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Tibetan Review
Cataract incidents in ‘Tibet’ 60% higher than in rest of PRC amid lack of medical facilities
(TibetanReview.net, Aug31’24) – At 14.6%, the incidence of cataracts is 60% higher in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) vis-à-vis the rest of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) due to high latitude, long-term exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays, and a...
Residents of Nepal’s 15 northern districts to get five-yearly Tibet entry-exit passes
(TibetanReview.net, Aug31’24) – Normal life appears to have finally resumed for the people living in 15 districts of northern Nepal near Chinese occupied Tibet’s border with the two countries having agreed to issue five-year entry and exit passes for...
Foreign minister Jaishankar underlines India’s special problem with China
(TibetanReview.net, Aug31’24) – India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has on Aug 31 noted that there is a general China problem being debated in many countries of the world, and India is not the only one facing issues with...
China’s top political advisor calls for ‘integration among all ethnic groups’ in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Aug30’24) – Giving a fillip to President Xi Jinping’s Sinicization of ethnic minority regions drive, China’s top official on ethnic affairs has on Aug 27 called for the promotion of exchanges and “integration among all ethnic groups” and...
Discussions positive, differences glaring as Chinese and Indian diplomats met in 31st meeting since 2012
(TibetanReview.net, Aug30’24)– Indian and Chinese diplomats have met in Beijing on Aug 29 to further discuss the restoration of normality along their tense Chinese occupied Tibet border. The two sides have issued separate press notes, each employing positive descriptions...
US embassy calls Tibet a political entity under Chinese rule, urges negotiation with Tibetans
(TibetanReview.net, Aug29’24) – In his first remark on the issue since President Joe Biden signed into law the Resolve Tibet Act on Jul 12, the US Embassy in New Delhi spokesperson Christopher Elms has on Aug 28 urged China...
China-appointed 11th Panchen Lama reported to have concluded Nyingtri City tour
(TibetanReview.net, Aug29’24) – The Chinese government-appointed 11th Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu – who replaced the government-kidnapped, Dalai Lama-appointed Gedhun Choekyi Nyima in 1995 – has “returned” to Lhasa on Aug 28 after touring the prefecture-level city of Nyingtri, according...
China-appointed Panchen promoted ‘Three Consciousnesses’ Sinicization of Tibet drive during Nagchu visit
(TibetanReview.net, Aug28’24) – Although China’s mainstream media gave little information on its 11th Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu’s recent visit to the prefecture-level city of Nagchu (Chinese: Nagqu), Tibet Autonomous Region, it has now been reported that in one event,...
Dalai Lama back in D’shala after New York visit, to resume religious teachings
(TibetanReview.net, Aug28’24) – The Dalai Lama has returned to his exile home at McLeod Ganj, Dharmshala, this morning after being away since Jun 21, mainly for a knee-replacement surgery in New York city. He was welcomed by large crowds...
Sikkim sending glacial lakes expedition to preempt repeat of the 2023 flood disaster
(TibetanReview.net, Aug28’24) – In order to preempt any Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF), such as the one which occurred at South Lhonak Lake last year, with tragic losses of lives and property, the government of Sikkim is to send...
Karmapa calls on Dalai Lama in Zurich, their first meeting in seven years
(TibetanReview.net, Aug26’24) – The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, one of Tibet’s most prominent religious figures, living in exile since Dec 1999, has called on the Dalai Lama in the Swiss city of Zurich on Aug 25 in their...
India announces five more districts for Ladakh as statehood demand simmers
(TibetanReview.net, Aug26’24) – The Indian government has today announced the creation of five new districts in its Union Territory of Ladakh, bringing the total to seven. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has named the new districts as Zanskar, Drass,...
Dalai Lama emphasizes helping all sentient beings at Zurich long-life prayers offering
(TibetanReview.net, Aug25’24) – A capacity crowd of 15,000 Tibetans and others from across Europe filled the Hallenstadion in the Swiss city of Zurich to make a long-life (Tenshug) prayers offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama this morning. Switzerland...
China to make marriage easier, divorce harder in latest move to reverse population decline
(TibetanReview.net, Aug25’24) – China had found it easier to punish its citizens in the past for violating its decades-long one-child policy than to motivate them now to have more children. With incentive policies having failed, its civil affairs ministry...
Nepal’s reversal of TikTok ban seen as overture to China
(TibetanReview.net, Aug24’24) – In what is seen as an overture to China, Nepal has lifted on Aug 22 a ban it imposed nine months ago on the popular social media app TikTok ostensibly because its Chinese owners, ByteDance, agreed...
Capacity crowd of 17,000 attend long-life prayers offering to Dalai Lama in New York
(TibetanReview.net, Aug23’24) – A capacity crowd of 17,000, overwhelmingly Tibetan, people filled the UBS Arena in New York City’s outskirt on Aug 22 to offer a long-life prayers ceremony to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Recovering well from a...
China’s Politburo meeting stresses Chinese-ness, ethnic unity, border stability
(TibetanReview.net, Aug23’24) – The Political Bureau (Politburo) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has called for the forging of a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation to safeguard ethnic unity and stability in border...
China protests, foul-mouths Dalai Lama, after US envoy for Tibet meets him
(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’24) – The top US official on Tibetan issues has on Aug 21 met with Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in New York City, prompting China to make what it said was “serious protest” with Washington...
Arunachal Pradesh strengthens permit system for non-state visitors
(TibetanReview.net, Aug21’24) – India’s Tibet-border state of Arunachal Pradesh has on Aug 19 taken steps to strengthen the existing Inner Line Permit (ILP) system that makes it mandatory for a non-Arunachalee person to obtain a permit to enter the...
Glacial lake-bursts sweep Sherpa village homes in Nepal
(TibetanReview.net, Aug21’24) – Thame (pronounced tha-mey), a small village in Nepal’s Everest region, home to many record-holding Sherpa mountaineers, including Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first person to climb Mount Everest along with explorer Edmund Hillary, was engulfed by icy...
‘Over half of Tibetan Plateau’s glaciers may melt by 2100’
(TibetanReview.net, Aug20’24) – Chinese scientists have warned that some low-elevation glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau may disappear permanently, which could significantly impact the plateau’s ecosystem. In fact, by the end of the current, 21st century, the loss of glacial...
Dalai Lama visiting guest speaker chair set up at Panjab University
(TibetanReview.net, Aug20’24) – The Panjab University, located in India’s Union Territory of Chandigarh, has established a Dalai Lama Chair last month with the aim to invite visiting scholars to help nurture and promote Buddhist response to contemporary issues, study...
Ladakh herders seek mechanism for return of yaks straying across Tibet border
(TibetanReview.net, Aug20’24) – Villagers in Ladakh have rounded up yaks that had strayed from across the Tibetan side of the international border but there is no mechanism for returning them, or getting back their own herd that had previously...
Dalai Lama says living in exile has been beneficial
(TibetanReview.net, Aug18’24) – While still hoping to be back in his homeland after over half a century of being a guest of the government of India, the Dalai Lama has said living in exile as a refugee has been...
India lagging behind the West on Tibet stance?
Given the recent US adoption of the ‘Resolve Tibet Act’ and the passing of significant resolutions on Tibet by the parliaments of the EU, Canada, and Australia in recent times, Tenzin Sherab* quotes US House Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi...
What ‘Tibet’ means for China’s water security
(TibetanReview.net, Aug16’24) – Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), the western half of Tibet proper which China calls Xizang (or Xizang Autonomous Region), is home to 41% of China’s total glaciers, 16.5% of its water resources, 30% of its grasslands, 18.3%...
‘Independent’ TikTok’s algorithm found to show pronounced China bias
(TibetanReview.net, Aug15’24) – TikTok may claim all it wants that it operates independently of the Chinese government; that it does not share user data with the Chinese authorities, if only to avoid being banned in the USA. But the...
China has impoverished Tibetan villagers by force-relocating them as ‘border guardians’
(TibetanReview.net, Aug14’24) – China has moved thousands of people to new settlements on its frontiers, including in Tibet near the borders with India, Nepal and Bhutan, and elsewhere, calling them “border guardians.” But their economic viability is highly questionable...
Minor Indian-Chinese troops skirmish along Ladakh border reported
(TibetanReview.net, Aug13’24) – It is not clear how often skirmishes are taking place between the two sides along the Tibet-India border Line of Actual Control (LAC), if at all. However, one reported incident has taken place on Aug 12...
China-appointed Panchen concludes northern Tibet tour
(TibetanReview.net, Aug13’24) – Gyaincain Norbu, the man appointed by China in 1995 to replace the government-kidnapped 11th Panchen Lama recognized by the Dalai Lama months earlier, was back in Lhasa on Aug 11 after concluding a tour of Nagchu...
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