(TibetanReview.net, Nov27’24) –Gyaincain Norbu, the replacement 11th Panchen Lama reincarnation appointed by China to occupy the seat of Tibet’s second most prominent religious figure, has completed a five-month tour of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), according to China’s official Xinhua...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov27’24) –While the meeting of the G7 foreign ministers held in Fiuggi, Italy, over Nov 24-27 focused heavily on the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, including Russia’s recent use of North Korean troops, it also dealt...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov26’24) –The US government has on Nov 25 launched at Dharamshala a new five-year programme to support Tibetan communities in South Asia, with focus on “Strengthening Economic, Social, and Cultural Resilience of Tibetan Communities in India and Nepal...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov26’24) –It is not just social media but news websites as well that China or pro-China or China-hired digital PR elements are using to spread Communist Party of China propaganda in cyberspace under the guise of telling authentic...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov26’24) –China’s customs authorities have confiscated three inbound books that contained maps which did not reflect Beijing’s claims on a host of disputed or others’ territories, including those along India-Tibet border regions. The books were intercepted by the...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov25’24) –US President-elect Donald Trump may have vowed to target China with prohibitive tariffs and appointed China hawks to man his cabinet. But many in Beijing are said to be hoping that Elon Musk, who donated huge sums...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov25’24) – Glaciers on the Dhauladhar mountain ranges are reported to have been receding at a fast pace, raising the likelihood of water scarcity in the Kangra valley it overlooks, which includes Dharamshala, the exile home to the...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov23’24) –The visit of the executive head, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, of the exile Tibetan administration to Portugal, which included meetings with cross-party parliament members, from Nov 12 to 14 has been hailed as groundbreaking. It was the first...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov23’24) –As Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli of Nepal prepares to visit China from Dec 2, proposed items on his agenda under consideration include a proposal to sign an agreement related to boundary management and security cooperation agreed...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov22’24) –As China-hawk Donald Trump ascends the US presidency, come Jan 20, good relationship with India is becoming particularly important for Beijing. As geographical neighbours and the two most populous countries in the world, China and India not...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov21’24) –As Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the fringes of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov 18, and emphasised the importance of a “strong UK-China relationship”...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov21’24) –For campaigning for democracy, Hong Kong has jailed 45 activists as anti-China, with Beijing condemning those who criticized the court’s atrocious rulings. A court in Hong Kong special administrative region of China has on Nov 19 sentenced...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov20’24) –China has ordered the relocation of hundreds of Tibetan families in Tsoshar (Chinese: Haidong) Prefecture-level City of Qinghai Province, citing landslide hazards. However, in reality, it is suspected to be planning to mine the overlooking mountain after...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov20’24) –A trio of New York State senators are calling on the State University of New York (SUNY) to investigate its $2.7 million contract with a Powerhouse publishing company accused of acquiescing to the Chinese government by censoring...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov20’24) –While China said it discussed the resumption of direct flights, exchange of journalists, and facilitation of visa issuance process during its foreign minister Wang Yi’s meeting with Indian External Affair Minister EAM S Jaishankar on the sidelines...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov19’24) –As the upcoming Donald Trump administration prepares to go on the offensive, come Jan 20, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping has on Nov 16 laid down four “red lines” the US should not cross while meeting with...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov19’24) –China has on Nov 18 called for the normalization of bilateral ties with India during a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov18’24) –Nepal’s ruling coalition partner CPN-UML has condemned remarks made by former prime minister and the CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal regarding Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s upcoming visit to China. The issue arises from the...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov18’24) –A bill has been introduced in the US House of Representatives on Nov 14, following the one in the Senate earlier this year, proposing to revoke China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status with the United States....

(TibetanReview.net, Nov17’24) –The executive head, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) at Dharamshala, India, has on Nov 15 delivered what was stated to be a powerful testimony before an extraordinary hearing of the Commission of Foreign...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov16’24) –The nomination by President-elect Donald Trump of Senator Marco Rubio as the top US diplomat has been welcomed by Tibetan and Uyghur activists on account of his track-record of being a harsh critic of China for its...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov16’24) –The Chinese government is reported to have sent a team of its own breed of “Tibetologists” to spread Chinese propaganda in European countries in an apparent effort to counter the visits of leaders from the Central Tibetan...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov16’24) –China is accelerating dam building on the upper reaches of the Yellow River (Tibetan: Machu) in Tibet despite evidence from its own scientists of the risks of geological disasters and serious environmental problems, said London-based monitoring and...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov16’24) –While the Oct 21 deal on eastern Ladakh disengagement and patrolling with China was hailed by some in India as a “breakthrough”, the two countries still have a lot of ground to cover before normalizing their overall...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov14’24) –Well-known Tibetan language education right activist Mr Tashi Wangchuk continues to be under police surveillance and interrogations in his hometown in Qinghai province after being detained from Oct 20 to Nov 4 on allegations of ‘disrupting social...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov14’24) –As Chinese President Xi Jinping’s call for Sinicizing Tibet – and other ethnic minority areas of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) – continues to gather pace, Mandarin speech competitions are being held at schools and monasteries...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov14’24) –A delegation of two members of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE) held a series of meetings with lawmakers and other Tibet supporters in the Baltic states of Lithuania and Latvia over Nov 11 and 13, including...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov13’24) –Chinese police have roughed up well-known Tibetan language education right activist Mr Tashi Wangchuk in a 15-day period of detention and interrogation over Oct-Nov 2024 in his hometown of Kyegudo in Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai province, reported the...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov13’24) –As China continues a grim, so far futile effort to boost its population growth by encouraging more marriages and births, the China Statistical Yearbook 2024 recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics, shows that the country’s...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov12’24) –Describing the meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Modi on the sidelines of the BRICs summit in Kazan, Russia, last month as “ice-breaking”, Chinese officials have told a visiting Indian media delegation that the two...