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China shutters three more Golog Tibetan-run schools in Sinicization imperative

(TibetanReview.net, Oct20’26) – Chinese authorities in one prefecture in Qinghai province have ordered the closure of at least three more privately-run Tibetan schools in the past three months under Beijing’s recently passed language laws, said Dharamshala-based Tibetan Centre for...

China cites security reasons to restrict export of key machinery used in India’s infrastructure development

(TibetanReview.net, Oct20’26) – After previously preventing a German company from exporting tunnel boring machines manufactured especially for India from its factories in China, Beijing has announced new export controls on such machines and related vital items. Such machines are...

Former Qinghai monastery abbot jailed over Dalai Lama prayers, photos, teachings

(TibetanReview.net, Oct19’26) – China has jailed a former abbot of a major Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Machen (Chinese: Main) County of Golog (Guoluo) Prefecture, Qinghai province, for five years after arresting him for possessing photos and audio-visual materials on...

China cites non-existent Tibetan refugee threats to refuse reopening Nepal border trade post

(TibetanReview.net, Oct19’26) – The Tatopani crossing in Sindhupalchok is the most viable route for Nepal to conduct border trade with China through Tibet. However, despite intensified diplomatic efforts from Kathmandu, China remains unwilling to reopen it for regular border...

Tenzing Norgay, a Tibetan outsider who summits Mt Everest, wins Sherpa respect

(TibetanReview.net, Oct18’26) –Apart from focusing on the expedition to conquer Mt Everest for the first time in human history, the Apple TV film Tenzing also turns the lens towards the famed mountaineer Tenzing Norgay’s personal struggles as a Tibetan...

A Conversation with Tara

Saurabh Chauhan* dwells on a collection of conversational poems on the highly popular Tibetan Buddhist deity Tara by Soumya Sambasivan, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who serves as Deputy Inspector General of Police for the Northern Range in...

Thorough probe urged on arson attack on Office of Tibet in South Africa to rule out transnational repression

(TibetanReview.net, Oct17’26) – Following a second nighttime arson attack, which practically destroyed the building housing the office and residence of the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama located in South Africa’s capital Pretoria on Oct 14, the Desmond...

With Tibet buffer gone, China and Bhutan hold 16th round of talks to settle their border dispute

(TibetanReview.net, Oct17’26) – Like in the case of India, Bhutan never had a boundary – or a boundary dispute – with China, until the latter illegally annexed Tibet in the 1950s following an armed invasion of the militarily defenceless...

Narrow escape for Dalai Lama’s South Africa Representative in second nighttime arson attack in three months

(TibetanReview.net, Oct16’26) – The office and residence housing the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in South Africa’s capital Pretoria has been severely damaged in a life-threatening arson attack for the second time in three months on Oct...

Stapled visa row prevents Arunachal weightlifter from crucial world championship meet in China

(TibetanReview.net, Oct16’26) – India has been forced to withdraw a weightlifter belonging to Arunachal Pradesh from the upcoming Senior World Weightlifting Championships to be held in Ningbo after Chinese authorities indicated that he would be issued a visa stapled...