OPINION Aritra Banerjee* dwells on how China has weaponized technology to suppress faith, speech, and dissent on the Tibetan Plateau, cutting Tibetans off from each other, their diaspora, and the wider world, causing a profound erosion of cultural identity,...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug24’25) – Well ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on Aug 20, leading a large central delegation to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Beijing-imposed Tibetan Buddhist...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug23’25) – China has been sweeping not only in its pronouncement of policies to assimilate Tibet under slogans of national unity, ethnic solidarity, strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, and Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism, but also...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug23’25) – Twelve people have died and four remain missing as of 6 pm Aug 22 due to a steel cable failure at a bridge construction site in Qinghai province for the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway which occurred earlier in...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’25) – China has on Aug 21 taken exception to India’s reiteration of its policy on Taiwan which refrained from any explicit mention of Beijing’s One China policy. “Some individuals in India are attempting to undermine China’s sovereignty...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’25) – Seven people were killed and nine others left missing after a construction rope broke at a bridge under construction on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway around 3 am today, reported China’s official chinadaily.com.cn Aug...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug21’25) – In a visit meant to showcase who is in charge and strengthen control, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on Aug 20 and observed, on the following day, a grand parade and gathering...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug20’25) – Amid sweeping security measures and tight restrictions on local Tibetans, Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Tibet’s capital Lhasa today to take part in celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Tibet Autonomous...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug20’25) – Around 30 Tibetans were briefly detained by police in India’s capital New Delhi on Aug 19 as they protested outside Hyderabad House. They shouted slogans like “Free Tibet” and “End repression” and waved Tibetan flags as...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug19’25) – Seven protesters from the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) have been detained by police in India’s capital New Delhi on Aug 18 evening as they protested in front of the Chinese embassy to highlight their demands on...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug18’25) – The Dalai Lama has on Aug 17 expressed happiness at the growing interest in Buddhism in China and hoped it will contribute towards the spread of peace and harmony in the word. The occasion was the...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug17’25) – In late Jun 2025, Chinese officials in Tibet gave a group of journalists and others a chaperoned tour of the region where media access is strictly controlled. Greeted by slogans urging ethnic unity and glorifying Chinese...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug16’25) – The Xinjiang -Tibet Railway which China plans to begin building later this year will be the most expensive as well as technically the most difficult to build in the world by far, reported ejinsight.com Aug 15,...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug16’25) – Partly seen as a result of US President Donald Trump’s mercurial tariff policies on them, China and India appear to have become friendlier and more cooperative in the normalization of their bilateral ties in recent times....

(TibetanReview.net, Aug15’25) – While it is still not clear how many Tibetans affected by the devastating 7.1-magnitude earthquake, which hit Tibet’s Mt Everest county of Dingri, Shigatse City, on Jan 7 need to be rehoused, China’s official Xinhua news...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug15’25) – The US State Department’s 2024 Country Report on Human Rights, released on Aug 12, confirms ongoing and serious human rights abuses against the Tibetan people, including disappearances, torture, arbitrary arrest, and restrictions on religious freedom under...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug14’25) – Chinese police in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) county of Kanlho (Gannan) prefecture, Gansu Province, were stated to have taken away the acting head lama of a prominent local monastery in a night raid in Dec 2024. The...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug14’25) – The 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama was marked in the parliament house of the Australian state of Victoria on Aug 13, hosted by the Victorian Parliamentary Friends of Tibet in collaboration with The...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug13’25) – The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration at Dharamshala, India, has announced Aug 13 that the process for the next elections of the Sikyong and the Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE), both due in 2026,...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug13’25) – China said Aug 12 that it was suspending all diplomatic engagements with Czech President Petr Pavel, angered by his Jul 27 meeting with the Dalai Lama, which Beijing claims undermined its sovereignty and territorial integrity. China...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug12’25) – Emboldened by Thailand’s forced repatriation earlier this year of 40 Uyghur human rights fugitives under its pressure – and in the face of strong opposition from international human rights groups and UN rights experts – China...

OPINION As China marked the 66th anniversary of the launch of its “democratic reform” in Tibet and as the exile Tibetan community commemorated the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan national uprising, both with regard to the events of Mar...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug11’25) – The Xinjiang–Tibet Railway which China plans to begin building this year is among 45 major projects outlined in China’s Ministry of Transport’s 2025 Plan for Major Projects in Building China into a Transport Powerhouse, reported China’s...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug10’25) – China is to launch this year one of the world’s most ambitious railway projects with great strategic value that would link the resource-rich, occupied territories of East Turkestan (Chinese: Xinjiang) and Tibet by 2035. The report...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug10’25) – China has been in “illegal occupation” of approximately 38,000 sq km of Indian territory at the end of the Sino-India conflict of 1962, reported the PTI news agency Aug 9, citing a government response in Parliament....

(TibetanReview.net, Aug09’25) – An exhibition on authoritarian governments held in Thailand has been forced to remove materials about Beijing’s treatment of ethnic minorities and Hong Kong at China’s “request”, reported Reuters Aug 9. The move is seen as a...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug08’25) – As China intensifies its Sinicization drive across the Tibetan Plateau region under President Xi Jinping’s Han-centric assimilation plan for the new era, the top Tibetan leader of the Communist Party of China-state in Tibet autonomous region...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug08’25) – China said Aug 7 that more than 600 victims of the devastating 7.1-magnitude earthquake which hit Tibet’s Mt Everest county of Dingri on Jan 7 this year will move into new homes in the coming days....

(TibetanReview.net, Aug06’25) – A total of more than 2,100 cadres and professionals from across China had been deployed in Tibet autonomous region (TAR) in 10 batches since 2022, contributing to economic development, public services, and infrastructure improvement across the...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug05’25) – Marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), China’s top Tibetan official there has on Aug 5 sought to make the point that the Chinese government has the unquestionable decision-making authority...