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Tibetan Review
China’s withholding of vital information on glacial lakes in Tibet may have contributed to Nepal’s flood disaster
(TibetanReview.net, Oct05’24) – Some 224 people had died, more than 150 others were injured and 24 missing as of Oct 2 due to disasters caused by incessant rain in much of eastern and central Nepal, including the capital Kathmandu,...
China’s restrictions drive Indians to undertake helicopter Mt Kailash pilgrimage from own country
(TibetanReview.net, Oct05’24) – As the Mt Kailash–Lake Mansarovar Yatra for Indian pilgrims has continued to remain closed or prohibitively regulated since 2020 both for government-organized travellers and those wishing to make the trip privately from Nepal, The Uttarakhand Tourism...
India: Tension with China to remain amid trust deficit, continuing border standoff
(TibetanReview.net, Oct04’24) – So long as the forward deployments of militaries on the border continues, which resulted from China’s violation of a series of signed agreements, tension in bilateral relations will remain, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has...
Top Paris museum has replaced ‘Nepal-Tibet’ with incorrect ‘Himalayan World’ to avoid mentioning ‘Tibet’
(TibetanReview.net, Oct03’24) – While the Musee du quai Branly apologized and promised, on Sep 25, to restore the name “Tibet” in place of the China-dictated “Xizang” on its displays and documentations, the Guimet Museum of Asian Arts, another top...
China empties Tibetan monastery school, sends the children to colonial boarding schools
(TibetanReview.net, Oct03’24) – China has emptied a monastery school in a historically Tibetan territory in Sichuan province by transferring on Oct 2 its remaining monk-students to government-run residential schools as it speeds up President Xi Jinping’s Sinicization drive for...
Embassy in New Delhi targeted as exile Tibetans, others protest on China’s 75th National Day
(TibetanReview.net, Oct02’24) – As China marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of its Communist Party state on Oct 1 in a distinctly low-keyed manner, beset by a host of economic, social stability, and other challenges, Tibetans living in...
Dalai Lama teaches, offered long-life prayers by Taiwanese devotees; event draws 7,000 people
(TibetanReview.net, Oct01’24) – Some 1,300 devotees from Taiwan received religious teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and offered to him a long-life ceremony attended by some 7,000 people over Sep 30-Oct 1. The teachings – which were on...
Xi vows to ‘reunify’ Taiwan, warns of ‘rough seas’ ahead, on low-key 75th National Day
(TibetanReview.net, Oct01’24) – Marking a subdued 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Oct 1 in the face of daunting, drawn-out economic challenges, and their adverse corollary effects, President Xi Jinping has vowed to...
India cites ‘trust deficit’ to continue winter troop deployment on China-ruled Tibet-borders
(TibetanReview.net, Sep30’24) – With the huge trust deficit with China continuing along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India is going full steam ahead with preparations to maintain its forward deployment of troops for the fifth successive winter in...
President Xi urges ‘fostering a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation’ in ethnic minority areas ahead of 75th National Day
(TibetanReview.net, Sep29’24) – President Xi Jinping on Sep 27 called for consolidating and developing the unity of the Chinese nation at a grand meeting held in Beijing to honour role models for ethnic unity and progress, reported China’s official...
China demanding patrolling right in Indian held Arunachal territory?
(TibetanReview.net, Sep28’24) – China has been demanding patrolling access to two Indian held areas of Arunachal Pradesh during the past four years of discussions on restoring the pre-2020 situation in the eastern Ladakh border region, according to the tribuneindia.com...
Amid EU, others’ criticisms, China claims over 100 countries’ support for its stance on rights situation in Tibet etc
(TibetanReview.net, Sep27’24) – The European Union (EU), a body of 27 countries, on Sep 24 reiterated its concerns about the continuous dire human rights situation in Tibet, highlighting the obligatory boarding schooling, mass DNA sampling and closure of Tibetan...
Top Chinese economist disappears from public life after criticizing Xi Jinping
(TibetanReview.net, Sep27’24) – China sought to deny that Xi Jinping is a dictator when criticized as such by US President Joe Biden in Nov 2023, but a leading economist at a government thinktank has reportedly disappeared after being disciplined...
China calls India’s conquest, naming of Arunachal peak after 6th Dalai Lama ‘illegal’
(TibetanReview.net, Sep27’24) – On the basis of its claim that Tibet “belongs” to it and, by extension, Arunachal Pradesh too, China has called the recent scaling of a hitherto unclimbed peak in the Indian state by a team of...
Top French museum apologises, agrees to restore name ‘Tibet’ in place of ‘Xizang’
(TibetanReview.net, Sep26’24) – Musee du quai Branly, one of the two well-known museums in France targeted by groups of Tibet and Tibetan protesters over recent days for depicting “Tibet” as “Xizang” in apparent deference to China’s propaganda demands, has...
Restoring Tibetan Supreme Justices: An Ode to the Supreme Strength of Public Mobilization
OPINION While not claiming a direct causal link to the recent and widely welcomed amendment of the Charter of Tibetans in Exile by the Tibetan Parliament in Exile—which allows for the appointment of Justices to the Tibetan Supreme Justice...
Newly conquered peak in Arunachal named after 6th Dalai Lama
(TibetanReview.net, Sep26’24) – A team of Indian mountaineers has recently scaled an unchartered 20,942 feet peak near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh and named it after the 6th Dalai Lama reincarnation Tsangyang Gyatso. The naming is deemed as appropriate as...
India bemoans the challenge of trusting China
(TibetanReview.net, Sep26’24) – While explaining his recent remark that 75% of military disengagement in eastern Ladakh towards the resolution of the border dispute there was done, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said Sep 24 that New Delhi’s...
India displays battle readiness as eastern Ladakh standoff continues amid Chinese buildup
(TibetanReview.net, Sep25’24) – As China continues its military and strategic infrastructure buildup in occupied Tibet while refusing to pull back from eastern Ladakh to restore the pre-2020 border situation, India has sought to make clear its readiness to defend...
Exile Tibetan administration vows appropriate response to Dalai Lama defamations
(TibetanReview.net, Sep24’24) – The exile Tibetan administration has constituted a committee to counter the dangers posed by those who maliciously defame His Holiness the Dalai Lama with scurrilous remarks, said its members at a press conference in the Lhakpa...
China jails monk for Tibetan uprising voice message, online display of Dalai Lama speech
(TibetanReview.net, Sep24’24) – China has jailed a Tibetan Buddhist monk in Qinghai province for displaying a speech of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the back of his WeChat social media voice message meant to commemorate the Tibetan national...
Tibetan NGOs vow to pursue anti-terror call over threat to Dalai Lama’s life
(TibetanReview.net, Sep23’24) – Recently, a Tibetan named Sengge living in Adelaide, southern Australia, and going by the online name of Gangseng (Snow Lion) not only defamed the Dalai Lama but also made a threat to his life. Because of...
New Korala immigration office to open Mustang for Nepal-Tibet travellers
(TibetanReview.net, Sep22’24) – Nepal is to open an immigration office at Korala in Upper Mustang, a bastion of Tibetan culture sharing border with Chinese ruled Tibet. Once an independent Tibetan kingdom, the region is now part of Nepal’s Gandaki...
Exile Tibetan parliament concludes session on a happy note
(TibetanReview.net, Sep20’24) – The 8th session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE) witnessed dramatic developments both in and outside the house but concluded on a happy note for most of the members on Sep 19 with the...
Exile parliament finally amends Charter to allow apex Tibetan judiciary appointments
(TibetanReview.net, Sep19’24) – In what came as a huge sigh of relief to the hundreds of Tibetans, many of them emotionally concerned elderly men and women who had travelled from across India, Nepal as well as other countries, the...
Restoration of border peace stymied by China’s reluctance to pull back from two Ladakh areas
(TibetanReview.net, Sep17’24) – “The Chinese remain non-committal on disengagement from the occupied zones in the Depsang Plains. Negotiations are still going on to press for disengagement from the strategic zone,” the telegraphindia.com Sep 17 quoted a security official with...
China orders harsh crackdown on Tibetans ahead of 75th PRC anniversary
(TibetanReview.net, Sep16’24) – Ahead of the country’s national day on Oct 1, China’s security chief has issued a call for tightening security in the Tibetan territories under Chinese rule during a four-day inspection tour last week. Maintaining stability and...
BOOK REVIEW: A journey of learning to inspire fellow-Tibetans, others
Professor Nawang Phuntsog’s memoir is a painful and moving recounting of events set in motion by the invasion of his peaceful and beloved homeland by China’s People’s Liberation Army. A Tibetan-American Educator’s Odyessey tells of his remarkable journey which...
Exile Tibetan parliament to resume session Sep 17 morning
(TibetanReview.net, Sep16’24) – The 8th session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament in exile (TPiE) is to resume on Sep 17 morning following a meeting of the Speaker, the Kashag and TPiE members, reported the Tibetan-language Tibettimes.net Sep 16. The...
Exile Tibetan parliament session aborted by lack of quorum
(TibetanReview.net, Sep15’24) – The 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE), meeting for its 8th session since Sep 11, had to be postponed until further notice from the afternoon of Sep 14 due to lack of quorum. Only 23 members...
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