religious, cultural and political significance of that institution within Tibetan society and how Beijing perceives its connection to broader governance goals.

VOA closure a setback for Tibetans

The recent termination of Tibetan-language broadcasts by Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA) is a significant setback for Tibetans both in Tibet and across the global diaspora.

Demonstrators commemorate HK’s Article 23

Demonstrators at the protest to commemorate the anniversary of the implementation of Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law spoke out against the Hong Kong government’s efforts to persecute Hong Kongers migrating abroad.