Tibetan Review
Czech Senate condemns China’s Dalai Lama reincarnation meddling, assault on Tibetan identity
(TibetanReview.net, Mar26’26) – The Senate of the Czech Republic’s parliament has on Mar 25 adopted a resolution, defending the religious freedom of the Tibetan people and their exclusive right to determine their future spiritual leaders in the context of...
Nepal to get new railway line with India as RSP gov’t takes office, its Tibet railway lagging
(TibetanReview.net, Mar25’26) – Ahead of a new government taking office in Kathmandu following the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), with its 35-year-old Prime Ministerial leader Balen(dra) Shah’s, massive recent electoral victory, India has come out with a Detailed Project Report...
US Senators in cross-party call to advance Tibet issue as new special coordinator took charge
(TibetanReview.net, Mar24’26) – Two US Senators have on Mar 20 called on the Trump Administration’s top official on dealing with the issue of Tibet vis-a-vis China to step up on his implementation of the US laws that most recently...
Tibet scores zero for freedom in rights group’s latest annual global survey
(TibetanReview.net, Mar24’26) – For the third successive year, Tibet under Chinese occupation rule has scored zero for freedom in a watchdog’s latest annual global survey released on Mar 19. The Freedom in the World 2026 report, released by Freedom...
China tightens restrictions on officials’ overseas travels to manage political risk
(TibetanReview.net, Mar23’26) – China has launched sweeping restrictions on foreign travels of serving and retired regime officials, reflecting fears in the CCP about asset flight or disclosure of politically sensitive information at a time of intensifying internal pressure and...
China to debut Sinicized Tibetan tap dance to mark Tibet dissolution day
(TibetanReview.net, Mar22’26) – China is to mark its full annexation of Tibet in Beijing on Mar 28 with theatrical presentations of a Sinicized version of the Tibetan tap dance produced with the involvement of Chinese propaganda and dance bodies...
CCP’s Show Biz Policy in Tibet: A Sinister Agenda Hidden in Plain Sight
OPINION Professor Phuntsog* makes a striking observation, suggesting that the CCP employs a calculated strategy to manipulate public perception. While permitting the production and showcasing of Tibetan music and dance—the visible and surface-level aspects of culture, likened to the...
China returns Tibetan monk’s custodial dead body to monastery in Qinghai
(TibetanReview.net, Mar21’26) – Chinese police in a northeastern part of Qinghai province had returned the body of a young Tibetan Buddhist monk to his monastery on Dec 8, 2025 after having taken him away previously on an unspecified date...
US far-right activist Loomer elated by her ‘rare and meaningful encounter’ with Dalai Lama
(TibetanReview.net, Mar21’26) – American far-right political activist Laura Loomer, known for her access to President Donald Trump, has on Mar 20 met Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, at his home in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, and hailed him...
China reported to have increased stealth fighter deployment in Tibet, close to Indian border
(TibetanReview.net, Mar20’26) –As India continues to open up trade and investment ties with China, the latter has quietly deployed at least 14 J-20 Mighty Dragon stealth fighters at an airbase in Tibet located less than 100 miles from India’s...
Bollywood’s previously ‘battle of Galwan’ movie being toned down on anti-China rhetoric
(TibetanReview.net, Mar20’26) – Not only has the movie’s title been changed from “Battle of Galwan” to “Maatrubhumi” (Motherland), but also its content is being modified to tone down on its alleged anti-China elements, according to more Indian media reports...
China rages at Australia-New Zealand criticisms of its rights violations in Tibet etc
(TibetanReview.net, Mar19’26) – China has on Mar 18 condemned in strong but usual terms Australia and New Zealand for their joint statement issued after a meeting of their foreign and defence ministers, which among other things criticized its policies...
A Heartfelt Appeal to the Tibetan Diaspora Communities
OPINION The need to adopt a pro-active approach towards preserving the Tibetan national identity especially through the inculcation of linguistic skill has become ever more pressing today not only because of China’s ongoing coercive Sinicization drive in Tibet, which...
China got Nepal to ban a Tibetan Rinpoche last month, complains about burning of Xi’s books
(TibetanReview.net, Mar18’26) – China has been complaining about Tibetan lamas (religious masters) visiting Nepal and got one banned last month. It has now complained about the burning of copies of a book by President Xi Jinping at a communist-party-run...
Final lists out for Exile Tibetan parliament election due on Apr 26
(TibetanReview.net, Mar18’26) – Ahead of the final poll on Apr 26, the Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) announced today the lists of candidates for the election to the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The lists include the names...
China launches ‘World’s first Tibetan large language model’ to combat ‘distorted ideologies, values’
(TibetanReview.net, Mar17’26) – China said Mar 16 that it had launched the world’s first Tibetan large language model and its application, DeepZang. Developed by CHOKNOR Information Technology Co., Ltd. Officially unveiled in Lhasa, the company’s chairman has said it...
Greater role for Tibet, other frontier regions in China’s new five-year plan, with focus on integration
(TibetanReview.net, Mar16’26) – China said Mar 15 that the frontier regions of the People’s Republic of China, especially Tibet and East Turkestan (Xinjang), had assumed a more prominent role in Beijing’s 2026-2030, 15th Five-Year Plan to build a unified...
Bollywood’s Battle of Galwan movie retitled as Maatrubhumi (Motherland)
(TibetanReview.net, Mar16’26) – Bollywood star Salman Khan’s upcoming war drama, earlier called Battle of Galwan, now has a new title: Maatrubhumi (Motherland), with the subtext “May War Rest In Peace”. With this line, the makers attempt to highlight a...
Man held for throwing firecrackers at Tibet Uprising Day Vigil in Taipei
(TibetanReview.net, Mar15’26) – In what is seen as a Communist Party of China (CPC)-linked “transnational repression”, a candlelight vigil at Taipei’s Liberty Square on Mar 10, 2026 to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese occupation...
‘My blood boils when I see Chinese imports,’ ex-Delhi chief minister Kejriwal
(TibetanReview.net, Mar15’26) – Expressing outrage that even toys, stationery, and plastic containers as well as idols of Hindu deities Lakshmi and Ganesh were being imported from China, the Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Mr Arvind Kejriwal has on Mar...
UN rights chief red flags China’s ‘ethnic unity’ law
(TibetanReview.net, Mar14’26) – The UN’s top human rights official, Volker Turk, has expressed concerns Mar 13 over what China calls its “ethnic unity” law, saying it could restrict freedom of religion and culture, reported the AFP Mar 14. China...
883 Town Halls in the Czech Republic, 765 in France, Belgium, Luxembourg raised Tibetan flag on 67th Tibet uprising day
(TibetanReview.net, Mar13’26) –A total of 765 Town Halls in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg raised the Tibetan national flag to show solidarity with the Tibetan people on the 67th anniversary on Mar 10 of their national uprising against China’s armed...
Leftist leader blames Dalai Lama influence for party candidate’s election loss
(TibetanReview.net, Mar12’26) – In a dramatic reversal of decade-long political dominance, the Rastriya Janamorcha has lost in its traditional stronghold of Baglung, a hill district in Gandaki Province, in the Mar 5 poll in Nepal’s general election, reported the...
An Alternative Perspective on the Iran War
OPINION While international crises such as the ongoing war in Iran do not automatically change Tibet’s position, they reshape the system in which our future will be negotiated, and in periods of systemic adjustment, preparedness matters, writes Wangpo Tethong.*...
China’s unrelenting repression highlighted on 67th Tibet uprising anniversary
(TibetanReview.net, Mar11’26) – Tibetans and supporters across the free world marked the 67th anniversary of the Lhasa uprising against China’s armed invasion and illegal occupation of Tibet on Mar 10. A group of 10 US lawmakers set the tone...
China to build, upgrade Xinjiang, Tibet highways for greater power projection
(TibetanReview.net, Mar10’26) – In order to speed up economic development and strengthen border stability and national defence, China is to build a new, 394-km (245-mile) highway in Xinjiang running parallel to the 1962 Sino-India border war and upgrade the...
China-appointed Panchen vows proactive move to Sinicize Tibetan Buddhism at annual two-sessions meet in Beijing
(TibetanReview.net, Mar10’26) – Although the difference between Tibetan and Chinese cultures is stark and obvious, and Tibetan Buddhism cannot not be more different from China’s, Beijing has been vigorously moving to change that by trying to assimilate the Himalayan...
Nepal’s general election results seen as disappointing to China
(TibetanReview.net, Mar09’26) – Although the votes are still being counted, the final outcome is a foregone conclusion, with the only question being the margins of victory, or defeat, as the case may be. The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) of...
China’s good-neighbourly friendship claim with India lacks ground reality
(TibetanReview.net, Mar08’26) – Although the ground reality at the still tense but so far multi-year incident-free border situation may not justify the painting of an upbeat picture, China has on Mar 8 called for a more cooperative approach in...
Tibetan monk-teacher found jailed after China disappeared him over five years ago
(TibetanReview.net, Mar07’26) – A Tibetan monk who disappeared after being taken away by Chinese police from his monastery in an eastern part of Tibet that is now under China’s Sichuan province over five years ago has just been learnt...


































