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How China Silenced Its Frontiers: Tibet and the Death of Promised Autonomy

Tibet is one of the clearest cases of how China’s frontier regions lost the autonomy they were once expected to have. For decades before 1950, The post How China Silenced Its Frontiers: Tibet and the Death of Promised Autonomy...

US Congressional Report Exposes China’s "Egregious" Abuses in Tibet

The 2025 US Congressional report confirms severe human rights violations in Tibet, including torture, forced assimilation, and environmental destruction.

SmartVote Tibet re-launches voter information platform ahead of 2026 CTA elections

Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 6: SmartVote Tibet, an online voter information platform developed by the Tibetan civil society group Project Democracy, re-launched its website on Monday ahead of the 2026 Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) general elections. The event was...

Current Sino-India ‘thaw’ more a recalibration than retreat

(TibetanReview.net, Jan05’26) – China reduced its forward troop presence in eastern Ladakh by half over the last one year, but then it is building border military infrastructure at four times the pace of India, reported theprint.in Jan 5, citing...

Digital Democracy: Smartvote Tibet Opens for Second Election Cycle

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 5 Jan: Smartvote Tibet, an online portal designed to help Tibetan voters identify their preferred Sikyong and Members of Parliament (MP) candidates for the 2026 Tibetan General Election, is now open to the public. The...

Tibet Landslides Linked to Extensive Dam Construction

Landslides in Bathang County damage National Highway 215. Locals blame the disaster on extensive Chinese hydroelectric dam construction along the Drichu River.

U.S. Congressional Report Maps a Broadening Repression in China

The document released by the U.S. Congressional‑Executive Commission on China (quoting several “Bitter Winter” articles) insists on religious persecution. The post U.S. Congressional Report Maps a Broadening Repression in China first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Tibet a key mining growth target for China’s long term global strategic leverage

(TibetanReview.net, Jan04’26) – One of the main drivers of China’s top mining company’s output growth target for the coming years is the expansion of the Julong copper mine in Tibet, reported newsable.asianetnews.com Jan 3. The company, the Zijin Mining...

Venezuela today, Taiwan tomorrow? Trump’s Maduro move hands China 'cheap ammunition' for Taipei strike, say analysts

Analysts say the capture of Nicolas Maduro hands Beijing "cheap ammunition" to attack the US-led order even as it sticks to its own timeline for Taiwan.