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US Senate declares Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday as ‘Day of Compassion’
(TibetanReview.net, Jul16’25) – The US Senate has on Jul 14 unanimously approved a resolution, declaring the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a “Day of Compassion”. A House version of the resolution is expected to come up...
Veteran Indian journalist pays visual tribute to Dalai Lama on latter’s 90th birthday
(TibetanReview.net, Jul16’25) – Veteran Indian Journalist Vijay Kranti, whose association with the Tibet issue and the Dalai Lama began in 1972, has paid a richly reminiscing visual tribute to the exile spiritual leader of Tibet on his 90th birthday,...
Indian foreign minister raises series of issues in China amid ‘good progress’ in ties
(TibetanReview.net, Jul15’25) – India’s External Affairs Minister Mr S Jaishankar has said Jul 14 that India-China relations had made good progress in the last nine months as he met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during his ongoing three-day...
Dalai Lama has spoken of having declined China invites due to lack of freedom to teach
(TibetanReview.net, Jul14’25) – The Dalai Lama has on Jul 13 spoken of having received many invitations to visit China but declined because of lack of freedom to give Buddhist teachings there, according to the hindustantimes.com Jul 13. The exile...
Seven European rights envoys reject state interference in Dalai Lama succession
(TibetanReview.net, Jul14’25) – As China cites false history, questionable imperial legacy, and colonially imposed law to assert brute power to claim the right to appoint the “reincarnation” of the current Dalai Lama, the human rights ambassadors of seven European...
China attacks Indians who defy New Delhi’s stance to condemn its Dalai Lama reincarnation meddling
(TibetanReview.net, Jul14’25) – Apparently not satisfied with India’s stance of not taking a position on faith or religion, expressed by its ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Jul 4, the Chinese embassy in New Delhi said Jul 13 that...
India urged to recognize Tibet, restore ‘Indo-Tibet border’ nomenclature
(TibetanReview.net, Jul13’25) – A day after Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mr Pema Khandu said India does not share any historical boundary with China, BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar has doubled down on the issue on Jul 11, saying...
Officials okayed to do side jobs, luxury hotels sell street food as China’s economic doldrums continue
(TibetanReview.net, Jul13’25) – China’s economy continues to be in dire strait after being crippled by the 2020 Covid pandemic and now harried by US President Donald Trump’s tariff strangulation of its export industry, going by at least three most...
Dalai Lama lands in Ladakh for a month-long stay
(TibetanReview.net, Jul12’25) – The Dalai Lama was today accorded a grand ceremonial welcome at Leh, the capital of India’s Union Territory of Ladakh, where he is expected to spend the next one month to rest, give religious teachings, and...
China vents spleen on Tibetan leader’s criticism of its Tibet policy, Dalai Lama reincarnation meddling
(TibetanReview.net, Jul12’25) – The Chinese consulate in the Australian city of Sydney has on Jul 11 expressed bitter anger over criticisms the visiting Sikyong (executive head) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) at Dharamshala, India, had made on Beijing’s...
The Purge Deepens: Xi Jinping’s Military Reshuffling Reveals Broader Vulnerabilities
OPINION While taking note of the fact that some experts see the recent surge of removal from office for corruption etc of some of President Xi Jinping’s known close associates and loyalists as his loss of grip on power,...
Update: Glacial lake burst in Tibet led to devastating Tibet-Nepal flood
(TibetanReview.net, Jul10’25) – The deadly flood in Nepal’s Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week was triggered by the draining of a supraglacial lake in Tibet, reported Reuters...
India rescues Tibet-Nepal flash-flood stranded Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrims
(TibetanReview.net, Jul10’25) – Indian pilgrims returning after visiting Mt Kailash and Lake Mansarovar in eastern Tibet’s Ngari prefecture, stranded by the devastating Jul 8 Tibet-Nepal border flash floods, were safely evacuated via the Zhangmu (Tibetan: Dram) Port in Nyalam...
Permafrost collapse triggered devastating flood at Tibet-Nepal border, no info sharing
(TibetanReview.net, Jul09’25) – Eleven people are missing and 350 displaced on the Tibetan side while at least nine have died and 19 remain missing in Nepal after flash floods hit Gyirong (Tibetan: Kyirong or Kyidrong) Port area on Jul...
Paris museum sued for pro-China attempt to ‘Erase the Existence of Tibet’
(TibetanReview.net, Jul09’25) – After ignoring sustained criticisms from experts and protests from activists over many months, the Musée Guimet, a Paris museum known for its rich collection of Asian art, is facing a lawsuit from several groups who accuse...
Former Tibet vice chairman gets suspended death sentence for corruption
(TibetanReview.net, Jul09’25) – Wang Yong, a former vice chairman of the Chinese government of Tibet Autonomous Region has on Jul 8 received the death sentence, with a two-year reprieve, after being tried for accepting bribes during his years of...
US House committee greets Dalai Lama on 90th birthday, condemns China’s cultural genocide in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Jul08’25) – While China has sought to demonise the Dalai Lama for no real reason at all, condemning the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for greeting him on his 90th...
China criticizes top US diplomat for his Dalai Lama birthday greetings, calls it interference in China’s affairs
(TibetanReview.net, Jul08’25) – After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China has targeted US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for having messaged greetings to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday on Jul 6. Asked to comment on Rubio’s mesage...
The Panchen Lama’s Disappearance and China’s Assault on Religious Freedom
OPINION Ashu Maan* sees China’s narrative behind its plan to appoint its own “reincarnation” of the 14th Dalai Lama – as in the case of the Panchen Lama before him – as a perfect synthesis of imperial control and...
Senior US State Department official meets with Dalai Lama
(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – A senior US government official has on Jul 6 met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamshala, India. Bethany Poulos Morrison, deputy assistant secretary in the US Department of State’s Bureau of...
China protests PM Modi’s Dalai Lama birthday greetings
(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – As expected, China has on Jul 7 protested to India over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s greetings to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday and the attendance of Indian ministers at the birthday celebrations, demanding that...
Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday commemorated in Kathmandu
(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – Tibetans in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu have commemorated the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday on Jul 6 without facing a clampdown as in past many years for alleged violation of the country’s “one China” policy. The celebrations were...
Forum of Indian lawmakers rally for nation’s highest civilian honour for Dalai Lama
(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – A cross-party forum of Indian Members of Parliament has passed a resolution, urging the government to confer the nation’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, on His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and invite him to address...
Religious, rights groups, EU lawmakers condemn China’s meddling in Dalai Lama reincarnation
(TibetanReview.net, Jul06’25) –India has chosen not to take “any position” on the Dalai Lama reincarnation issue, apparently given the complexity of its relationship with China. However, not only the country’s Buddhist community as well as others but also great...
China’s past criticisms fail to deter PM Modi from greeting Dalai Lama on his milestone 90th birthday
(TibetanReview.net, Jul06’25) – For the fifth year in a row, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has extended greetings to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on X on the occasion of his birthday on Jul 6, despite China’s criticisms...
Dalai Lama hopes to keep China waiting another up to 40 years on his reincarnation
(TibetanReview.net, Jul05’25) – The Dalai Lama has on Jul 5 assured Tibetans, other devotees, and supporters, that he hopes to live for up to 40 more years, addressing a long-life prayer ceremony offered by the Central Tibetan Administration on...
In message to China, India says it doesn’t interfere in religious matters amid Dalai Lama reincarnation conundrum
(TibetanReview.net, Jul05’25) – India has on Jul 4 clarified its position on the Dalai Lama reincarnation issue by saying it does not take any position on matters of faith. The clarification came amid reports that India’s Minister for Minority...
China to uproot 20 Qinghai Tibetan villages to build yet another hydropower dam
(TibetanReview.net, Jul04’25) – China is demolishing 20 Tibetan villages in the upper reaches of the Yellow River (or Huang He, called Machu in Tibet) to make way for a major new hydropower dam despite evidence from Chinese scientists of...
Int’l Tibetan youth meet held to discuss campaign activities, issues
(TibetanReview.net, Jul04’25) – Hollywood star and Tibet activist Richard Gere has on Jul 3 presided over the 3rd International Tibet Youth Forum (ITYF), being organized by the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)...
India stands with Dalai Lama on reincarnation issue
(TibetanReview.net, Jul03’25) – Rejecting China’s assertion of a false historical right to select the next Dalai Lama, India’s Minority Affairs Minister Mr Kiren Rijiju has said Jul 3 that the exile spiritual leader of Tibet alone could decide his...
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