Tibetan Review
Chinese companies spending billions on two new mining projects in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Dec09’25) – A Hong Kong-listed major Chinese jewellery and fresh food retailer and its partners are investing billions of yuan into two mining projects in southern Tibet, aiming for progress from initial drilling to development decisions over the...
India advises ‘due discretion’ from citizens on China travels, expects Beijing to adhere to int’l air travel norms
(TibetanReview.net, Dec09’25) – The government of India has on Dec 8 asked China to adhere to regulations governing international air travel while expressing concern over the treatment it had meted out to a resident of Arunachal Pradesh as she...
Tibetan abbot in Qinghai’s Golog prefecture held, his vocational school closed in Sinicization drive
(TibetanReview.net, Dec08’25) – Chinese authorities in Golog (Chinese: Guoluo) prefecture of Qinghai province had taken away on Dec 4 the abbot of a monastery and the founder-head of a vocational school in Chigdril (Jigzhi) County without assigning any reason;...
Exile Tibetan leaders call on Himachal leaders during winter state legislature meet
(TibetanReview.net, Dec07’25) – Delegations from the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) have called on top government, legislative, and opposition leaders of Himachal Pradesh during the state’s winter legislative session, which is held in Dharamshala, extending greetings, renewing ties, and seeking...
Overseas Chinese student who advocated Tibet dialogue held in solitary confinement while visiting home
(TibetanReview.net, Dec06’25) – A young Chinese woman studying in France and visiting her home in Changsha, Hunan province, in July before joining the School of Oriental and Asian Studies in London for further study has been learnt to be...
Young motorcyclist applauded for fulfilling a woman’s wish for her deceased child’s photo placed closest to heaven in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Dec06’25) – A Stone of Rebirth at the sacred Mount Kailash in Western Tibet has gained popularity in China over past year, with many leaving photos of deceased loved ones there. A young man journeying to Tibet on...
China makes cat-and-mouse game rearrest of a Tibetan singer
(TibetanReview.net, Dec05’25) – Chinese authorities in a historically Tibetan areas of Sichuan province had re-arrested in Aug 2025 a Tibetan singer in his 20’s after having released him shortly following his initial arrest on Jul 6 for having performed...
Full integration by Sinicization drive reported launched in Gansu Tibetan area
(TibetanReview.net, Dec05’25) – The Chinese party leader of the historically Amdo Tibetan area in Gansu province had recently undertaken a tour to enforce Beijing’s most recent directive to fully implement “the Party’s strategy for governing Tibet in the new...
China’s move to tax condoms to boost births a non-starter
(TibetanReview.net, Dec04’25) – Running out of viable options to address its demographic crisis, China has decided to impose a 13% Value-Added Tax (VAT) on condoms and other contraceptive products only to be asked, “If you can’t afford a taxed...
China developing AI surveillance systems in minority languages, has launched a Tibetan large language model
(TibetanReview.net, Dec03’25) – The Chinese government is developing AI systems in the languages of the ethnic minorities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to expand state surveillance and control, an Australian think tank has warned Dec 1. In...
India-born Tibetan harassed, denied entry at Shanghai airport
(TibetanReview.net, Dec03’25) – As direct air travel between India and China reopened recently after a gap of five years, an India-born Tibetan tourist was interrogated in a rude and rough manner for some six hours on his arrival at...
China seeks strategic biotech breakthroughs from Tibetan Plateau animal poops
(TibetanReview.net, Dec02’25) – Chinese scientists have found what could be new secret weapons in their hand to make technological breakthroughs: the faeces of yaks, Tibetan sheep, antelope and other herbivores native to the Tibetan Plateau that harbour thousands of...
China concludes Tibet lawmakers’ meet, emphasizes Sinicizing Tibetan Buddhism, border diversity
(TibetanReview.net, Dec01’25) – The 20th Session of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region has concluded in Lhasa on Nov 28 and emphasized on Sinicizing Tibetan Buddhism in the backdrop of China’s...
Elections’26: Elect Kelsang Phuntsok Jungney, a skilled crisis manager with impeccable service record
Tenzin Norzin* presents her case for the election of Mr Tenzing Jigme Jungney as a member of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile from North America in the upcoming, 2026 elections. As a young Tibetan who cares deeply about the...
Legal challenge awaits PM Starmer’s approval of China’s super-embassy in London
(TibetanReview.net, Nov29’25) – Concerned residents have threatened to take court action if, as expected, the Labour government of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer approves on Dec 10 China’s plans for a new super-embassy on the Royal Mint Court site,...
Elections’26: Re-Elect Tenzing Jigme – A Proven Leader with Integrity and Vision
Mr Tashi Dawa* presents his case for the re-election of Mr Tenzing Jigme as a member of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile in the upcoming, 2026 elections. As the 2026 Tibetan exile elections approach, it is with great confidence...
Nepali police debunks myth about ‘Free Tibet’ involvement in Gen Z protest, violence
(TibetanReview.net, Nov28’25) – Nepali Police have given a clean chit to a group called TOB (Tibetan Original Brother/Blood) for their alleged link to either pro-Tibetan activities or vandalism during the September Gen Z protests in Kathmandu, reported thenepalweekly.com Nov...
Global religious freedom body reaffirms Tibetan right to choose their next Dalai Lama
(TibetanReview.net, Nov27’25) – The fifth anniversary conference of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA), held over Nov 12-13, 2025, in the Prague Castle, Czech Republic, concluded with a Prague declaration that included a reaffirmation of the Tibetan...
India strongly rejects China’s Arunachal claim, denial of mistreating a woman from the state at airport
(TibetanReview.net, Nov26’25) – India has on Nov 25 rejected China’s false explanation on the allegation of the latter’s Shanghai airport ill-treatment of a UK-based woman last week because she belongs to the country’s Arunachal Pradesh state, which Beijing claims...
China has increased radio coverage in Tibet, Xinjiang to fill void left by exit of US-backed services
(TibetanReview.net, Nov25’25) – There has been a significant expansion in reported broadcasts by state-run China National Radio (CNR), especially in Tibetan and Uyghur even a US-backed Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA) had stopped transmissions, reported...
India issues strong Demarche to protest China’s airport ill-treatment of Arunachal resident
(TibetanReview.net, Nov25’25) – India has lodged a strong protest with China following an incident last week in which an Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh was severely ill-treated at Shanghai airport, refusing to recognise her Indian passport during a transit...
China says Dingri earthquake affected 486 villages in seven counties
(TibetanReview.net, Nov24’25) – It is now official: the 7.1-magnitude earthquake which devastated Tibet’s Mt Everest County of Dingri on Jan 7 this year affected 486 villages in seven counties, Shigatse City. China’s official Xinhua cited these figures while reporting...
Arunachal woman detained, taunted 18 hours at Shanghai airport for her Indian passport
(TibetanReview.net, Nov24’25) – Chinese immigration authorities at Shanghai airport have detained and taunted a woman transit passenger from the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, keeping her under harsh conditions for some 18 hours on Nov 21. They have called...
Swiss Tibetans staged own event after being removed from annual Bern light show for ‘political’ reason
(TibetanReview.net, Nov23’25) – A group of Swiss-Tibetan activists staged their own light show on Nov 22 evening at an event in the Swiss Capital Bern and used Tibetan flags to draw attention to the oppression of Tibet by China,...
US state moves to enforce $24 billion Covid judgment against China
(TibetanReview.net, Nov23’25) – The US state of Missouri will try to seize assets owned by China to collect a $24 billion default judgment it had won earlier this year in its case that accused the Chinese Communist Party-state of...
UK’s Labour gov’t to approve controversial Chinese ‘super embassy’ ahead of PM Starmer’s Beijing visit?
(TibetanReview.net, Nov22’25) – Despite strong domestic opposition, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to approve plans for a controversial new Chinese “super embassy” in the heart of London ahead of his proposed visit to Beijing in the new...
China using Guinness platform for Tibet-propaganda work?
(TibetanReview.net, Nov21’25) – In a spectacular display of Tibetan Thangka art painting lesson, a total of 1,138 Thangka artists, dressed in traditional Tibetan attire, gathered in Karuo (Tibetan: Kharro) District, Chamdo City, Tibet, on Sep 28 to create two...
Current Tibetan Sikyong gets a competitor in 2026 election
(TibetanReview.net, Nov20’25) – Former Representative of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) for North America Mr Kelsang Aukatsang (Kaydor) has announced Nov 19 that he is standing for election as Sikyong, the executive head of the CTA, in the 2026...
1962 conflict a Tibet-handiwork by US to prevent Sino-India rapprochement?
(TibetanReview.net, Nov20’25) – The 1962 India-China war was driven not primarily by border disagreements or diplomatic failures, as long accepted in mainstream historical accounts, but by a deliberate American strategy pursued through the 1950s and early 1960s, reported thehindubusinessline.com...
China reports significant findings from its second years-long scientific expedition to Tibetan Plateau
(TibetanReview.net, Nov19’25) – China said Nov 19 that its second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau scientific expedition had yielded significant practical outcomes, with its top 10 application achievements officially released that day in Tibet’s capital Lhasa. China has been carrying out expeditions...


































