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Chinese Police in the Western Balkans: Cooperation or a Wider Influence Network?

This article is part of a series of articles authored by young, aspiring China scholars under the Future CHOICE initiative. Amid growing numbers of Chinese tourists flocking to the Western Balkans, China has stepped up… Source

Breakthrough technology makes China’s lithium extraction in Tibet much more profitable

(TibetanReview.net, Jan25’26) – China says it has achieved a major technological breakthrough which makes much more profitable its extraction of lithium, often referred to as “white gold”, from its salt lake lithium resources. “China’s” primary lithium mines are concentrated...

Elections’26: Why I Am Running for Chithue – A Call to Heal Our Community and Strengthen Our Future**

Kelsang Phuntsok Jungney* dwells on his qualifications as a North and South Americas candidate for election to the upcoming, 18th Tibetan Parliament in Exile, and his agenda if elected. After a community event in Seattle, a friend shared a...

Earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hits Tibet

An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 struck Tibet on Sunday, a statement by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.

From caveman to greenland: The hunger that never left

From 1945 to today, consumption drives war beneath peace globally. The post From caveman to greenland: The hunger that never left appeared first on The Sunday Guardian.

Tibetan Buddhist leader with provincial-level senior positions reported held, disappeared

(TibetanReview.net, Jan24’26) – China removed the head-lama of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yushu prefecture of Qinghai province from his provincial level political advisory and religious bodies in Dec 2024 and arrested him for having allegedly helped a fugitive...

China loses its top general to President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption bludgeon

(TibetanReview.net, Jan24’26) –China’s defence ministry has announced Jan 24 that senior military officials Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli had been investigated for suspected serious discipline and law violations, reported China’s state news agency Xinhua Jan 24. “Following a review…...

Senior Tibetan Monastic Leader Disappears Following Arbitrary Detention

Chinese authorities detain senior Tibetan lama Lobsang Lungrik in Qinghai. His whereabouts remain unknown following allegations of illegal overseas connections.

China faces criticism as record 10,500 Tibetan students enrolled in ‘Tibet Classes’, raising concerns of cultural assimilation

More than 10,000 Tibetan students were enrolled in China's Tibet Classes in 2025, the highest since the programme began. The expansion includes new schools and vocational classes, while the programme continues to face criticism over cultural assimilation and political...

Over 10,000 Tibetan students enrolled in China’s ‘Tibet Classes’ amid accelerated sinicisation drive

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 24: More than 10,000 Tibetan students were enrolled in so-called “Tibet Classes” across major Chinese cities in 2025, marking the highest annual intake since the programme’s inception, according to Chinese government data published in a...