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Dalai Lama succession, Panchen Lama disappearance raised during EU-China rights dialogue

(TibetanReview.net, Jun15’25) – Any raising of any human rights issue with China is bound to be thorny and so it especially was when the European Union questioned it on its unabashed interference in the process for the recognition of...

Tibet-dependent China now able to extract critical mineral rubidium from brine for first time

(TibetanReview.net, Jun15’25) – Chinese scientists have achieved a breakthrough in the commercial extraction of the critical metal rubidium directly from salt lake brine and whose more accessible form it mines primarily from the historically Tibetan-inhabited province of Qinghai and...

Dalai Lama congratulates Mongolia’s new PM, recalls historical twin-brother ties

(TibetanReview.net, Jun14’25) – The Dalai Lama has on Jun 13 congratulated Mongolia’s new Prime Minister Zandanshatar Gombojav, recalling his several visits to the country since 1979 and the uniquely close historical ties the two sides shared. Zandanshatar was appointed...

China’s 7th Tibetan Buddhism Doctrinal Interpretation Seminar included Sinicization experts, party officials

(TibetanReview.net, Jun14’25) – As a part of its continuing campaign for the so-called Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism, China has kicked off on Jun 12 its 7th Tibetan Buddhism Doctrinal Interpretation Seminar in Tibet’s capital Lhasa. Given its objective, the...

Was the auctioning of Sir Basil Gould’s papers a sale of Tibet’s history?

(TibetanReview.net, Jun13’25) – A China-suspicion has arisen regarding a mysterious online bidder who paid nearly $19,000 for the private papers of Sir Basil Gould, formerly of the Indian Civil Service, who was the political officer for 10 years in...

Hong Kong bans video game where Tibetans etc could fight to overthrow communist rule

(TibetanReview.net, Jun13’25) – Citing a draconian security law imposed by Beijing, police in Hong Kong – which is supposedly autonomous with democratic freedoms and government system – have warned residents against downloading a mobile game application which gives players...

China gives state funeral to top Tibetan collaborator Ragdi

(TibetanReview.net, Jun12’25) – China has on Jun 12 given state funeral to Ragdi (also written as Raidi), one of top Tibetan collaborators in its occupation rule in Tibet. He topped his career under Chinese rule as a vice chairman...

Nepali artists condemn Kathmandu int’l film festival organizers’ ‘Xizang’ erasure of Tibetan identity

(TibetanReview.net, Jun11’25) – A group of Nepali artists in the fields of painting, filmmaking and culture has issued a strongly-worded statement on Jun 10, condemning the organizers of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) for helping to spread...

India to host Chinese vice foreign minister on road towards restoring normal ties

(TibetanReview.net, Jun11’25) – The long road to fully normalizing Sino-India relations after the 2020 Galwan Valley breakup continues with Chinese vice foreign minister Sun Weidong being likely to visit India this week for what will be the second high-level...

India opens Shipki La Tibet-border pass in Himachal for tourism

(TibetanReview.net, Jun11’25) – From being open only for yearly seasonal trading activities, India is to open the Shipki La pass on the India-Tibet border in Himachal Pradesh state to tourists and local public for the first time since independence...