(TibetanReview.net, Mar09’26) – Although the votes are still being counted, the final outcome is a foregone conclusion, with the only question being the margins of victory, or defeat, as the case may be.  The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) of...

(TibetanReview.net, Mar08’26) – Although the ground reality at the still tense but so far multi-year incident-free border situation may not justify the painting of an upbeat picture, China has on Mar 8 called for a more cooperative approach in...

(TibetanReview.net, Mar07’26) – A Tibetan monk who disappeared after being taken away by Chinese police from his monastery in an eastern part of Tibet that is now under China’s Sichuan province over five years ago has just been learnt...

(TibetanReview.net, Mar07’26) – More than 100 people from 32 countries are taking part in a three-day Special International Tibet Support Group meeting in Dharamshala, India, which opened on March 7, with a presentation of what was called the Dharmashala-declaration....

(TibetanReview.net, Mar06’26) – Documenting a continuing and severe deterioration of religious freedom in Tibet throughout 2025, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has condemned the Chinese government’s intensifying “Sinicization” campaign there, characterizing it as a “cultural genocide” aimed...

(TibetanReview.net, Mar05’26) – Tibetans and supporters in Berlin (Germany), Bern (Switzerland), Taipei (Taiwan), and Canberra (Australia) have announced plans or started protest rallies, peace marches and other forms of actions to highlight the issue of Tibet ahead of the...

(TibetanReview.net, Mar04’26) – More than just clean energy sources, China’s sprawling solar farms in Tibet may be vital military strategic assets, going by their tell-tale locations across India’s border, according to a moneycontrol.com opinion piece Mar 4. Tibet Autonomous...

(TibetanReview.net, Mar03’26) – In the name of promoting inter-ethnic harmony, China is to force dozens of ethnic minorities within the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to assimilate into Han-dominated society by enacting a landmark law during the upcoming fourth...

(TibetanReview.net, Mar02’26) – China has just switched on a new giant hydroelectric power station in eastern Tibet that could generate about 11 billion kilowatt hours of electricity every year. The Lianghekou hydropower plant now ranks as the PRC’s highest-altitude...

Professor Phuntsog* advances a forceful argument addressing the CCP’s systemic threat to the survival of the Tibetan language in its homeland. He calls for the formation of a coalition among Tibetan-speaking areas in India to mobilize support for the...

(TibetanReview.net, Mar01’26) – China is one step closer to running the world’s largest pumped hydro energy storage facility as its 4.2-GW hybrid project at Lianghekou – which combines conventional hydropower and pumped storage – nears completion, reported scmp.com Feb...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb28’26) – Chinese authorities in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have issued a slew of restrictions on local Tibetans in government employment, banning them from a number of religious and other activities, including attending ceremonies or making offerings for...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb28’26) – Although the multi-billion dollar funding for the project is far from certain, even as the technical challenges also remain enormous, the long-awaited feasibility study of a Tibet-Nepal railway is set to be completed by the end...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb27’26) – A Chinese law enforcement official’s use of ChatGPT has accidentally revealed a global intimidation operation that targeted Chinese dissidents living abroad, including by impersonating US immigration officials, reported edition.cnn.com Feb 26, citing a new report from...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb26’26) – As China abolishes Tibetan as a core subject from national university entrance examinations in Tibet from this year in its latest move to fully assimilate Tibet, a French lawmaker has on Feb 25 raised the issue...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb26’26) – Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has on Feb 24 expressed gratitude to the Tibetan people for having re-elected him on the basis of the record of his performance in the past nearly...

OPINION As the party-state system that runs China betray lack of institutional resilience to manage complex challenges, Tenzin Lungtok* sees both dangers and opportunities for Tibet in the ongoing scenario. Power Struggle Dynamics,The Military Purge Wave Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb24’26) – Former political prisoners in Chinese ruled Tibet now scattered across 15 countries in the free world were joined by a Swiss Tibetan welfare service NGO called Lhasa Boys’ Association, founded in 1969, to make a joint...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb23’26) – While Lumbini in ancient Sakya Kingdom is recognized as the place where the Buddha was born more than 2,500 years ago, a temple built in the palatial remains in Tilaurakot, the Kingdom’s capital located nearby where...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb22’26) – The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) marked on Feb 22 the 86th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the temporal head and spiritual leader of Tibet with the attendance of representatives from...

As Penpa Tsering won re-election as the Sikyong (executive head) of the Central Tibetan Administration for another five-year term, Tenzin Jigmey* argues that one his central focuses should be to work towards “transforming our children into world-class entrepreneurs and...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb20’26) – Radio Free Asia (RFA), a US government-funded, independent broadcasting service banned by China, is back on air in Mandarin, Tibetan, and Uyghur languages, reported hongkongfp.com Feb 20. President and CEO of RFA, Ms Bay Fang, announced...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb19’26) – Tenzin Choegyal, known by his religious persona of Ngari Rinpoche and the youngest brother of the Dalai Lama, passed away at his Kashmir Cottage residence in Dharamshala, India, on Feb 17 afternoon, aged 80. The religious...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb18’26) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Feb 17 extended greetings to the Tibetan people across the globe on their Losar (New Year) celebrations that began on Feb 18, expressed continued commitment to their inalienable right...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb17’26) – On the eve of ushering in the Tibetan Fire-Horse Year 2153 of the 17th Sexagenary on Feb 18, 2026, the executive head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Sikyong Penpa Tsering, called for unity of the...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb16’26) – The government of Himachal Pradesh is to develop Asia’s longest zipline at Naddi, located in the upper hill area of Dharamshala, in Kangra district, reported the timesofindia.com Feb 16. The proposed 4.3 kilometre-long Naddi Zipline Project...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb16’26) – New Delhi has made it clear that Ladakh cannot be granted statehood or Sixth Schedule status, and has instead proposed the creation of a Territorial Council, with the Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) of the Hill Council...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb15’26) – Fearing that she faced a jail sentence of up to 15 years for allegedly inciting separatism” and “endangering national security”,  a partnership of two international human rights groups has on Feb 12 issued an urgent appeal,...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb15’26) – China raised border disputes, laying claim to large swathes of Indian territory, the moment New Delhi formally recognized Tibet as part of that country in 1954, according to India’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan,...

(TibetanReview.net, Feb14’26) – As China’s Sinicization drive in Tibet intensifies, its propaganda broadcast service network has been expanded, seeing many new broadcast services and reception facilities being introduced there recently even as the crackdown on independent broadcast services continues,...