(TibetanReview.net, Feb07’25) –China meticulously denied site access and strictly censored information after a devastating earthquake hit Tibet’s Mt Everest county of Dingri on Jan 7 morning. Now it is alleged to be doing the same with four forest fires...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb06’25) –US President Donald Trump’s decision Feb 4 to withdraw his country from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has been received with disappointment by a major Tibet campaign group in the country, calling it a loss of...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb06’25) –The bugle for commemorations marking the 66th anniversary of the Mar 10 Tibetan national uprising was sounded in Taiwan’s capital Taipei on Feb 5 with the launch of the “2025 Cycling for a Free Tibet” campaign. Participants...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb05’25) –A new All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tibet (APPG Tibet) was launched in the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom on Feb 4, following the general election held on Jul 4, 2024 last year, won by the Labour...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb05’25) –Not only is China reckless in starting to build the world’s largest dam in a seismically active zone in Himalayan Tibet, but the dam itself represents an earthquake risk, the ANI news service Feb 4 cited a...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb04’25) –The Social Welfare Minister Mr HC Mahadevappa of Karnataka has on Feb 3 called on His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in the Tibetan settlement at Bylakuppe Town, Mysuru District, to enquire about his...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb04’25) –The Speaker Mr Kuldeep Singh Pathania of Himachal Pradesh state assembly has said Feb 3 that Tibetans born in India after 1987 are eligible to exercise voting rights in the country. He was apparently referring to the...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb03’25) –Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and the administrator of the newly created US Department of government Efficiency (DOGE) has said Feb 3 that President Donald Trump had agreed that the United States Agency for International Development...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb02’25) –China’s foreign ministry has vowed to take “necessary countermeasures to defend its legitimate rights and interests” following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a relatively modest 10% additional tariffs on imports from the country. China’s Ministry of...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb01’25) –Since arriving at the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in South India’s Karnataka-state town of Bylakuppe, home to the largest community of exile Tibetans, on Jan 5 for an extended winter sojourn, the Dalai Lama has maintained a fairly...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan31’25) –A young Tibetan writer and poet has been reported released sometime over Nov-Dec 2024 after remaining disappeared following his arrest in 2022 in Golog prefecture of Qinghai Province. However, though back home in Denang Village of Pema...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan31’25) –Hollywood star Richard Gere is to be honoured next month for his cinematic contributions as well as role in humanitarian causes at Spain’s top film honours event, the Goya awards, reported the AFP Jan 31, citing the...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan30’25) –A support group for Tibet was launched in the European Parliament in Brussels on Jan 30 in what has been described as a significant move for bolstering support for the people of the Chinese occupied Himalayan territory....

(TibetanReview.net, Jan30’25) –Intelligence Online, a group which monitors the organisation and functioning of the domestic and foreign intelligence services of key governments (CIA, MI6, BND, MI5, DGSE…), has said Jan 29 that it found a Chengdu-based cyber security contractor...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan28’25) –The diplomatic tango between India and China towards the normalization of their bilateral ties appears to have made what is seen as a significant breakthrough following the series of meetings Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi, foreign vice-minister...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan27’25) –China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on his country and India to “explore more substantial measures to promote mutual understanding and support” as he met with the latter’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri in Beijing on Jan...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan26’25) –As the conundrum about the geological and geostrategic dangers arising from the ongoing construction of the Yarlung Tsangpo super dam, the world’s largest, refuses to die down, China has again sought to reassure downstream India that it...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan25’25) –In the wake of China’s late Dec 2024 announcement of its approval of the building of the world’s largest dam over the Yarlung Tsangpo just before the river enters India and the devastating Jan 7 morning earthquake...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan24’25) –China concluded on Jan 22 the 3rd session of the 12th Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) people’s congress with new top government and regional congress appointments and an emphatic call to implement President Xi Jinping’s important Instructions on...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan23’25) –China said Jan 23 that former top Tibetan official of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Mr Qi Zhala, now serving in the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has been placed under investigation for...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan22’25) –The local Chinese government of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) has decided to incorporate “six regions enriched with unique natural landscapes and abundant biodiversity into its national park plan”, greatly shrinking the Tibetan people’s habitat and the space...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan22’25) –China has indicated that it would engage with the top US diplomat under the new Trump Administration who remains under its sanctions. Beijing sanctioned Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jul and Aug 2020, when he was...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan22’25) – The United States has withdrawn from two major international bodies, the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization (WHO), with President Donald Trump, who assumed office on Jan 20, citing China as the main reason for...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan20’25) –A Chinese company and its subsidiary have reported on Jan 20 the discovery of a potentially large reserve of gold in southern Tibet’s Lhoka (Chinese: Shannan) City. China Silver Group Ltd and its subsidiary CSMall Group Limited...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan20’25) –China said Jan 19 that its regional Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) government will invest more than 200 billion yuan (about $27.8 billion) into the construction of major infrastructure projects on the 60th anniversary this year of its...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan19’25) – In what is seen as bad news for the country’s economy in the long run, China said Jan 17 that its population fell last year for the third straight year and now stands at 1.408 billion. China...

By Steve Shaw (TibetanReview.net, Jan18’25) –There are fears the British Government is willing to place trade and access to Chinese markets above the rights of Tibetan people, as well as those affected by crackdowns in regions such as Hong...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan18’25) –Guangzhou, a city in China of 22 million people, is using big data to track the activities of its ethnic minority residents in a model for Sinicization that is likely to be applied across the People’s Republic...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan17’25) –Reversing its initial claim that the devastating earthquake which jolted Tibet’s Mt Everest county of Dingri on Jan 7 morning had caused no damage to dams, China has now admitted that problems, including cracks, have been detected...

(TibetanReview.net, Jan17’25) –As Taiwan opened a third representative office in India in its financial capital Mumbai on Jan 16, China’s official media has warned New Delhi to exercise caution to avoid any provocations that might challenge Beijing’s bottom line....