(TibetanReview.net, Oct30’25) – The executive head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) at Dharamshala, India, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, has on Oct 29 expressed disappointment over the fact that the Trump administration’s move to defund Radio Free Asia (RFA) and...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct29’25) – Talks between India and China for the restoration of normalcy along the Ladakh-border has been ongoing at both diplomatic and field-commander levels for a number of years and the latest one has taken place after a...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct28’25) – China has described the resumption of direct flight services between it and India on Oct 26 after a gap of more than five years as a ‘positive step’ and a ‘very important day’ for bilateral relations,...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct27’25) – China, which has for long been calling for normalising ties with India despite an ongoing border dispute, which has at times resulted in violent skirmishes, has on Oct 26 hailed the resumption of direct flight services...

OPINION Aritra Banerjee* examines Beijing’s cognitive-warfare strategy in Tibet through the lens of strategic communication, drawing on Dr Neville Bolt’s formulation of “the continual calibration of persuasion and coercion, of friendship and force.” It traces how boarding schools, relocation policy,...

Professor Nawang Phuntsog* firmly believes that celebrating November 5th as Tibetan National Teacher’s Day is one way to honor His Eminence Samdhong Rinpoche’s exceptional lifelong dedication to education, service, and the promotion of truth and non-violence. I was in...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct25’25) – Even as it speaks of peace and tranquillity and restoration of normal ties with India, China continues to be busy preparing for war on a massive scale just across the border in occupied Tibet, according to...

Tenzin Jigmey* dwells on the role the Dalai Lama has played as a global mediator, guiding both scientists and contemplatives toward a more holistic vision of knowledge which unites the outer science of matter with the inner one of mind. ...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct23’25) – China and Russia have for years led repeated efforts to block funding for human rights-related works at the UN in closed-door meetings of the world body, reported Reuters Oct 22, citing Geneva-based non-profit group International Service...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct22’25) – Chinese authorities recently launched a surprise raid in the biggest Tibetan Buddhist monastery and surrounding religious places and villages in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) County of Gansu province with a specific agenda to confiscate pictures of Tibet’s...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct21’25) – A religious gathering on the scale of a Kalachakra empowerment ceremony is unthinkable in the grid-managed Chinese ruled Tibet these days. It is therefore noteworthy that China just recently organized a Kalachakra Empowerment Ceremony in Tibet’s...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct21’25) – More than 120 noted academics, scientists, Buddhist scholars, business leaders, and policymakers visited the Dalai Lama’s residence over Oct 14-16 to attend or take part in the 39th annual dialogue with the Mind & Life Institute,...

BOOK REVIEW Dr. Nyima Tenzing* reviews Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s The Politics of Sorrow, praising its sensitive depiction of marginal Tibetan exile narratives while critiquing areas requiring deeper analytical rigour. Specifically, it argues for more explicit engagement with the Ockenden...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct19’25) – There is no place for ethnic particularity under President Jinping’s drive towards political homogenisation of the People’s Republic of China and the recent removal and investigation of high-ranking officials from ethnic minority regions who held key...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct18’25) – China has on Oct 17 announced that nine of the top generals of its People’s Liberation Army (PLA), including the person holding the number two rank and who is the third in command in it, had...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct17’25) – The European Parliament has on Oct 16 called for unconditional release of the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima who has continued to remain disappeared since being abducted by the Chinese government in Apr 1995 days...

OPINION Mr Tenzin Norbu* presents his case for the re-election of Mr Penpa Tsering as the Sikyong in the 2026 Tibetan general elections, noting that if he wins over 60% of the votes in the preliminary round, he will...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct15’25) – In a rare instance in Tibet of China taking action against perpetrators of serious environmental damage involving nationally prominent entities, as well as local party and government officials, an investigation report has on Oct 15 recommended...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct15’25) – Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the executive head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), has over Oct 13-14 met with senior European parliamentarians, former government leaders, representatives of civil society organisations and others, said the CTA o its...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct14’25) – China is actively exploring the potential for large-scale mining operations at a globally ranking lithium reserve it discovered recently in Tibet in the ecologically fragile Mt Everest region, raising serious concern among scientists, reported energy-reporters.com Oct...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct13’25) – As Nepal’s interim Prime Minister considers appointing a woman, apparently of Tibetan Buddhist heritage, from the country’s border with Tibet as a minister, the Gen Z leaders from her province have demanded that her citizenship be...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct12’25) – China is to begin building next month a highly costly but strategically vital railway line linking Hotan in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) with Tibet’s capital Lhasa, reported scmp.com Oct 12. The report described it as one of...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct12’25) – China has strongly criticized a number of democratic countries for their criticism of it for its deplorable human rights record in Tibet etc at the United Nations General Assembly, which opened on Sep 9, but has...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct11’25) – China has punished a young graduate for the rest of his life for failing to adapt to being posted in Tibet after he joined the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) earlier this year, reported stratnewsglobal.com Oct 11....

(TibetanReview.net, Oct11’25) – Developing nations are now repaying much more to China than they receive in new loans, showing a growing strain on economies already battling debt distress and underinvestment in climate action, reported africa.businessinsider.com Oct 11, citing a...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct09’25) – Four UN rights experts and expert groups have on Aug 8 asked China and Vietnam in separate joint communications to account for the questionable manner in which a locally prominent religious leader from Tibet was detained,...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) announced at a press conference in Dharamshala, India, Oct 7 morning that voting for the election of the Sikyong, the executive head of the CTA, and the...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – All the nearly 900 hikers and local hiking service personnel stranded by heavy snowfall in Tibet’s Mt Everest County of Dingri County, Shigatse City, emerged safely by Oct 7, reported China’s state news agency Xinhua Oct...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct07’25) – China has transformed the Tibetan Plateau, one of the world’s most fragile environments, into a zone of extreme ecological stress under its state‑centric model of infrastructure expansion, militarisation, and resource extraction, reported the IANS new service...

OPINION China’s Oct 7, 1950, start of the invasion of Tibet changed the geopolitics of Asia and Beijing has now turned the territory into a living laboratory of surveillance while seeking to raise an entire generation of Tibetans who...