Tibetan Review
French lawmaker asks gov’t to act on China’s assimilation move in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Feb26’26) – As China abolishes Tibetan as a core subject from national university entrance examinations in Tibet from this year in its latest move to fully assimilate Tibet, a French lawmaker has on Feb 25 raised the issue...
Sikyong Penpa Tsering grateful for being re-elected without campaigning
(TibetanReview.net, Feb26’26) – Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has on Feb 24 expressed gratitude to the Tibetan people for having re-elected him on the basis of the record of his performance in the past nearly...
Internal Crisis and Strategic Paralysis: CCP Instability and Implications for Tibet
OPINION As the party-state system that runs China betray lack of institutional resilience to manage complex challenges, Tenzin Lungtok* sees both dangers and opportunities for Tibet in the ongoing scenario. Power Struggle Dynamics,The Military Purge Wave Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption...
Former political prisoners in China-ruled Tibet, Swiss Tibetan group make long-life offering to Dalai Lama
(TibetanReview.net, Feb24’26) – Former political prisoners in Chinese ruled Tibet now scattered across 15 countries in the free world were joined by a Swiss Tibetan welfare service NGO called Lhasa Boys’ Association, founded in 1969, to make a joint...
Newly unearthed temple in Nepal revealed to be major ancient Buddhist pilgrimage site
(TibetanReview.net, Feb23’26) – While Lumbini in ancient Sakya Kingdom is recognized as the place where the Buddha was born more than 2,500 years ago, a temple built in the palatial remains in Tilaurakot, the Kingdom’s capital located nearby where...
Dalai Lama’s 86th enthronement anniversary marked
(TibetanReview.net, Feb22’26) – The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) marked on Feb 22 the 86th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the temporal head and spiritual leader of Tibet with the attendance of representatives from...
Penpa Tsering’s Re-Election: A Call to Transform Tibetan Education Through STEM learning
As Penpa Tsering won re-election as the Sikyong (executive head) of the Central Tibetan Administration for another five-year term, Tenzin Jigmey* argues that one his central focuses should be to work towards “transforming our children into world-class entrepreneurs and...
Radio Free Asia, including Tibetan service, resumes broadcasting
(TibetanReview.net, Feb20’26) – Radio Free Asia (RFA), a US government-funded, independent broadcasting service banned by China, is back on air in Mandarin, Tibetan, and Uyghur languages, reported hongkongfp.com Feb 20. President and CEO of RFA, Ms Bay Fang, announced...
Dalai Lama bereaved by the passing of his youngest brother
(TibetanReview.net, Feb19’26) – Tenzin Choegyal, known by his religious persona of Ngari Rinpoche and the youngest brother of the Dalai Lama, passed away at his Kashmir Cottage residence in Dharamshala, India, on Feb 17 afternoon, aged 80. The religious...
Secretary of Sate Rubio announces Trump Administration’s new envoy for Tibetan issues, with Losar greetings
(TibetanReview.net, Feb18’26) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Feb 17 extended greetings to the Tibetan people across the globe on their Losar (New Year) celebrations that began on Feb 18, expressed continued commitment to their inalienable right...
Tibetan Sikyong urges unity in his Tibetan New Year message
(TibetanReview.net, Feb17’26) – On the eve of ushering in the Tibetan Fire-Horse Year 2153 of the 17th Sexagenary on Feb 18, 2026, the executive head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Sikyong Penpa Tsering, called for unity of the...
Asia’s longest zipline to be developed at Naddi, Dharamshala
(TibetanReview.net, Feb16’26) – The government of Himachal Pradesh is to develop Asia’s longest zipline at Naddi, located in the upper hill area of Dharamshala, in Kangra district, reported the timesofindia.com Feb 16. The proposed 4.3 kilometre-long Naddi Zipline Project...
New Delhi rejects Ladakh’s statehood demand
(TibetanReview.net, Feb16’26) – New Delhi has made it clear that Ladakh cannot be granted statehood or Sixth Schedule status, and has instead proposed the creation of a Territorial Council, with the Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) of the Hill Council...
Rights groups urge pressure on Beijing to free Chinese student who called for Tibet dialogue
(TibetanReview.net, Feb15’26) – Fearing that she faced a jail sentence of up to 15 years for allegedly inciting separatism” and “endangering national security”, a partnership of two international human rights groups has on Feb 12 issued an urgent appeal,...
Did India’s recognition of Tibet as part of it legitimise China’s claim over Indian territories?
(TibetanReview.net, Feb15’26) – China raised border disputes, laying claim to large swathes of Indian territory, the moment New Delhi formally recognized Tibet as part of that country in 1954, according to India’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan,...
China expanding radio, TV propaganda services across Tibet as Sinicization drive intensifies
(TibetanReview.net, Feb14’26) – As China’s Sinicization drive in Tibet intensifies, its propaganda broadcast service network has been expanded, seeing many new broadcast services and reception facilities being introduced there recently even as the crackdown on independent broadcast services continues,...
China urges its ‘Panchen Lama’ to reinforce Sinicization drive in Tibetan New Year greeting
(TibetanReview.net, Feb14’26) – China has on Feb 12 acknowledged the achievements made by Gyaincain Norbu in his role as the Chinese government’s replacement for the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet, but called on him to further reinforce his Sinicization...
Sikyong Penpa Tsering declared re-elected on basis of preliminary poll vote count
(TibetanReview.net, Feb13’26) – The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Feb 13 declared elected Mr Penpa Tsering as the Sikyong of the CTA on the basis of his margin of victory in the preliminary poll. The...
Estonian parliament adopts motion condemning China’s coercive assimilation boarding school system in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Feb12’26) – The Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu, has on Feb 11 adopted a statement condemning China for its coercive colonial style boarding school system for Tibetan children that is designed to Sinicize them. The Chinese Embassy in Tallinn...
China stops short of supporting India for UNSC veto power seat
(TibetanReview.net, Feb11’26) – China has said Feb 10 that it “understands and respects” India’s aspirations for permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), but stopped short of the all-important commitment to support it. Nevertheless, livemint.com Feb 11...
China jails Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai for 20 years for saying things it did not like
(TibetanReview.net, Feb10’26) – China has jailed Hong Kong’s well-known media tycoon Jimmy Lai for what his son sees as a death sentence for the alleged crime, in essence, of nothing more than saying things Beijing did not like. The...
China reports discovery of vast natural hydrogen sources on Tibetan Plateau
(TibetanReview.net, Feb09’26) – Hydrogen, which produces only water when burned, is regarded as an ideal green energy source and China has recently discovered vast reserves of natural hydrogen sealed in ancient rocks on the Tibetan Plateau, pointing to a...
Dalai Lama has never met Jeffrey Epstein, his office says
(TibetanReview.net, Feb08’26) – Following reports in a section of the press that the name “Dalai Lama” has been mentioned a number of times in the Epstein files, the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama has clarified in a...
India in China-talks for opening Himachal route for Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrimage
(TibetanReview.net, Feb08’26) –India is engaged with China to explore the opening of an additional route for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra (pilgrimage), including the possibility of using the Shipki La Pass in Himachal Pradesh, reported the tribuneindia.com Feb 7, citing...
Chinese troops harass, beat Nepal’s livestock farmers despite 2012 border grazing deal
(TibetanReview.net, Feb07’26) – Nepal’s communist leaders have been criticising the ongoing visit of a Tibetan Buddhist master on invitation from the country’s Buddhist community at a 10-day religious event in capital Kathmandu that began on Feb 1, calling him...
Did President Xi’s Tibet visit in 2025 portend top general’s fall from grace, disarray in China’s top army echelon?
(TibetanReview.net, Feb06’26) – Gen Zhang Youxia, senior vice-chairman of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC) and the most senior uniformed general, was all too conspicuous an absence to be ignored from the entourage of President Xi Jinping when he landed...
China out to eradicate Tibetan civilization, UN rights expert warns
(TibetanReview.net, Feb05’26) – As China’s policy to Sinicize Tibet continues to run amok, with focus especially on secular as well as religious educational institutions and curricula, a UN human rights expert has warned that its policies there are actively...
Delhi High Court reaffirms passport right of Tibetan citizens of India, their registration as foreigners not an impediment
(TibetanReview.net, Feb05’26) – The Delhi High Court has on Feb 3 upheld its series of previous decisions since 2010, saying Tibetans born in India on or after Jan 26, 1950, and before Jul 1, 1987, are citizens by birth...
Survey: Tibet’s clean energy potential could help China meet its entire power needs
(TibetanReview.net, Feb04’26) – The exploitable solar, wind and hydropower resources in western Tibet, demarcated by China as Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), alone could theoretically meet all of the energy needs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), reported scmp.com...
VOA, RFA to be back in business, US assistance for Tibet projects retained
(TibetanReview.net, Feb04’26) – The Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA), with their Tibetan services, are expected to be back in business with the US fund for Tibetan projects also being continued, said Washington-based International Campaign for...


































