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China criticizes everyone but itself for Lobga Rangen’s protest self-immolation

(TibetanReview.net, Aug14’26) – While Lobga Rangzen cited China’s campaign of forced assimilation of Tibet and the imperative of Tibetan unity in the campaign for independence as the urgent need of the hour, China’s official media has blamed everyone else...

A Flame That Does Not Go Out: Remembering Loga Rangzen and Thupten Ngodup

To Palden Gyal* this article is a personal and deeply moving reflection that links the self-immolations of Loga Rangzen la and Thupten Ngodup la—spanning nearly three decades—as enduring symbols of Tibetan sacrifice, resistance, and the struggle to preserve Tibetan...

China says India-Tibet border is ‘generally stable’, does not deny increased military activities there

(TibetanReview.net, Aug13’26) – China has said Aug 12 that the situation along the India-Tibet border remains “generally stable at the moment”, but declined to confirm reports of increased Chinese military activity in disputed areas near Arunachal Pradesh. The statement...

Tibet Remains ‘Tibet’ Despite Tibet-Splittist Xi Jinping’s ‘Xizang’ Dicta

OPINION Tenzing Chhodak* is amused that China can’t avoid using the name “Tibet” despite having supposedly made it a taboo in official usage. When I first learnt that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had decided to use the Chinese...

Companion US Senate bill supports existential recognition of Central Tibetan Administration

(TibetanReview.net, Aug12’26) – A bill already on the table in the US House of of Representatives designed to ensure the survival of Tibet’s political identity for the enduring future on the world stage has been strengthened with the Senate...

India says bilateral ties with China hinge on border situation amid testy exchanges on Arunachal placenames

(TibetanReview.net, Aug12’26) – Following China’s raising of objections to its listing of 27 standardised placenames in its Tibet-border state of Arunachal Pradesh on Aug 7, India has reiterated its position Aug 11 that the state of its border with...

Knowledge as Hegemony: What the Cancellation of the IATS Conference Reveals

OPINION In the backdrop of the recent cancellation of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) conference, which was scheduled to be in Kathmandu over Aug 23-29, Ifrah Khalil Kawa* reflects on how contemporary geopolitical power increasingly extends beyond...

China claims its ‘Zangnan’, not ‘Arunachal Pradesh’, slams India’s release of standard names for 27 locations

(TibetanReview.net, Aug11’26) – China has on Aug 10 reacted to India’s issuance on Aug 7 of standardized names of 27 locations in its state of Arunachal Pradesh in a move to counter similar exercises undertaken by itself since 2017,...

China’s state media attacks India’s standardizing of Arunachal placenames, calls the territory its ‘Zangnan’

(TibetanReview.net, Aug10’26) – China’s state-employed experts have criticized India’s counter-move to standardize on its map the names of 27 locations in its strategic border state of Arunachal Pradesh. Speaking to the Party-mouthpiece globaltimes.cn Aug 9, they have called the...

As China begins building world’s largest dam across its Tibet-border, India seeks hydrological data transparency

(TibetanReview.net, Aug10’26) – China has already been wielding the hydrological data it controls in occupied Tibet as a weapon against India, refusing to share it despite an agreement after bilateral relations turned sour in the aftermath of the 2020...